[Elecraft] [KX1] "It's alive," sort of!
Well after getting discouraged I decided to take some time off from my KX1 project. After about 3 months I decided to get back at at with a little encouragement from Gary. I was having trouble with the receiver alignment, no signal. I decided to go to the manual and review each step of the receiver build process and check for the obvious, wrong part installed and so on. The first thing I found was I never installed R2x, then in a close inspection I found L10 was cracked, crikey! So I installed the missing resistor and ordered a new L10. After installing L10 this morning I was amazed to hear a signal on my radio. I have not had time for the alignment yet but I will get to it this afternoon. So I hope to get finished and on the air soon, so I can frustrate everyone with my poor morse. Another learning process. 73, Ed KE7HGA -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/It-s-alive-sort-of-tp3829094p3829094.html Sent from the [KX1] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [KX1] "It's alive," sort of!
Ed, welcome to Elecraft. I wish to relate my own experience. I had been off the air for 30 years. I got the bug to return to the community. I took the tests in November 2005 and for Christmas I asked for a KX1. I built it and in January 2006 I finished. I put up a 40M inverted vee (still up and my main antenna). The acid test soon came. I was tuning around 7.040 and I heard JA3OLW call CQ. His signal was okay and I thought, why not? I returned the call and he came right back. Suke was my first QSO in 30 years on a radio that had never transmitted before. I was just as nervous as when I was a novice in 1967. The best part: I built it myself! Crikey! Any time you wish to get on the air with whatever Morse you can bring, I am game. Mike Scott AE6WA Tarzana, CA K3/100 SN508 >first thing I found was I never installed R2x, then in a close inspection I found L10 was cracked, crikey! So I installed the missing resistor and ordered a new L10. After installing L10 this morning I was amazed to hear a signal on my radio. I have not had time for the alignment yet but I will get to it this afternoon. So I hope to get finished and on the air soon, so I can frustrate everyone with my poor morse. Another learning process. 73, Ed KE7HGA __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [KX1] "It's alive," sort of!
Hi Mike, That sounds great. I have never sent cw before, but I have been trying to prepare. Now I really need to get up to speed since my radio is nearing completion. Thanks Mike, Ed Doyle KE7HGA Colora MD On Oct 15, 2009, at 8:18 PM, Mike Scott-7 (via Nabble) wrote: > Ed, welcome to Elecraft. I wish to relate my own experience. I had > been off > the air for 30 years. I got the bug to return to the community. I > took the > tests in November 2005 and for Christmas I asked for a KX1. I built > it and > in January 2006 I finished. I put up a 40M inverted vee (still up > and my > main antenna). The acid test soon came. I was tuning around 7.040 > and I > heard JA3OLW call CQ. His signal was okay and I thought, why not? I > returned > the call and he came right back. Suke was my first QSO in 30 years > on a > radio that had never transmitted before. I was just as nervous as > when I was > a novice in 1967. The best part: I built it myself! Crikey! > > > > Any time you wish to get on the air with whatever Morse you can > bring, I am > game. > > > > Mike Scott > > AE6WA Tarzana, CA > > K3/100 SN508 > > > > > > >first thing I found was I never installed R2x, then in a close > inspection I > found L10 was > > cracked, crikey! So I installed the missing resistor and ordered a > new L10. > > > After installing L10 this morning I was amazed to hear a signal on > my radio. > > > I have not had time for the alignment yet but I will get to it this > > afternoon. > > > > So I hope to get finished and on the air soon, so I can frustrate > everyone > > with my poor morse. Another learning process. > > > > 73, Ed KE7HGA > > > > > > > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > View message @ http://n2.nabble.com/It-s-alive-sort-of-tp3829094p3832831.html > To unsubscribe from "It's alive," sort of!, click here. > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/It-s-alive-sort-of-tp3829094p3832928.html Sent from the [KX1] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [KX1] "It's alive," sort of!
And now it's complete, KX1 #2140! I still have to figure out how to configure the Auto tuner but other than that it works. I had one small problem on the final build. I had trouble with the wires under the battery holders and so now I have 4 shiny new bolts with equally shiny nuts sticking out from the bottom of my radio. No big deal it's just not as sleek and pretty. Thanks to all who took the time to give me help with the trouble I had. Going to be a long cold fall and winter so maybe a K2 will get me through it. Well see what Santa brings. 73, Ed KE7HGA EMD wrote: > > Well after getting discouraged I decided to take some time off from my KX1 > project. After about 3 months I decided to get back at at with a little > encouragement from Gary. > > I was having trouble with the receiver alignment, no signal. I decided to > go to the manual and review each step of the receiver build process and > check for the obvious, wrong part installed and so on. The first thing I > found was I never installed R2x, then in a close inspection I found L10 > was cracked, crikey! So I installed the missing resistor and ordered a > new L10. After installing L10 this morning I was amazed to hear a signal > on my radio. I have not had time for the alignment yet but I will get to > it this afternoon. > > So I hope to get finished and on the air soon, so I can frustrate everyone > with my poor morse. Another learning process. > > 73, Ed KE7HGA > > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/It-s-alive-sort-of-tp3829094p3838030.html Sent from the [KX1] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [KX1] "It's alive," sort of!
EMD wrote: > > ...on the air soon, so I can frustrate everyone with my poor morse. > Another learning process. > > 73, Ed KE7HGA > Don't worry about that. I am as rusty as the Titanic with my code. In all instances of my cw QSOs, I have had much better/faster ops slow down and work with me to ensure a solid QSO. The more you use it the easier it gets and the more fun you have. I also started using a program called Morse Mania by Black Cat Systems (it's Mac based software) to get up to speed. I chose the Koch the method. I'm sure there is some PC equivalent. My K3 can be set to test TX or 0 watts and I can key w/o actually tx-ing for practice too, I don't know about your K1. Pound away! 73 de 4Z5TO -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/It-s-alive-sort-of-tp3829094p3925423.html Sent from the [KX1] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [KX1] "It's alive," sort of!
That's great to hear. After more than 50 years of pounding brass, I enjoy setting the bug aside and using my J-38 'hand pump' from time to time whenever I run into a slow operator. I haven't tried it myself, but I understand NUMORSE is similar to Morse Mania but runs on a PC under Windows: http://www.nu-ware.com/NuMorseP/nmpdload.htm 73, Ron AC7AC -Original Message- EMD wrote: > > ...on the air soon, so I can frustrate everyone with my poor morse. > Another learning process. > > 73, Ed KE7HGA > Don't worry about that. I am as rusty as the Titanic with my code. In all instances of my cw QSOs, I have had much better/faster ops slow down and work with me to ensure a solid QSO. The more you use it the easier it gets and the more fun you have. I also started using a program called Morse Mania by Black Cat Systems (it's Mac based software) to get up to speed. I chose the Koch the method. I'm sure there is some PC equivalent. My K3 can be set to test TX or 0 watts and I can key w/o actually tx-ing for practice too, I don't know about your K1. Pound away! 73 de 4Z5TO __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Elecraft] [KX1] "It's alive," sort of!
Okay I'll be giving it a try. I have never sent cw or used the paddle style keyer so it should be fun. 73, Ed KE7HGA On Oct 31, 2009, at 6:38 PM, 4Z5TO [via Elecraft] wrote: > EMD wrote: > ...on the air soon, so I can frustrate everyone with my poor morse. > Another learning process. > > 73, Ed KE7HGA > Don't worry about that. I am as rusty as the Titanic with my code. > In all instances of my cw QSOs, I have had much better/faster ops > slow down and work with me to ensure a solid QSO. > > The more you use it the easier it gets and the more fun you have. I > also started using a program called Morse Mania by Black Cat Systems > (it's Mac based software) to get up to speed. I chose the Koch the > method. I'm sure there is some PC equivalent. > > My K3 can be set to test TX or 0 watts and I can key w/o actually tx- > ing for practice too, I don't know about your K1. > > Pound away! > 73 de 4Z5TO > > > > > View message @ http://n2.nabble.com/It-s-alive-sort-of-tp3829094p3925423.html > To unsubscribe from "It's alive," sort of!, click here. > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/It-s-alive-sort-of-tp3829094p3925797.html Sent from the [KX1] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
