Re: [Elecraft] K2 Side tone level Setting

Hi Nigel: Am Seeking some advice from the experienced operators relating to how you set and use the side tone volume. I have an urban QTH and a vertical so the noise level can be s5-7 or higher. Sounds all too familiar. Being new on air I found that the receiver noise threw/thru me when it

Re: [Elecraft] Re: K2 on sailboat?

It is very standard to use the back stay guy of the main mast for antenna on a sail boat. It works very well, if the boat has an adequate ground plate and bonding of the metal of the craft to radio ground. Metal towers used with slopers are no different from a metal mast and a slanted back stay a

[Elecraft] K2 Side tone level Setting

Am Seeking some advice from the experienced operators relating to how you set and use the side tone volume. I have an urban QTH and a vertical so the noise level can be s5-7 or higher. Being new on air I found that the receiver noise threw/thru me when it popped up between characters when send

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net errata

Sorry Fred. The information listed: K6DGW - Fred - CA - K2 - 4298 Should read 4398. One of these days I am going to strap myself down and play 2s and 3s at myself for a few hours until I can tell them apart! I'll need to add an equal proportion of QRN, QRM, and QSB to make it more like runnin

RE: [Elecraft] KX1 #884 nw QRV

Wow... I guess that is not a QRP rig if you have that much power ! My external power meter said I was getting nearly 4 watt from my KX1. The test equipment at work said it was 3.1 W. It is hard to make accurate measurements at these lower power levels with typical equipment "designed" for "hams

[Elecraft] Hakko 808 probelm

Hi Elecrafters: I was almost finished doing the toroids in the KPA100 when my Hakko 808 desoldering tool went on the blink. I find it an indispensable tool for stripping and tinning the leads. All of a sudden it hardly gets hot at all. Just barely melts solder at the tip. I've had the unit for

[Elecraft] KX1 #884 nw QRV

having recently bought an assembled K2 I shortly afterwards decided to have some fun too and ordered the KX1 kit. To start with it got delivered from the US to Germany in only two days after I placed the order online, wow! That was my first electronic project in the last 15 years (I did some befo

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net WAS

Howdy ECN folks, I did not notice last night but we gained another state toward the Elecraft WAS award, WY. Only four more states: DE, NE, SD, and VT are needed. If any of you are planning trips to or through any of those states please consider checking in to one of the nets on Sunday. Once

[Elecraft] Fw: k6iii takes K2 to Korea - foto web site

Elecrafters, Yea, I know... nothing quite so boring as looking at some guys trip fotos, but just in case you like that sort of thing, here tis... I recently returned from a 2-week tourist trip to South Korea & Mongolia. See my fotos at: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/k6iii2001/my_photos In

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Mojo in ZL Land

Nigel wrote: So it was that at 1100Z (Midnight LT) on 3503 I tune across K9DX calling CQ with no takers. I dive in not expecting a reply and was greeted with a 'ZL?' and after a few fills (not helped by my miss-sending the number in my call sign in my excitement...more fills) I received a 459 f

Re: [Elecraft] Two battery questions - K2 portable operations

Thanks to everyone who responded publicly and privately regarding my K2 portable battery questions. Very helpful information was shared and I certainly learned more about using SLA batteries generally, and in combination with each other too. Here are some of the suggestions gleaned from multi

RE: [Elecraft] New Elecraft edition of the high performance BencherHexkey paddle

As as cw op forever, I gotta tell you, this is absolutely the cat's meow. I was able to play with one for a half hour or so at HRO. I will have to have one. Do not expect to take that refugee from the weight room back packing but in the home QTH, it is at the top of the heap of all I have touc

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Report for October 17 & 18

Good Evening, 20 meter was pretty quiet but 40 meters was quite noisy this evening. ECN/1 was held on 14050 kHz while ECN/2 was a bit up from its normal slot at 7045.5 kHz. ECN/1: AA3WF - Mychael - PA - K2 - 1025 W6JD - Doug - CA - K2 - 1626 W0SZ - Steve - IA - K2 - 88 W0CZ - Ken - ND -

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Report for October 17 & 18

Good Evening, 20 meter was pretty quiet but 40 meters was quite noisy this evening. ECN/1 was held on 14050 kHz while ECN/2 was a bit up from its normal slot at 7045.5 kHz. ECN/1: AA3WF - Mychael - PA - K2 - 1025 W6JD - Doug - CA - K2 - 1626 W0SZ - Steve - IA - K2 - 88 W0CZ - Ken - ND - K