[Elecraft] KE7X Website is back
Several months ago there was a thread about Fred Cady KE7X's website, which has information about his Elecraft books, some updates, and other thoughts. Although his KE7X domain is gone, the website and all the content can be found here: https://sites.google.com/a/ke7x.com/www/ This site is on the original Google Sites system, which is slated for decommission on January 1, 2022, so please download any information you may want beyond that date. I'll try to create some new version if it can be done easily. Best 73, Vic VE3YT __ 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
[Elecraft] FS: K3/0-Mini-F and RR boxes+cables
For sale, my K3/0 Mini, used twice, and the Remote Rig boxes bought pre-configured from Elecraft, plus cables to connect it to the K3/0 Mini and a K3. Asking $650 for the K3/0, $500 for the Remote Rig boxes and cables, and $1100 for all, plus shipping. Email is good on qrz.com, vicd at uwaterloo dot ca. Pics: img src=http://99.250.127.104/remote1.jpg img src=http://99.250.127.104/remote2.jpg img src=http://99.250.127.104/remote3.jpg img src=http://99.250.127.104/remote5.jpg Thanks and 73, Vic VE3YT -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Book
The third edition of Fred's Elecraft K3 and P3 book became available in 2015. It assumes the K3S is already available, and that you might be buying a used K3 and wondering whether to upgrade it with the KSYN3A, the KIO3B and the KXV3B. The book describes how to install these components, and you use them. For example, the KIO3B provides USB connection and a "sound card" for data modes. If you have these boards in your K3, or are thinking about getting them, the third edition will serve you well. 73, Vic, VE3YT -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] Reaching across the chronological divide
I agree with Wayne that we need to be empathetic to reach out to people to interest them in ham radio. Many of the posts here make points some very good points. In general, I think we are not doing as much as some of our old mentors did for us when we started in the hobby, and we are a little rigid about insisting newbies should follow the established and proper path. I've been working with a group of nine new hams and three old timers at our local club since September, teaching them Morse code. (One is my XYL, a university professor who started a program in user experience design -- but not a stem person -- who got interested in the crossover between the maker world, robotics in schools and ham radio at Dayton a couple of years ago.) Granted, this CW group are already all hams, so they are "bought in" to the hobby, but as a group they weren't getting on HF in the way we think of ham radio. One newbie was a life-long SWL, so he was predisposed to HF. One old timer was a VHF guy, and the other two do HF digital. Two are women, including my wife. I had a plan to get them interested in HF and specifically contesting. They got their licenses in late April and I gave a talk about contesting and being radio active in general. I set up two stations for them at Field Day and sat beside each of them, helping them make their first Qs on phone. Five of them got pretty serious sitting at my K3s. One of the others brought his microBitX arduino-based rig and had a frustrating time, but stayed positive. Right after FD, two of the newbies bought Icom 7300s. At FD, I talked about a Morse course, with elements of getting started in ham radio thrown in, to start in the Fall. They all watched me make some Morse FD contacts, more easily than voice, and they all agreed to come to the course. To prepare, I became a Canadian examiner with Morse credentials, so I could administer Morse tests to endorse their licences at the end of the course if they wanted it. In the course, I've mostly followed the CWOps approach of introducing the letters and using 18 or 20 wpm Farnsworthed down to 3 wpm then 5 wpm and now about 10 wpm. I've made half-hour mp3s on my web site. I've sent in class. I told them they would teach themselves code, using some of the amazing tools now available on websites, such as RUFz, LCWO, Morse Runner, etc., and the class was there to help. One of the old timers, a software engineer, wrote a training program that introduces letters in our class order, and sends them to you and you type them. It keeps track of the ones you know, don't know, and know slowly, and it changes the probability of letters and spacing between them as a result. What I didn't expect is the sense of community among the students in the class. They are very much become friends, kind of a sub group of new people within the local club. They send emails about their progress to the group, for example when they work some DX on SSB. They're all putting up antennas, getting gear, etc. This friendliness has really paid off now that they're starting to send Morse to each other because they're so mutually positive about getting each other past shyness. Many of them are starting with paddles -- two of them made their own. I've given some of them old straight keys I've collected for this purpose, and they've put them on bases. The microBITx guy worked really hard on his CW practising, and I could tell he was getting frustrated with his rig, so I loaned him an old K2 I haven't been using "for a year or two, until he figures out what rig he wants". I steered him towards SKCC and he's made some SKCC QSOs and has an SKCC number. One of the women borrowed an old Henry Radio Tempo One from someone (and early Yaesu rig without keyer or sidetone), so I lent her one of those Bencher paddles with MFJ keyer attached so she can have a shot at CW with this rig. A few of us are probably going to build QRP Labs QCX 5 watt transceivers together. Two of the students now have KX3s they got used and are excited about portable operation. Two people have dropped out and will return for the next course, but they're staying on the email list and talking. Two others almost dropped out because they stopped practising for a couple of weeks, and the others cajoled them back!! I keep sending them encouraging emails and introducing new topics. They're all very interested in the history of ham radio, and a few of them see Morse as a connection to telegraph communications and early wireless telegraphy via radio. One has a grandfather who was a telegrapher. We've compared the sound of continental "railway" Morse to International CW Morse. Etc. etc. I'm so happy about all this. I expected to have about two students make it to where they made CW Qs on the air. It's going to be much higher than that, and I might even create a few new CW contesters. We'll see what happens with the Rookie Roundup. What have I learned? Let the group and individu
Re: [Elecraft] Location of VFO B on the K4
Lou, I sometimes have this exact "multi-use of one knob" problem with the K-Pod. I normally have it set to VFO A, but while running in contests I might set it to RIT. Then it becomes muscle memory to use it to adjust RIT, and if set to VFO A, I inadvertently QSY. So I've learned to keep the K-Pod on VFO A, and reach for RIT on the radio, which is pretty easily done. Vic VE3YT -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.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] Fredrick Cady SK
I'm very sad to confirm Todd's post: Fredrick Cady, KE7X, emeritus professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Montana State University, died this morning in Denver. The cause was heart failure and related complications. He was born May 2, 1942. I'm sure Todd or I will post a fuller obituary or link when one is available. Fred was my very dear friend and an important mentor for me. Working with him to write the Successful Ham book was a joy. He helped so many people as a professor, author of his books, and in his role as a volunteer fireman, fire chief and deputy chief. He will be deeply missed. 73 Vic VE3YT __ 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 with the AS-419 bandpass filter system
Noel, the 419 has two "input modes" for selecting bands using the connector on the rear: PBM = Per Band Mode, where 12V is put on an appropriate pin for the band you wish to select, that is, one of 6 pins. BDM= Band Data Mode, where Band0 to Band3 data is applied to the connector, and the 419 does the decoding. The pin outs for the connector for either mode are etched on the back of the 419. To enter BDM, hold the mode button and push and release the 10m button. If you look under the 10m button, you'll see a label "BDM". To enter PBM, hold the mode button and push and release the 15m button. If you look under the 15m button, you'll see a label "PBM". 73, Vic VE3YT -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-with-the-AS-419-bandpass-filter-system-tp7627818p7627840.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KRC2 and KX3
When Eric VA7DZ, Fred KE7X and I were all experimenting with KRC2s for our K3s, I also connected mine to the KX3 with the help of Jack Brindle, KRC2 expert. Here's what I did to the KRC2 to make it work in between the KX3 and the computer: 1. Set KX3 menu item RS232 to 19200b. Set the appropriate software on the computer to 19,200 baud. 2. Use only the following jumpers in the KRC2: W3, W8, W9, W10, W21, W22, W23. 3. Make a special jumper wire to go from the RS-232 connector side of W11, to the RS-232 connector side of W20. This carries the DTR signal between the two RS-232 connectors without actually bringing it into the KRC2 circuit. It's voltage is incompatible with the KRC2, but it needs to be "carried through" if you intend to break out the DTR signal to, say, key the KRC2 with a transistor (or perhaps use DTR for PTT, or you could figure out the RTS pin on the RS-232 if you prefer). The circuit diagram in the KRC2 assembly and operating instructions booklet is very useful to help to understand the jumpers. Normally, for a K3, you'd use W16 to enable the Auxbus in the KRC2. W3 tells it to use the serial port, not the Auxbus. W8 sets it to 19,200 baud. W9 and W10 carry the pin 2 and pin 3 data for RS-232. As Jack said, it's important to only connect pins 2, 3, (both data) and 5 (ground) to the KRC2 circuit because the other pins of RS-232 are electrically incompatible with the KRC2. __ 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
