Re: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source.
Never mind Julian, I am sure there is counselling available under the NHS :) :) Peter Zl1PWD K3#139 G4ILO wrote: Gary Krause wrote: I run 5 to 10 watts on my K2 all the time. So have I for the last 9 years. And my K3 for the last 4 months. But with the current state of the ionosphere it's just too hard going, if you don't have an antenna farm like the ones in the photos. I feel like a traitor but my order has just gone in for the PA upgrade to my K3. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K3-10-mojo---discovered-the-source.-tp16980794p16993170.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
Re: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source.
I run 5 to 10 watts on my K2 all the time. I get a lot of comments about the signal and that they can't believe I'm only running ten watts. It happened again just last night on CW. In fact, I checked into the Elecraft SSB net on Monday night and the control operator couldn't believe I was only running ten watts. There were one or two others running ten watts also. I think there is more to the mojo than the other guy having a big antenna with a huge amount of gain. I only run a vertical or a magnetic loop and I'm still able to work DX. Maybe not as much as the guy with a zillion watts and a high gain antenna farm. Again, it's the mojo which is a great equalizer. :-) Gary, N7HTS On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:51:29 -0700 Darwin, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple of nights ago, I was calling CQ on CW. No takers. Then, I heard my call rising out of the band noise. N1AS DE UU1AZ K. Whoa, hold the phone, get outta here! A DX station called ME. I'm only running 10 watts to a vertical and he answered MY CQ? Must be the Mojo. Well, turns out it was more than that. He is an SKCC guy and was actively searching for new numbers from other SKCC members like me. His antenna is, and I quote, full size 4 element yagi, 42 meters up. That's high. Oh yea, we were on 40 meters. Imagine the size of that antenna system. He sent me an MP3 recording of part of our QSO. It was an absolute hoot to hear my signal from a few thousand miles away. It didn't sound so good though and his side tone sounded nasty. I asked what rig he was using. FT1000MP. Oh, that explains a bit :-) So it appears that part of the secret of the Mojo is to work a person with an antenna the size of Rhode Island, high enough that 747s have to fly around it. It was sure a lot of fun! 73! - Keith N1AS - - K3 711 - ___ 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] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source.
Gary, It would be nice if it were mojo. I try not to tell anyone I am running 10 watts unless they ask. I listen to the QRO operators on 75 in the evening and some seem to think that the difference between 100 watts and 500 watts is huge. It's just a little over 6 db, which is around or slightly above 1 S unit depending on the receiver. Going up to 1kw is only another 3 db which is less than another S unit. All that electricity and cost to operate, when a little antenna improvement and good band conditions mean so much more. (All that said, I will still buy a KPA800 when they get them produced, just to satisfy those who think running that level of power is everything to getting out ! :-) With mojo I wouldn't need 100W which I will be running once I finish up the second K2 and get my K#.) 72, Bill K9YEQ K2 #35, K2 # 5279, KX1 #35, Mini Modules, etc. -Original Message- I run 5 to 10 watts on my K2 all the time. I get a lot of comments about the signal and that they can't believe I'm only running ten watts. It happened again just last night on CW. In fact, I checked into the Elecraft SSB net on Monday night and the control operator couldn't believe I was only running ten watts. There were one or two others running ten watts also. I think there is more to the mojo than the other guy having a big antenna with a huge amount of gain. I only run a vertical or a magnetic loop and I'm still able to work DX. Maybe not as much as the guy with a zillion watts and a high gain antenna farm. Again, it's the mojo which is a great equalizer. :-) 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source.
Gary Krause wrote: I run 5 to 10 watts on my K2 all the time. So have I for the last 9 years. And my K3 for the last 4 months. But with the current state of the ionosphere it's just too hard going, if you don't have an antenna farm like the ones in the photos. I feel like a traitor but my order has just gone in for the PA upgrade to my K3. - Julian, G4ILO K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392 G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/K3-10-mojo---discovered-the-source.-tp16980794p16987194.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
Re: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source.
Wow! That looks more like a Voice Of America setup than an amateur radio station! But I bet you got more satisfaction out of making the contact than CN2R did. Dave W7AQK - Original Message - From: Jim Sheldon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:09 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source. You want worse antenna envy??? Try: http://cn2r.net/cn2r/index.htm I worked them in the ARRL international DX contest on 80 meters with a K2 @ 5 watts. That rotatable beam on 80 and the rotatable dipole on 160 at over 100 feet is something else. MOJO is nice, but money helps hi hi. W0EB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darwin, Keith Sent: April 30, 2008 9:01 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source. -Original Message- Don't know about UU1AZ, but in Ukraine (and the rest of the former Soviet Union) most people live in crumbling tower blocks. He may well have had his beam mounted on top of the block of flats he lived in. - I got some more info. It turns out the OM I worked was using a contest club station. You can check it out here. http://uu7j.com/. Be warned, it will create antenna envy! - Keith N1AS - - K3 711 - ___ 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] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source
Just looked at the pictures. Looking at the 40 beam on the 42 meter tower, it looks like there is only one set of guys, and they go all the way to the top. Maybe they forgot some in the middle or were they conserving? Geoff, K6TFZ **Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp0030002851) ___ 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
