Re: [Elecraft] [OT} Wireless chargers
I can't post on the site but I'd like to ask about the EMC conformance of such a device, another PLT saga coming up. Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 11 Sep 2013, at 18:04, Erik Basilier ebasil...@cox.net wrote: Chargers for small electronic devices that use low frequency induction at close range are common and harmless. But how about a device that is said to use many transmitters to focus energy at a rate of 1 Watt onto a device that is 30 ft away? Harmless?? http://tinyurl.com/oopg7l3 73, Erik K7TV __ 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] 2M module
Could someone tell us non Americans what Kool Aid is?, and if it's so good for stress where can we get it? Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 23 Aug 2013, at 07:04, Fred Smith m...@totalhighspeed.com wrote: I think they went with the right option first the amp and tuner to make the KX3 a full blown desktop radio a smart move IMHO. It also will produce the greatest amount of return good business since and profitability. The 2m mogul I think will not have nearly as many buyers as the amp/tuner because of the power output on 2m with the KX3. If you must have a QRP rig with 2m buy an old FT-817 non D model there cheap and have a backup radio then when you think you really need 2m take it with you. I have one sitting here in the shack right now. I guess if I die before it ships that I really didn't need one anyway 8). 73, Fred/N0AZZ K3 Ser # 6730--KX3 # 2573--K2/100 # 6470-KAT100 P3/SVGA--KPA500--KAT500--W2 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Robert Vargas (KP4Y) Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 10:36 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 2M module Precisely...I made the same question and someone said it's been discussed in the KX3 reflector. I couldn't find such thread. I sold my FT-897D to partially fund the KX3, believing it wouldn't long before the 2M module came out. It's been more than a year without 2M module and VHF capability. I drank the kool aid (K3, KPA500 and KX3), but I must admit this has been very disappointing. 73, Robert-KP4Y From: Jeff Herr her...@comcast.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 9:36 PM Subject: [Elecraft] 2M module this would be a good thread. with the amp almost here.. ..and all the thought toward the future.. ...what is the scoop with this accessory? WW6L __ 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 message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3211/6599 - Release Date: 08/22/13 __ 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] 2M module
Everything is an acceptable alternative to American Beer lol Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 23 Aug 2013, at 07:53, Stewart stew...@twinwood.me wrote: It's an acceptable alternative to American Beer... :-) 73 Stewart G3RXQ On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:32:48 +0100, Tim Hague wrote: Could someone tell us non Americans what Kool Aid is?, and if it's so good for stress where can we get it? Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 23 Aug 2013, at 07:04, Fred Smith m...@totalhighspeed.com wrote: I think they went with the right option first the amp and tuner to make the KX3 a full blown desktop radio a smart move IMHO. It also will produce the greatest amount of return good business since and profitability. The 2m mogul I think will not have nearly as many buyers as the amp/tuner because of the power output on 2m with the KX3. If you must have a QRP rig with 2m buy an old FT-817 non D model there cheap and have a backup radio then when you think you really need 2m take it with you. I have one sitting here in the shack right now. I guess if I die before it ships that I really didn't need one anyway 8). 73, Fred/N0AZZ K3 Ser # 6730--KX3 # 2573--K2/100 # 6470-KAT100 P3/SVGA--KPA500--KAT500--W2 -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Robert Vargas (KP4Y) Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 10:36 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 2M module Precisely...I made the same question and someone said it's been discussed in the KX3 reflector. I couldn't find such thread. I sold my FT-897D to partially fund the KX3, believing it wouldn't long before the 2M module came out. It's been more than a year without 2M module and VHF capability. I drank the kool aid (K3, KPA500 and KX3), but I must admit this has been very disappointing. 73, Robert-KP4Y From: Jeff Herr her...@comcast.net To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 9:36 PM Subject: [Elecraft] 2M module this would be a good thread. with the amp almost here.. ..and all the thought toward the future.. ...what is the scoop with this accessory? WW6L __ 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 message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3211/6599 - Release Date: 08/22/13 __ 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] [OT] American Beer, was: 2M module
Definitely OT but a subject dear to a Brits heart!, the story of Budvar and Budweiser is interesting and worth looking up, Budvar is certainly worth drinking, Budweiser.well... Yes I spend a lot of time in the US, I lived in Texas for a year in the mid 80s and beer was a problem, these days you have seen the light! I've even seen proper English beer pumps serving real ale in PA. Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 23 Aug 2013, at 15:39, Bill Frantz fra...@pwpconsult.com wrote: I was in the Czech Republic last month for a caving conference. A large number of us were traveling on a railroad from Prague to Brno in a hired dining car. The only beer available on the menu was Budweiser. We Americans almost rioted until the Czechs explained that the beer was Budvar, a German light larger whose maker is in a trademark dispute with the American Budweiser. American craft brewers, a movement started by Fritz Maytag's Anchor Steam beer, make creditable beers. This movement is similar in goals to the British Real Beer movement. Good locally made beers are available almost everywhere in the US these days at small breweries with attached pubs and in stores. Cheers - Bill, AE6JV/1 On 8/23/13 at 12:28 AM, m0...@yahoo.co.uk (Tim Hague) wrote: Everything is an acceptable alternative to American Beer lol On 23 Aug 2013, at 07:53, Stewart stew...@twinwood.me wrote: It's an acceptable alternative to American Beer... :-) - Bill Frantz| When it comes to the world | Periwinkle (408)356-8506 | around us, is there any choice | 16345 Englewood Ave www.pwpconsult.com | but to explore? - Lisa Randall | Los Gatos, CA 95032 __ 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] Kool Aid 2M
Enough, sorry I asked:)!, thanks for the answers on and off line..., and US beer has improved out of all recognition... Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 23 Aug 2013, at 17:26, Buddy Brannan bu...@brannan.name wrote: Actually, I expect that some of his followers were also sighted, and…well…it was FlavorAid, a different brand, but still. Yeah, that. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Aug 23, 2013, at 12:13 PM, dixonsfamily dixonsfam...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure but I think the reference is to Jonestown, Guyana. Jim Jones had blind followers in the end thy all drank KOOL AID. Hence it's derogatory connotation. Denis WA5TYJ __ 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] Just a thought
Yes but they didn't go round corners like a Porsche:)! Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 16 Aug 2013, at 15:32, Fred Smith m...@totalhighspeed.com wrote: Very well put and true.except when it comes to cars then it has to be a Carol Shelby 2013 Mustang again all AMERICAN MADE. But they were all sold before production even started, it was the highest HP engine ever produced in a production car in excess of 850 HP. If you had one of them you could trade for a dozen Porsche's and still have money left over. It was one of those cars that if you had to ask how much it was you couldn't afford it. Not like Elecraft radios and equipment where the highest performance is at the most reasonable cost of any. 73, Fred/N0AZZ K3 Ser # 6730--KX3 # 2573--K2/100 # 6470-KAT100 P3/SVGA--KPA500--KAT500--W2 Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 8:30 AM To: 'Mike'; elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Just a thought Mike, I bet the equipment is donated and besides these non-USA manufacturers have been advertising and thus supporting the league for many years.They also make good gear but remember that there are one hell of a lot of K3, K2 and KX3 radios being used outside North America. Our hobby is world wide - DX is the driving point for many of us. Note also that ARRL remains aloof as it needs to if producing credible reviews in QST. Competition is good. The old USA manufactures lost it with SSB and solid state electronics for a number of years. Now there is a new group of companies really competing. I bet no one offers the service and attention to its customers that Elecraft does. The bar has been lifted and the standard of radios from overseas has also improved but can they match the personal touch of Eric, Wayne and friends? Yes I am happy to see my country of birth and citizenship again producing quality ham radio equipment. It is natural to feel this way but my dream car is still a Porsche. 73 Doug EI2CN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: 16 August 2013 11:30 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Just a thought Septembers QST arrived the other day and on page 13 is a run down of W1AW. Noticed its loaded with all non U.S. made rigs! No Elecraft or Ten Tec rigs both made in America. Just a thought that makes me go h? Mike VE3WDM __ 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 message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3211/6582 - Release Date: 08/16/13 __ 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 7536
Hank, can I suggest that you try the internal keyer, that will at least prove if it's the rig or your external keyer. I'd then start to look for RF feedback problems. Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 23 Jul 2013, at 08:39, Pfizenmayer pfizenma...@q.com wrote: Called V73NS tonite on 20 CW and he could not make out keying - said very choppy - the keying sounds fine in the headphones virtually no matter what I do. But on external rx it does in fact sound very choppy and sometimes misses characters , Using LOGIKIT CMOS4 external keyer - not the internal keyer. Using VOX QSK SEMI TX dly 020 (tx delay is also affecting CW weight) CW QRQ is OFF P3 is connected on the RS232 buss. I turned off the logging computer - rebooted the K3 and still sounds lousy If I use PTT with a foot pedal to PTT jack CW gets even more choppy OK , what have I got set wrong Hank K7HP __ 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 Erratic SSB Power Output
Jack, my K3 is stable, sounds to me that you might have a grounding problem or traces of feedback. Not an inherent problem with the K3 Best regards, Tim Hague, M0AFJ Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 21 Jul 2013, at 20:12, JACK WHITE g...@btinternet.com wrote: Hello K3 Reflector. I have an issue with my new K3/100 #7482. On SSB the peak power output isn't stable. The SSB power output fluctuates about +/- 15% of where it is set, but occasionally spikes to much more. The issue is on all bands but seems worse on 12/10m. I have tested the rig connected straight to a 1kW Bird 50ohm load and have tried 2 different linear power supplies. The problem is present using the two tone test feature, microphone or direct PC audio fed into the rig. The real problem is: I set up my Acom 1000 at the legal limit here (400w) and the power output is all over the place, sometimes 150w, then maybe 500w, then 300w, then all of a sudden the power can spike to 1kW+. I operate mostly CW. Things seem more stable on CW, but compared to my previous Jap rigs (FT1000MP, FT990, TS850) etc, the power output is very difficult to properly regulate. On my previous rigs, I'd set them up to drive the Acom to a certain power level and they'd run for hours rock solid without a peep. I've had an e-mail exchange with a friendly Elecraft Guy which resulted in me redoing the TX Gain calibration, he said the numbers looked good, but the problem persists. I am curious to see if anybody else has this issue and knows of a fix? As it is, the rig isn't much use to me. Cheers Jack G8DX __ 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] OT: Aircraft radio FM
More interesting in the permanent self congratulation you see on here when someone buys a rig! Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 16 Jul 2013, at 23:11, Rich r.br...@googlemail.com wrote: Am I the only one wondering what has any of this got to do with Elecraft?? Can the moderators put an end to all of these OT posts and return it to a reflector for its purpose please?? Yes I know where the delete button is but the threads get longer and longer. Nothing personal Mike, just picked your post to reply to. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Mike Morrow k...@earthlink.net Sender: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:02:36 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; k...@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: Mike Morrow k...@arrl.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Aircraft radio FM Ken wrote: AM aircraft radio has been around since the end of spark and steadily growing world-wide since that time. It was solidly in place -long- before FM was a gleam in Armstrong's eye. Er...I'm not sure how that supports an argument that transition to FM was *at any point and time* considered *by any responsible party* to have characteristics that were more desirable than AM for aircraft communications. The characterization that AM was solidly in place -long- before FM was a gleam in Armstrong's eye refers accurately only to the era when aircraft communications were only on medium and high frequencies... an era when long-range aircraft communications often still made use of Morse CW (hence the FCC Element 7 exam for Aircraft Radiotelegraph Endorsement, now discontinued). The transition from MF/HF to VHF for aircraft communications received its greatest push with the UK's pioneering use after 1940 of aircraft AM command sets operating in the range of 100 to 156 MHz. This sparked the allied US military's transition from MF/HF command sets to VHF command sets, one of the earliest being the Western Electric 233A set. At this point, VHF FM could have been *very easily* adopted, had it not been for its undesirable capture effect. Aircraft VHF-AM was chosen long after FM had been developed. The decision to use AM was purposely made. The adoption of aircraft VHF-AM was NOT the result of constraints from earlier legacy technology. All civil aviation eventually adopted the military standard of VHF-AM, although up to the mid-1950s many private aircraft continued to use MF/HF sets with receivers in the 200 to 400 kHz range and a transmitter on 3105 (later 3023.5) kHz...still far from a universal commitment to VHF-AM at that late date, had VHF-FM been a better choice. Further, by 1945, the US military began exploring UHF for aircraft comms. These new sets had no reason to stick with AM, if FM were superior. But FM was not superior...or as good. AM was chosen for use in the military UHF aircraft band as well. It remains that the staggering cost of conversion to FM is the real reason it continues today. That is a gratuitous assertion for which my decades of study in this area finds no substantiation. 73, Mike / KK5F __ 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] O.T.: End of (another) era
Good morning from this side of the pond. People have been predicting the demise of CW for years but, certainly over here since the removal of the necessity to pass the code test to get a licence the amount of Amateurs learning the code seems to be on the increase. Certainly at the clubs around here CW lessons are well subscribed. I wonder if our friend in Alaska is a CW op or has ever learnt it?. Best regards, Tim Hague, M0AFJ Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 16 Jul 2013, at 06:59, Tom H Childers n...@n5ge.com wrote: BS... 73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE Licensed since 1976 ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 11:48:53 -0800, Edward R Cole kl...@acsalaska.net wrote: I'll make a prediction: CW will largely be history for ham radio about 30-years after the date it ceased being a requirement to get a license. That is assuming the average age of hams was 45 when they were first licensed, they will be 75 in 30-years and quite a few no longer on ham radio for various reasons. __ 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] O.T.: End of (another) era
I operate the RSGB demonstration station at Bletchley Park (GB3RS), I tend to operate mainly on CW, young people are absolutely fascinated by CW. I had one young lad left with me for 2 hours while his family went on the museum tour, all he wanted to know about was morse!. I showed him the WEB SDR at the Uni of Twente in Holland, hopefully the spark was generated and he will be one of the new generation of CW ops... It's a lot easier to build a 4 transistor CW transmitter than something with a modulator to accept digi modes ( and I do have the capability)! Best regards, Tim Hague M0AFJ Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 16 Jul 2013, at 14:42, Dyarnes w7...@cox.net wrote: Hi All, Ed may be right--it's hard to say. It also depends on what the definition of disappear is, meaning I think there will always be some adventurous souls using CW regardless of where technology takes us. By rights, I would have thought AM would disappear, but it hasn't--not totally. There is even a feeding frenzy out there for old AM gear. But CW is a conundrum. It takes skill! That is what seems to be disappearing from ham radio! Look at the decline in the ability of the average ham to build his/her own gear, let alone repair it! Admittedly, the radios we buy these days don't lend themselves to DIY repair, mainly due to the advanced technology of things like SMD's, etc. These days, if you have a problem, it usually means swapping out an entire board rather than replacing a single part. But back to CW--This is the most basic (I think) form of RF communication. By that I mean it is the simplest form to create. You actually only need two wires you can touch together to send it, but a paddle or key obviously makes it much easier. It's more efficient that just about any type of voice communication, so with just a few watts (or less) you can work the world! The digital modes you mention are also very efficient, but I find them ultimately boring! The computer has made everything so mechanical! JT65 is a really slick creation, but you end up just playing a numbers game for exchanges. It's gratifying for a while, but there is not much conversation going back and forth. At least modes like PSK31 are conversational, and maybe other modes, yet to be invented, will be that way too. It's hard to say what we will see in the next 20 or 30 years. Technology moves at lightening speed! For that matter, RTTY would seem to be old hat as well, but it still seems to be hanging around in strength. The computer gave RTTY a reprieve, since we no longer have to rely on units like the old Model 26's, or whatever those things were that we used years ago. I can even operate RTTY and PSK31 with my KX3, all by itself, but using CW as the input method! Again, the simplest form of input (CW) to generate an advanced mode. A while back some Japanese company was seriously contemplating using CW as an input method for texting on cellphones! It would only require two or three keys! Interesting concept, but I guess it didn't fly--at least not now. I still think there is just possibly some merit to this however. Kids can learn anything They text! It's the old f**ts that have problems. The absence of a mandatory level of CW proficiency has clearly reduced the level of CW activity--except in contests! Interestingly, though, now that CW is no longer mandatory, a lot of newer hams (and some old ones too) seem to be having some sort of epiphany about the virtues of CW, and are voluntarily taking it up. Very interesting!!! The bottom line is that technology is apt to change everything! It might even substantially wipe away ham radio all together! It certainly has distracted newcomers who now seem to be nearly totally focused on computers. I have some serious concerns about the survival of ham radio itself, but for now, I think the biggest threat is CC R's! Hi. Dave W7AQK __ 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] 4th of July
Yes happy 4th July, kicking us out of the US was one thing but throwing the tea in Boston Harbour was totally inexcusable:) Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 4 Jul 2013, at 07:21, f9oj.7 f9o...@wanadoo.fr wrote: Wishing a happy National Day to all the Elecrafters, and to the Staff ! Best 73 from Jacques de F9OJ __ 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] 4th of July
Oh at least 100% God Bless Her! ( says he standing to attention) lol Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 4 Jul 2013, at 15:35, WILLIS COOKE wrco...@yahoo.com wrote: Tim, what is the consensus in the UK on how much tax the Queen should get on tea? (or King George III, if you prefer!) Willis 'Cookie' Cooke K5EWJ Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart From: Rick Johnson w3bi.r...@hotmail.com To: Tim Hague m0...@yahoo.co.uk Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2013 8:38 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 4th of July Thank you for the chuckle!You guys and your tea.. 73,Rick W3BI From: m0...@yahoo.co.uk Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 08:30:53 +0100 CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 4th of July Yes happy 4th July, kicking us out of the US was one thing but throwing the tea in Boston Harbour was totally inexcusable:) Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad __ 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] 4th of July
No accounting for taste! Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 4 Jul 2013, at 15:51, Mike Flowers mike.flow...@gmail.com wrote: I think they tossed in a couple of crates of lemons too ... ;) -- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - We do DX! On Jul 4, 2013, at 6:38 AM, Rick Johnson w3bi.r...@hotmail.com wrote: Thank you for the chuckle!You guys and your tea.. 73,Rick W3BI From: m0...@yahoo.co.uk Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 08:30:53 +0100 CC: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 4th of July Yes happy 4th July, kicking us out of the US was one thing but throwing the tea in Boston Harbour was totally inexcusable:) Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad __ 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] KPA -- Dead on Assembly
Carl, sounds obvious but did you check the fuse? Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 1 Jul 2013, at 20:07, Carl Jón Denbow c...@n8vz.com wrote: I finished putting together the KPA 500 kit this weekend. Everything seemed to go smoothly. However, upon plugging it in to the mains it will not turn on. I've checked the safety switch mechanism on the top and it does properly depress the switch. I've also checked the switch itself which is OK. The switch on the back of the unit is also in the on position. But, pushing the on button on the front does absolutely nothing. Where should I look next to trouble shoot this problem? Tnxs 73, Carl == Carl Jón Denbow, N8VZ 17 Coventry Lane Athens, Ohio 45701-3718 EM89wh http://www.n8vz.com c...@n8vz.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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 frequency loss
Some people have far to much time on their hands! Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 22 Jun 2013, at 22:08, Don Putnick don.n...@earthlink.net wrote: I noticed something very suspicious. The older K3 marketing photog shows VCOs A/B as 14.195.000/14.200.00 and the newer photog shows 14.175.30/14.180.30. Enquiring minds want to know why! Where did the 20 kHz go? Don NA6Z K3/KPA500/KAT500 __ 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] KX3 aditional feature idea.
What a great idea, Would be very useful Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 30 May 2013, at 15:00, Dave B d...@g8kbv.demon.co.uk wrote: Hi. While playing with the KX3 the other evening, and doing a firmware update. As I do, I took a look at the contents of the firmware files, not expecting to see anything in particular, but just looking. I did notice that there seems to be some empty space at the end of the MCU firmware file, so an idea comes to mind. Would it be possible to integrate a stand alone WSPR TX facility in the KX3? Timing based on the internal clock (Battery charger/backed up clock needed, it seems to keep time well enough from what I can tell.) Using one or more of the memory chanels to pick frequencies to TX on, and one of the message memories used to form the data to transmit? But, only invoke it, by either holding down a third button at power up, or a different two buttons, or by setting a menu item, then powering down and back up again. (Not unlike invoking the battery charge function.) The TX power could be limited to (say) 3W out maximum, and backed down automaticaly if the PA cooks too much, and aborted altogether if the battery gets too low. Backlight off of course. Just an idea, to make this wonderful little box even more useful! What do others think? 73. Dave G0WBX. __ 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] New ham but seasoned CW r/o, between classic K2 and progressive KX3
The KX3 is a fantastic CW radio, the DSP filtering combined with the roofing filter makes it very hard to beat, 50 Hz bandwidth with no ringing! Best regards, Tim Hague, M0AFJ Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 30 May 2013, at 18:54, Jeff Ellis driftenli...@gmail.com wrote: Arno, One thing about the SDR part of a KX3 you may be overlooking is it can be updated and improved all the time with new firmware downloads. You may also find the DSP and filtering of the KX3 might add to the enjoyment of CW. Also having the I/Q output gives the ability to have a panadapter to help you find signals or to jump quickly between them when listening. You may also come to enjoy digital modes in the future. With the KX3 you can send RTTY and PSK31 via a paddle and it will decode on the display. It makes those two modes like alternate CW. Just some thoughts. 73 Jeff, K7GDE On May 30, 2013, at 10:23 AM, Arno Dienhart a...@broadweave.net wrote: Only today did I realize what the KX3 is. Assembling it would be just fine. While the smaller size is not necessarily a buying point for me, I wouldn't mind it (I will take it outdoors). What I don't really need or want are the other modes (SSB, data, and SDR), so I wonder whether I am getting the wrong radio with a KX3 that is not a dedicated CW machine. Arno __ 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] Kit or factory assembled K3? and what options?
Hi Bill and congratulations. Just a point before you get frustrated, computers reading CW, I wouldn't rely on it!, OK if both sides are using machine morse but if one is using the traditional way. Best regards, Tim Hague, M0AFJ Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 28 May 2013, at 03:56, Peter Hedberg k7...@arrl.net wrote: For a Nano second I thought about a self-build but when I considered time verses cost it was a no brainer for me. My new K3 and P3 will be delivered in a couple of days and a couple of hours after that I will have it on the air. I wasn't at all concerned about my ability to assemble the parts and pieces but I really like instant gratification so for me to pay the little extra to have the factory do the assembly and testing made sense for me. I pretty much knew what I wanted in the way of accessories but I wasn't real clear on the filter choices. Their customer service guru Harold knew the questions to ask and he walked me through what would be best for my type of operating. In the end he even saved me some dollars over my original choices. Congratulations Bill on passing the general and extra in one sitting and welcome to our world. It's a fantastic place! 73 - Pete - K7WTG -Original Message- From: Bill Blomgren [mailto:billb...@nc.rr.com] Sent: Monday, May 27, 2013 2:52 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Kit or factory assembled K3? and what options? I've built LOTS of electronics over the years... but frankly I'm not sure I have enough time to build a K3.. (which is what I'm currently looking at..) - or a KX3. My problem: deciding which options will be useful. I've never done hf... I've been a broadcaster (with 20kw into 4 heliax with an antenna way up theree.. or a pile of verticals that I never have to touch because the tuning was done correctly N years ago I had the Tech for 2 months, and with my background splurged on taking both the general and extra.. and somehow managed to pass both. (Thanks to the DurHamFest and their VE's!) I'm not sure what will be needed at this point. Right now, I don't 'do' code. Never learned it. I will eventually pick it up, but not right at first... Computer? but of course... That's the sort of stuff I do for a living, so morse from keyboard? No issue. Reading what comes back? The computer can handle that. Pactor? Shoot.. I'm a tcp/ip junkie... it's not IP, but it is a packet from point A to someplace else.. Can do. Other that that.. I'm really not sure what options will be required in a 100 watt/living in an apartment with resulting ugly antenna issue world will need. Obviously the antenna tuner, but what else is everyone finding useful. (I can skip the 2 meter add on for the time being... probably can find a 6 meter antenna I can fudge into functionality.. SOMETHING for 20 to 6 meters perhaps...or 20 through 10... Again, not sure what will be needed. Naturally, if you ask Elecraft, you will get a system with every possible bell and whistle.. but is it all something a newb will use? __ 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] HAMVENTION is special ! !
I got my hat, a KX3 Kit for my colleague at the office, a really good chat with everyone on the stand, nearly went for the P3 but managed to resist. Even discussed with Eric about them producing a 70MHz transverter, EU Elecrafters and others should let them know the degree of interest. Great friendly people Best regards, Tim Hague, M0AFJ Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 18 May 2013, at 16:06, Jan k...@comcast.net wrote: AW, quit your belly-aching about the Elecraft specials at HAMVENTION; typically it is less than 5% off some of the items - - not from whatever you purchase - - - - - - Hamvention entry is $ 20 (pre-registartion) add to that the transportation to get there (distance 200 miles for me ~ $16 in petrol, one way ~ plus some eats while there = 75 bucks are gone by the time I got home again - - - - I didn't buy anything from Elecraft ~ have the shirt, don't wear a cap ~ had to see the 100W Amp/Tuner package, a short-chat with Eric and my usual hug from Lirma - - - - Life is great ~ Cheers, Jan K1ND __ 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 Hats at Dayton?
I'm on my way, next stop NY De M0AFJ Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 15 May 2013, at 02:53, Gary Gregory vk1zzg...@gmail.com wrote: Dang...why won't airfares drop through the floor like commodity prices...:-) ahto be so far away have fun all you lucky folks...grab a hat for me...:-) 73 On 15 May 2013 11:50, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft e...@elecraft.comwrote: Yup! Come early. :-) Eric elecraft.com On 5/14/2013 3:19 PM, Scott Manthe wrote: I'd love an Elecraft hat, but missed out on them last year. I'm wondering if Wayne and Eric will have them this year? 73, Scott, N9AA __**__**__ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/**mailman/listinfo/elecrafthttp://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htmhttp://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.**net 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/elecrafthttp://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.**htmhttp://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:elecr...@mailman.qth.**net Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- *Gary - VK1ZZ Skype: Gary.VK1ZZ Motorhome Portable The Shack* *Elecraft K3 P3 Panadapter KPA500FT KAT500FT** KX3-K * __ 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] KPA500 - power out question
My KPA500 loafs at 400W with about 30W of drive (UK legal limit), driven to max power it's about 650W with 35W. I think the disparity between results may be down to the type of load being driven. Best regards, Tim Hague, M0AFJ Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 12 May 2013, at 18:29, Scott Manthe scott.man...@gmail.com wrote: My KPA500 puts out 600-650 watts with 35 watts drive on all bands. I'm not sure exactly what's going on with people getting 350 watts out. I'd guess those reporting 350 watts are running high duty cycle modes, like RTTY or AM. People listening to your signal will likely notice very little difference going 850 watts to 600 watts output. However, the KPA500 adds 6 meters, QSK and auto bandswitching, which for me was worth more than the 3dB I was losing going from 1300 watts to 650. 73, Scott, N9AA On 5/12/13 9:05 AM, Bill wrote: Thanks to all who answered. I didn't know there was such a perceived difference, at the receiving end, between 500 Watts and 850 Watts. I have always been under the impression that doubling of power (3 db gain) was the least discernible difference and that if you did not, at a minimum, double your power - there was really little to be gained. Also, I am amazed at the reported differences in power - from 350 Watts to 600 Watts. That is a rather large disparity. Thanks, Bill W2BLC __ 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] P3 Noise signature
Could be in home PLA, sounds familiar Sent from my iPhone On 30 Apr 2013, at 03:17, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote: I usually check into the No Cal Net on 3533 each night. I've begun to get predictable noise with a unique signature on the P3 WF. It's a series of bands, the first [around 3545] is the widest, they get narrower up from that and the separation seems to be about 40 KHz. The higher components get narrower but aren't any weaker. Occasionally I've see it come on to an otherwise quiet band, and all the bands on the WF drift some before stabilizing. I have a screen shot from the P3 I'll send, anyone have any idea what this is? I never see it in the daytime on any band, just in the evening, which is suspicious ... plasma TV? If it's my neighbor Casey, I'll just need to live with it, we don't do battle with our neighbors. Besides, Sampson, their cat, gets along with ours and shares his food. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 - 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 __ 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] European source of coax assemblies
Rhophase are also good, bought a lot from them over the years and they have never let me down. Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 28 Apr 2013, at 11:36, David Cutter d.cut...@ntlworld.com wrote: I've used Gigatronix for professional and personal use: not expensive and very easy to order direct from their online configurator. Particularly good for European customers. http://www.gigatronix.co.uk/default.php?_minc=home David G3UNA __ 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] why mix rf connector types within the product line?
As soon as everyone standardises on N types the better, easy to make, splash proof, constant impedance, easily available, industry standard, rugged, it's a no brainer... Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 27 Apr 2013, at 00:50, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Jeff, There are a number of amateurs who just do not like BNC connectors and will not use them. In fact I have heard some comment when looking at a K2/10 say That antenna connector MUST be changed to a UHF type. While I do not agree, it is a perception that must be dealt with at Elecraft. Couple that with the fact that BNC is largely the 'standard' for QRP transceivers, but not for 100 watt and over rigs where the UHF connector reigns supreme. Adapters are not a problem IMHO, they can just stay on the SO-239 jack and usually do not get in the way. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/26/2013 7:36 PM, Jeff Herr wrote: I will end up taking the units (kx3 and that nice amp) with me as I travel. In effect now we are forced to need adapters. Do you think BNC connection is not suitable from an engineering perspective? __ 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] 100 W into K3
Probably the front end fried Sent from my iPhone On 2 Mar 2013, at 14:45, fabio.gris...@libero.it fabio.gris...@libero.it wrote: Hello! Here at II9P my friend Carmelo sent 100 Watts into my K3 ant connector (ANT1). Radio is not working! What do you believe is broken? I don't remember if the radio was ON or OFF. Help very appreciated. Regards, Fabio, IT9GSF. __ 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] spikes that never move
Do I detect a trend here, our friend in VK has had radiated noise coming down the power lines and has seen poor EMC PCB design practice which has been verified by other hams on here and the Yahoo group, you and others are seeing spurious emissions from the P3, I asked questions about testing and certification with no response. Has the P3 been tested for emissions in a test lab?, does it meet the requirements for sale in the EU and other parts of the world?. I really would like to know, my K3, KPA500 and KAT500 all were supplied with no D of C's or CE marks which is against EU law. Sorry to be pedantic about this but the competition do meet their regulatory requirements. Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 28 Feb 2013, at 12:46, Mike Greenway k...@bellsouth.net wrote: I fought the same problem Dave W8FGU had and also tracked it to the cables for the P3. The connectors on the cable were inferior to Amphenol’s in that there was no tension in the connector when seating them and thus there was eventually a poor connection to the shield. Whenever the problem would occur I could reseat both connectors and the problem, stationary images, would clear. I tried replacing the cable with one of the same types received with the P3 but it also had the same problem. When pushing some true Amphenols on that I had here provided a lot of tension when pushing them on. 73 Mike __ 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 K3-100 Repair
I have also used the services of Carlo Bianconi in Italy, he does a great job Best regards, Tim Hague, M0AFJ Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 27 Feb 2013, at 10:26, Brian North br...@chirpytom.plus.com wrote: Hello. I am writing to say thank-you for guiding me in the right direction for the repair to my K3-100. I bought the radio from a good friend of mine, he had built the rig as kit form. I bought it home and let it stand for 24 hours before even powering it up. When it came time to turn the K3 on, all seemed OK and it operated very well for three days and then gradually started to 'play-up'. This got worse and worse, to the point where the K3 finally gave up altogether, and NO I am not a screwdriver merchant, I never put a screwdriver near it. I contacted Elecraft and filled them in with the finer details. I had an almost instant reply guiding me towards 'Walters Stanton PLC' who had the franchise for Elecraft in the UK. 'Waters Stanton PLC' advised me to send my K3 to them and they felt that they could fix the problem, which they did with the help of an Italian company. The rig was returned to me with a new up-dated DSP board and a few other needed items. It is now been about a week or so, and the K3 is working even better than it was when I first had it. I am one happy guy, the Elecraft is an amazing radio and I have had a few radios' but not of this very high quality. Thank-you, thank-you, I can not thank all those involved with the repair of my beautiful K3-100 enough, right down to the people that I spoke to on the phone! Kind Regards. Brian North. 2E0BWQ Sent from my iPad __ 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] KPA-500 AM Performance?
Hi Dave, I have used my KPA500 on AM, I keep it down to around 200W on modulation peaks and I've had some superb quality reports, you can't do better than a good class A amp!. Remember not to rag chew for hours as it will get warm... Best regards, Tim Hague, M0AFJ Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 18 Feb 2013, at 15:29, Dave Purola n8...@yahoo.com wrote: I was wondering about the Performance of the KPA-500 in AM mode of operation? There are no spec's on the web site that I have seen as of yet. Does anybody have any experence using it in this mode or can shed some light? Dave Purola, N8NTA __ 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] P3 generates noise on 144 MHz
I'd be interested to see the EMC Test Report on the P3, required for selling into the EU and I think Australia, the P3 should not radiate emissions at this level and pass EN55022 or similar standards. Perhaps Elecraft could comment please?. I was thinking of picking up a P3 at Dayton but may hang fire... As hams we have no right to complain about PLT, Plasma TV etc if we don't keep our own house in order. Best regards, Tim Hague, MIET, MIEEE, Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 10 Feb 2013, at 23:44, Roger Crofts ro...@monitorsensors.com wrote: I recently installed the K144XV 2meter converter in my K3. I could work strong stations on 2m with no problem, but weak stations were swamped by noise which was S9 over the entire band. My P3 was showing that the noise consisted of carriers every 19KHz with lots of buzzy noise in-between. I soon found the source of the noise. It was the P3 ! When I turned the P3 power off, the noise completely disappeared. With the P3 on and the antenna replaced with a dummy load, the noise also all but disappeared. When I removed the RS232 cable and the IF cable from the P3, leaving only the power cable, the noise persisted at the same strength. So it appears that the P3 box is radiating this noise directly into my antenna. My antenna is a 2meter ground plane on the roof of my shack. It is about 8 feet from the P3. Obviously a solution would be to move my 2 meter antenna well away from the shack. I was not able to find any mention of this problem in the archives. Is there something wrong wi th my particular P3 or do they all do this? Roger Crofts, VK4YB __ 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] New goodies
Received my KPA 500 and KAT 500 today, 2 weeks to get to the UK via USPS, great service, took a half hour to interface with my K3, what a great seamless system, thanks a lot Elecraft, and just as an aside, saved a lot of money buying direct rather than the local importer. Best regards, Tim Hague, M0AFJ Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad __ 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] KPA500 / KAT 500
Is there any reasons why I shouldn't sit the KPA500 on top of the KAT 500 ATU? Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad __ 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] Don's comments on ESSB and AM
It may interest folks Stateside but there is a growing amount of AM activity on 5MHz in the UK, I've had great reports using my K3 on AM. Most of the guys however are using ex military equipment and boat anchors. We do have more bandwidth over here though. Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 29 Jan 2013, at 00:32, John Lawrence j123...@aol.com wrote: Don I agree with you both physiologically and technically about the ESSB and AM modes on the amateur radio bands. However, we have K3 radios that are configured to support all these modes. For that reason (IMHO), I believe it's important that they be properly supported and maintained by Elecraft or dropped as supported modes. There are at least two popular radios made by competitors that have attracted a portion of customers by offering ESSB as a mode. And there are groupies running AM especially on 160 meters, some with K3s. There are also broadcasters running ESSB in growing numbers with the FLEX and Yaseu 3000/5000 radios. I hear them often. Why? I don't get it but its real. The owner base of K3 users tend represent those who want to experienment and operate with all that's possible. The K3 can do that and play well in the company of the alternatives. 73, John, W1QS __ 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] 472KHz transverter for KX3
Dominic please keep us updated, interesting. Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 24 Jan 2013, at 09:52, Dominic Baines dominic.bai...@gmail.com wrote: I have started to design and build one for those interested in the band. http://m1kta-qrp.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/472khz-kx3-transverter.html 72 Dom M1KTA __ 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] 472KHz transverter for KX3
Hi Dom, I suppose being an 'old boy' I've been used to transverters that are dumb, I just learnt to ignore the MHz read outs and substituted the correct figures in my head!. I have the K3 as well as the KX3 and have just fitted the transverter output option which gives me 1mW to drive a box. Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 24 Jan 2013, at 11:41, Dominic Baines dominic.bai...@gmail.com wrote: Tim, I see two main options... 1. Transverter is 'dumb' and is just there attached to the KX3 and no controls (other than basic T/R) come from KX3 to Transverter and you live with a display that is 'offset' by the IF. or 2. Transverter works with the KX3 menus for Transverters (see the XV etal series) and some of these might be used. From a use perspective I suspect it might be 'nice' to have the display read 473KHz etc or whatever frequency you are on and not 28.473 so the offset looks like a minimum and might the selection of the transverter band etc. I note that the KX3 does not have a low power output so either there would have to be a manual check that the output power (into the transverter) is only 0.1W (default) still to define the best level or there needs to be an intelligent(?) sense that advises that the power is too high and does not damage it. The menu option XVn PWR sets this. 72 Dom M1KTA On 24/01/13 10:10, Tim Hague wrote: Dominic please keep us updated, interesting. Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 24 Jan 2013, at 09:52, Dominic Baines dominic.bai...@gmail.com wrote: I have started to design and build one for those interested in the band. http://m1kta-qrp.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/472khz-kx3-transverter.html 72 Dom M1KTA __ 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 or KX3 on my sailing yacht?
Blimey, they will want us foreigners to have a green card next... Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 21 Jan 2013, at 12:50, Tom H Childers n...@n5ge.com wrote: The K3 can be opened up, but I believe you must have a USA ham license before Elecraft will give you a way to do it. Contact Elecraft Support about it. 73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member On Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:26:43 +, Dave dave.g4...@gmail.com wrote: Dietmar The K3 will only operate on or near the amateur radio bands and cannot be opened up. It does however work well on Pactor up to at least P3. A more suitable transceiver for use on a yacht would be a Kenwood TS480SAT, the remote head makes for a neat installation. The ALC, CW keying envelope, synthesiser, etc on the 480 is vastly superior to an Icom IC706. The 480 works fine on Pactor (to P3). I have no experience of wide banding a 480... Using amateur equipment on marine channels is not covered by your marine licence and may leave you open to prosecution by your licensing authority... 73 Dave, G4AON (Using a K3 with SCS PTC-IIex on Pactor III) I would like to replace my old IC-706 with a K3 or KX3 (with 100 watts PA) but for that I need to know, if it is possible to send on the sailmail.com channels and on the ssb ship-ship frequencies at 4 6 8 12 and 16 mhz like my old IC706. I think, it´s not an issue like all modern transceivers have this option, but I did not found any informations how to open it for K3 and KX3 __ 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] New Output Power Issue
I'd check the accuracy of the meter, with nearly 20A being drawn on TX, I'd expect 100W out of the rig... Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 24 Dec 2012, at 16:51, Ian Kahn - Ham km4ik@gmail.com wrote: Don/all, It is highly possible the culprit is my RigRunner, purchased in March of this year. When I took it out of line, the voltage drop went from over 4V on tx to under 2V (13.8V down to about 12V). Current draw is .78 to .82 amps on rx and 19.8 amps on tx. However, while the internal power meter shows 100W, an external meter into a dummy load only shows 70 watts out. The current and voltage readings look normal, according to Rev. D10 of the owner's manual. But I'm still concerned about a 30W drop at the output. Anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks, 73, es Merry Christmas. --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua km4ik@gmail.com K3 #281, P3 #688 HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team On 12/24/2012 10:46 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Ian, With that much voltage drop, I would strongly recommend you look at your power supply and the power cable to the K3. First measure the drop while transmitting right at the power supply. If you have significant sag there, either your power supply is marginal or the output terminals at its output may not be tight (on most power supplies that means the inner nut is loose. Also make sure the cable is tightly clamped at the power supply end. At the K3 end, examine the APP connector. Look into the end and make sure the contact blade is fully latched over the spring finger. If the APP feels like it is not holding to the mating connector on the K3 with adequate pressure, then suspect incorrect assembly of one or the other of the APP connectors (check the APP mounted on the K3 too). The conductors in the power cable should be of an adequate size to carry the current. US wire gauge #12 conductors or larger should be used. That is what is supplied by Elecraft. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/24/2012 10:18 AM, Ian Kahn - Ham wrote: Update on my low output issue: I ran the TX Gain Calibration this morning, and everything passed with flying colors. I am seeing about a 4-4.5V drop across the radio when going from rx to tx. Rx voltage sits at 13.8V, but when I transmit, voltage across the rig drops to between 9 and 9.5V. All tests performed while tuned into a 300W dummy load. Before I tear into my rig and start looking for corroded tin pins on the PA board (K3 #281, so unlikely the board was replaced/mod performed), is there anything else I should test while my station is still all together in one piece? Thanks to everyone for the assistance, and Merry Christmas! 73, --Ian Ian Kahn, KM4IK Roswell, GA EM74ua km4ik@gmail.com K3 #281, P3 #688 HRD v5.x/6.0 Test Team On 12/23/2012 5:07 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: Chuck, It could - defer decisions on that until after doing the TX Gain Calibration. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/23/2012 5:01 PM, hawley, charles j jr wrote: Could it be/affect a 40% difference? Chuck, KE9UW Lionel Trains, TCA, LCCA, LRRC aka Jack, BMW Motorcycles BMWMOA #224 __ 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 __ 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] Re KPA500
Remember a lot of the world is not allowed 1.5kW and we all do pretty well in the pile ups! Best regards, Tim Hague M0AFJ. (400W at the antenna) Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad __ 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 on 27 MHz
It would be no good anyway, Elecraft don't make an echo mic! Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad __ 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 Setting Audio!
Alfredo, there is some set up instructions on the Elecraft web site. Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 23 Nov 2012, at 00:09, Alfredo Vélez WP3C w...@aol.com wrote: Hi Can someone give me a website where i can find an audio setting for elecraft K3?? I have Heil HC4 and K3’s Mic. I just want to adjust it… Thanks! Alfredo WP3C __ 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] (OT} Spam influx
I've had a Yahoo e mail account now for some years, never been hacked, you just need to take a little care, don't open anything you are not sure of.. Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 14 Nov 2012, at 16:07, Terry Schieler w...@swbell.net wrote: And, unfortunately, ATT chooses to use Yahoo to process email for ATT customers, so ATT email domains like mine that end in @swbell.net, @sbcglobal.net, @bellsouth.net, @att.net, etc are as vulnerable as the accounts that actually say Yahoo in the address. Don't let the fact that your email domain does not say YAHOO lull you into a false sense of security. I found that out the hard way. Maybe ATT is listening. Naw. Terry, W0FM -Original Message- From: KD7YZ Bob [mailto:kd...@denstarfarm.us] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 5:49 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (OT} Spam influx On Tuesday SR used a Straight-Key to send: -Original Comment--- no spam here! I've received dozens of Lam-Radio List emails where, in every case, the respective Ham owns a YAHOO free email account and their account password has been hacked/compromised. Literally Dozens just today. Some people need to take some Internet Security classes comparable to the studying they did to get licensed. Yahoo, for one, may lead the world, along with Hotmail, in the frequency of which their customers get Hacked on a per-year basis. Many of us have auto-Spam-reject. Those compromised email addresses get put on a Blacklist. Automatically. We don't see it happen and we don't get email from our friends anymore either ... until we figure out they were compromised and Their address sent out 100,000 Spam Emails, world-wide, and garnered them a Blacklist status across the globe. -- Best regards, Bob KD7YZWin7-64bit + K3 __ 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] OT: LED RFI?
Rich, in a word yes!, it's becoming a big problem in Europe. Some more expensive LED lights are OK but stay away from cheap Chinese clones... Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 13 Nov 2012, at 12:04, rck...@comcast.net wrote: Greetings Elecrafters, Do screw in LED bulbs (to replace regular incandescent) have any known RFI issues? Comments appreciated. Thanks. Rich K2CPE K2 #1102 __ 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] Small HF amp suggestions
Wouldn't touch anything from RM, very poor performance and quality. Expanded CB designs, no support. The only thing going is they are cheap, mind you, you get what you pay for... Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 7 Nov 2012, at 14:17, va3...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone else have any experience with this amp? a 'kosher ham' Robert -Original Message- From: Keith Heimbold ag...@hotmail.com Sender: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 19:17:02 To: Jack Berrywe...@yahoo.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.netelecraft@mailman.qth.net; reti...@easystreet.netreti...@easystreet.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Small HF amp suggestions I would be careful with the RM Italy amps. I have not been able to get mine to operate properly with the KX3 in my mobile. Lots of spurious RF issues and we are super well grounded with ferrites/torroids everywhere. For now I am putting in an older Icom mobile until the 100W amp from elecraft comes out. It is a bummer but mega mobile is a little challenged at the moment. I may end up using the KX3 on 6m with the mirage amp so two rigs in the truck. Not optimal but I cannot let my KX3 hang on the shelf. Keith AK6ZZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Nov 6, 2012, at 7:02 PM, Jack Berry we...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks for the responses. Looks like RM Italy is an option for mobiling with the KX3 and a mid range power boost. All others seem to weigh in too heavily in power and cost. Unless a KPA100 is available sooner than expected, will either delay the KX3 or pick up the RM Italy. On Nov 6, 2012, at 11:38 AM, Randy reti...@easystreet.net wrote: Jack: You might take a look at the Tokyo Hy-Power HL-45b. They are really offered for the Yaesu FT-817 but only require a cable to use with just about any other QRP radio. They are only about 50w but are small and portable and might fill the bill for you even if not as much power as you might want. Another possibility might be an RM Italy KL300. They put out 150w and are fairly inexpensive. The RM Italy amps show up on eBay from time-to-time but I think you can also order direct. Also they have a U.S. distributor: http://www.dnjradio.com//product_info.php?products_id=188osCsid=0b4e1927581ecc2d744e5dd8a50bf542 I don’t know much about them but their stuff looks interesting. Randy, W7HR Port Orchard, WA __ 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 __ 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] Battery Charging
Not to be recommended Ed unless the plane has a 50/60Hz outlet. The switcher will not like it at all. BTW 400Hz is standard for all aircraft including military. Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 29 Oct 2012, at 22:31, EMD edwarddo...@mac.com wrote: Boeing aircraft provides 110volts but the cycles are 400, not the standard 60. My question is can charging a cellphone or camera battery at the higher cycle cause harm to the battery? 73, Ed k3env -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Battery-Charging-tp7564773.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
Re: [Elecraft] K3-PR10
Just a question, does the K3 really need a 10M preamp, I know it's as deaf as a post on 6 but mine seems very lively on 10. Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 26 Oct 2012, at 02:07, Gary K9GS garyk...@wi.rr.com wrote: Boy...I was thinking of buying a PR-6 soon. I'd buy a dual band unit in a heartbeat. On 10/25/2012 3:59 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: We started with the PR6. We didn't know anyone would ever want a PR10 until last year. A two-band unit might be possible, but it's not in our plan (yet). 73, Wayne N6KR On Oct 25, 2012, at 1:10 PM, Brian Alsop wrote: This is perplexing. Why not have a PR10/6 where both bands are in the same unit? Surely that is possible. 73 de Brian/K3KO On 10/25/2012 20:07, Jack Berry wrote: I asked about 2 weeks ago and Lisa said they are building inventory before listing it on the order form. It is a 10 meter preamp, similar to the PR-6. God Bless 73!Jack - WE5ST - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5353 - Release Date: 10/25/12 __ 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 -- 73, Gary K9GS Greater Milwaukee DX Association: http://www.gmdxa.org Society of Midwest Contesters: http://www.w9smc.com CW Ops #1032 http://www.cwops.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 __ 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] Quick survey: Need a 0-dBm transverter interface module for the KX3? (KXXV3)
I would be very keen on something like this but not at the expense of performance. IMHO it would be a mistake to make transverters small with poor strong signal handling and sensitivity. In Europe with the high level of local activity on narrow band modes signal strengths can be huge. Best regards, Tim Hague Skype m0afj.Tim Sent on my iPad On 25 Sep 2012, at 12:45, Thomas Horsten tho...@horsten.com wrote: Hi Wayne, I think it's a great idea, but the major appeal would be if you also could offer an ultra-portable KXXV transverter series to go with this. My thought is something maybe half the size of the KX3, with room for several transverter modules, like 2m, 70cm, 4m, etc. Ideally with 5W+ output on all of those, and ideally with EXT Power (also in the KXXV3) from the KX3 so you'd just have to hook up a single power supply to the KX3. 73, Thomas M0TRN On 25 September 2012 03:06, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote: Hi all, We've had a couple of requests for a 0-dBm transverter I.F. module for the KX3. Normally the lowest power level the KX3 can put out is 0.1 watts, so the I.F. module would drop the signal by 20 dB. Such a module could easily be designed, but there's one catch (I'll get to that). A composite RF detector on the module would provide accurate measurement of the RF output signal level from about -10 to +2 dBm, probably). The KX3's normal TUNE power display in watts would change to milliwatts and dBm rather than watts and SWR. (The K3 does the same thing when a KXV3 module is in use.) An SMA connector on the right side panel would serve as the transverter I.F. input/output. There would *not* be both RX and TX jacks, so all external transverters would have to have their own T/R path switching. We would provide a DC voltage on the SMA output jack (some transverters use this for signaling). We also plan to do transverter band switching via the GPIO signal on the ACC2 jack. This could control Elecraft XV-series transverters. The other pin on the ACC2 jack is a keying output which many transverters also need. Note that the XV-series can use a 0.1-watt I.F. signal, so technically a KXXV3 is not needed in that case. But the KXXV3 would allow you to keep an HF antenna connected to the BNC antenna jack while transverters are connected to the SMA jack. It would also provide better control over the drive level on bands where you've selected the 0-dBm output. The KX3 has up to 9 programmable transverter band displays, and a choice of 40/20/15/10/6 meters as the I.F., selected on a per- transverter-band basis. 10 meters is used for most trnasverters. Here's the catch: The only place such a module could go would be the same place where we plan to mount the 2-meter transverter, so the two would be mutually exclusive. Please let me know if you could definitely use a KXXV3. If there's enough interest we'll add it to the list of future options. 73, Wayne N6KR Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: kx3-dig...@yahoogroups.com kx3-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: kx3-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ __ 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] K3 v IC7600
Hi. I've recently acquired a KX3 and have noticed that in my very noisy location the KX3 has the ability to hear signals that the IC7600 just can't, specifically on 80M where plasma TV interference rules supreme. I'm not using the noise blanker on either rig by the way. My question is would I see a similar improvement if I was to sell the IC7600 and replace it with the K3, Best regards, Tim Hague Sent on my iPad __ 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
