Re: [Elecraft] OT: new SS amps
I have owned an ALS-600 for the last 5 years and have, for the most part been quite happy with it. I did an expensive solution to the "no QSK" problem by purchasing the Ameritron QSK-5; the pair work flawlessly together with fast, "thump free", full QSK. My biggest complaint with the '600 is the really cheap-o, Mickey Mouse, decal for the front panel labling. The thing has a tendancy to start peeling along the edges of the panel, bulging out, and basicly looking like hell. I find a carefull application of something like Bondini II between the decal and the panel works fairly well to re-attach it. In the case of the QSK-5...it is VERY sensitive to high SWR (I still haven't determined what HIGH actually is). Anyway, when HIGH is exceded, the two parallel 12V bulbs, used to protect the pin diodes, go bye bye and need to be replaced. After you have ordered the replacements from Ameritron you have to open up the QSK-5, unsolder the old bulbs and solder in the new ones. This is certainly not difficult, just simply annoying...I've had to do this 3 or 4 times and finally ordered a handfull of the little beauties so I'm prepared. A resetable fuse or socketed bulb would be a real improvement to the device. As far as Elecraft amps..it seems to me that high power amplifires are basically a comodity item, bringing out another amp simply dilutes the market, unless there are compelling features to make it stand out from the crowd. It will, at best, hold its own. I would hate to see Elecraft embark on a money losing venture, especially in the current economy. Despite all that I would love to have a KPA-800! Doug, W6JD K2/100 #1626 K3/100 #23 -- Original message -- From: "Sandy" > Who can afford almost $3K? Ham radio getting way outta my league! > > 73, > > > >I just ran into this by accident. > > > > http://www.ameritron.com/catalog/Ameritron_2009.pdf > > > > See page 9. > > > > No stated expected delivery > > Not enough "specs" for my liking, but still, rather interesting. > > Is this "contest grade?" Who knows? > > > > I have no vested interest in this company. > > ___ > > 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 - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1857 - Release Date: 12/19/2008 > 10:09 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 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] Bigger K3 S-meter
I'm not sure that I understand the fascination of larger S meters, I totally ignore mine. But back in the days of my ill spent youth, when radios glowed in the dark, I owned a Hallicrafters SX-96 which had an S meter that must have occupied at least a quarter of the front panel, and went to "80 db over 9" if my memory serves me well. Man could you give great signal reports.."ur 70 db over 9 but pls agn ur name" and S-9 meant that the other station was audible. Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: David Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Greg, > > Well, yes, it could be integrated into PowerSDR, or any other rig control app > where the source code is available. But then it would go from being a trivial > programming task to a major project... for me anyway. :) > > David, W4SMT > > > --- On Thu, 10/30/08, Greg - AB7R wrote: > > > From: Greg - AB7R > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Bigger K3 S-meter > > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net, "David Fleming" > > Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008, 1:28 PM > > David, > > > > What about using it through Larry's LP-PAN? That way > > the serial data could be used > > for other functions at the same time. > > > > - > > 73, > > Greg - AB7R > > Whidbey Island WA > > NA-065 > > ___ > 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 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] LED Lamps
C. Crane Co. in Scotia, CA has a wide variety of LED lamps and bulbs. They are also a good source of AM/FM/SW radios, be sure to get their catalog. BTW Crane's customer service is on a par with Elecraft's. www.ccradio.com 73, Doug W6JD___ 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] Where have all the K2s gone...
I frequently take my K2 "out for a walk" to keep all the electrons exercised. Actually, owning the K3 just reinforces my perception of how good the K2 is; for the most part the K2 holds its own with the K3 except at the times where the K3's superior front-end performance makes the difference. 73, Doug W6JD K2/100 #1626 K3/100 #23 -- Original message -- From: "STEPHEN W BANKS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello everyone, > > Someone recently wondered about the absence of comments on the list about > other > Elecraft rigs besides the K3. > > Well, one of them, my K2/100, #5615 is happily operating very well and still > flawless as far as I'm concered for my ham radio needs. > > Yes, there are a few of us reading the list who are not K3 users! > > 73 to all, > > Steve Banks > K0PQ > ___ > 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 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 competition from Icom?
It's really nice to see that Elecraft is clearly driving the market. Great work Eric and Wayne and your outstanding staff! 73, Doug W6JD I have been told it will be in the $4000 range. Jim K4JAF - Original Message - From: "Barry N1EU" To: Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:31 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 competition from Icom? > > > > Darwin, Keith wrote: >> >> If the price is in the $2000 range . . . >> > With the IC-7700 at $7000, I hardly think the IC-7600 will be anywhere > near > $2000 (or $3000). > > 73, > Barry N1EU > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/K3-competition-from-Icom--tp781209p781927.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ___ > 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 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 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] Canceled my K3, bummer.
Now there's a man who really understands high finance! Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Fred Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gary D Krause wrote: > I canceled > > my K3 order. With the price of food and fuel along with everything > > else, I figured it would be smart to hold off for now. > > > > The good news is that I still have my K2 which is a terrific rig and I'm > > guessing that everyone else gets bumped up another notch! > > Hmmm ... you could have taken your "K3 slot" in the queue, bundled it > with others who need to cancel, create a group of "K3 Backed > Securities," used them as collateral for a bond issue, and then bought a > slot back, getting the original K3 and all the while feeding your family > and fueling the car. After all, it worked just super with mortgages. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2008 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 08 > - www.cqp.org > ___ > 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 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] OT: It's IT Cookies
They are very good! Worth a trip! Besides we need the tourist dollars. 73, Doug, W6JD -- Original message -- From: "VE3GAM Allen McRorie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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" > 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 ___ 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] Watsonville Fire
I hope that none of the Elecrafters have been adversely affected by the Watsonville fire! Doug W6JD ___ 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] Power Supply Questions
Even if you don't "hear" any hash from a switcher, I would suggest you look at the transmitted spectrum. As a backup supply I have an SEC-1223 which "sounds" okay but the transmitted signal is just trashed. I love my Astron RS-35! Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Fern Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > That power supply is absolutely quiet and no issues with noise. Fern > > > - Original Message - > From: "Bob Tellefsen" > To: "Fern Rivard" ; "Tony Morgan" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:21 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power Supply Questions > > > Fern > Since you say it is a switcher, have you > been able to identify any noise as coming from it? > Thanks and 73 > Bob N6WG > > - Original Message - > From: "Fern Rivard" > To: "Tony Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:38 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power Supply Questions > > > I would much recommend the new Samlex SEC-1235M switching power > supply. It is very compact switching power supply with both volt and > amp meters on the front panel. It's a lot more efficient than the old > linear style of power supplies. Have been using one with my new K3 and > it works great. > 73 from Fern VE7GZ > > > - Original Message - > From: "Tony Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 10:26 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power Supply Questions > > > Second the Astron RS-35M. Have had one for over 20 years and still > works > perfectly. > > 73, > > Tony W7GO > > Timothy Raymer wrote: > > Norm, > > > > Fairly hard to beat an Astron Power Supply. The RS-35M is the > workhorse I would recommend. Meters to tell you what is going on, and > it will run the any of the 100W Elecraft radios with some headroom to > spare. > > > > Tim Raymer > > 73 de KA0OUV > > > > > > > >>>> Norm Klieman 06/12/2008 09:24 >>> > >>>> > > > > Any recommendations for a good 35 amp Linear supply > > would be helpful too. > > > > Thanks again for any feedback. > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > 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 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 Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 270.0.0/1489 - Release Date: > 6/7/2008 11:17 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 270.0.0/1489 - Release Date: 6/7/2008 > 11:17 > 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 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 capabilities
That's on the New Product List, the K3ESP. Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Ken Kopp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Aren't we in danger of going too far down the line of absolving people > >from > >having to think for themselves? However did we manage with radios that > >just > >put out the power set on the power control? > > Well said, Julian! I've been waiting for someone to ask for the radio > to have > telepathic powers! > > 73! Ken - K0PP > > ___ > 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 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] 6M issues.
I've only recently become interested in 6M, up until now lacking an antenna. So, today I attempted to do the TXG calibration on 50 MHz. Using two different dummy loads I was unable to accomplish the calibration at either power level, the result was an indicated output power far in excess of that requested and a very high indicated SWR (the tuner was in BYPASS mode). Thinking that the coax length between the K3 and the load might be an issue, I connected it directly with a male-male connector to the K3...no difference. With all the posts about TX shutdown on 6, has ANYONE been able to successfully use the K# on 6 meters?? Doug W6JD K3/100 #23 ___ 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] USB on all bands ??
Thank you Alan Greenspan!! Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Lyle Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Thank you for the clarifications Ian. > > > ... All it needs to swap > > sidebands is a few changes from "+" to "-" in the DSP code, and to link > > that to the band selector. It's all done for us in the K3... but are you > > *sure* you got those signs right, Lyle? :-) > > "I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I am not > sure you realize that what you read is not exactly what I meant." > > :-) > > 73, > > Lyle KK7P > > > > ___ > 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 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] RE: Dayton 2008
WOW am I ever underwhelmed! Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Lou Aguilar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFuy01zZR4g > > This japanese company has a new radio with a good looking amber/orange > LCD display. > > > KN1w > > > > On May 17, 2008, at 12:22 PM, Dave Agsten wrote: > > > I was wondering about any Dayton news also. I was guessing that Icom > > might be trying to unload PRO IIIs with the 7700 out now. I've sure > > seen lots of PRO IIIs up for sale. I got rid of mine just in time. > > Only American made rigs from now on. Elecraft, Flex, Alpha and > > Dentron. > > > > 73, > > Dave N8AG > > > > > > > > ___ > > 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 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 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] Very Dissatisfied With Elecraft Support
Just Google "1N34A" and you will find numerous sites that have them for $0.39. Only problem is they seem to have very high minimums. Just order the parts from Elecraft and be happy. 73, Doug W6JD > > > > > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > > Jon, > > > > A proper RF Probe is usable up to 500 MHz and beyond. > > If you are going to use an RF Probe at VHF and UHF bands, then it will need > > to be shielded from stray radiation. In your situation, you will only be > > using it up to 22 MHz, and shielding it is not necessary. As has been said, > > if you want to enclose it in something, just use whatever you have > > available, or simply wrap it with tape. No enclosure is needed as long as > > you do not contact the probe parts while doing a measurement. > > > > Hopefully that provides some reasons for the differences of opinion you see > > on the websites - it all depends on the frequency and other conditions > > where > > you will be using it. > > > > 73, > > Don W3FPR > > > > Jon Perelstein wrote: > >> > >> The web sites I've looked at seem to imply that I need to put the probe in > >> some sort of metal > >> shielding (thus the copper pipe for example), but some of your responses > >> seem to imply that I can > >> just leave it in the open. Is that correct? Can I just leave the > >> circuitry in the open? Or do I > >> have to mount it in something -- in which case I'm back to the problem of > >> what I mount it inside > >> of and how to mount it inside (e.g., insulators, mounting hardware). > >> 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 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 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] Very Dissatisfied With Elecraft Support
I used a piece of heat shrink tubing.Works great. Doug W6JD K2/100 #1626 K3/100 #23 -- Original message -- From: Don Wilhelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Jon, > > A proper RF Probe is usable up to 500 MHz and beyond. > If you are going to use an RF Probe at VHF and UHF bands, then it will > need to be shielded from stray radiation. In your situation, you will > only be using it up to 22 MHz, and shielding it is not necessary. As > has been said, if you want to enclose it in something, just use whatever > you have available, or simply wrap it with tape. No enclosure is needed > as long as you do not contact the probe parts while doing a measurement. > > Hopefully that provides some reasons for the differences of opinion you > see on the websites - it all depends on the frequency and other > conditions where you will be using it. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > Jon Perelstein wrote: > > > > The web sites I've looked at seem to imply that I need to put the probe in > some sort of metal > > shielding (thus the copper pipe for example), but some of your responses > > seem > to imply that I can > > just leave it in the open. Is that correct? Can I just leave the circuitry > in the open? Or do I > > have to mount it in something -- in which case I'm back to the problem of > > what > I mount it inside > > of and how to mount it inside (e.g., insulators, mounting hardware). > > > > 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 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: VFO B follows band changes on VFO A
I spoke to Wayne at Visalia about this very problem. He says it is "on the list". He has a scheme where if you venture outside the ham bands a new frequency register is "spawned" and becomes the "general coverage" register so the band up/down buttons behave normally. 73, Doug, W6JD -- Original message -- From: "n4lq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yea I have the same problem and it drives me nuts. Trying to listen to the > SW bands causes all kinds of confusion with the "Band" button. I loose bands > and screw up others. What I wish is for is that the "band" button always > just select ham bands and not suddenly become some weird "band". I had the > wise idea of just using VFO B for SWLing and VFO A for standard hamming but > somehow the end up interacting and I eventually have to get the whole mess > straightened out. Otherwise I love this rig! > Steve Ellington > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - Original Message - > From: "Rich (KE0X)" > To: > Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 6:35 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: VFO B follows band changes on VFO A > > > > > > The frequency selected in VFO B is stored in memory and can be changed to > > whatever you want, and thus can be recalled again. > > > > BUT - and this must be a bug - on my rig as soon as I get to far out of > > the > > VFO A band range (for example if on the 20 meter band when I tune below > > 13000) with the B VFO there is a click then a 3 to 5 S unit drop in signal > > strength. Similar things happen on the other bands. This can't be right. > > It appears that the B VFO is changing band pass filters even though I have > > no second receiver and am listening to the A VFO. > > > > Definitely should not do this. > > > > ALSO, strange things happen to the 30 meter band stored frequency when I > > try > > this. That is after observing that the signal drops as above, I noticed > > that > > the 30 meter band changed so that both VFO A changes to the frequency I > > had > > selected on the 20 meter band and the B VFO changes to the where I left > > the > > B VFO while on the 20 meter band before changing down to 30 meters. > > > > It appears that if you tune the B VFO out of range then not only is the > > present band messed up but also at least the next lower band. > > > > Even worse than above. > > > > Rich > > > > > > > > LY2IJ wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Still learning - didn't find answer in manual or on reflector: > >> > >> VFO B band changes when I change band on VFO A - is it normal? > >> Is it possible to change to "ICOM" behavior? - where VFO A and B are > >> independant - eg. VFO A on 160 and VFO B on 20 SSB and I can jump > >> betwen them with one push. > >> > >> 73 > >> Arunas LY2IJ, K3 s/n 5oo > >> ___ > >> 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 > >> > >> > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > http://www.nabble.com/K3%3A-VFO-B-follows-band-changes-on-VFO-A-tp16924349p16929 > > 245.html > > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > ___ > > 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: 269.23.5/1400 - Release Date: 4/27/2008 > > 9:39 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 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] two transceivers and one antenna
I've used an MFJ-1702C for a number of years and haven't fried anything yet. One of the Alpha-Delta SPDT switches is somewhat pricer but a higher quality switch. Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Scott McDowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi > I need some ones opinion on something I am thinking about doing. > I sure hate to have to say, I wish I hadn't done that! > I have two transceivers and one multi-band yagis antenna. > Switching the coax from one rig to the other gets to be a hassle. > I've been thinking about getting a coaxial switch with > two outputs and one input. Then connecting one transceiver > to one output and the other transceiver to the other output. > Then connect the input to the beam. Is there going to be > enough seperation in the switch to keep from damaging > the transceiver that is turned off and switched out of > the circuit? Has anyone done this? > Any information appreciated. > 73 > Scott > N5SM > ___ > 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 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: Desired AM mode improvements
And when will "spark" be implemented??? After all this takes us back to the very origins of Amateur Radio and it should not be allowed to die! No other radio on the market addresses this mode and Elecraft now has the opportunity to correct this over-site! Doug W6JD...with a Ford spark coil in the junk box -- Original message -- From: Don Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Lyle Johnson wrote: > "The firmware currently being tested does FM (w/CTCSS > encode, repeater splits, etc.) and has wider AM > receive bandwidth. It has better low frequency SSB > response, better ALC, and a number of other > enhancements." > > Of course Lyle has this NOW, in addition to a working > SubRx. > > If I could get my hands through this monitor and CHOKE > him, he'd be talking raspy right now... > > > > > AM-Sync is further down the list, but it *is* on the > list. > > 73, > > Lyle KK7P > > > ___ > 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 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: 7.2 pound tuning knob
Uranium and it glows in the dark. Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Brett Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > There is no way that that knob could be 7.2 pounds. My wife (who I > mentioned this to and has too much time on her hands). Calculated that > if the thing was 2.5" in diameter and 1" thick solid tungsten billet it > would only weigh about 3.5 pounds. How big is this knob and what is it > made of? > > ~Brett > ___ 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 on 6 Meters
Sporadic E (Es) season is just around the corner. Doug W6JD 6 meters for the time being, > but Jim assures me that things should "start happening" on that band pretty > soon. So, now is the time to get ready. In the meantime, I plan to put > this thing up in the air a little bit, and see what I might hear. It may > only be locals, but even that should work out better than with my R8 (which > does cover 6 meters) since the Moxon will be horizontally polarized. That > seems to be the choice among folks around here. > > Dave W7AQK > > ___ > 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 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 KXV3 mods?
Steve.. It seeems to me you'd be happier with a "cast in stone" Yaecomwood product. No product improvement / enhancement expectations and no one who gives a damn to complain to. 73, Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "S Sacco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It sure would be great if that was posted on Elecraft's website, don't ya > think? > > Speaking of postings on Elecraft's website, anyone else notice that > they never updated their "Web Page Additions and changes" page with > the price increases (which clearly, constituted a "change")? Also, > they continue to give the KRX3 high emphasis, despite that it's not > yet available. > > I would think that making these web page updates would be simple. > After all, as one sage here said "it's only software". ;-) > > Par for the course, I reckon. > > 73, > Steve NN4X > > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:07 PM, AE4CW wrote: > > > > As my K3 was shipping earlier this week, I inquired of Elecraft sales on > > this > > question. As best they knew, the KXV3 mod has not yet been introduced into > > production. I asked them to back-order my KXV3 until the mod is available. > > No expected availability date as of my conversation on Tuesday, but that > > was > > without any input from Wayne/Eric. > > > > Chuck, AE4CW > > > > > > Paul Ferguson wrote: > > > > > > Has the mod been made already in units now being shipped? If not, I will > > > wait and order it after > > > the change is included in the boards being shipped. > > > > > > 73, > > > Paul > > > K5ESW > > > ___ > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > Chuck, AE4CW > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/K3-KXV3-mods--tp15900103p15901021.html > > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > ___ > > 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 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 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 Updates
And after a series of 360s, 370s and B5000s I graduated to HP minis and , gaak!, paper tape. Discovered the value of transparent Scotch tape. Doug, W6JD -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > But when you dropped that deck on the floor and became a > true beliver in sequence numbers! > > One who cut his teeth on IBM-650s. > > Doug, W6JD > > -- Original message -- > From: "Bill W5WVO" > > > G4ILO wrote: > > > > > not quite as bad as when I learned to program, when you had to get > > > the code punched up on cards, then take the deck down to the computer > > > room and put it in the "in" tray, then wait a couple of hours until > > > they had time to run it. > > > > And then when you went back down to the computer to pick up your job, you > > find > > out that some trifling typo in your input deck had caused the whole > > mainframe > > to abort and do a core dump, and not only is your job not done, everybody > > down > > there is livid at you. :-) Good luck getting them to run your next job at > > all! Ah, the not-so-good old days... > > > > Bill W5WVO > > > > > > > > - > > > Julian, G4ILO K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392 > > > G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com > > > Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf > > > > ___ > > 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 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 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 Updates
But when you dropped that deck on the floor and became a true beliver in sequence numbers! One who cut his teeth on IBM-650s. Doug, W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Bill W5WVO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > G4ILO wrote: > > > not quite as bad as when I learned to program, when you had to get > > the code punched up on cards, then take the deck down to the computer > > room and put it in the "in" tray, then wait a couple of hours until > > they had time to run it. > > And then when you went back down to the computer to pick up your job, you > find > out that some trifling typo in your input deck had caused the whole mainframe > to abort and do a core dump, and not only is your job not done, everybody > down > there is livid at you. :-) Good luck getting them to run your next job at > all! Ah, the not-so-good old days... > > Bill W5WVO > > > > > - > > Julian, G4ILO K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392 > > G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com > > Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf > > ___ > 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 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] VP6DX on CW
I would point out that in order to work DXpeditions such as VP6DX on CW, realistically, all that is required is the ability to recognize your own call. Your report will be "5NN" or, perhaps "599". Your response is something like "TU 5NN BK" or "QSL 5NN BK" or just "5NN BK", easily stored in a memory. If you have the K3 cw decode ability you may not even need to recognize your call! Do I approve of this type of operation? Not really but anyting that encourages cw operation is a plus. 73, Doug W6JD ___ 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] Hardware Mods
I would hope that any hardware modifications would be carefully researched and evaluated and then released to the field (beta) tester for further testing and evaluation prior to an official release to the general public. Rather than keeping hardware changes "secret" my experience with Elecraft has been that as soon as they have a "fix" for a problem it will be available to all, with all the appropriate documentation. Doug W6JD ___ 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-Latest K3 Review on EHAM
Anyone who has spent anytime at all listening to the VP6DX operaton knows that "solardx"'s eham review is either bogus or he happened to get a bad radio. I suspect he is an ICOM "operative". Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Tom AK2B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > There are over 475 K3's sold and only 30 reviews on eHam. If this one bad > review bothers you, write your own! > > Tom, AK2B > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/K3-Latest-K3-Review-on-EHAM-tp15661902p15671173.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ___ > 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 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] Split DX
Brett, The purpose of operating "split" is to keep the the calling stations off the DX stations frequency. Given the fact that not all stations are going to call for the same length of time often the DX station will answer a station before the rest of the pack is finished calling making it very difficult if not impossible for the station he returned to hear HIS call returned. Secondly, if the DX sation specifies a split frequency range, it allows the DX station to take advantage of signals spread over a few kHz rather than all bunched on a single frequency. 73, Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Brett Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've not ever really worked a split DX station and ever since getting the K1 > I've been working on building up my CW skills. I've gotten to where I can > get the jist of the info at 14WPM w/ 20WPM char speeds. > > > > I've heard frequencies where it seems like nothing is going on and then all > of the sudden 10 stations light up. I'm assuming that this is a split DX > and I'm only hearing half of it. > > > > But anyway it doesn't make much sense to me. So granted a station can > listen to both frequencies at once and I'm sure transmitting station is > probably only listening when he's not transmitting (unless he has two > separate radios and two separate antennas). This just seems like a waste of > bandwidth especially if he's not doing full duplex. > > > > Is there a common split distance so that one may easily find the other half > or do people usually just go digging till they find it? > > > > > > > > ___ > 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 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] No Power out on CW
My bad! Eric is totally correct about having the B vfo set to a mode other than cw. The problem I solved by cycling the power is sort of related (I guess?). Several times this has happened: The "TX" icon at the right side of the display starts cycling at about a 2 per second rate. When you select "SPLIT" the word "SPLIT" appears but the arrow pointing at the B vfo does not appear and, in fact it is not selected. Cycling power seems to clear it up This getting old and having "senior moments" gets to be very tedious! 73, Doug, W6JD ___ 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] Lisagram & "In stock by June" - really?
I should add that the performance of the radios/ops of the VP6DX operation will increase the interest/orders for the K3. Last night I worked VP6DX on 30m cw at 10113 and 30m RTTY at 10140 both on the band at the same time. Clearly no QRM problems! Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It is my forecast that delivery times will not be improved for > long...quite the opposite. > > Once the "rest of the ham world" gets wind of the Sherwood (and > presumably closely matching ARRL) data, the K3 orders will go through > the roof (no pun intended). > > I would expect orders to start showing up on an order of magnitude of > 10 or more "real soon" after this information hits the streets and is > "confirmed" by famous Contesters and DXers...some of whom are taking > delivery now. It won't take long for DX and Contest Clubs to > disseminate this information to their membership. > > I would also expect the K3 base price to go up too (in other > words...if you're still sitting on the fence, put it gear NOW). > > Sure hope the Aptos guys have a strong contingency plan for the deluge. > > de Doug KR2Q > > PS. Glad I got my 2nd one ordered this past November!!! Especially > glad since I have played with #295 this past weekend. Can't get > enough! > ___ > 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 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 Tops the List!
I'm going to suggest an engineering change to make the fans noisier so you don't need to look. 8^) Doug, W6JD -- Original message -- From: Don Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The receiver is QUIET, even with narrow filter > settings. > > You need to LOOK to see if the fan is running, there > is no fan noise. > >.elecraft.com ___ 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] Sub-RX Feature or Spilt Operation
Yes, it does work well if you don"t have fat fingers! Several times I've managed to cancel "SPLIT" in the heat of battle producing lots of embarrassment and "UPs". 73, "Red Faced" Doug, W6JD K3 #23 -- Original message -- From: Vic K2VCO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Lee Buller wrote: > > > Uh...when I was working Ducie, the DUAL-WATCH feature of my 756PROII > > came in real handy, and I understand the "stock" K3 cannot do that. > > From reading the manual, to operate split that "B" is the Xmit and > > you can listen on "B" by using the REV button and holding it to > > listen. > > > > Is that correct? And, for those people who use a K3, how did that > > work for you? Is it a clean operation? > > Yes, that's how it works. You can use one hand to hold the REV button > and turn the knob, with a little practice. > > It works as well as any radio with a single receiver can. You can switch > back and forth rapidly, but you can't listen to both VFOs at the same time. > -- > 73, > Vic, K2VCO > Fresno CA > http://www.qsl.net/k2vco > ___ > 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 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] View frequency spectrum easily - CW on K3, etc
Yes, I have been using this technique for a while and find it very useful. It is very helpful in finding "clear" spots for calling in a pile-up for example. I happen to be using HamScope 1.52, but any of this ilk will work. Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Alan D. Wilcox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello, > A frequency spectrum display showing 5, 10, 20 kHz would be nice, but I > found that a simple display of my passband's several kHz can be quite > useful ... especially when I want to dial in the K3's manual notch on > some interfering target. > > The idea is to simply use a waterfall display ... for CW. > > I use Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) latest beta and run DM780 from there to get > a waterfall. The K3's CWT feature is nice to center on 600 Hz, but I can > instantly see not only the desired CW signal at 600, but also see other > CW signals nearby. This makes it easy to set the passband as well as > null out the junk. > > And here's a plus: DM780 does a fairly decent job of decoding CW. > Perfect with ARRL, but that's another story! So for me, trying to get my > copy speed up again, having a backup display (even if it's garbled) can > perhaps fill in some gaps for me. > > Useful idea? Comments? > > Cheers, > Alan > > -- > Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX > 570-321-1516 > http://WilcoxEngineering.com > http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6768 ... for Client Comments > Williamsport, PA 17701 > > ___ > 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 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, a "contest"
I'm in Palo Alto with K3 #23. Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Neal Enault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Outside of Aptos, Sunnyvale CA may have the most number of K3's of any city. > I > must admit to a limited database, but I personally know of at least three in > Sunnyvale. > > Come guys and gals, can any city top that? > > I have no doubt that this will spur sales, but at the current rate, how could > you tell? hi hi > > Neal WA6OCP > k3/10/305 > ___ > 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 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] QSK Delay
To change the QSK "release" delay, fully depress the "mic/comp" control, it is labled "delay" below the control, then adjust the amount of delay until you nolonger have the relay "clatter". Doug, W6JD K2/100 #1626 K3/100 #23 ___ 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] Key-Out of the K3
I find it works well with my ALS-600. Doug, W6JD K3/100 #23 K2/100 #1626 -- Original message -- From: Barry N1EU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Lee, it would help if you mentioned what amplifier YOU would be interfacing > to the K3. My experience with Brand X amplifier might have no bearing on > you. > > 73, > Barry N1EU > > > Lee Buller wrote: > > > > Is that the case? Therefore, no special parameter would be needed. I > > would like a clarification of this feature from the users and what users > > have found in "real-life." > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Key-Out-of-the-K3-tp15295805p15296615.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ___ > 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 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] OT: solved: K7NEE/8R1 Dan (Guyana) on 30m
It sounds like "Slim" . Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Tom Childers, N5GE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:26:51 -0500, you wrote: > > > > >> Maybe he's in the process of applying for k7nee. > > > >Even if he has applied for K7NEE as a vanity call he's not > >entitled to use the call until the FCC issues it. Looking > >at the FCC database - "Daniel Nezgoda" is a Technician Plus > >who has applied for the vanity call N7EAA (not K7NEE). > > > >This operation looks bogus on so many levels (Tech Plus on > >30 meters, illegal call, etc.). I don't know if it is a > >violation for the FCC to use an improper call when portable > >outside the US but I'd think the authorities in 8R1 would > >want to know that this guy isn't who/what he say he is. > > > >73, > > > > ... Joe, W4TV > > > [snip] > > My feelings exactly. That is a bogus operation, even if the operator thinks > it's not. > > Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq > > They that can give up essential liberty > to obtain a little temporary safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety. > > Support the entire Constitution, not > just the parts you like. > > http://www.n5ge.com > http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE > > ___ > 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 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] OT: SUPERDARN
The radar that shows up from time to time on 20 meters is the SUPERDARN (Super Dual Auroral Radar Network), a multi-national network of radars deployed in both the North and South polar regions. Their purpose is ionospheric and auroral research. Some really nifty pictures of the radar and actual real-time data plus details of the system are at superdarn/jhuapl.edu This is the Johns Hopkins APL web site and Google lists a number of Alaskan, Canadian and other foreign sites. Now we just have to get them off 20 meters! Doug W6JD ___ 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] firmware update
DSP 2 is for the sub-receiver which does not yet exist. Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "H. Cary III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I just downloaded the latest Firmware update MCU v1.65 and DSP v1.52 > It was a piece of cake, literally! Took four minutes max, more like 3 and a > half. > The screen showed a DSP 2 version available but it did not download. > Did I do something wrong? > 73, > Cary, K4TM > K3-100 #178 > ___ > 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 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 #272 QRV in style
Ice??? A Brit who uses ice?? I spent a fair amount of time in the Mother Country and can only conclude that they've finally been corrupted by us Yanks! Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Julian G4ILO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Do you drink whisky, bourbon, vodka? Ice cube trays work quite well > for the small components (and the problem of not having ice to go in > your favorite tipple gives an extra incentive to get that K3 finished > quick!) Cheers! :) > -- > Julian, G4ILO > Member: RSGB, ARRL > QRP Station: Elecraft K3 #222, K2 #392 > G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com > > > On 29/01/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > One of the best pieces of advice gleaned from this reflector prior to > > > assembly was to inventory all the parts, right down to screw level, and > > > store all the different screws, nuts, washers etc, in egg cartons > > > labelled > > > with their specific descriptions. > > > > I guess that leaves out those of us who don't eat eggs. > > > ___ > 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 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 Keydown Time
A few weeks ago when several of us were making spectral measurments on the K3 we had keydown, 120 watts out, for up to 20 minutes with no loss of power and no adverse effects. Doug W6JD ___ 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] Contrast and compare...
Indeed it does look awful, and I'm not just talking about its appearance. First of all is the "traditional" triple conversion architecture with all the spurious problems that implies. The roofing filter is, of course, at high IF which makes high selectivity filters very difficult if not impossible. Digital mode PC capability is an option unlike the K3. And a 10watt KIT for almost $3K, I'd be ashamed to sell such a product. Keep in mind that the 10 watt version of the K3 costs $1399. How can there be a question?! Opinionated Doug. W6JD K3/100 #23 -- Original message -- From: G3SJJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dunno, but it looks awful! > > Chris G3SJJ > > > > Dr. Dan Swartling wrote: > > How does the K3 stack up against this kit: > > http://estore.websitepros.com/1763214/Detail.bok?no=1 > > > > Dan > > > > To make a difference, one must first be different. > > ___ > > 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 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 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 Performance
The QSB button IS coming. Add second receiver, antenna of opposite polarization, and WHAMMO diversity reception...QSB greatly reduced. Doug, W6JD K2/100 #1626 K3/100 #23 -- Original message -- From: "David Yarnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Things have really been hectic here over the holidays, and more to come. > But I did get several chances to give my K3 a little exercise. The main > problem is that the bands have been pretty lousy--at least here at my QTH. > The QSB is horrible, and most QSO's end up being pretty short lived. The K3 > has great QRM fighting tools, and great QRN fighting tools, but I just can't > find a QSB button anywhere! > ___ 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 - A CW rig?
Fred, I am a devote CW op and have never enjoyed SSB until the K3 came along. K3 audio is remarkably clean, distortion free and a joy to listen to. Clearly a great deal of the "trash" I heard on SSB I should have attributed to my receiver rather than the "other guy". Unlike many other implementations, the K3 DSP noise reduction is very effective without introducing annoying artifacts. At its most aggressive it will produce a hollow, "bottom of the well", sound but with no loss of intelligibility. The VOX is the smoothest I've ever used and is all you could ever want. Being able to tailor both the receive and transmit audio allows you to compensate for your voice and hearing characteristics quite effectively. 73, Doug, W6JD K2/100 #1626 K3/100 #23 -- Original message -- From: "Fred (FL)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Seems like much of the K3 Reflector correspondence, > and even the discussons of K3 Filters, invariably > ignores the SSB mode in the K3. Is the K3, like the > K2, again looked at as a CW contest rig? For those > hundreds who received their K3's so far, there haven't > been an practical "how it works" posts. > > This retired ham, is waiting until after 1 Jan, to > decide when to order my K3. In a way it seems like > the rig is still early in its product introduction, > maybe later would be better. > > Fred > N3CSY > > > > > > > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > ___ > 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 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] DSP>>Performance of K3 vs 756 Pro III
I have to second this. The K3 DSP is what DSP should be; the filters are very sharp, yet even at the lower bandwidths (down to 50 Hz) they don't ring excessively. It really shines with the noise reduction function (NR). Firstly, the NR level is adjustable so you can tune it for the minimum necessary for the situation, but even at its most aggressive the ONLY artifact I have noticed is a slightly hollow "bottom of the well" sound with NO degradation of the "information" be it ssb or cw. Lyle has out-done himself on this! Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Brendan Minish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Fri, 2007-12-21 at 11:19 -0500, George wrote: > > Anyone made a DSP comparison of the K3 and Pro III and would like to > > comment? > > I'm not very happy with the Pro III's DSP operation. (Too much coloration > > of > the audio.) > > I spend the CQWW CW contest A/Bing my K3 with my Icom IC-7800. Now the > Icom is for sale. The K3 is miles ahead where it matters > > the K3 sounds very 'transparent' Like a really good analog radio > > 73 > Brendan EI6IZ > > -- > Don‘t complain. Nobody will understand. Or care. And certainly don‘t try > to fix the situation yourself. It‘s dangerous. Leave it to a highly > untrained, unqualified, expendable professional. > > ___ > 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 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 Mystery Problem
Yes, I've got 1.49. The new NR is terrific. I only mentioned the SUB receiver situation since in my case it WAS the problem and it only occured on the initial firmware that came with the radio. 73, Doug -- Original message -- From: "Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This issue was fixed many firmware revisions ago. :-) > > Doug - Make sure you are using the latest release. > > 73, Eric > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 11:55 AM > > To: David Yarnes; Elecraft Reflector > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Mystery Problem > > > > I had this problem with #23, when I initially powered it on you > > couldn't power it off with the power switch. The cause turned\out to be > > that I had turned the sub receiver AF and RF gain controls full > > clockwise and through some quirk in the firmware, since there was > > no SUB receiver, the power off function was inhibited. The solution > > was to turn those controls full CCW. Wayne was the one who spent > > a lot of time with me solving the problem. > > > > So you might want to check that, I haven't tested to see if the problem > > recurs in mine if I move the controls off CCW. > > > > Ah, brings me back to my software/firmware development days. > > There are NO bugs, only "features" > > > > Doug > > W6JD > > > > ___ 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 Mystery Problem
I had this problem with #23, when I initially powered it on you couldn't power it off with the power switch. The cause turned\out to be that I had turned the sub receiver AF and RF gain controls full clockwise and through some quirk in the firmware, since there was no SUB receiver, the power off function was inhibited. The solution was to turn those controls full CCW. Wayne was the one who spent a lot of time with me solving the problem. So you might want to check that, I haven't tested to see if the problem recurs in mine if I move the controls off CCW. Ah, brings me back to my software/firmware development days. There are NO bugs, only "features" Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "David Yarnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi All, > > There are at least two of us here in Tucson with K3's. I have #96, and > John, K7SVV, has #148. > > Recently, my K3 developed a problem where it wouldn't turn off using the > power button. At first it would turn off, but cycle back on by itself after > a couple of seconds. Then it just wouldn't power off. The LCD display > would go blank when you pushed the power button to turn it off, but the > backlighting would stay on. The radio had to be disconnected from the power > supply in order to completely turn the radio off. When the power supply was > re-connected, the K3 would come on immediately. > > A couple of days later, K7SVV began experiencing the same problem with his > K3. Both of us were exchanging emails with Elecraft support, but nothing > they suggested seemed to solve or clearly identify the problem. Both of us > made successful firmware updates, but that didn't make any difference > either. The performance of the radios was not otherwise affected. They > both worked just fine. They just wouldn't turn off. > > Then, as suddenly as the problem appeared, it disappeared! Now, both K3's > are working A-O.K. We don't know what caused this problem to start or stop, > but one possibility could be static electricity. According to Elecraft > support, we are the only two people who have experienced this problem, at > least as far as they know. > > So, my question is this--has anyone else had any problem whatsoever with > their K3 not powering up or down correctly? Possibly someone else out there > did have the problem, or a similar problem, but perhaps it stopped before > you felt the need to report it as a problem. If anyone has experienced any > kind of issue like this, we would like to hear about it. It just seems > incredibly strange that the only two occurances of this would be with two > people only a couple of miles apart. Maybe the Bermuda Triangle has moved! > > Dave W7AQK > > ___ > 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 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] OT - American hamming in UK
It was also good for winding coils on oatmeal boxes and the old phenolic coil forms. Doug W6JD, Ex KN2CHN in 1952 -- Original message -- From: "Phil Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:24:23 -0800, Kenneth E. Harker wrote: > > >t's "speaker wire" over here, too. I've never heard the term > >"Bell wire" before. > > "Bell Wire" was well-known to us oldsters - I got my license 55 > years ago - as something that could be found in any hardware > store. It was 18 AWG solid copper wire with a cotton covering, > usually white with a colored stripe, and was widely used to > hook up ...bells, what else! > > -- > 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane > Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 > > > > ___ > 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 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] Elecraft Calendar?
Would there be a swim suit edition? Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: David King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > With the excitement you guys are expressing about "Lisa Edition" > K3's...I can hear it nowwhen is Elecraft going to be issuing an > Elecraft Calendar? > > With a different employee holding a different Elecraft product in each > month's picture? > > Of course the December photo would be Wayne and Eric in Santa suits, > teasing us with wrapped boxes marked with question marks over what the > next goodies will be!! > > David > KE7EKA > ___ > 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 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 - too many firmware updates?
Brett, you might want to rethink your order cancellation. After using my K3 in both the phone SS and for a few hours now in the CQ WW cw contest I can't imagine a better radio! In the near future I would expect to see a large number of 1K-MPs and PRO IIIs on the market. 73, Doug, W6JD K2/100 #16126 K3/100 #23 -- Original message -- From: "Brett Gazdzinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have decided to cancel my order for the K3, I think I will wait > till its stable and shipping right away. > It was no rush for me, only I like to get something when I want it, > as everyone does I suppose... > > I will look and see how things are going in the spring, and maybe > get one then, if the dust has settled. > > I am much more of an analog guy, and prefer rigs I can work > on and modify, play around with, etc. > So I think I will get an old FT102, looks like a good radio > if you dont mind tube finals, its got an 8 mhz and 455 khz IF, > with adjustable passband in both, filters in both, all mode 160 through 10 > meters, and 3 6146 output tubes with a lot of neg feedback that > is supposed to make it REAL clean in output. > > Should be fun to play with, and its 1/4 the price of the K3 > or less. > > So, everyone gets to move one up in the que, I ordered > (with deposit) on May 2nd. > I figure it might have shipped in two or three weeks...maybe... > > Brett > N2DTS > > > ___ > 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 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 in SS Phone
I can only second Ed's comments. I, too, am a non-phone operator but SS did seem to be a good time to wring out the K3 on that mode. It's true, the vox/anti vox is flawless. No first syllable clipping and no annoying drop outs. The K3 audio is so clean that its a real pleasure to listen to. Ed and I are both in the same rf environment, more or less; he's on a hill and I'm in the flatlands but the K3 did a remarkable job with the very strong local signals in SCV. I had only the stock 2.7 filter but if I were ever to get serious about SSB I would go for the 1.8 filter. Doug W6JD K2 #1626, K3 #23 -- Original message -- From: "Ed Muns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I seldom operate phone, but ARRL Sweepstakes Phone is one exception. Our > local contest club pushes all members to get on both modes of Sweepstakes > for the club competition. I normally dread the approach of the phone > weekend and while this year was no exception, I was curious how the K3 would > perform and that provided a little incentive going into the fray. > > Well, I'm impressed! I can actually imagine doing another phone contest > sometime. The K3 was simply wonderful compared to my prior experiences with > other radios. Overall, there was significantly less operator fatigue. I > never felt "beat up" by the horrendous conditions in this domestic phone > contest. In recent years, I'd given up trying to find and hold a viable run > frequency on 40 meters, but this time it was as easy as other bands. > ___ 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] Important K3 News
That's my situation. It really isn't a big deal except for the fact that you have to disconnect all the cables. Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Rick Tavan N6XI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Not to worry - at 8.5 lbs, the K3 lends itself easily to transport across > the house to wherever you have a computer. All you'll need there is a serial > cable and 12 VDC at an amp for a few minutes. Then take the rig back to the > shack and enjoy the new release. > > /Rick N6XI > > On or about 11/17/07, a concerned future K3 owner wrote about updating > firmware: > > > > > > Well, the computer is in one part of the house, the > > shack and its power supplies in another. > > > > > ___ > 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 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] Who will be running a K3 in SS today/tomorrow?
I've been playing "hunt and pounce" sporadically on SS with K3 #23. Unlike most VOX the one on the K3 is a pleasure to use and the roofing filter (2.7 kHz) + DSP really does a lot to clean up the band, however it doesn't get rid of all the splatter and over driven rigs 8>( Doug W6JD K2 1626, K3 23 -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In a message dated 11/17/2007 7:29:19 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Wonder which call letters I should be keeping an ear out for in > Sweepstakes... > > If your K3 will be active, please let us know... > > Thanks! > > John K7FD > ___ > 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_ (http://www.elecraft.com) > > > K3 sn0031 will be running off on as call sign K6DDO (alternate call sign of > Channel Islands ARC), WA6VNN (my Call), and KF6DZP ( YL's Call ) > > 73 Al > > > > > ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com > ___ > 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 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] RE: Elecraft K3
I was the guy with the pocket knife...I probably shouldn't have bothered to say anything but it was an easy, non-destructive, solution to an annoying little problem. I would defy anyone to notice any damage to the front panel. Any problems I've had have been "cockpit error" for the most part. I violated the Golden Rule of assembling/operating a new piece of gear, to wit, READ THE MANUAL(S)!!! The manuals are your friend...they are there to HELP you! I've had mine up and running now for several days, having lots of fun on 20 cw at the 10 watt level. Now I need to tear myself away from operating and get the KPA3 installed. I've worked a number of EU stations, and to a man (or perhaps a woman) they are interested in the K3. With the decline of the dollar I would expect to see lots of orders from across the pond. The receiver is everything I had expected...sensitivity and selectivity are exceptional and the DSP is absolutely the best I've ever used. Virtually no artifacts and the combination hardware/DSP noise blanker takes care of all my noise problems. All of this is subjective but I plan to haul it in to my former employer's lab to get some real numbers. It's worth the wait! Doug, W6JD K2/100 #1626, K3/100 #23 -- Original message -- From: Don Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hmmm... Sounds promising. ! > > At the least I will find out what constitutes "a lot" > with Eric and at the most I'll get an actual date > estimate of when mine is to come. > > In between there should be many reports from those who > receive a new radio. > > The one guy suggested that he needed to use a pocket > knife on his K3 radio. Let me suggest that I'd be one > that would want to wait to receive one that has the > proper clearance for the connector. ;-) > > > [Elecraft] RE: Elecraft K3 > Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft eric at elecraft.com > Fri Nov 9 13:58:11 EST 2007 > > > I'll post a shipping status update later this weekend. > I want to wait to see how we did this week. (We > shipped a lot :-) As I noted before, I'll be posting > by order date what orders we plan to ship over the > next week. > > I'll post here and on the shipping status page. > > Back to work.. > > 73, > Eric WA6HHQ > > > ___ > 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 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 #23 Up and Running
Should there be anyone out there considering canceling their K3 order or buying another radio because of slow deliveryDON'T DO IT, you WANT this radio!! For a variety of reasons it has been 2 weeks since I took delivery of S/N 23 and I just got it operational yesterday. I haven't actually worked anyone yet, I've just been enjoying getting myself familiar with the awesome receiver! The receiver is quiet...my K2 is quiet but the K3 more-so. The AGC is silky smooth both on SSB and CW. Filters are the stock 2.7 kHz SSB filter and the 5 pole 500 Hz filter for CW and the data modes. These in conjunction with the almost artifact free DSP I feel are all I will ever need for my operating style, though I might eventually spring for the 1.0 kHz filter. As others have observed, I've yet to find a signal that I can't hear on both the K2 and K3 but I'm sure that will come in due course. It is a real joy to listen to signals totally disappear as you tune across them. Audio quality and strength are excellent though the high frequency content is a little high for my liking. I haven't played with the equalizer yet but I suspect that will solve the problem. Now all I need is a 10 watt QSO before I install the KPA! As far as the build went it was pretty much uneventful. As always, the Elecraft construction manual was beautifully written and illustrated...follow the step-by-step and you can't go wrong. All of the parts were there and I'm almost to the point where I just won't bother to inventory an Elecraft kit (tnx Christine, Lindsay and Mariana!). The problems that did arise: 1. I was having difficulty mating J70 on the KANT3 board with P70 on the rf board. Looked at the connector and found that one of the holes was plugged. An email to Eric brought a quick reply that that was supposed to key the connectors but that the corresponding pin on P70 hadn't been clipped. 2.) While attaching the front panel to the front panel board it was virtually impossible to get the mic connector through the corresponding hole and keep the rest of the board aligned. The instructions make mention of this possibility and suggest "wiggling" the board and panel until they mate. In this case there just plain wasn't enough wiggle room so I used a sharp pocket knife to slightly increase the diameter of the hole with no harm to the panel. 3.) When I reached the "smoke test" stage all was well except that I COULDN'T TURN THE POWER OFF with the front panel switch despite the fact that it turned it on...very strange! A note to K3 support got a quick response suggesting it was probably a bent pin on one of the connectors between the FP board and the rf board...not so! There was some more back and forth and then Wayne asked if I had down-loaded the latest firmware...I hadn't but that particular problem was solved by turning the sub receiver rf and af pots fully CCW () don't ask me. ask Wayne! 4.) Firmware down load...I purchased the KUSB USB to serial port interface and it didn't work with my one year old Dell Dimension 3000 running XP. A standard RS232 cable direct to the serial port worked just fine. I plan to play with the USB configuration some more and either get it to work or figure out why it doesn't. And I assure you that the usual terrific Elecraft support is there! Doug W6JD K2 #1626, K3 #23 ___ 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] The white box
I returned home from the Tuesday HRO "lunch bunch" assemblage. As I pulled into my driveway I noticed a large white box resting on the door step, carefully placed to avoid the puddle of water created by the mis-ajusted lawn sprinklers (I've just gotta take care of that one of these days). But what could be in the box? Had my wife ordered yet another "something" from welovetoshop.com? I approached the box with caution as you just can't be too careful about strange packages these days, just think about what they do to unattended luggage at the airport! As I gazed upon it I had this hazy recollection that I had recently seen a similar container, but where? Yes, it had been a picture of an attractive young lady holding it and yet another picture of a white bearded man holding one of these boxes, flanked by the same lady! There must be a connection! And then I recalled I had actually met this lady, but where? As I drew closer, I could see what appeared to be a shipping label . Well, that should answer the questions. Return address, "Elecraft". Oh, that little purveyor of "ham radios" down the coast in the quaint little village of Aptos. I searched my memory as to what this could be. The last thing I had ordered from them had been a shield upgrade kit for my K2/KPA100 so I could move the KPA100 back from its home in an EC2. And then it hit me...many months ago at the DX convention in Visalia I stopped by the Elecraft booth and saw a new product, the K3. Nice looking radio, sorta like a K2 on steroids. Upon further investigation it was far more than a K2, with features available only on $10k radios, and some available nowhere else. As soon as I expressed interest in perhaps purchasing one, one of Eric's goons wrestled me to the floor and Eric shoved an order form into my hand, while extracting a credit card from my wallet. "Just sign here and by the end of July, you will have the best radio in the world!" July passed as did August, as well as September. By that time I had managed to repress the memory of actually ordering the radio, firmly convinced that Eric and Wayne had absconded with the down payments and moved to Brazil, living the good life. Yet this must be it, the K3! Still skeptical, I haulled the box back to my allready cluttered work bench, whipped out my 60 year old Boy Scout knife (yes, I have achieved Old Fartdom), cut through the sealing tape...and there it was, lots of pieces of a K3,all packaged in ESD proof plastic. But now the search for the single most important component of an Elecraft radio, the serial number! Mine is smaller than yours! So far nothing obvious on top so need to dig deeper. Check the back panel and it has not been "pre-serialed". Damn, I'm down to the rf board and still nothing but lots of hardware. It looks like someone dumped the screw bins in a hardware store on the floor and tossed the result into a single drawer. But I digress, only one more layer to go, and there it is! The Holy Grail! With trembling fingers I open the envelope with the S/N tag.it's, it's ...#23. Outstanding! And now where DID I leave that screwdriver?... Created under the influence of Pink Floyd. Doug W6JD ___ 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] Just Wonderin'...
The latest price I see for an 8877/3CX1500, from Alpha, is $950.00. You don't want to smoke one of those puppies! Doug, W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Andy - GM0NWI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Guy's... > > Santa came REAL early this year.. today I took delivery of the ARRL Handbook > 2008 and the new version of the > Low Power Communications book by Rich Arnald.. It's gonna be a good one..! > > Flickin' through the new Handbook I came across the article again for the > 3CX1500D7 RF Linear Amplifer... the > Very same one that was featured on the front cover of last years handbook > with the write up inside also.. > > It got me thinkin... > > Exactly HOW MUCH, would the tube or tubes for one of these beauties cost in > todays money..?? Also the base for the > Tube, HOW MUCH would that be..?? > > WHERE would one purchase such things.. (don't see any reference in the > article to places that may stock these).. > > Indeed if the parts are expensive at todays prices ... is there an "older" > alternative that one could use in such > A "homebrew" project..?? > > Enquiring Minds Are REALLY INTERESTED in learnin..' > > > 72's 73's [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Andy > GM0NWI > > Elecraft K2 "Fully Loaded" QRP S/n 01432 > Elecraft K2 "Fully Loaded" QRO S/n 05469 > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.15.3/1081 - Release Date: 19/10/2007 > 17:41 > > > ___ > 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 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] Hope Springs Eternal
The Big Brown Truck just drove by...BUT IT DIDN'T STOP! Curse you UPS! Doug W6JD ___ 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] Big antenna - Collins 13 ele Log?
I've operated 2 meter moonbounce at the Stanford/SRI 150' "Big Dish". The SRI WARF OTH-R transmit site had two vertical arrays consisting of 18 FTM (folded-tilted-monopole) elements looking East and 18 TCI LP elements looking West equally spaced over a 205m base line. The arrays had a 6deg azimuthal beamwidth, steerable +/- 32 deg in 4 deg steps. This was a real band opener on 20 meters!! Doug, W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Sam Binkley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Keith Darwin asked "What is the biggest antenna you've ever used?" > > Not on the ham bands (although a couple of times we did get on the ham bands > to communicate with a vessel in distress) the 524s and 527-2-Ns (if memory > serves correctly) were used for directional and 505-1-Ns for > omni-directional, with 10KW Collins transmitters, at the Coast Guard > Communication Station in Virginia. There was also a rotatable LPA but I > don't recall the designation. The receiver site, which was about 20 miles > away, used the 505s, 612/625 loop arrays, and a rotatable LPA. The LPAs > covered 4-30 MHz. I spent 4 of my 23 Coastie years at this station. > > http://www.antenna.be/tci-52427.pdf > http://www.antenna.be/tci-5056.pdf > http://www.tcibr.com/entry.asp?PageID=185 > > 73, > Sam, KL7V > > > > > > ___ > 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 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] Sounds like you're asking about an AFC
And let us not forget the "banana boat swing". Doug, W6JD -- Original message -- From: Vic K2VCO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: > > OMG, please do NOT implement this "autotracking" feature. It's bad > > enough that one signal will drift across the band, now you want the K3 > > to "intelligently" drift also? > > > > ARGH! > > > > This is one idea that makes ZERO sense. > > Nobody having anything to do with Elecraft suggested this. Maybe it was > a joke? > > Adding chirp, on the other hand, sounds interesting. A little buzz, too, > so you can sound like a Russian station of the 1950's. > -- > 73, > Vic, K2VCO > Fresno CA > http://www.qsl.net/k2vco > ___ > 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 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] PTT
Fred, you said it all! Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Fred Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I had absolutely no idea that PTT was this complex and required all > these words to adequately describe it :-) The only complexity in PTT > that I've ever known about is that it should stand for "push, then talk" > since it's fairly common for new hams to start talking and then push the > mic button. I had a colleague at work [retired AF Col] who never really > mastered the concept of "point, then click" either. > > I am astounded at the speed with which The Big E implemented whatever it > is that some folks wanted. Gives whole new meaning to "Responsive." > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2007 CQP Oct 6-7 > - www.cqp.org > ___ > 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 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] Elecraft news story
And notice how he wants to: "amp up" (its) spirit of technical innovation A veiled reference to the KPA800/1500...hummm? Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Maybe they meant 1917. Sheesh, he doesn't LOOK that old... > > Ron AC7AC > > > > > > There are even vague hints about the K3 in it. > > > > 73, > > > > Mike KW1ND > > > ___ > 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 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 Delivery
I, for one, am glad to see Elecraft doing the right thing in not releasing an unfinished product. We've waited this long, a couple of more weeks ain't that big'a deal. Way in the dim dark past I bought one of the first Plymouth Volare station wagons.boy, what a mistake that was! At that point I vowed I'd never buy the first of anything again but knowing the people and products at Elecraft I saw no danger in queuing up early. Doug W6JD ___ 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] OT: Cost of Electricity
I am fortunate to live in Palo Alto, CA which owns and operates its own very well run utilities. Back in the days before "de-regulation" they had the sense to lock in a number of longterm contracts for power and as a consequence my last month bill for 423KWH was $35.15 or 8.3 cents per KWH. Doug W6JD ___ 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] The Drums!
Which reminds me, I've been meaning to ask if the K3 will have a "smoke-signal" mode. After all you have all that smoke locked up in those itty-teeny eletronic thingies 8>) -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The drums, I hear the drums! The natives are getting restless. > > Doug > W6JD > ___ > 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 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] The Drums!
The drums, I hear the drums! The natives are getting restless. Doug W6JD ___ 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] TS-870
I owned an early TS-870 for several years and thought it was a great radio EXCEPT that when any of several very strong locals were operating on the same band. The receiver would totally collapse and be unusable. Selectivity and AGC action were much better than anything else at the time (IMHO). I understand that later production radios had much improved front end performance but I can't attest to that. Doug W6JD ___ 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 - 10 days away?
-- Original message -- From: Tree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Tree N6TR > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > PS: This radio is really going to make you smile - when you get it. > ___ Reminds me of the joke about the woman who was married 3 times and still a virgin. Doug W6JD ___ 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] Why Are Field Testers Like Blonds?
Ans: Blonds and K3 field testers have more fun. Doug, W6JD ___ 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] Start the countdown!
Ah, I was clearly wearing my SOC (#659) hat! But in my defense it IS the last FULL week in July, for whatever that's worth. In my earlier life as a gainfully employed contributor to society I developed custom software for a variety of applications on government funded R&D contracts. There was the "bid the contract" delivery date, there was the "mid-contract dog and pony show and why we're running behind but we WILL make the scheduled delivery" and, finally "well it's still buggy but we gotta get it out the door before funding goes away" delivery date. And I can spell "calendar", must have been a Spell Check lapse ;(- Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Craig Rairdin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > According to my calender next week is the last week of July! > > What calendar is that? Next week is the next-to-last week in July. The last > week starts on the 29th. > > You apparently don't work for a software company. :-) At a previous company > we had two products that we promised to ship by end of December 1995. When > we didn't ship the first until the third of January, I issued calendars to > the group labelled "Decemberary 1995++". Our product shipped on Decemberary > 34, 1995++, which I thought was close enough. The other product shipped on > the 62nd so we counted that one as having met its goals, too. > > Craig > NZ0R > > ___ > 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 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] Start the countdown!
According to my calender next week is the last week of July! Doug W6JD ___ 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] Work a K3
Rick, N6XI, is exercising his K3 in the IARU contest. Just worked him on 20 cw, about 14012 but he's moving around. Doug W6JD ___ 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] K2DSP - Does not remember settings
I'm sorry, I didn't make myself clear. What is not saved is the state of the KDSP at power off (e.g. which filter has been selected, etc) of course all the configuration parameters are retained. Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Lyle Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> My K2DSP does not remember it's settings upon power-down. I can place it > >> in > >> bypass mode before powering down, but it does not remain in bypass upon > >> power-up. > > The KDSP2 does remember settings. Bypass is the exception. That is > because the DSP is powered down. It doesn't remember you want it to be > powered down when you power it back on, so it powers back on. If you > want it to be in bypassmode, you have to tell it so when you power it up. > > 73, > > Lyle KK7P > ___ 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] K2DSP - Does not remember settings
That is right. the KDSP2 has no memory at power down. It is my understanding that there is not enough processor memory to store the parameters. Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: joey mcg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > My K2DSP does not remember it's settings upon power-down. I can place it in > bypass mode before powering down, but it does not remain in bypass upon > power-up. > > Is this normal? > > Thanks. > > ___ > 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 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] 20 WPM
I took my Novice exam in late 1952 and General in early '53 in NYC. The descriptions of the venue are certainly accurate! The exams I remember did either require drawing circuits or "fixing" pre-drawn ones. Fortunately the code was never a problem for me and I was even congratulated, although grudgingly, for perfect 5 min copy by "He Who Was the FCC God". I took my Extra, 2nd telegraph and first 'phone in St. Louis on one of the visits from the KC office. CW still my favorite mode and if they ever should decide to "shut it down" they'll have to pry my key from my cold dead hands, to paraphrase some other zealot. Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Vic K2VCO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Doug Smith wrote: > > > The first time I took the 2nd Telegraph my steely eyed examiner was a > > very nice woman (Seattle office). I showed up to take the exam with an > > electronic keyer and she laughed at me and said I could set that aside > > and use their hand key if I wanted to take the exam. > > I've told this story before, but it's worth repeating. I took my extra > in New York, with the famous examiner (his name was 'Finkelstein' or > similar) who had a cigar permanently attached to his mouth. > > I took the 20 wpm cw test in a big room, filled mostly with applicants > for commercial tickets. I brought my elaborate homebrew keyer (multiple > 6SN7's). He let me use it, but after he had heard enough he sneaked > around behind me and pulled the plug. Luckily I was too young to have a > heart attack. > -- > 73, > Vic, K2VCO > Fresno CA > http://www.qsl.net/k2vco > ___ > 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 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: "I want this radio REALLY bad" (was [Elecraft] K3 production runs -
866s Yeah! It's that nice blue glow...just don't throw the defective ones in the garbage. W6JD -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In a message dated 6/22/07 7:36:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Perhaps its time, to build your own homebrew > > transceiver rig? Tube type? Oven-heated > > crinkle-black paint, Millen meters? 5U4's? > > Black crackle paint is nice but a dust collector. I prefer bare aluminum. > Millen never made meters. Think Triplett, Weston, etc. > I prefer 866As to 5U4s. > > http://hometown.aol.com/n2ey/myhomepage/ > > > Reminds me of the 1978 U.S. gas crisis times, > > when I was able to buy a brand new Honda > > Civic CVC 25 mpg model - I had people offering > > to buy it from me, in parking lots. :) > > > > My 1980 VW Rabbit Diesel got over 40 mpg in the city and over 50 mpg on the > highway. (That's measured over the entire life of the car - I kept a book). I > got 17 years out of that car - wish I still had it. > > 73 de Jim, N2EY > > > ** > See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > ___ > 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 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] Offensive
And I'll bet that an Elecraft "woodpecker blanker" would have worked a lot better than the ones on the Yakencom rigs. Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Phil Kane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:16:33 -0400, W2AGN wrote: > > >. #4 [The Soviet Woodpecker] > >is a bit more difficult, but I am sure it is obvious to my critic. > > When the above operated in the ham bands, it was easily > receivable with Elecraft equipment. > > Case Closed ? > > -- > 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane > Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 > > > > ___ > 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 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] Who IS Number 1?
With apologies to Patrick McGoohan: "John is #6 Who is #1? I am #2, you are #6. I am NOT a number!" Doug W6JD BTW, who IS #1? ___ 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] English
My wife goes to week long music workshops...keeps everything well balanced ;^) Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Fred Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > AFAIK, a "conker" in the Mother Country is a "buckeye" or "horse > chestnut" here in the Colonies. Likewise, "chuffed" loosely translates > to "stoked" -- at least out here on the western frontier. > > Andrea is attending a needlepoint retreat at Asilomar later this year. > Given our Equal Hobby Allowance agreement, I am fairly stoked ... > > Retreat Cost = Well Loaded K3 > > Timing is good too, the initial units will be out, and no doubt someone > will say something on the reflector about them. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2007 CQP Oct 6-7 > - www.cqp.org > ___ > 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 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] Re: K3: S-meter calibration (redux)
QSM? de W6JD -- Original message -- From: Thom LaCosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Julian G4ILO wrote: > > > But who cares about S meters? I run QRP. > > Well, with a fully adjustable S-Meter...you could simply ask the other > station > what S-Meter report he would like. > > Thom,EIEIO > Email, Internet, Electronic Information Officer > > www.baltimorehon.com/ Home of the Baltimore Lexicon > www.tlchost.net/hosting/ Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month > ___ > 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 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...Kit or Assembled?
Just wondering...what percentage of K3s ordered are the kit form or factory assembled? Mine is the kit version. Doug W6JD ___ 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] Spilling the HF beans .....
That's the story I remember. Gates has been great at acquiring other peoples projects and turning them into gold..I'm not sure he's ever actually written a line of code! Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Brian Lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Jun 3, 2007, at 4:54 AM, Fred (FL) wrote: > > > And Bill Gates empire was launched, and IBM got > > its first DOS contract from Gates - and IBM's PC was > > launched. > > The way I remember it, IBM decided they wanted a version of CP/M for > their new Intel 8086-based system and went to Digital Research. > Somehow the folks at DR managed to really annoy the folks from IBM. > (I heard it that Gary Kildall's wife wouldn't deal with them because > Gary was out-of-town.) So IBM turned to the small company that was > supposed to provide the BASIC interpreter for the new "PC": Microsoft. > > Bill Gates of Microsoft assured IBM that Microsoft had a replacement > for CP/M-86 even though they really didn't. (Ah, vapor-ware has been > with us for a LONG time.) Microsoft then quickly purchased the rights > to a CP/M lookalike called QDOS. That became IBM's PC-DOS which > Microsoft then renamed MS-DOS. The rest is history. > > 73 de Brian, WB6RQN > Brian Lloyd - brian HYPHEN wb6rqn AT lloyd DOT com > > > ___ > 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 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] KAF2 sold
The KAF2 has been sold. Doug W6JD ___ 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] FS: KAF2
Selling a KAF2, constructed, works perfectly asking $50.00. Please answer off list. 73, Doug W6JD ___ 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 Questions, some will be answered over time.
I placed an order for the K3 as soon as I saw it at Visalia. I tuned it, poked its buttons and "kicked its tires" and I knew I had to have one. At first I put in a no money down order but the more I thought about the level of Elecraft engineering expertise and the unmatched customer service I realized that there really was no downside to committing some up front money and the upside was a great radio and a low serial number : >). Doug, W6JD K2/100 #1626...and they'll have to pull that radio from my cold dead hands -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > It's called PLANNING! > > Also, top notch engineering! Have you ever wondered how many of these ham > radio companies, including the brands that do hugh volumes of commercial > radio, > actually have hams designing their radios? I remember when the guys at Drake, > Hallicrafters, Collins, Hammerlund, Johnson, Heath and many others were ALL > hams and their pictures were usually in the Christmas issue of all the ham > mags. > Aside from the founders of Icom and Yaesu, how many HAMS or even a call sign > have you seen in an ad > let alone backing their gear at a convention? Anyone who would go to a > convention with their rig on the table in front of them, is putting their > reputation and livelihood on the line and will surely get my respect and an > order on > the spot! > > Tnx for the soap box, Al - WA6VNN > > > > ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > ___ > 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 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] RE: Elecraft Amplifiers
I have a problem with the Elecraft amps, i.e. hi-power amps have become commodity items. I don't see that there can be any meaningful competition on the basis of price so you have to compete with whiz-bang features. I've seen the amps, and they certainly look nice, but I don't see many, if any, features that aren't available elsewhere. Built-in tuner, PIN diode QSK, automatic band switching etc. but nothing really "whiz-bang". I just hope that Elecraft won't get themselves in trouble with a product that will soak up a lot of resources and provide little return. IMHO I would like to see a "full kit" amp on the order of the Ameritron ALS-600. A nice "medium power " amp with full QSK and a built in power supply. I think this could have a rather large market. Basically a scaled down version of the 850 Elecraft amp. Doug, W6JD K2/100 #1626 K3/100 eagerly awaited -- Original message -- From: W2AGN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I always had mixed (mainly negative) feelings about the idea of a big > Elecraft > Amp. Elecraft started, and got it's loyal user base among QRPers. OK, so they > have a couple 100 watt rigs now, still not as far off as a 1500 watt amp. > > Sorta like if Hummer came out with a Hybrid. > > -- > --- > _ _ _ _ _ > / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ John L. Sielke > ( W )( 2 )( A )( G )( N ) http://w2agn.net > \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ http://www.blurty.com/users/w2agn > check out: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/QRPariahs/ > ___ > 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 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] #6107 - First Snag
-- Original message -- From: Dale Boresz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > One of the most clever recommendations that I remember from those > discussions a few years ago was to wrap a few turns of wire from one > bail end to another and insert a short rod of some type and twist it > "tourniquet style" to slowly draw the ends inward until they are drawn > together enough to allow it to be attached. > I found this technique to work beautifully, no pain no strain. Doug, W6JD ___ 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] For sale?
But my "other" rig is a K2 and it is NOT for sale ;-) Doug,W6JD ___ 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] Re: New Icom XCVR IC-7700 Price
Clearly Elecraft shouldn't feel threatened! Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Allan Bacon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I attended the Contesting University on Thursday at Dayton and one of the > sponsores was ICOM. Their national sales manager brough a 7700 to show and > when > I asked him the target price he replied about $6,000.00 > 73, > Al > W6GBG > ___ > 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 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] Re: New Icom XCVR IC-7700
But I don't want a big, heavy radio! And besides, I've cleared the space on my desk for the K3. Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Dale Boresz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Benny Aumala wrote: > > Radio looks great, it is big, even heavy. > > 200Watts and AC supply inside. > > Even Panadapter there. > > Sure a fine piece of gear. Price tag?? > > But still upconversion. > > The only two downconverted modern rigs seem to be Orion and K3. > ... and the FlexRadio SDR-1000, FLEX-5000A, FLEX-5000C, FLEX-5000D > > I already ordered a SoftRock v6 lite to be a PanAdapter for K3. > > (Ask for 11 MHz crystal). > > > > Benny OH9NB > 73, Dale > WA8SRA > > ___ > 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 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] 73 Mag
Back in 1956 when I was a senior in high school I wrote an article for CQ describing a plate modulator I homebrewed for my Heath AT-1 (ah, the memories). Anyway, Wayne published the article and promised prompt payment (I can't remember the amount but it certainly wasn't a lot). Days passed, and weeks, and months and . despite several letters asking where the hell was the money (by this time I was a starving Stanford undergrad). No money, and to this day I've never bought another issue of CQ. Doug, W6JD -- Original message -- From: Jack Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You say Wayne Green was a cheapskate. I take your word for that. > > I can provide a bit of personal experience. A few years ago, I wrote 8 > or 10 construction articles for 73 Magazine, all of which were duly > published. Payment for the first article was made in about 6 months. The > remaining articles were not paid when 73 Magazine folded (about a year > after my last article was published). > > Wayne owes me about $2500. > > Writing for an ARRL publication is quite different in this regard--a > check for my two QEX articles arrived *before* the magazines hit my > mailbox. That's extraordinary. > > My book publisher runs 3 to 4 months behind in royalty statements as > well, so the ARRL is really outstanding in timely payment. > > > Jack K8ZOA > www.cliftonlaboratories.com > > > > ___ > 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 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] W3FPR said
I placed my order early, at Visalia, because I could actually see and hear the radio and because I have great faith in the engineering capabilities of both Eric and Wayne. The K2 has been an absolutely standout product from its introduction and as far as I can see the K3 will continue the tradition! Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Thom LaCosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Fri, 4 May 2007, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: > > > > > Just cuz some guys can't wait (I see that the 50% deposit now only > > assures a "low" serial number), there are quanta more waiting for real > > numbers. > > Some of the early orders may have had motivations other than getting a low > number. > > The experiences and reports of the early adopters should not only prove > interesting, but also helpful for those that are still trying to see more > clearly as they ponder the glass whilst paying attention to the winds and the > crys of the ether birds. > > Thom k3hrn > > www.baltimorehon.com/ Home of the Baltimore Lexicon > www.tlchost.net/hosting/ Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month > ___ > 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 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 Question
Will the K3 be able to tune WWV 15 and 10 MHz without the general coverage option? Doug W6JD ___ 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] Morre K3 Acolades
I was fortunate enough to be at Visalia and actually see the thing in the flesh. You want one! The only thing it lacks is a toroid to wind! Doug, W6JD K2/100 #1626 K3/100 #??? ___ 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: Re: [Elecraft] Toxic Things
-- Forwarded Message: -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Toxic Things Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:56:15 + As a 9-12 year old I used to build plastic airplane models, using carbon-tet as a solvent to glue the pieces together. For the past 25 years I've been having to deal with CLL (chronic lymphatic lymphoma) and although my oncologyst can't say for sure there is a connection she strongly suspects there could be. After 4 rounds of chemo over these 25 years I would strongly recommend against plying around with toxic things without the proper precautions! Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Fred Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I like the people on this list a great deal. Please be careful. > Someone said you could eat mercury. Don't. Don't even handle it. It > is a heavy metal like lead and as a vapor is extremely toxic. And > mercury vaporizes slowly at room temperatures. Like all heavy metals, > once it is inside you, it is extremely difficult to remove. > > Metallic mercury is a major pollutant here in N. CA and in the Comstock > in NW NV. During the gold rush, many tons of it were used in the > extraction of the gold from the crushed quartz 150+ years ago, and well > into the 20th century. A great deal of it ended up in mine tailings, as > did the cyanide, also used in the extraction process and also *somewhat* > toxic [used to be used in California's gas chamber]. There are a huge > number of abandoned gold mines in our area. > > Over time, metallic mercury forms very toxic compounds which have washed > out into the streams, rivers, and lakes. Much of it ends up in the > Sacramento/San Joaquin delta and San Francisco Bay, where it climbs the > food chain and is now in many of the fish in dangerous quantities. > Lahontan Reservoir east of Carson City is contaminated as are many other > waterways. > > I know we OF's used to play with Hg as kids. We also used carbon > tetrachloride, MEK, trichlorethylene, and other things you can't buy and > shouldn't be using now. I liked cadmium-plated steel chassis for my > home brew projects because it was easy to solder to them. Cd is a heavy > metal and is very toxic. Wash your hands twice after working on your > Elecraft kits. Don't breath solder fumes. Even a small fan to blow the > fumes away from you is a major improvement over nothing. > > We all have our stories from olden days, but I'd like to think we've all > learned something in the last 50 or 60 years [e.g. don't eat a lot of > the fish you catch in San Francisco Bay]. I'd like the Elecrafters to > be sticking around for a long time and in good health. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2007 CQP Oct 6-7 > - www.cqp.org > ___ > 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 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] FCC rules part 18
We've used nothing but CF bulbs in our home for the past 7 years and I've never experienced RFI from any of them. The desk lamp in the shack is about a foot from the K2 and the IC-706 with nary a whisper of interference. Now the COMPAQ laptop is another story! Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: w2bvh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I just got back from the home center. While there I looked at the > instructions for a 42 watt (150 watt equivalent) helical compact > fluorescent (the kind that screws in as a replacement for a regular bulb). > > The instructions said that it complies with fcc rules part 18. If it > causes radio interference it should be moved or the radio should be > moved. That there may be radiation in the 0.5-30MHz range. And that it > should not be used in proximity to marine radio equipment. > > So my question is: is the sky falling, or is this a non-issue? > > 73, > Lenny W2BVH > > ___ > 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 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] Looking at Elecraft kits
Anyone who has listened to Kevin run the Sunday Elecraft net can attest to the fact that he has become quite proficient in the art of CW! Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: Kevin Rock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Welcome to you Steve, > I would like to add a few comments to what Ron has stated. I purchased my K2 > in 2001 before I knew very much code at all. I bought the SSB module because > I > thought I would use that mode frequently. After a very pleasant building > experience I sat down to listen to the bands with my modest antenna. I > purchased a set of paddles so I could practice CW to gain the next level > license. I found the K2 was a very nice code practice oscillator. Learning CW > starts as two processes: sending and receiving. The K2 has an excellent > receiver so I could listen to CW the way it is really sent and 'copy' as much > as > possible. I could listen to the W1AW CW broadcasts and copy their machine > sending. Next I would put the K2 in the "TEST" mode and send to myself from a > newspaper or text book. Somehow or another sending page after page of code > helped my ear hear more accurately. After about six months of this I went to > the local VE session and passed Element 1. It took some prodding by the very > VE > who had given me the test to get on the air for real. Once again my steady K2 > was up to the task; unlike the shakey operator at the key ;) I managed to get > his call sign and RST, the rest is lost to history. Even though the swamp > cooler was on high and it was a rather cool day for Albuquerque I was soaked > through. Nothing like trial by fire! I have gotten marginally better over the > years since then. The two modes of CW: listening and sending have merged into > a > single method of conversation. I still use my K2 for code practice and for > listening to folks 'chat' via CW. It was a great training instrument and > serves > me well in weekly use. You will have fun all along the path toward your goal > of > working CW in the woods. > 73, > Kevin. KD5ONS > > P.S. The SSB unit is still in the rig but has only been used twice! > KJR > > -Original Message- > >From: Ron D'Eau Claire > >Sent: Apr 13, 2007 8:55 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Looking at Elecraft kits > > > >I strongly recommend the K2, Steve. > > > >Adding the options when you want is very simple. The K2 was designed to be > >built just that way and it's a trivial exercise to install options after > >you've built, tested and used the basic K2. The K2 is designed to be taken > >to bits in a few minutes, should you ever want to do that, but the modules > >are added with a minimum of fuss-and-bother without doing a lot of heavy > >disassembly. Usually they involve adding a header to a pc board where the > >module will plug in and cutting or removing a jumper that you installed > >during the initial build to bypass the module until you add it. > > > >Some of those options are perfect for your style of portable work - such as > >the optional built-in antenna tuner and battery that mount in the removable > >top cover. With them, all you need is a key and some wire to use for an > >antenna to go portable. If you decide you'd like a 100-watt K2/100 in the > >future, you can add the KPA100. It, too, is in a removable lid that replaces > >the "QRP" top that may contain your portable battery and tuner. So a couple > >of minutes - at the most - to swap top covers and your K2 is either a > >world-class home station or a self-contained world-class portable station. > > > >Congratulations on the license, Steve! You'll have a world of fun with your > >Elecraft rig on the HF bands. When the bands are open for DX, it's literally > >a "world" of fun! > > > >73, > > > >Ron AC7AC > > > > > >-Original Message- > > > >Hello All, As a newly licensed tech, I am looking around for radio's. I am > >interested in the Elecraft kits, but am debating whether to get the KX1 and > >then an older used radio for home or to just get a K2. > > > >I do a bit of camping and hunting, over the course of a year probably spend > >about a month in the woods but none of it is hiking so extreme portability > >isn't that much of an issue. It might be in the future and I will get a KX1 > >for that, but right now it would be a matter of dragging a car battery to a > >table at most 50 feet. > > > >The f
Re: [Elecraft] Standalone K2 Amp?
Fred...just build the KPA100 into an EC-2 enclosure. Neat and easy. 73, Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Fred (FL)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm sure this topic has come up in various ways in > the past - but here goes again: > > What are the easy ways of keeping one's K2 a base > QRP driver rig - and having a standalone amplifier > next to it on the table? Nothing power drastic - > but maybe 50 or 100 watts, when needed? > > Fred > N3CSY > > > > > > > Looking for earth-friendly autos? > Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. > http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ > ___ > 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 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] K2 or K1?
Hi Gary, As you have had some kit building experience in the past I don't think you should have any problems with the K2. The instrucion manual is a very complete and understandable "Heathkit" style manual. Just take your time and follow the instructions and you'll have a very rewarding experience, If you run into problems this reflector has an amazing amount of expertise. You might consider downloading the manual to see what you would be dealing with. Join the K2 club! 73, Doug, W6JD K2/100 #1626 -- Original message -- From: "Gary D Krause" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, I've been reading many of the posts here as well as reading through the > manuals on the Elecraft site. I've been thinking about building either a K2 > or K1. I've read some of the magazine articles that state that the K2 is not > a beginners kit and I have read other sources that state beginners have built > the K2 with no problem. > > The last time I built a kit was in the eighties. I have no doubt about my > soldering abilities and I know that isn't a problem. I've been told on the > air that if I'm going to build the K2 or K1 to go for the K2. I would like to > build the K2. So, I would like some feed back on what you think. Has anyone > here built the K2 as their first kit or Elecraft kit? > > I really don't want to build the K1 first because, I don't want to spend the > money for both rigs. I know I could sell the K1 but, I don't want to be > bothered with that. > > Thanks, > Gary, N7HTS > > > > ___ > 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 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] FS: XV50
Several years ago I JUST HAD TO HAVE something to build! Having never operated 6 meters the XV50 looked like it would take care of the building need and let me explore 6 meters. Well, I soon decided that 6 held little interest for me and the XV50 was just sitting around looking cool but not doing anything. Therefore I would like to sell the XV50 to someone who can make better use of it than I. Includes the crystal oven which I have not installed. Asking $325.00, shipping negotiable. Doug, W6JD ___ 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] I changed K2 R98 to 1K - not good?
That's why I always check the value with an ohm meter if there is any ambiguity in reading the color code. Doug W6JD -- Original message -- From: "Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Well, I have had the experience! Sometimes the orange band looks a lot > like a red band ... and I have seen 'brown' bands that were really a dark > red. I let the smoke out of one of those once. > > Don K7FJ > --- > > Don, you are right on the money! > > The resistor I put in was 10K, not 1K! Ahhhggg! > > I went back and tried a 1K. Now i get very stable full output on all bands. > 10 Meters is giving 95 watts into a dummy load. That's plenty. > > Now, back to special event station K1Y SKN operations ... > > - Keith N1AS - > - k2 5411.ssb.100 - > > > > From: Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I'll bet you find out that the 1 K you put in was actually some other value > .. or .. something happened you did not plan (cold solder joint?). If the > > > ___ > 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 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 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
