Re: [Elecraft] Parts for compact loop antenna - toroid help

2004-10-07 Thread G3VVT
To confuse the matter of toroids further, the catalogs I have show the iron dust toroid T50-2 made by Micrometals as working in the mid to low HF, 0.25 - 10MHz range and identified by a red color. The T50-6 seems the best for all round HF use with a listing of 2 - 30Mhz and identified by a

Re: [Elecraft] Parts for compact loop antenna - toroid help

2004-10-07 Thread Daniel Reynolds
I'm just posting this so that someone can tell me ... NO - DON'T DO THAT - or - DO THIS. I know I could use a loop inside of a compact loop, but a toroid is more appealing for me because of the size and appearance. It looks like the consensus is that I need an Iron Core Toroid ... something along

Re: [Elecraft] K2 et al, Ref Designator Search

2004-10-07 Thread Leigh L. Klotz, Jr.
I've found a trick to locate top-side parts in K2 Appendix F that are labeled but not findable in Adobe Reader (formerly called Acrobat Reader). It turns out that the unsearchable parts are the ones that are labeled vertically (i.e., bottom to top). The searchable top-side parts have labels

[Elecraft] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar - Oct 9-31, 2004

2004-10-07 Thread Ken Newman
~~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR October 9-31, 2004 ~~~ EU SPRINT CONTEST (SSB) ... 100W category Oct 9, 1500z to 1859z Rules: http://www.qsl.net/eusprint/

Re: [Elecraft] Parts for compact loop antenna - toroid help

2004-10-07 Thread Charles Greene
Well Dan, A F-114-43 should work ok for a transformer. I don't know of any design data. When I said the iron core was for tuned circuits, I meant a coil and condenser type. The ferrite cores are better for broadband transformers. 73, Chas At 10:24 AM 10/7/2004, Daniel Reynolds wrote:

Re: [Elecraft] Re: KX1 PSK31? [how about FSK?]

2004-10-07 Thread John, KI6WX
The original PSK31 implementation included an option for FSK31. Theoretically, PSK31 should provide a 2-3 dB improvement in signal to noise ratio over FSK31. In practice, it is necessary to back off the power amplifier by a few dB to keep from generating an excessively wide signal, whereas FSK31