Re: [Elecraft] Off-Topic: CW sending vs. receiving speed
Is it logical to assume that a person's CW sending speed approximates their copy speed? Well, it's *logical* - that just doesn't always mean it's true. :) After a long period of inactivity, my copy speed right now is about 10 wpm, but I can send considerably faster and I have to keep reminding myself to send at about 10 wpm to avoid getting it sent back to me at a faster speed than I can copy. I can copy faster than 10 wpm when receiving the standard RST, Name, QTH, Rig, etc., but if you start telling me about your late grandmother's bursitis woes or the cabbage worm grief in your garden I probably won't be able to keep up. The problem is when I'm sending with a straight key I tend to creep up in speed without realizing it, get it back at the faster speed, and then cut QSO's short because I always feel it's impolite to ask the other fellow to QRS when *I'm* the one who sped us up in the first place. The aforementioned ticks me off (at myself), because I'm a ragchewer and when we move off of the formula and get into cabbage grandmas is when I start getting more interested in the di-dahversation. I keep thinking the speed will come back, but I don't think it's coming back at the rate it came originally some thirty years ago. Rick N4YQP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] K1 Transmitter Output Problem
Building a K1, thought I was on the home stretch, but I've hit a snag. I was on the transmitter alignment section, page 19 of the K-4 additional manual, and all went well for 10 Mhz and 7 Mhz. I switched to 21 Mhz and didn't get the two watts out, but got P0.1 (like the first steps of the Alignment and Test, Part II on page 46 of the K-1 manual when the filter board is not installed). It didn't vary, just P0.1. I checked the out menu setting and it had 2.0 watts. I switched bands back to 7 Mhz, and now it only has 0.1 Watt output for tune no matter the out menu setting; the same for 10 Mhz. All frequencies appear to be within the allowed band (didn't move the VFO knob from the starting mid position during this time). Left it to start typing this question, wanted to go back and look at exactly what the display read and all bands but 21 Mhz would now output okay -- 21 Mhz still just P0.1. I went ahead and completed the tune-up, skipping 21 Mhz (but starting with the 21 Mhz caps for 14 Mhz) -- wanted to try the radio out and will be using it on 40 meters for now. Finished the work (speaker, etc) and hooked the rig up through a tuner to a dipole tossed into a couple of trees and, for the first time in 26 years for me, made a contact (my code skills, even with some practice recently, are woefully rusty). After the QSO I did some cleanup and rearranging (included unplugging the K1), then brought it back up to try for a second contact; back to no output, if I go into tune I get P0.1 on screen, if I try and transmit, no power out. Any insight would be appreciated; probably (hopefully) something simple I'm missing. First contact was a thrill, hope to get the second before another 26 years go by. :) Thanks for any help, Rick N4YQP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 minor stumbling block...
Mike / KK5F: This is THE most common and well-known problem that comes up for K1 builders. You MUST install a jumper at the location of RFC8 before voltage will be available as shown in the voltage checks on page 30. Well, the missing jumper had me as well. Prior to beginning work on the K1 I went through and added all of the corrections to the manual, but when I got to that page I paid no attention to my note. I guess, as it wasn't a step but just written in above the section, it didn't catch my eye. All voltages read correctly once the jumper was in place. Now I'm just waiting for a couple of missing capacitors and I'll be on the home stretch. Thanks, Mike, for helping me over the hump. Happy fourth, everyone. Rick N4YQP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 minor stumbling block...
I am building my K1 . . . . at the DC Voltage check . . . . passed the actual smoke test . . . . I am getting . . . . Interesting. I'm at the same stage and had the same results. I had to leave it (last Saturday) and won't be able to get back to it until this Saturday, but I had a good reading on pin P1-16, bad elsewhere. I don't recall the resistor readings, though I did have some of them as you suggested (say, 100K, reading much, much higher). I, too, tried to be statically careful, using a wrist strap and static pad during construction. Rick N4YQP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
