[Elecraft] Greetings
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What sad news. Phil and I became friends after conversing about the recipes for his spices. I ordered a large variety and he threw in a couple others that he recommended. He was passionate about his cooking products, Elecraft, our hobby and life in general. Great guy. I will think of him every time I throw a steak on the grill. Terry, WØFM -Original Message- From: Kyle N4NSS [mailto:n4...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:17 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Greetings to Group Greetings to Group: I have the sad news to inform all that Phil La Marche W9DVM passed on April 14th. from complications due to a case of the stomach flu. Several years ago he posted a request on a local reflector group looking for someone to do some tower climbing, antenna work and odd projects in the shack. I responded. The visits led to a friendship that I will never forget. His wife Diane asked me if I would help with the disbursement of the equipment. The first day a went over I got some things done but I mostly I just sat in the shack. Tough day to say the least. This past Tuesday I went and spent the whole day sorting, documenting, and packing the items up resale. I also made the decision to buy all his K3 line and also the KX3. I'm not rich but I didn't want to part out his dream station. As a good friend I also dug deep into the checking account for Diane. She is happy that it went to me. So here I am with my dream station...maybe someday someone like me will come around for my wife. Kyle N4NSS “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails... Explore. Dream. Discover.” --Mark Twain __ 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
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When my wife died 13 years ago, I mentioned that my son and I were just not equipped to prepare edible meals. Phil sent me a large assortment of his spices, unsolicited but much appreciated, to at least mask our mistakes. Thanks to him, we had our last meal standing next to each other over the sink. I've thought about him often since then when I'm in the kitchen wondering about dinner. I'm only a marginally better cook, but his gift made me try harder. Eric On 4/19/2013 9:42 AM, Terry Schieler wrote: What sad news. Phil and I became friends after conversing about the recipes for his spices. I ordered a large variety and he threw in a couple others that he recommended. He was passionate about his cooking products, Elecraft, our hobby and life in general. Great guy. I will think of him every time I throw a steak on the grill. Terry, WØFM -Original Message- From: Kyle N4NSS [mailto:n4...@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:17 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Greetings to Group Greetings to Group: I have the sad news to inform all that Phil La Marche W9DVM passed on April 14th. from complications due to a case of the stomach flu. Several years ago he posted a request on a local reflector group looking for someone to do some tower climbing, antenna work and odd projects in the shack. I responded. The visits led to a friendship that I will never forget. His wife Diane asked me if I would help with the disbursement of the equipment. The first day a went over I got some things done but I mostly I just sat in the shack. Tough day to say the least. This past Tuesday I went and spent the whole day sorting, documenting, and packing the items up resale. I also made the decision to buy all his K3 line and also the KX3. I'm not rich but I didn't want to part out his dream station. As a good friend I also dug deep into the checking account for Diane. She is happy that it went to me. So here I am with my dream station...maybe someday someone like me will come around for my wife. Kyle N4NSS “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails... Explore. Dream. Discover.” --Mark Twain __ 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 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] Greetings to Group
Greetings to Group: I have the sad news to inform all that Phil La Marche W9DVM passed on April 14th. from complications due to a case of the stomach flu. Several years ago he posted a request on a local reflector group looking for someone to do some tower climbing, antenna work and odd projects in the shack. I responded. The visits led to a friendship that I will never forget. His wife Diane asked me if I would help with the disbursement of the equipment. The first day a went over I got some things done but I mostly I just sat in the shack. Tough day to say the least. This past Tuesday I went and spent the whole day sorting, documenting, and packing the items up resale. I also made the decision to buy all his K3 line and also the KX3. I'm not rich but I didn't want to part out his dream station. As a good friend I also dug deep into the checking account for Diane. She is happy that it went to me. So here I am with my dream station...maybe someday someone like me will come around for my wife. Kyle N4NSS “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails... Explore. Dream. Discover.” --Mark Twain __ 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
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I'm very sorry to hear of Phil's passing. My condolences to Diane and Phil's family. I'm sure you'll be able to operate that dream station in honor of Phil's true spirit and make him proud. Dave W8FGU On 04/18/2013 02:16 PM, Kyle N4NSS wrote: Greetings to Group: I have the sad news to inform all that Phil La Marche W9DVM passed on April 14th. from complications due to a case of the stomach flu. Several years ago he posted a request on a local reflector group looking for someone to do some tower climbing, antenna work and odd projects in the shack. I responded. The visits led to a friendship that I will never forget. His wife Diane asked me if I would help with the disbursement of the equipment. The first day a went over I got some things done but I mostly I just sat in the shack. Tough day to say the least. This past Tuesday I went and spent the whole day sorting, documenting, and packing the items up resale. I also made the decision to buy all his K3 line and also the KX3. I'm not rich but I didn't want to part out his dream station. As a good friend I also dug deep into the checking account for Diane. She is happy that it went to me. So here I am with my dream station...maybe someday someone like me will come around for my wife. Kyle N4NSS “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails... Explore. Dream. Discover.” --Mark Twain __ 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 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] Greetings to Group
My condolences to Phil's family and his many friends. I have never met Phil in person, but we have had many very pleasant email exchanges in the past. Our last conversation was around the building of a custom cable adapter to allow him to use his microphone with the KX3. I hope he had many pleasant QSOs with it. 73, Don W3FPR On 4/18/2013 2:16 PM, Kyle N4NSS wrote: Greetings to Group: I have the sad news to inform all that Phil La Marche W9DVM passed on April 14th. from complications due to a case of the stomach flu. Several years ago he posted a request on a local reflector group looking for someone to do some tower climbing, antenna work and odd projects in the shack. I responded. The visits led to a friendship that I will never forget. His wife Diane asked me if I would help with the disbursement of the equipment. The first day a went over I got some things done but I mostly I just sat in the shack. Tough day to say the least. This past Tuesday I went and spent the whole day sorting, documenting, and packing the items up resale. I also made the decision to buy all his K3 line and also the KX3. I'm not rich but I didn't want to part out his dream station. As a good friend I also dug deep into the checking account for Diane. She is happy that it went to me. So here I am with my dream station...maybe someday someone like me will come around for my wife. Kyle N4NSS __ 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] Greetings
Everyone, I wish all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Dave KD1NA ___ 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
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Ron, Build it yourself! Just a suggestion; but you'd be missing a major part of the experience if you farmed it out. (no offense to the fine Hams who do build Elecraft rigs for others). Just a personal story. I have two kids, aged three and four; and I built my K2 when they were aged two and three. I worked on it in the evenings after they were in bed. I bought the kit in February of last year and started it in March. Putting in maybe two hours a night when I got the chance, I finished the rig in July. Oh, yes, there were many distractions and evenings (and even weeks!) that I could not put in any time on it. But, hey, it's not a race and you don't have to get it done in one weekend or a week. Patience and perserverence pay off; and you can build a K2 even with a busy schedule like mine! 73 es good luck! Larry W2LJ K2 #4090 K1 #1643 (see, I even found time to build 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
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Wow, I am quite impressed at the responses both on this reflector and direct. I appreciate the info from builders for hire, as well as the encouragement to build it myself. To answer many of your responses, I _am_ considering doing it myself, but it is a matter of time and motivation. I have an 8 year old son, so spring, and the summer vacation season, are already booked. I couldn't even start to learn until fall. It could be possible to make the time available in October to get tools, set up a workstation, and begin. (I would also have to get motivated to commit the hours). I'm thinking it over, but also considering a builder. Thanks for all your responses! --Ron KC0TLN ___ 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
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By all means, if you have the capability, build the radio. It is a lot of fun. Then you'll want to build another option for it, and then still another. It is insidious but you will feel a bit depressed after finishing your first Elecraft kit. However, remember you can use the rig for many years. Unless you sell it to finance building a new one. You will enjoy getting on the air with it. It is a very nice radio. The best part? You built it yourself! If something goes wrong (heaven forbid) you can repair it with a cry for help to either the Reflector, Gary Surrency, or even Wayne or Eric. All of these options are available. These folks (and us folks too) will not let you fail. Build it yourself unless your slave driver boss works you 24/7, if you can't see to the end of your soldering iron, or you were born with two left hands and tendency toward self-immolation. Barring these disabilities you will regret not building it yourself. Because one night you will find yourself checking in to the Elecraft CW Net and hearing the joy in folks' fists. These folks built their Elecraft rigs and are happily pounding brass in exultation. Do you wish to feel left out of this chorus of joy? Forbid the thought; build the rig and enjoy the happy state of flux, solder, and RF. Sincerely, Kevin. KD5ONS On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 23:46:03 -0500, Stephen W. Kercel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ron: Like you, I am taking a bit of time getting ready before I build a rig. Preparation, including creating the workspace, collecting the tools and so on, is no small task. Personally, I have never considered hiring done the construction of an Elecraft rig. It looks to me like the greater half of the experience of operating comes from building it with one's own hands. 73, Steve AA4AK At 10:06 PM 3/28/2005 -0600, you wrote: Wow, I am quite impressed at the responses both on this reflector and direct. I appreciate the info from builders for hire, as well as the encouragement to build it myself. To answer many of your responses, I _am_ considering doing it myself, but it is a matter of time and motivation. I have an 8 year old son, so spring, and the summer vacation season, are already booked. I couldn't even start to learn until fall. It could be possible to make the time available in October to get tools, set up a workstation, and begin. (I would also have to get motivated to commit the hours). I'm thinking it over, but also considering a builder. Thanks for all your responses! --Ron KC0TLN ___ 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/elecraftHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.4 - Release Date: 3/27/2005 ___ 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] Greetings! (stripping and cleaning suggestion)
I only had a couple of problems building the K2/100, various options, and a KAT100-1. I'd suggest a Dremel tool for stripping paint and anodizing and a pocket knife for stripping 20ga enameled wire. Use the pocket knife to get most of the enamel off before you start to tin it. The smaller gauge wire strips fine with the hot solder blob trick but the 20 ga wire was a bear until I used the pocket knife trick. Other people probably have better luck using sandpaper to scrape off the paint on the insides of chassis, but I find the Dremel much more controllable and saves a lot of time. I was sanding for 45 minutes on the KPA100 heat sink trying to remove the anodizing until I gave up and got a new Dremel wire brush bit. The Dremel takes less than a minute and has more control over the area affected. You'll probably need a Dremel for the transverters, too. My buddy Greg had better luck with the Dremel than sandpaper on the transverters. Hey Wayne and Eric, could you get the painters to mask off the parts for the KAT100? Actually, I've already finished the thing, so maybe everyone else can have the same fun I did. :) -- Hisashi T Fujinaka - [EMAIL PROTECTED] BSEE(6/86) + BSChem(3/95) + BAEnglish(8/95) + MSCS(8/03) + $2.50 = latte ___ 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] Greetings!
Hello Elecrafters. My name is Ron Hauser, and I'm a new ham, KC0TLN. I got licensed in November, got a radio at christmas time, and have been enjoying the new hobby quite a lot. I currently have an ICOM 706mk2g as a first radio, I've been using it in the shack for a few months now. However, my plan when I bought the 706 was to eventually put it in my van to use mobile. I'm planning to start work on the mobile installation as soon as the weather warms up (hopefully pretty soon!). I know that when I put the radio in my van, I'll want another radio in the shack. So I've been looking around, thinking about what my second radio will be. There is a lot of positive talk about the quality of the K2. I have done some SSB, and still do, but I've been bitten hard by the CW bug. The glowing recommendations that the K2 garners from CW operators are what brought me to look at it. I looked around quite a bit on the website, and have been following along on this list for a bit. I have just one problem... I'm much more of a pipe-wrench kind of guy that a soldering-iron kind of guy. While I've put up some antennas and soldered some UHF connectors, I don't have the temperament to sit down at a bench and build an electronic device. After reading around, I see that there is quite a group of builders who enjoy the work, who have honed their skills, and who sometimes build for others. I would much rather develop a relationship with a skilled builder, than try to match their skills. I might someday achieve a level of competence in electronic building, but with kid, significant other, work, etc., I'm not going to have the time to build up that skill set anytime soon. In addition, I like the idea of supporting the traditions of ham radio by patronizing kit makers and kit builders, rather than appliance manufacturers. (I like my appliance just fine, it was the perfect first radio for me, but I'd like to support the kitbuilding side of the hobby). Thus I would like comments from people who might consider building a radio for me. If this topic is not appropriate for this list, please accept my apologies. Thanks! --Ron KC0TLN ___ 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
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I don't have the temperament to sit down at a bench and build an electronic device In addition, I like the idea of supporting the traditions of ham radio by patronizing kit makers and kit builders, rather than appliance manufacturers. Let me offer the advice you didn't ask for, since that's what I'm good at. :-) And pardon me for posting to the list instead of sending it to you personally. I think it's a worthwhile topic for other lurkers. I think you should give some passing consideration to building this yourself. You can always give up and turn it over to a pro, but you might find you enjoy it. I built a K1 and like you had to purchase every single tool I used to build it. I've done some soldering before, but it was 30 years ago as a kid building a Heathkit HW-16 with my dad. That was a single-layer board with a lot of point-to-point wiring -- very different from the K1. I am a co-owner of my own business and work at home. I don't readily differentiate between work-time and free-time. It's hard for me to set aside personal time when I know there's work to be done. But building the K1 was exciting and enjoyable enough that I was able to focus on it. It was a good break from the 24/7 pressures of meeting payroll. The point is that, like you, my temperment isn't too suited to sitting in a chair looking through a magnifier at tiny electronic parts when there are other things that need to be done. I spent about 30 hours building my K1 with the 4-band board and ATU. Before I started I couldn't understand why there'd be people on this list who would offer to build your kit for free. After building the K1 I can begin to understand it. It was very enjoyable to carefully put the kit together, and very rewarding to plug it in and find that it worked. IMHO the Glory Years of ham radio are behind us. The days when you built your first rig from scratch, passed the test because you already knew the material because of your love of the hobby (instead of cramming over the weekend to learn just enough to pass), and climbed trees to hang your homemade dipole seem to be gone or at least disappearing. I think building an Elecraft kit is a great way for a new ham in 2005 to experience more of the hobby than most will ever take the time to do. Whatever you decide to do, I think you'll love the K2. Craig NZ0R K1 #1966 ___ 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
