[Elecraft] Travel case for the K3
Official (TSA !) advice is NEVER put anything valuable like electronics in checked baggage. Levels of theft are reported to be much lower; a substantial number of TSA staff (436 I think) have been fired, but theft by baggage handlers remains an issue. I always use hand baggage, even for a TenTec Hercules II linear, (not for its PSU !!!) and after an unfortunate experience at Philadelphia, I never say whats in the bag. Let them ask . I took my K2 to ZS6 only days after 9/11. It was simply wrapped in a newspaper inside a supermart plastic carrier bag (no normal hand baggage allowed) but no-one asked what it was; no-one asked to see it. G3JAG K3/100 #107 ___ 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] Vacation tasks ...
Wayne - if it rains on your vacation maybe you can figure out how to stop the clicky noises I get in my Heil Pro headset on CW. If there is a signal on the receive frequency (e.g. when chasing a dxpedition, working split) the clicks are much more obtrusive the louder the on-frequency signal is. Same goes for background noise the louder the local noise level, the harder it is to monitor my own CW because of the obtrusive very short duration clicks Yes, the clicky effects are worse if I turn the AF gain up; they diminsh as I back the gain off, but achieveng a satisfactory, comfortable compromise is apparently impossible. Yes; I did the HAGC mod on #107. Yes; turning on NR helps, but is not an ideal solution. Surely I'm not the only one . anyone else notice these clicks ??? And any suggestions as to which of the many settings I need to play with ? Or is it a permanent unadvertised "feature" of the K3 ? Maybe my K3/100 QSK is TOO fast ? CU at Dayton ! G3JAG ___ 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] Radios on airlines
From long experience, including a trip to ZS6 with my K2 wrapped in newspaper in a plastic carrier bag, just days after 911. 1. keep the radio and/or parts in hand baggage. I have even hand carried a TenTec Hercules II to Sevierville and back from UK with only one person asking me to open the bag ! No-one asked to see my K3. 2. NEVER ever say you have something unusual ! I made that mistake with a an Omni-V and had to get personal clearance from the plane captain before they would even x-ray the thing (at Philadelphia.) And others were shoving laptops, record players and all sorts of junk through x-ray without being challenged. 3. Don't panic - whatever happens ! If you get visibly agitated, so will security. See 1 above. "Its just my travel radio ..." worked all the way to ZS6 from UK via Amsterdam, and back again. John G3JAG ___ 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] K3 #107
Great radio, just one minor problem, no SSB, no VOX response to yelling.. When first I tried it very briefly (ages ago) it definitely worked. Since then I have only used CW So what could have gone wrong ??? I have always used the Elecraft Heil Pro Set and the phones work just fine. The mike is plugged into the adapter that came with the Pro Set. The latest software says the mike is still set to f.Pl, not to r.Pl. I can play with the gain, the compression etc but nothing happens when I yell. Antivox is set at 0; VOX gain makes no difference. Other settings seem perfectly OK and nothing changes if I play with them. So what have I done wrong .. there must be something I missed. Oh well, there is always my Omni-V .that has its own mike. John - G3JAG ___ 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] Kits (and rigs) on planes
I took K2 #609 to ZS6 just after 9/11. Total panic at the airport - no hand baggage unless it was a see-through plastic carrier bag. Nobody had any of those so eventually they accepted regular supermart bags from the duty-free store. I wrapped the K2 in a newspaper. It survived the trip and no-one asked to see it - all I said was that I had my travel radio with me. Since then I have always carried valuable stuff, rigs, kits, components etc. in hand baggage without any problem at all. I have a small suitcase (a souvenir of a visit to Houston) and I use that every trip. Its well within the size limits for carry-on. I even took a Hercules II 500w linear in that case as hand baggage from UK to TenTec for service and only once (at Nashville) did anyone ask to see it. For the K3/100 kit I put the metalwork into checked baggage, but that was all. The main parts were in hand baggage. My second carry-on bag had 200 feet of ladderline in it Again no-one cared, I learned the hard way a long time ago that you should NEVER say you have anything unusual with you. I had my Omni-V with me and I rashly mentioned what it was (at Philadelphia.) I was detained until the captain of the BA 747 had inspected it (we took the lid off) and said it was OK by him ! Moral: Ham radio stuff is not dangerous. Don't act as if it is. Anon ___ 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] KRX-3
Nope; they do not seem to ship on order date. I have #107 and the KRX-3 was ordered from the start ...beginning of May 2007. G3JAG ___ 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
