Re: [Elecraft] Soldering Naked
Phil, I too have had the experience of feeling liquid solder on bare skin, but in a less dramatic part of my body. When I was young and dumb, about 35 years ago, I was attempting a repair of a wire antenna with the broken connection about 6 above eye level. A large drop of solder fell on the inside of my forearm and sizzled as it cooled and hardened--then had to be dug out of burned flesh, I NEVER made that or a similar mistake again, always asking myself, if some solder falls . . . where will it fall? You have quite a gift for teaching an important lesson in a funny and dramatic way. Thanks for making me laugh until my sides hurt. 73, Blair K3YD __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 Shipped But Requires Signature!!!
Hi Mark (and group), If you think signing for a package is a hassle, just try filing a claim for lost one. I had a package (containing one xtal filter) taken off my porch about 15 years ago. Didn't realize that it was missing till I contacted the vendor asking about the long delivery. Even though the value was just under $100, the claim became a prolonged battle among vendor, UPS and me. It took about 5 months till the vendor was finally paid by UPS. Only then would they ship a second filter. All this time the vendor had my money; I had paid by check. Since then, I've had valuable packages sent to my office. If your employer won't allow personal deliveries, a business near your home (one where your have a regular relationship) might accept and sign for your packages. My neighborhood animal hospital does this for several customers. The irony of my lost filter? I found it about 9 months later while doing some landscape work. Someone (kids?) had stuffed the package into a Yew bush about 20 feet from my front door. The bush was dense, the package small and it would have stayed there forever if I hadn't done major trimming. 73, Blair K3YD -Original Message- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:59:50 -0500 (CDT) rom: pastor...@verizon.net can't believe that Elecraft is sending my K3 requiring a signature! How do hey expect a working person to be at home when UPS delivers to get a ignature??? When I ordered the rig over the phone nobody told me that this is he way they ship. And to boot, I would have to drive over one hour to a UPS elivery center to pick up the radio. I certainly hope they will call me omorrow and straighten this whole mess out. This certainly does not give me a ood impression about the company. Just venting Mark KB3Z __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] Eagle keying
Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.com said: I used the Eagle while there for one cw QSO while at the hamfest. The keying elay was loud enough to be heard above the crowd which was a deal breaker or me. Sorry to hear that T-T has moved away from one of their claim-to-fame features--PIN diode QSK. I have a 30-year old Argosy which did QSK so silently and so well. I hear there's a company somewhere in California--Aptos, I think--which still knows how to design radios with silent QSK. :-) 73 de k3yd __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] 43 foot verticals
Since 43 foot verticals work equally well (or badly) with all brands of radios, couldn't this discussion be developed further on an antenna forum somewhere? 73 de k3yd = __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] KPA-500; meets many needs
Guess it depends on operations and locations, but I see the KPA-500 meeting some broad operating needs. I frequently operate portable, for contests, and enjoy a power boost above exciter level power. I've looked at the somewhat portable ACOM 1010, but it lacks 6 meter coverage and full break-in. Tokyo High Power? Similar band coverage and QSK issues; can be a little more portable. The Ameritron (MFJ) solid state amp? Again 6 meters and QSK are lacking. Also, I've had too many QC issues with that company's products. YMMV. So, the '500 appears to offer a very compact (K3 size, 22 lb.) package, full 160-6 meter coverage and QSK--all with internal power supply. Sounds like a traveler's delight to me as well as being a medium-power level amp for home use. What's not to like? I hear wishes for a built-in antenna tuner. For some people that's a need, for others a non-issue. When I use a tuner it's a Johnson matchbox with ladder line into the shack. If I'm using a coax-fed antenna, I will work it, and work it, work it some more till it is resonant and no tuner is necessary. That's me. Is 500 watts not enough? For the rarest of the rare DX, for top-ten contest results, maybe not. But it is a better-than-5 dB improvement from exciter level. There were recently expressed wishes from some on this reflector for a 150~200 watt PA. Here's an amp that, with reduced drive, gives that sought-after power output level. The 500 watt power level is also compatible with the power limits in many European countries. Do I like what I see so far? Yes. 73, Blair K3YD __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] Mea culpa (KPA-500)
Thanks Wes, N7WS, for sending me back to my calculator. 500 watt output is indeed 7dB greater than 100 watts, not the 5 dB I previously stated. Even better. 73, Blair K3YD __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] K3 how often do you use it?
-Original Message- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 22:10:55 -0500 From: Randy Downs randyddo...@gmail.com Subject: [Elecraft] K3 how often do you use it? It should have tarted A fellow. He told me that a Big Gun would never buy a K3. 1 due to not having 200w, #2 due to ergonomics. He basically said hat people that buy a K3 don't use it enough to not see the inherent laws in the layout, size etc. of the K3. He felt the 1000d was much etter. A recent meeting of the Frankford Radio Club (FRC) which includes a substantial number of Type-A, Big Guns seemed as much a K3 convention as it was a club meeting. I know some Yankee Clipper Contest Club (YCCC) member calls show up on this reflector. The K3 is becoming quite popular among the members of Florida Contest Group (FCG), too, I am told. If FRC, YCCC and FCG members, are not among the Big Guns in the US contest scene, would A fellow please tell us who is? 73, K3YD __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Elecraft] mode-bandwidth question
This may sound like a stupid question to experienced K3 users, but I'm in the About to send in my order stage of being familiar with the radio. I've read the manual but may have missed this point. Specifically, on the K3, does mode selection control maximum receive bandwidth? For example, can I tune through a quiet 10 CW band with a 2.8 KHz filter enabled, but in CW mode and ready to transmit? Or, because I have selected CW mode, and have i.e., a 400 Hz filter installed, am I limited to a 400 Hz wide window on the band? 73, Blair k3yd ___ 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
