Re: [Elecraft] PAR/LNR EFHW antenna
here's a video from N4LQ Steve Ellington, which shows the inside of the Myantennas box <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfqlun3bdI0> Al ve3gam -- From: "Dennis Moore" Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2018 4:28 PM To: Subject: Re: [Elecraft] PAR/LNR EFHW antenna Inquiring minds want to know... :-) Dennis NJ6G On 1/9/2018 13:25, Fred Jensen wrote: I'd have to destroy it to see what's inside the box. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 ve3...@rogers.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] PAR/LNR EFHW antenna
the End Fed Half Wave Antennas group on Facebook, started by N4LQ, Steve Ellington, promotes the use of a 49:1 transformer Steve does have a couple of videos on Youtube where he shows you him making one of these transformers check out how to build one, image is on Elgin Amateur Radio Society's website <https://elginradio.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/49-1-unun.jpg";> List of vendors of these if you do not want to build your own 49:1 Transformer Vendors - myantennas http://myantennas.com/wp/ hyendcompany https://www.hyendcompany.nl/ balundesigns http://www.balundesigns.com/ MFJ MFJ-1982LP/MP/HP, MFJ-1984LP/MP/HP http://www.mfjenterprises.com/ packtenna (QRP only) http://packtenna.com/ communicationworld https://www.communicationworld.nl/antennes_end_fed_zelfbouw 2017.10.12 Al VE3GAM al ve3gam -- From: "K9MA" Sent: Monday, January 08, 2018 8:39 PM To: Subject: Re: [Elecraft] PAR/LNR EFHW antenna On 1/8/2018 16:59, Rich Arland wrote: Failing that path, has anyone hooked an EFHW to the internal ATU with good results? I would also include a cut to frequency ground radial that I would lay out below the antenna. That would be the easiest thing and simple to employ. That definitely will not work: The impedance of the EFHW is much to high for any internal ATU to match. The 64:1 balun may work, though I haven't tried one. QRPKITS has a QRP tuner, but it works only on a single band. Most any of the external antenna tuners will work, though they may be lossy. The best solution, I think, is to build your own L-network tuner. One coil, a 3-position switch, and one variable capacitor. You don't have to get a perfect match, just within the range of the internal ATU, like 3:1. Once you find the right coil tap positions, the internal ATU should be able to handle the small mismatch with different antenna installations, etc. It may seem like a lot of trouble, but if you can match the EFHW, it's just about the most effective simple wire antenna you can use. 73, Scott K9MA -- Scott K9MA k...@sdellington.us __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to ve3...@rogers.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Field Ant. for 80/40/30
there is an End Fed Half Wave Antenna group on Facebook started up by N4LQ. it certainly promotes the EFHW fed with a 49:1 transformer. Steve loves the EFHW, but really does not have much love for 9:1 unun antenna. still, it is an interesting group to monitor. al ve3gam -- From: "Erik Basilier" Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2017 3:22 AM To: "'JT Croteau'" ; Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Field Ant. for 80/40/30 End-fed antennas have gotten popular lately. When I look closer I see two different popular approaches. The first uses a 9:1 impedance transformer in combination with a wire length that is not resonant on any band. The idea is that (assuming there is no significant feedline length) you have a medium impedance (450 ohms) on the antenna side of the transformer, and because the wire is not resonant so you might have an impedance into the wire that is also "medium". By adjusting the wire length, you might get pretty close to 450 ohms on one or two bands, and with a wide range tuner you can probably get below swr 2:1 for the radio PA to see. The second approach, used by MyAntennas and others seems to use a transformer with much higher impedance ratio. One way to construct such a transformer would be to cascade two 9:1 units for an effective ratio of 81:1. This would mean the wire should present an impedance of 4000 ohms or so. Another way would be using a single tranformer with a higher ratio. The impedance ratio is the square of the turns ratio. With a turns ratio of 9:1 you should again get to about 4000 ohms. Somewhere I saw somebody using an 8:1 turns ratio for an ideal antenna wire impedance of about 3200 ohms. These impedance levels are achieved by using a resonant wire. I don't know how you arrived at your parameters, but your wire length is too close to resonance on 80 and 40. Your transformer ratio wants a non-resonant wire, so you might see better results if you shorten the wire significantly and keep using the KX3 ATU. Alternatively, you could replace the transformer for a much higher impedance ratio, in which case you can probably operate with the tuner bypassed at least on 80 and 40 with a well adjusted wire length. With this approach you want the wire resonant on each band. It should be easy to achieve resonance on 80, 40, 20 and 10. As you double the frequency, you are changing the number of half wavelengths covered by the wire; the end feedpoint is always at the end of one of these half wavelengths, and thus you get the very high impedance that you seek. 30 meters does not fit as clearly into this scheme. The commercial versions use a small coil in the wire located close to the transformer end, and seem to be able to achieve a reasoable match for all the bands 80 and up without using a tuner. Now if you had placed the feedpoint in the center you would not have been able to get this consistency of feedpoint impedance from band to band. As I see it, this is a major reason for the popularity of the end-fed approach as contrasted to the conventional center-fed approach. Note that the 30m coverage of the 80 meter and up design is not replicated if you try the same approach with half the wire length. In this case you will need a tuner to get reasonable swr on 30. An important consideration is antenna height. We all know that antennas usually work better when placed higher. Looking a bit closer, we can look beyond the general installation height and consider the height(s) of the antenna part(s) that carry the most current. Antenna modelling may calculate the field as resulting from current levels in different individual pieces of the wire, and then it makes sense to elevate those portions more than other parts of the wire that carry less current. Another reason for this is the effect of ground losses. Jim Brown, in his article that he just linked to, shows that ground losses get worse the closer a vertical antenna is to ground. This makes sense as currents in the lossy soil are caused by induction from currents in the antenna. When we look at the current distribution within the vertical antenna wire it again makes sense to place the part(s) of the wire with high current higher rather than lower. One of the simplest portable antennas is a short wire or whip of a quarter wave or less. It will have a low feedpoint impedance that can probably be matched reasonably without a tuner or with a limited-range tuner. However, with a low impedance comes a current maximum at the feedpoint. This often means close to the ground, so even with a good set of elevated radials, considerable ground losses could be expected. (An actual connection to the soil would generally be much worse, unless you bury a lot of wires.) With a longer wire (1/2 wavelengh at the lowest band) we can have a very high feedpoint impedance, very low feedpoint current, and more elevated location(s) of hig
Re: [Elecraft] WRTC 2014 Documentary Video
great story, those guys must have been so tired by the end of the 24 hours tho Al -- From: Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 6:04 PM To: Subject: [Elecraft] WRTC 2014 Documentary Video Very interesting; even to (me) a non-contester. There are a few K3's here too :-) < https://vimeo.com/119947598 > 73, Dale WA8SRA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 ve3...@rogers.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: Nixie clock
still have a digital clock I put together from a kit that I bought at Dayton probably in the late 70s from OptoElectronics, it just keeps turning over the digits on my desk every day. probably last longer than I will. 73 Al ve3gam - Original Message - From: "Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT" To: Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Nixie clock Some NIXIE clocks use GPS for time, which is good enough for most purposes. :-) On 12/27/2013 3:57 PM, Phil Kane wrote: Don't mean to reopen the topic, but what is the accuracy of this clock? __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Totally OT: Wayne Burdick credit on music video
found another video showing "Wayne Burdick" playing steel guitar for Tex Williams, if I can find link again, I will post it for you Wayne I think he was a prominent steel guitar player back at that time, info on him was being asked for on a steel guitar forum, that I found through Google al ve3gam - Original Message - From: "Wayne Burdick" To: "Ralf Wilhelm" Cc: "VE3GAM" Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 12:50 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Totally OT: Wayne Burdick credit on music video My mom is still around, so I'll see if she recall this episode :) I do play guitar, by the way. When I get burned out on design work I write and record songs…. 73, Wayne N6KR On Nov 22, 2013, at 9:46 AM, Ralf Wilhelm wrote: In 1985, Wayne had a very special trip in a DeLorean DMC12 that had some very special aftermarket parts (one was called "fluxcapacitor"). He travelled back into 1955 and played the song on a guitar at a high school senior party, and his parents fell in love there. Lefty's cousin Martin called Lefty on a phone and told him that this could be the new sound he was looking for. Three years later, Lefty recorded the song in Los Angeles. Later, this story was turned into a Hollywood movie with Michael J. Fox ;-) Am 22.11.2013 um 07:36 schrieb Wayne Burdick : I was born in 1957 so this is unlikely. But I'm going to watch the video, just be sure. Wayne ---- http://www.elecraft.com On Nov 21, 2013, at 8:08 PM, "VE3GAM" wrote: Hi Wayne http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK_z_-MK2uQ just doing some surfing on Youtube and imagine my surprise when I see the name "Wayne Burdick" in the credits for a song by Lefty Frizzell.. I know that this is not you Wayne but wondering if it is one of your relatives?? Song was recorded in Los Angeles in 1958. al ve3gam __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Totally OT: Wayne Burdick credit on music video
Hi Wayne http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK_z_-MK2uQ just doing some surfing on Youtube and imagine my surprise when I see the name "Wayne Burdick" in the credits for a song by Lefty Frizzell.. I know that this is not you Wayne but wondering if it is one of your relatives?? Song was recorded in Los Angeles in 1958. al ve3gam __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] KX1 for sale
KX1, 40, 30 and 20 m covered, no tuner, no paddle $250 + shipping (shoukd be about $15) Paypal preferred, email if interested al ve3gam __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] radio items for sale
I have some radio equipment I would like to sell to raise some funds for other things. Radio equipment for sale: http://www.thesunflowerbaker.ca/forsale/ new listed equipment for sale: original MMR40 kit from QRPkits$100 2N2-40 kit from Norcal $100 with 2 update parts kits NESCAF filter kit $25 Tin Ear Receiver kit from AMQRP $25 Elecraft KX1 40/30/20$250 Elecraft T1 tuner $125 (factory assembled) MORCAL FCC-1 kit $35 4SQRP Tenna Dipper kit$25 38 Special kit $25 Radiokit QRP20 kit$20 prefer payment through Paypal, shipping not included, contact me for details Al VE3GAM __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] ZN-SLR
love his guy's work, Chuck K7QO had an article on one of his keys once, this was my intro to these good looking paddles, etc here's a link to his site: http://www.n3znkeys.com/ Al ve3gam - Original Message - From: "Gary" To: Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] ZN-SLR __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Fwd: [KX3] Unboxing the KX3
wow, does that ever look neat! Al ve3gam - Original Message - From: "Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft" To: "Elecraft Reflector" Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:23 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Fwd: [KX3] Unboxing the KX3 > fyi > > Eric > --- > www.elecraft.com > > > > Original Message > Subject: [KX3] Unboxing the KX3 > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:34:46 - > From: eds_aristotle > > > I made a video of the unboxing of my KX3. Please excuse my excitement. > > http://youtu.be/rqvO3rTwa-Y > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] OT: Robertson screws
the Robertson forever! (a square hole) we Canadians like our Robertson screws, not sure if you have them in the US or not but a screwdriver fits much better than in Phillips screws Al ve3gam - Original Message - From: "Jim Brown" To: Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 1:09 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Construction Questions > On 1/29/2012 9:57 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: >> I can't see a #1 Phillips being a good fit for both a 2-56 and 6-32 screw __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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: Heathkit Catalogs
when I started working in 68, the company I worked for had an IBM model 30 with 32K of memory, card readers and all, tapes, not sure about disk drives, but guys preceding me had written the mortgage program for it in COBOL I believe, on punched cards no less. long time ago, hard to believe the progess in the last many years, still it was an awesome and scary night when we finally decommisioned the card reader a lot of years later! pcs, small radios, cell phones, screens, microwaves, none of that was dreamt of yet. most of what we take for granted today and use every day did not exist even 30 years ago. al ve3gam Interesting info Dave. The computer on the 1970s Voyager space probe had a whopping 68K of memory total! And that was multitasking. Source: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/faq.html 73 Darrell AB2E __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 in the Media
after having operated both a straight key and a paddle, I'm not really sure that the two are comparable I don't think being able to send using a straight key does anything to help you send better than using a paddle, but using a paddle is much easier to me than using a straight key and if you take nostalgia out of it, I would think starting with a paddle is what I would recommend to anyone just starting out. I just don't understand the fascination with straight keys, they are hard to use and tiring if you don't use them correctly anyway my .02 cents worth al ve3gam - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 in the Media > > Hooray for the Elmer! ;o) > > 73, > Tom > Amateur Radio Operator N5GE > ARRL Lifetime Member > QCWA Lifetime Member > > > On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:16:12 -0700 (PDT), KF4VTT wrote: > >>I'm not sure if the actual video shot was of Christopher in action on they >>key or staged, but he prefers the straight key and *can use one*. His elmer >>will not let him move to a paddle yet. :-) >> >>73, >>Doug >>KF4VTT > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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: soldering practice
what about some old Personal Computer boards, I know one of the guys I volunterr with has replaced the caps on some of the boards with enlarged caps, perhaps there are other parts you could work on other than that, a surplus store if you have one handy al ve3gam - Original Message - From: "DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL" To: "Elecraft Reflector" Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 7:10 AM Subject: [Elecraft] OT: soldering practice > Hi everyone, > > 1. Please reply off-list > > 2. I want to teach my daughter how to solder leaded components onto a > circuit board (to start). > > 3. Where can I get a cheap (really cheap?) source of boards to play on. > Obviously, they do not need to work, can be broken, etc. > > Thanks, > Doug KR2Q > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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 netbook
ah phooey, loved that group's songs, have an old 3 record set of theirs Al ve3gam - Original Message - From: "Bruce Beford" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 netbook > No, that would be Fogerty... > >> not John Fogarty of CCR?? >> or just a similar name!! > >> al ve3gam > > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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 netbook
not John Fogarty of CCR?? or just a similar name!! al ve3gam - Original Message - From: "Forums" To: "Elecraft Reflector" Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 5:07 PM Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 netbook A while back Wayne suggested using a netbook with the KX3 to log and run SDR software. Someone else –I don’t remember who - warned that most net books don’t have stereo mic inputs. I looked for a light cheap laptop with stereo inputs. I checked a couple of dozen from Asus, hp, Lenovo, and Toshiba. No netbook that I can find has stereo inputs. All, of course have stereo outputs. In fact, I can’t find any current production laptop that has stereo inputs except the Apple MacBook series and it doesn’t run windows natively, though there are a couple of hypervisor solutions. There are hundreds of models and I didn’t check every one but did check 25 or 30. I did call Dell and hp and ask them. There may be some and if there are I would love to know a brand and model. My next thought was so called USB sound cards. On the high end (price of a netbook and size of a KX3) there are lots of choices. There seem to be a number of Altoids tin sized USB “sound cards” some have stereo mic and / or line inputs and some don’t. Almost all the external devices emphasize the output functions and are skimpy on the input specs. I guess this is a long winded way of asking if during development and field test some thought could be given to a light weight package in the spirt of the KX3 itself that is tested and known to work. I would see this as KX3, netbook, and "a small USB sound card." Alternatively, if there is a reasonably priced light laptop with the requisite capabilities that would be fine too. 73 John N6MNX John Fogarty john.foga...@sbcglobal.net Us Mobile 001 310 994 4625 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] A Narrow Dayton Filter
somewhat like the big city attitude, I have lived outside a big city most of my life and this is the type of attitude you get from them. if it doesn't happen in the big city, it doesn't happen. I suppose a company like Elecraft is like the the guy who lives 100 miles outside of the big city and tries to get the big boys to notice him. reminds me of the time I was in Montreal doing a city tour and someone on the tour from Europe thought 'why don't I go see Niagara Falls this afternoon?', I don't think she realized how far away she was from Niagara Falls. it just shows many are very provincial in their thinking and nedd to be more global in thinking. holiday here in Canada today, so of course it is raining Al ve3gam - Original Message - From: "Roy Morris" Subject: [Elecraft] A Narrow Dayton Filter >I was amused at a comment on the Ten-Tec reflector this morning. Can you >believe this? > > There was a posting stating there was basically no news on anything from > Dayton. The > post asked if there was anything really new. It also stated the Kenwood, > Elecraft, > ICOM and Yaesu reflectors have been amazingly quiet. What more needs to be > said. > Oh, well!! Roy W4WFB __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] Fw: Why I won't purchase K3
interesting comment! if you want to use one of the best radios around, I really don't get why it is so important that you BUILD the rig. Hopefully the END product is more important than the process used to get there. if not, then I guess you will miss out on using one of the best radios around. that is why I don't consider the BUILD question important at all . Al ve3gam - Original Message - From: "Alexey Kats" To: Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 8:30 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Why I won't purchase K3 > Ladies, gentlemen, and all the other species of HAM community, > > I apologize for such aggressive and somewhat insulting subject of my > posting. But after reading all the "why I purchased Elecraft radio" reasons > I felt like chirping in. > > I like radios, I like to find out what I can do with it. I like building > things with my own hands. I didn't have so much fun building fully loaded > K1, K2, and KX1 in years... like... like.. like I had when I was assembling > my own computer with nothing but pliers, 40W soldering iron and individually > acquired spare parts back in 90es. It felt like I was giving birth to a baby > or something - making sure that it is in the best state I could possibly > make it. And I could also learn from it, a lot, in fact. > > Now, don't get me wrong, when it comes to the specs of K3 I bow my head to > the designers of it - it's truly a one son of a gun radio. It's pretty much > the heaven dream for CW. I know that. But there is one thing which makes me > uneasy - it's not the radio I built. It's not even the radio I assembled. > It's the radio someone else built, and all I am reduced to is plates > arrangements and screwdriver turning. It's almost like I am not sure whether > I should be thanking Wayne and Eric, or curse them. (Probably thank them > more than anything...) > > My gripe with K3 is that even if I buy it, build it, and use it, I can't > honestly say that I BUILD it. Simply because I didn't build it. With K1, K2, > KX1 I learned a lot from its schematics, I was able to figure out what went > wrong if something went wrong (just to prove to myself that it was me who > was an idiot). I loved the process of making sure that I understand each and > every piece of it, to the last capacitor, even if I don't understand the > assembler code of its main controller (I spend enough time with computers to > hate them thoroughly as it is). My problem is I can't do the same with K3. > I'd love to own it. I'd love to use it. But I'd hate to build it. > > I am sorry if this posting makes no sense to all of you. I was simply trying > to express my feelings... > > I think I'll try to find more money to build another K1 or K2. (Actually, I > like K1 more, don't ask me why.) > > -- > Alexey Kats (neko) > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto: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] OT: Radio St Helena Day 2010 transmission frequency
transmission frequency used is 11092.5 KHz USB this will be added to my posting Al __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto: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] OT: Radio St Helena Day 2010
If you are interested, I have just posted an article about Radio St Helena Day 2010 on my web site, <http://ve3gam.webqth.com> This is a rare chance for you the listener to catch a rare SWL station put on the air only once a year. good listening, 73/72 ve3gam Al McRorie ve3...@gmail.com websites: http://ve3gam.webqth.com http://www.thesunflowerbaker.ca http://www.stthomascurlingclub.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] Fw: My predicament
I am 100% sure that this did not come from the station indicated, in the message properties, the originating IP address is from Lagos, Nigeria. also, I never take any email seriously that is sent to "undisclosed recipients", as this one was. I am pretty sure you will find Ted at home in Illinois, Wisconsin or whereever he lives totlally oblivious to all of this. Al - Original Message - From: "Hector Padron" To: "Steve Ellington" Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] My predicament Guys maybe Ted is not the one who wrotte that scam,I have talked to him on 40M several times and he seemed to be a very decent guy,there are scammers all over the net and I will say this is one of them.Don't blame him yet until we know all the facts. Its just a thought. AD4C "For a refined ham it is compulsory to own a k3" --- On Sun, 1/17/10, Steve Ellington wrote: From: Steve Ellington Subject: Re: [Elecraft] My predicament To: "Andrew Moore" , ted1...@operamail.com, Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 2:20 PM Interesting how the scam came from Ted Orant, WB9JOX, who is in fact a K1, K2 owner and no doubt a list member. How's that work? Steve N4LQ n...@carolina.rr.com - Original Message - From: "Andrew Moore" To: ; Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] My predicament > Common scam. > > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 8:43 AM, ted orant wrote: > >> I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,we came down here to >> London for a short vacation and i was mugged at gun point last >> night at the park of the hotel where we lodged all cash,credit card >> and cell were stolen off me, thank God we have our life and passport >> my rents are not in town they all travel to Fiji island i lost all >> contact. >> >> I've been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not >> helping issues at all,my flight leaves in next few hours from now >> and am having problems settling the hotel bills. >> the hotel manager won't let me leave until i settle the hotel bills >> am freaked out...you can wire the money to me through western union >> all you need is Name on my passport and location information below... >> >> Location :United Kingdom London >> Name:ted orant >> Amount Needed :1450pounds >> >> That is all you need to get the money sent to me and get back to me with >> the western union transfer details the confirmation code MTCN number ... >> >> Hope to hear from you . >> ted. >> >> Ted wb9jox >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.146/2627 - Release Date: 01/16/10 14:35:00 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.147/2628 - Release Date: 01/17/10 02:35:00 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [KX1] Help sought KX1 high SWR on 40 and balanced antenna
I would say try it with an analyser, see what you get, can't hurt may help you resolve your problem Al - Original Message - From: "Daniel Paul Perez" To: Cc: "Daniel Paul Perez" Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 10:21 PM Subject: [Elecraft] [KX1] Help sought KX1 high SWR on 40 and balanced antenna Hi all! I’m having a hard go of it with Elecraft products. I had a bad experience with a K2 that just never worked right at my QTH. Gary at Elecraft looked at it twice and said it was extremely well built and an excellent sounding radio. Not for me. I finally sold it – I never ever heard a clear voice on it. Subsequently, I purchased an Icom703Plus and it is connected to a Cobra Senior Ultralight up 55-60’ at one end 45-50 at the other with center up about 40-45’; 450 ohm ladder line runs about 1’ foot through a casement window; to a Balun Designs 4:1 current balun; to a 3’ coax with 239 – 239 connectors. The radio tunes up on all bands with respectable swr and power. I turn it on and I use it – CW, LSB, USB. Good reports and work DX. Though having had really bad luck with a QRP K2 I really enjoy reading about Elecraft products and reading this reflector. There are many really bright, helpful, engaged and kind folks here. So … I decided to go it again with a KX1. KX1 was built by Don Wilhelm in July 2009 and I have no doubt it is built extremely well. When I hook the KX1 to the same antenna using an amphenol 239/BNC adapter e.g. Antenna setup is KX-1 | bnc/239 converter | 3 feet coax 239 both ends | Balun Designs Current Balun 3Kw model 4113t | 450ohm window ladder line | through casement window | Cobra Ultralite Sr. it is getting respectable power and swr on 80, 30 and 20. Though 40 will throw a high power value and r9.9. My first thought is there’s something up with the KX1 – I’m still not sure. Examples: Before with Antenna I was getting: 3 525 p3.5 r1.1 7 025 p6.3 r9.9 10 112 p4.5 r2.5 14 025 p3.0 r1.6 With 50ohm dummy load at the end of the 3 foot coax (this is the only coax in the equation both scenarios – previously goes into balun), I get: 3 603 p4.2 r1.0 .|| 7 125 p4.2 r1.0 . 10 145 p5.5 r1.0 . 14 025 p3.5 r1.0 .|| I have a Diamond SX-200 meter and a Tokyo Hypower HC 200AT auto-tuner in addition to the KXAT1 and the Icom’s internal tuner. So I set out to try to understand this antenna’s properties e.g. un-tuned native swr, forward power and reflected power. I tried turning ATU to CAL and measuring SWR on the diamond meter on all 4 bands and it is pretty much all over the map – it’s also hard to manually Cal the meter without being able to key down. I tried this with the KX1/HyPower as well and saw swr’s in the 1’s, 2 and 3’s and sometimes higher. In both cases the external tuner or meter were between radio and balun. I do not have something right with the KX1/Hypower my though understanding is that I set menu KX1 ATU to CAL to turn off tune, press buttons to ATU or key down and press tune on HyPower. I got a very inconsistent set of results with the HyPower. I thought of using an analyzer but am told the Cobra Senior is really difficult to analyze with something like the MFJ259/269. I tried connecting just one side of the Cobra Sr. to the HyPower wire lead and was amazed at the magnitude of difference in sound – the KX1 simply came to life crackling and buzzing with all sorts of CW – really astounding. Was fine with coax, but simply amazingly louder with the long wire. Trying to tune the wire with KX1/HyPower gave SWRs in the 4s, 5s, 6s. Tried the other wire as well with same result. I’m genuinely trying to figure out how to figure out what and if there is a problem with the Antenna. I’m also trying to figure out what is up with the KX1. Dummy load yields good power and SWR 1.0. Before I decide to hastily part with the KX1 and call it quits with Elecraft – I thought I’d ask for some help and guidance to help me understand how to make this antenna better or to understand its native properties and to be able to turn on an Elecraft radio / this Elecraft radio, use it, hear it and have no issues. Thanks for your help. Best, Dan AD1P chesapeake1...@post.harvard.edu __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.722 / Virus Database: 270.14.117/2581 - Release Date: 12/22/09 03:09:00 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This lis
Re: [Elecraft] winner of K3 at FDIM
I would be there as soon as possible too for a K3 Al p.s. hope to make it back next year, missed this one - Original Message - From: ".k8dd." To: Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] winner of K3 at FDIM > > > W0UHF won the K3/10 at the QRP-ARCI Awards Banquet. > He did not attend the banquet, but made record time to come > to the Holiday Inn and pick it up! > > 72 73HankK8DD > > > > who won the K3 at FDIM Saturday night? > > Al ve3gam > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/winner-of-K3-at-FDIM-tp2941085p2941272.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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.34/2122 - Release Date: 05/19/09 06:21:00 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] winner of K3 at FDIM
who won the K3 at FDIM Saturday night? Al ve3gam __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] OT: It's IT Cookies
just saw a program on Food Network the other day, apparently there is a chocolate covered ice cream cookie called "It's It" in San Francisco, they looked pretty good Al - Original Message - From: "Mike Morrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 2:28 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Use of "ITS" vs "IT'S" (OT) Ron wrote: Every time I write a phrase using _its_ or _it's_ I have to stop and think about it. Other very common errors are: (1) Misuse of "your" and "you're", (2) Misuse of "their" and "there" and "they're", (3) Misuse "to" and "too". We all make such errors on occasion, but when any individual native English speaker commits these errors persistently, it reflects badly on that individual even in informal communication. For the sake of personal pride, I try to avoid these errors, even though I know that the message would still be understood. Keith wrote: I'm just glad that CW is for the most part a punctuation-free mode! Morse has a rich assortment of punctuation, including one for the apostrophe (..). I learned many 30 years ago while preparing for my commercial radiotelegraph license exam. When Notice to Mariner bulletins (NAVAREAs and HYDROLANTs) were still being sent in Morse on the maritime HF bands, one came across frequent use of the open parenthesis (-.--.), close parenthesis (-.--.-), and colon (---...). Today I still write "=" whenever I hear the -...- (BT) combination. Even Army MARS Morse bulletins 25 years ago sometimes used them, most likely due to inexperience on the part of someone using a Morse keyboard to prepare the broadcast. The general membership did not seem to like such surprises in the text that they were trying to copy! Mike / KK5F ___ 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.101 / Virus Database: 270.4.1/1522 - Release Date: 6/27/2008 8:27 AM ___ 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
Fw: [Elecraft] simple iambic paddle
one link you can check out: http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc/paddles.html al ve3gam - Original Message - From: "Ian Stirling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] simple iambic paddle On Thursday 24 April 2008 12:39:01 pm Brian Lloyd wrote: Does anyone have a design for a very simple iambic key that can be made with simple materials and hand tools? I made one when I built The Ultimate Keyer Mk2 by G3RVM in the February 1980 issue of Radio Communication. I used two thin strips of copper clad board. Mine was double sided but singe sided is all that's needed. I sawed a small diecast box to get two nice right angle brackets and screwed them on the base of the main diecast box where I had the electronics. The PCB strips came out the front of the box separated about half an inch. I used stick-on rubber feet as the thumb abd finger contacts. For the switch contacts, I drilled quarter inch staggered holes in the PCBs and using the other two corners of the cut box, mounted them outside the PCBs with a long screw going through each PCB hole. So the mounts for the screws are both outside the strips. The PCB strips were nicely springy and I adjusted the screws to a very fine touch. I bought a Bencher paddle soon afterwards. I have no idea why I dismantled my own paddles; I remember their being just as good as the Bencher. Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962 -- ___ 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.4/1395 - Release Date: 4/24/2008 7:24 AM ___ 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] KX1 LED display
My display is almost impossible to see outdoors. Can I do anything to make the digits more visible outdoors during the day? al ve3gam ___ 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] wiring key plug for keying
just acquired a used KX1 and trying to figure out the wiring of the stereo key plug both for a straight key and for a paddle. I only have the PDF version of the manual, where do I find it? or is there a standard method of doing it? Al McRorie VE3GAM [EMAIL PROTECTED] EN92kt ___ 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
