Re: [Elecraft] Portable Antennas (Is there an easy button?)
I dont quite get their claim: The SWR is 1:1. They are using a tuner, so the question is, what is the SWR on the ANTENNA side of the tuner, not what does the K3 says with the tuner on... Now, can you make 2 of these and place them at a strategic distance between them, making the other one a little longer for a 2 element parasitic array? -Rex- K1HI Rex Lint Merrimack, NH WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Burke Jones Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2012 2:47 PM To: N1EU Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Portable Antennas (Is there an easy button?) One more question... Where can I get one of the small ABS boxes like the group sells and is show in the video? Burke Jones N0HYD KX1 On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Burke Jones burkejo...@gmail.com wrote: Forgot the link - sorry about that! http://www.earchi.org/92011endfedfiles/Endfed6_40.pdf On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 1:11 PM, Burke Jones burkejo...@gmail.com wrote: Here is a good link for the EFHW which details the matching box that is discussed in the video. I just ordered some supplies today to build one (or two) of these. Burke Jones N0HYD KX1 On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 12:06 PM, N1EU n1eu.ba...@gmail.com wrote: I agree that the EFHW is a good performer and it's a main player in my portable arsenal. However, I give little to no credence in the comparison featured in that linked video. There's no evidence that they're remotely aware of the azimuthal pattern of the 135ft OCF on 15M. Hint, it's NOT broadside. 73, Barry N1EU stan levandowski wrote Tom, it's by no means a perfect antenna but it *does* perform quite well for me. After watching Stan Video last night I placed an order for a few T-106-2's to build the transformer...looks pretty straightforward and inexpensive. Tnx Stan On 5/7/2012 1:43 PM, Jim Lowman wrote: Enjoyed the video, Stan. I may look into one of these. See my not perfect, but pretty darn good solution at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWkpQ785Pjo 73, Stan WB2LQF -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Portable-Antennas-Is-there-an-e asy-button-tp7533480p7539897.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 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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
Re: [Elecraft] cable management
It's twisty little passages, and it usually identifies a DECie. -Rex- Rex Lint, Consultant 26 Brek Drive Merrimack, NH 03054 PH:603-860-7651 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tom Cooch Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2012 7:05 PM To: Pierfrancesco Caci Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] cable management Hi Pf, I'm guessing a fairly high number of subscribers to this reflector recognize the reference in your first sentence. I wonder what the actual percentage is. Tom KB1UG On Mar 24, 2012, at 4:29 PM, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote: Hi all, the back of my radio desk looks like a twisty maze of tiny little cables, all alike. The fact that the table rests against a wall doesn't sure help. Pulling out the K3 is sort of doable, but putting it back in position is a real pain. How are you guys doing your cable management? I'm looking for suggestions, or better yet pictures. Pf -- Pierfrancesco Caci, ik5pvx __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html *** Tom Cooch, K-8 Math Coach Orange Southwest Supervisory Union 24 Central Street Randolph, VT 05060 802 728-5052 (W) 802 728-9660 (H) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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
Re: [Elecraft] Portable Wire Antenna Weight
Because a tree's branches are used as hoist points for the pole on the way up, the pole must not weigh too much when placing a line in a tall pine, whose lower branches have long gone leaving short branch stumps. Geoff, why are you hoisting the pole up the tree? Aren't you just using it to throw the weighted line over (hopefull) the top of the tree? -Rex- K1HI Rex Lint Merrimack, NH WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 8:58 AM To: Elecraft Discussion List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Portable Wire Antenna Weight FWIW my favourite method to place a line in a tree makes use of a strong but light fibreglass pole almost 10m in length, through which runs a drop line. It does takes longer to place a line than when using a missile system, about an hour to place a line at 100ft in a tall pine exactly where one wants it so not very useful when operating portable. Because a tree's branches are used as hoist points for the pole on the way up, the pole must not weigh too much when placing a line in a tall pine, whose lower branches have long gone leaving short branch stumps. 73, Geoff GM4ESD __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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
Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft General Interest: SFGate: Robert Helliwell, radio science pioneer, dies
Jim, It was possible to hear whistlers from storm centers long before you could hear the thunder. I doubt the whistlers you heard was from a storm that was close enough to hear the thunder: Very low frequency (VLF) radio waves shoot past the ionosphere and into the next region of space, the magnetosphere. Here, the atmosphere is completely ionized. The Earth's magnetic field controls the motions of charged particles, creating channels of ions aligned with the horseshoe-shaped magnetic field lines. These channels trap VLF radio waves, guiding them between opposite hemispheres along a path that reaches up to 15,000 miles from the surface. http://news.stanford.edu/news/2011/may/robert-helliwell-obit-052011.html I visited the lab when I was a freshman (before the advent of dirt) as part of the tour they gave incoming engineering students. -Rex- K1HI Rex Lint Merrimack, NH WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Let me build you a new K2 or other Elecraft kit
Poul, This is allowed, according to the guidelines at http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm: 7. Commercial postings are allowed if they relate to Elecraft products, QRP, QRO, home-brewing, building etc. and are of interest to this list's membership. Please keep them as short as possible and provide web links to more detailed information. I'll step in if we feel someone is posting too many messages of this type. 7a. Please limit commercial postings to one per month per offering or product area (i.e. Builder for Hire postings, ham radio related products etc.) -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Poul Erik Karlshøj (PKA) Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 5:38 AM To: Alan Price; Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Let me build you a new K2 or other Elecraft kit SPAM mail? -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] På vegne af Alan Price Sendt: 13. maj 2011 03:55 Til: Elecraft Emne: [Elecraft] Let me build you a new K2 or other Elecraft kit I have built more than 265 K2's to date. The K2 is still a great little radio. Let me build one for you. You receive a new radio with the options you want. My prices are reasonable. Please respond off of the reflector. 73 Alan W1HYV __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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
Re: [Elecraft] Diversity RX and Speaker settings
Remember it is your BRAIN'S processing of the sounds that does the magic. Mixing the two audios into one signal prior to brain kills it. Not altogether: With fading on one antenna and not on the other, then vice versa, diversity makes listening to the result copyable where it's NOT if you just listen to one or the other. They don't have to be in different ears. A lot of folks only have hearing in 1 ear, and diversity is still valuable! -Rex- K1HI Rex Lint Merrimack, NH WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi -Rex- Rex Lint, Consultant 26 Brek Drive Merrimack, NH 03054 PH:603-860-7651 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Guy Olinger K2AV Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 9:57 PM To: K3RWN Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Diversity RX and Speaker settings No-No-No... Diversity means one receiver in one ear and the other RX in the other ear. I use two stereo speakers most of the time with diversity and it is really quite good. I DON'T have to use headphones for diversity. The two speakers are enough to spread the sound of the noise across what seems like 140 degrees with my ears. That, with CW or SSB sounding discreet in a single place before me (CW more so of course) is wonderful for improving SSB that I simply could not copy monaural. Remember it is your BRAIN'S processing of the sounds that does the magic. Mixing the two audios into one signal prior to brain kills it. 73, Guy. On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:45 PM, K3RWN rwnewbo...@comcast.net wrote: When using Diversity RX is it better to set the SPKRs to 1 or 2? I typically leave my speakers set to 2 (main and sub). I was thinking that maybe in diversity that 1 may be a better choice. Any comments? Rich __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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
Re: [Elecraft] Carrying case for a K3?
A YCCC club-mate who has gone everywhere with ham equipment uses a hard-shell golf bag case. He can fit everything in it including antennae. He doesn't carry-on - he checks it, but it's the whole shebang. I'm sure you have worked him: HC8X, HC1/K1XM, HC8/K1XM, PJ2X, PJ2/K1XM, KC6MX, VS6/K1XM, KC6AA, V63YP, KC6MX, P29VPY, ZF2PR, A35MX, A35CP, 3D2PR, S79S, PJ7/K1XM, G/K1XM, HS0AC, HS0/K1XM, J77J, J79XM, A61AF, A47RS J39A, J38AB, 9M6TCR, J38AB, V63X, V63HC, H44MX, P29VPY, 5H1X, 6Y9X, S9MX, K1XM/6Y5, S9CR, V31QQ, 5I3A, VP9I, V31XM, VP9/K1XM, VP9I, 6V7D, VP9/K1XM, FS/K1XM, 6V7D, 6V7H, FS/K1XM, PJ7/K1XM, TO4X, PJ7/K1XM, FS/K1XM, JY6HQ, JY6ZZ. Think about it! -Rex- K1HI Rex Lint Merrimack, NH WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Fatchett W0MU Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 3:56 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Carrying case for a K3? http://w8fgu.home.comcast.net/~w8fgu/k3pelican.html The case shown is a bigger Pelican case but I think you can get a better picture from this site. On 3/23/2011 1:54 PM, Mike Fatchett W0MU wrote: The foam is cut into small squares that you remove so the radio would fit in the middle of the foam. I believe there are 3 or 4 layers of foam so the foam will encase the radio and whatever accessories you choose to include, like a ps or mic or key etc. On 3/23/2011 1:25 PM, Alexander Sack wrote: On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Mike Fatchett W0MUw...@w0mu.com wrote: I found the Pelican at Amazon.com for $134.22 and the lid organizer for $19.99. How does the K3 actually fit in this? I mean do you use the foam dividers or do you box it up first? Its just hard to get a good picture from the Pelican site. -aps __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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
Re: [Elecraft] K3
It's been done. K1EP brought his in about 1.5 years ago - it was the first time I'd used one. We worked about 5 or 6t stations during a YCCC meeting at HQ. -Rex- K1HI Rex Lint Merrimack, NH WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Nate Bargmann Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 4:42 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 * On 2011 05 Mar 13:44 -0600, Martin Staffa wrote: Hello all in the group. I have just ordered the K3 after much deliberation and comparison of all the rigs.And I think, I know the right choice was made.Now the agonizing wait for the delivery! Indeed, you did. The other night on 160m I was with a group and there are three of us who own a K3. Another member mentioned heading to Connecticut in the near future and how he was going to try and visit ARRL HQ and W1AW. Someone else chimed in that W1AW has an FT-9000. I popped in with, I wonder what they would say if a person came to operate W1AW carrying in a K3?! 73, de Nate -- The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true. Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://www.n0nb.us __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] adding 250Hz filer, any improvement?
If you have strong stations closer to your frequency than 400 hz, then the 250 hz filter will get rid of them down to 250 hz of your frequency. If the stations that are near you are not strong, the DSP filter will handle it OK. -Rex- K1HI Rex Lint Merrimack, NH WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jorge Diez - CX6VM Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 12:50 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] adding 250Hz filer, any improvement? Hello, I have both KFL3A-400 (400 Hz 8-pole) and KFL3A-1.8K (1.8 kHz 8-pole) filters in my K3. If I add a KFL3A-250 (250 Hz 8-pole) filter I will notice it better to use in contests? Or with the 400Hz is enough? Notice I am not in USA or EU with strong stations near me, I don´t have the QRM this big populations have, trying to reduce the splatters. 73, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W k3 #4077 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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
Re: [Elecraft] Dayton 2011
They gave free shipping at the NE convention last fall. -Rex- K1HI Rex Lint Merrimack, NH WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Christ Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 1:06 PM To: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Dayton 2011 Wish they would do that at Hamcation. David K0LUM At 4:16 PM +0800 2/8/11, Johnny Siu wrote: Hello Elecrafters, Elecraft will have a booth in Dayton. Will they usually offer special discount for sales at their Dayton Booth? cheers, Johnny VR2XMC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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
Re: [Elecraft] Zero beat
Well, it's not tuning to have the tone go to zero cycles, it's tuning to have the BEAT between the two tones (from your vfo and his transmitter) go to zero. Like tuning him in at a tome of 400 cycles, then adjusting your VFO until it was 400 cycles, not 403 or 402, which makes a wah-wah sound at 3 or 2 hz. Then you're zero-beat. My only qualification on this topic is that I was there when dirt was invented. -Rex- K1HI - ex W1HWB, WA1YUK, W5PUG, K6RLX, KN6RLX Rex Lint Merrimack, NH WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Scott Ellington Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 2:16 PM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Zero beat Not really, it's just the way we do it. Years ago, matching frequencies meant literally listening for the zero-frequency beat. It was always difficult, because the audio response of any receiver, as well as that of the human ear, drops off at low frequencies. Now you can achieve the same thing by matching the audio frequencies of the spot tone and the received signal, both of which are within the audio response range of both the receiver and our hearing. One can easily match frequencies within fraction of a Hz with this method. This only works, however, because receivers now have tracking sidetones, generated by exactly the same frequencies which produce the received signal beat note. 73, Scott K9MA On Feb 1, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Ralph Parker wrote: Funny how 'zero beat' means something different today compared to years ago. Scott Ellington Madison, Wisconsin USA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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
Re: [Elecraft] Soldering Naked
This same thing happened to me - I was about 35 at the time and I threw the soldering iron across the room and it landed on the rya shag rug, burning an outline of the iron into the wool rug. I've still got the scar - see, right here... and the project was a HW-202... -Rex- K1HI Rex Lint Merrimack, NH WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi -Original Message- Phil Townsend wrote: I was 12 years old... I think it was a Heathkit HW ??? I woke up early ready to sling solder. My bed was next to my shack/workbench. The parents and sister were all sleeping... Then it happened... A large blob of solder slipped off the iron onto Mr Happy! (My new best friend) Shrieking and shouting... the blob stuck. The noise from my room awakened Sister and her sleepover friend. (The one I had the sweets for.) They stormed into my room followed by Mom and Dad. Sisters friend was first into the room causing her to squeal as she tried to turn around and run out of the door she just came into. Thereby running into Sis and parents. The solder was still stuck and still hot. By parents wanted to call the Doctor...but I had enough humiliation for one day so my Mom gave me the ointment and that was that. Durring breakfast no one said anything about the early morning event. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-ESD-tp5844885p5847272.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 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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
Re: [Elecraft] Panadapters - need for bandmap capability
Software that displays callsign data that I am aware of use clusters (Telnet or web connections) to get the information displayed. Both CT and N1MM let the user enter calls on the band map which is very useful when searching and pouncing so you don't spend time waiting for a station you already worked. As you say, they CAN take input from packet cluster too, is assisted classes. Speaking of contests; When a contest category is Unassisted does that infer that the use of cluster spots, etc. is prohibited? Yes. -Rex- K1HI Rex Lint Merrimack, NH WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Amateur Radio Operator N5GE Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 11:59 AM To: elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Panadapters - need for bandmap capability On Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:10:50 +, Barry N1EU barry.n...@gmail.com wrote: Software that displays callsign data that I am aware of use clusters (Telnet or web connections) to get the information displayed. I can see how some software might record QSO data in a way that would allow the sort of tagging you suggest, but that would not be something I would want in a panadapter. I don't think equipment designers would want to use the CPU cycles required to provide that functionality in their products. It's one thing to use an external computer to store data and display it, because most of them are capable of storing large amounts of data in memory or in a data store (database) without reducing the user experience, which is an important consideration when designing software. Perhaps you could suggest that functionality to one of the many contest and logging software providers. Speaking of contests; When a contest category is Unassisted does that infer that the use of cluster spots, etc. is prohibited? I'm not a contester, so I don't know the answer to that question. Tom Radio Amateur N5GE I'm offering this as food for thought. It seems that one important feature that panadapters (SDR, LP-PAN, P3, etc) lack is the inability to tag a spectral trace with a callsign to mark its identity. For example, check this mockup: http://n1eu.com/bndmp_spec.jpg If I qsy to a trace I see on a busy band, I want to be able to ID that trace so I don't keep coming back to it. And those ID'd callsigns by trace frequency would constitute a bandmap. Ultimately, this bandmap could have the same functionality as the bandmap in a contest logger (e.g., N1MM). It's just rotated 90 degrees and has freq interval spacing aligned with the panadapter waterfall display. This ID'd panadapter functionality would be immensely useful in both unassisted and assisted contesting. I realize that development of this capability might require unique collaboration between several software/hardware vendors but it would fundamentally enhance panadapter-centric operating. (CW Skimmer provides some of this capability, but it's totally limited to callsigns decoded by Skimmer, not by the operator, etc.) 73, Barry N1EU __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.864 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3244 - Release Date: 11/08/10 02:34:00 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
