[Elecraft] K2-100 at Dayton
GM Elecraft hamsters de W4YN I will have my K2-100 for sale at Dayton vendor stall 9439 front flea market area. Has all the main options tuner, ssb, dsp, clock, 160M, rx antenna etc. Somewhat unique in that the 100W PA and tuner are in a matching K2 enclosure leaving the 10W K2 intact for portable opps. If your interested drop me a note at w...@earthlink.net or txt to 704-453-1958 Safe travels if your coming to Xenia. 73 Tim W4YN __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] TOM HAMMOND, N0SS, SILENT KEY
Very Very sad news, will miss yea OM! My K2 and other projects benifitted form his expertise and unending devotion to Amature Radio. Hope someone will post info on contacting family with condolences. Tim W4YN Tim O'Rourke w...@arrl.net Low Power Amateur Radio Rocks Member of Flying Pigs,ARCI,GQRP,RSGB,ARRL Life Member NHRA Life Member __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] [K2] XV50 vs FT817?
I would strongly disagree on several points! I have run 6 meter QRP for years and they do not call it the magic band for nothing. I have 50+ countries on 6 meter QRP at last count. I run QRP from QTH as well as mountain tops and when conditions are right you do not need more than a few watts for SSB or CW and yes most VHF contest have CW activity although not as much as I would like. As for the virtues of KXV verses the 817 I use both but the 817 is my mtn top rig even with the higher current drain I like one rig for all bands, I use a 220 5 watt xverter fron a QST article with the 817 also. The KXV's are more sensitive and have a little more output and I use them at QTH. I like the ease of switching bands and the offsets for keeping frequency easy to see. Personaly I just do not like taking my K2 and transverters mountain topping. Tim W4YN Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K2] XV50 vs FT817? To: Peter Wollan peter.wol...@gmail.com, Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: bd1e3cea7d744b80afc4ccf708440...@billslaptop Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Peter, There are no VHF CW contests, per se. There is usually some 50 MHz CW activity in the June ARRL VHF QSO party and the July CQ WW VHF contest, but this is probably about 10% or less of the activity level on SSB. DX chasing, on the other hand, is typically more fruitful on CW. But chasing 6 meter DX with QRP is an exercise in frustration. DX signal levels are simply too weak for QRP. For 6m SSB, you will want at least 100W output into a decent directional antenna to be competitive in the Low Power category of ARRL VHF (up to 200W). There are no power categories in the CQ WW, so you're competing directly against the KWs in this one. Bottom line -- Outside of extremely strong 50 MHz sporadic-E openings, VHF and QRP don't really go together that well, though some guys do seem to enjoy the challenge. For me, life is too short for 6m QRP. :-) I enjoy making QSOs too much, I guess. Good luck, Bill W5WVO Peter Wollan wrote: An XV50 + KIO2, adding on to a QRP K2, is getting within shouting distance of the cost of an FT817. Could someone comment on the relative merits, for use as a first multimode VHF rig? My guess is that the XV50 is better, but does less. In addition to just exploring on CW and SSB, I'd want to participate in some VHF CW contests. Peter N8MHD Tim O'Rourke w...@arrl.net Low Power Amateur Radio Rocks Member of Flying Pigs,ARCI,GQRP,RSGB,ARRL Life Member NHRA Life Member __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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: K2 (ssb)
I have had opposite experience. I use mine (Serial 8XX) on both ssb and cw. I have had excellent audio reports and busted lots of pileups with 5-10 watts ssb due to excellent audio quality. I do have a small preamp on the back of the mic connector and I use all Heil mics. I believe a K2 properly set up has no compromises on SSB. Tim O'Rourke W4YN Message: 33 Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:31:27 -0700 From: DW Holtman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Elecraft] K2 To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original Hello, I have a K1, which I like. I was thinking about getting a K2 while waiting for my K3 (ordered 27 Dec). I went to the E-ham web page and read some of the reviews. There are a lot of people who really do not think too much of the K2. One or two might be some crack pot, but there are a whole bunch of not happy users. All of the magazine reviews seem to love it. Comments on why the ratings have so many unhappy K2 users? The worst are the users using the K2/100 and most complaints seem to be it's ability on SSB. I guess it was originally designed for a CW rig, so don't expect good performance on SSB?. The reports on the K1 and K3 are glowing. Tim O'Rourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Low Power Amateur Radio Rocks Member of Flying Pigs,ARCI,GQRP,RSGB,ARRL Life Member NHRA Life Member ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
RE: [Elecraft] K3 phantom power
I have a preamp with phantom power made by Samson I believe it was $48. I noticed that Ramsey Kits has it listed in their latest catalog. Tim W4YN Message: 9 Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 05:38:02 -0700 From: Darwin, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 phantom power To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Bob others, I think the easiest way to get 48 VDC phantom power for a real mic is to put a small mixing board or mic preamp between the mic and rig. I have a (yuck, spit) Behringer board that cost me $100 about 10 yrs ago that provides phantom power on 4 channels plus some EQ and, of course, mixing capabilities. Or I can use my Mackie board to do the same. That's how I run good mic into my rig. If you don't want a mixer, you can get several different mic preamps that will provide the phantom voltage the mic needs. - Keith N1AS - - K2 5411.ssb.100 - - K3 Wave 3 - -Original Message- Would it be possible for the K3 to provide 48volt Phantom power for profesional condensor microphones? Thanks! Tim O'Rourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Low Power Amateur Radio Rocks Member of Flying Pigs,ARCI,GQRP,RSGB,ARRL Life Member NHRA Life Member ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] RE:OT-NASA soldering
I was not NASA certified but worked with techs that were. They explained that minimum solder, ie concave verses convex solder blob, was due to not inspection of solder pad. If the solder was piled on the inspectors would reject it because they had a harder time determining cold solder pads, minimal solder allowed proper inspection of the pad. Tim W4YN Judging from a direct response, it seems that my statement about using minimum solder to save lift-off weight during the lunar lander program generated skepticism...At that time NASA estimated that they saved 450 pounds on the entire Saturn 5 launch vehicle by limiting the amount of solder used for a one-shot launch...NASA did not use Mil-Spec, they had their own spec... Jerry, wa2dkg Anything that is built for NASA and will fly will most likely have to be conformal coated...Leaving excess lead length might cause the ends to protrude out of the conformal coating, defeating the purpose of the coating...I was not aware of any min-max lead length protrusion in my dealings with NASAWe used minimum solder to save lift-off weight and we always trimmed flush... Tim O'Rourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Low Power Amateur Radio Rocks Member of Flying Pigs,ARCI,GQRP,RSGB,ARRL Life Member NHRA Life Member ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Re: Amplifier for use with Heil products and K2
Charlie When the SSB adaptor came out there was a small circuit board offered by I believe the Arazonia Scorpions group that attached to the mic configuration header. Been a while so I may have some of the details wrong the group can correct me, but I used it and it worked FB. You should be able to Google it and find the circuit. Tim W4YN Message: 2 Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:39:37 - From: Charlie, W0YG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Elecraft] Amplifier for use with Heil products and K2 To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original What amplifier is recommended for use with a Heil headset with the #5 element? I seem to be missing this in the discussions currently ongoing. Thanks and 73, Charlie, W0YG.. Tim O'Rourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Low Power Amateur Radio Rocks Member of Flying Pigs,ARCI,GQRP,RSGB,ARRL Life Member NHRA Life Member ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Re: Excellent service from Tokyo Hy-Power
I recently purchased the HL2Kfx direct from Nobuki and had similar experience. Great company and service. Products are top notch also. According to Nobuki they will be back in US market next year. Tim W4YN Message: 10 Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:27:43 -0600 Good Day, I have had an HL-50B for a while that I use on some of my QRP rigs and FT-817 when I need a bit of extra punch. It has provided faithful service until recently. Low to no power out on all bands. I returned it to Japan to Tokyo Hy-Power after sending and email. Nobuki-san sent a quick reply saying that the HL-50B has been a reliable unit and that he was surprised that I had difficulty. I just got an email from him saying that unit has been repaired and returned at no cost to me except the shipping that it cost to get it to them. This goes way above and beyond the call of service. It is a standard by which all should strive to achieve. No questions on when I bought it or what I was doing when it failed. They just fixed it on good faith. Just thought I would let others know of the good service that I got from them. I will be buying more products from them when the occasion presents itself again. Jess AE0CW Tim O'Rourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Tight Skirts
In 70's tight short skirts were popular. I drove a Lotus and enjoyed the view watching dates slide in and out of the Europa. BTW still have car and girl friend is my wife for last 33 years. Tim W4YN Tim O'Rourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] lithium AA's
There are 3 volt lithium rechargeable AA's out there, u just use less cells. There is a lot of concern about safety reguarding lithium cells but every cell phone use on now a days. I have never seen an article abt a cell phone cataching on fire but I guess it probably happens. I have been using rechargable lithium cell in R/C air planes for several years now and I have several 4500ma flat cell packs I use with qrp gear. If you use a charger designed for the cells there should be no issues. Most of the accidents I have read about were caused by user not using correct charger. A 4500 ma 11 volt pack weighs a significant amount less that a 8 or 10 cell AA pack. The R/C battery vendors are claiming a discharge rate up to 20C but with our gear it is not necessary. Check out any R/C airplane mag and you will find several adds for these cells. The AA rechargable cells are hard to find and I do not remember where I found them but I will try and find the invoice if others are interested. Tim ORourtke W4YN Tim O'Rourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
RE: [Elecraft] loss of side tone
Ron You hit it on the button (sic) do not know how it got changed but that worked. Now I do not need another rig in shack on to hear side tone. Tnx a bunch. Tim W4YN From: Ron D'Eau Claire [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim, you've probably been bit by the by the sidetone source demon. Go into the menu, choose Sidetone Level STL. Press MENU to enable the sidetone level adjustment, the tap DISPLAY. That changes where the K2 looks for the sidetone from the controller, which changed a few firmware revs back so it has to be selectable. But if you accidentally tap DISPLAY while leaving the level menu, you disable the sidetone in the process! That's the sidetone source demon laughing if you listen very carefully when you should be hearing the tone... But aren't. Hope that did it! Ron AC7AC -Original Message- F After several years of faitfull service my k2 has lost side tone. Any thoughts while I go look for manuals? All else works FB. Tim W4YN Tim O'Rourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tim O'Rourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Internal AAA batteries for KX1?
FWIW I use Lithium Ion batteries in RC planes and I also use them with the KX1, K1 and other rigs. However I do not use them in the rig, I have seen too many battery failures over the years (30) to trust charging in the rig. I do have several 3 cell (11.5) volt flat cell packs I use as external source. I like this as I can change packs on the fly and charge them away from rig. As an example a 3 cell flat pack with a rating of 3500 mah is about the size of an 8 cell AA flat pack but thinner and about 1/3 of the weight. They do require a charger that is made specifically for Lithium Ion packs. I carry 2 of these in back pack and get many hours of op time before needing recharged. Tim W4YN From: Eric Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a rechargeable lithium CR-V3 battery for my digital camera-it is 3V nominal, and the same size as 2 AAs smushed together side-by-side. The 3+3 cell arrangement in the KX1 precludes using these, but I wonder if someone is going to come out with a rechargeable lithium AA-or do they already exist? Eric N0HHS KX1 #670 I saw a posting yesterday on QRP-L where someone saw AAA Lithium batteries for sale so I went to the Energizer.com site and sure enough it looks like Eveready is now manufacturing a 1250 mah AAA Lithium cell. This got me to thinking about how great it would be if Elecraft offered an alternative bottom cover for the KX1 that had 2 X 4 AAA holders giving 12+ V instead of 10V with the 2 X 3 AAs. Tim O'Rourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Re: recommended switching supply
I have both the Alinco and MFJ switcher and they both work FB, I have not been bothered by hash with either. The Alinco is nice with meter and adjustable output. Tim W4YN Tim O'Rourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
