Sweepstakes is the Greatest! Brag tape follows:
I only had time for about 6 hours of operating time on Sat
and Sun, but managed to work over 250 QSO's and
47 states. Missed Nebraska, North Dakota and West VA.
Worked NWT, VI and PR but couldn't find the easy VE's.
The K1 was outstanding. The
Hi,
Photos of an aurora borealis taken tonight from my QTH. It was a big
one in urbain area !!!
http://homepage.mac.com/jfmenard/PhotoAlbum40.html
73
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Jean-François Ménard / VA2VYZ / FN45aj
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Elecraft K2 #4130
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Well, as always, the SS was a BALL! Even more fun when I'm using the K2.
The first afternoon and evening, the bands were in pretty good condition
and Qs were plentiful... my rate for the first 8 hours has about 40/hour,
dropping to about 20/hour for the next 2 hours. Then I slept... ZZz.
Ditto's here Fred! And it's good to see another "TA" on the reflector. I
grabbed S79MH on 28Mhz last week with 10W-PEP for a brand new 10M country
with the K2. Also had a ball battling it out with the big boys using 5W in
this weekend's Sweepstakes.
The K2 is 10 pounds of fun in a 5 pound box
Darn! I was hoping to QNI my first Elecraft CW net today with the new
improved K2 #1117. Oh well.
My "new" K2 is fully aligned and calibrated. I put it to a test along side
the Orion in the SS this weekend. Not a significant difference in the
ability to pull out weak stations along side str
Hi Gang
Just completed K2 Ser# 4502 yesterday afternoon.
I just had a roundtable QSO on 17M SSB with stations in
the Virgin Islands, California, Wyoming, Texasand
a couple others who I missed in the excitement. I was
running 10 watts into a loop antenna and powered by a
solar system. Sever
Hi all,
The subject line says it all. This is a CW newbie's shameless sked
solicitation. I have been using CW for just over a year now and a funny thing
happened. Although I'm no speed demon, I've found that I absolutely love this
mode and operate 99.99% CW. (The other 0.01% being 10-meter mobi
At 05:26 PM 11/7/2004, Pierre Vallee wrote...
>In doing the voltage checks for U1, I find readings of 12.77v on pin 5 (should
>be -8) and 0v on pin 12 (should be 5). I believe the circuit diagram shows
>these pins being part of the transmit circuitry (pin 2). Could U1 be my
>problem? Any sugg
I installed the KIO2 about one year ago. It worked fine. I now have a problem
with it. I can't get a connection between the K2 and the computer using the K2
Remote V1.0 Beta program. The computer com1 setting is fine and the K2 port is
ON. In testing the cable between the K2 and the compute
I have an extra HFPack Amplifier Kit for sale.
2 watts in provides 35 watts out.
You can read all about it here:
http://www.hfprojects.com/projects/hfpacker/HFPackerAmp.pdf
The kit is complete, still in the bags with full documentation.
$150 shipped via Priority Mail to all US destinations. I
On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 09:15:10PM +0100, rolf heidenborg wrote:
> Hi,
> Have I missed something ? Is RTTY a hardware function and not a
> software managed with help of
> soundcard function in the K2 ?
> 73
> Rolf SM0CLS
You need a soundcard and appropriate software, but the K2 provides a
separat
On Sun, 2004-07-11 at 21:15 +0100, rolf heidenborg wrote:
> Have I missed something ? Is RTTY a hardware function and not a
> software managed with help of soundcard function in the K2 ?
RTTY uses FSK (frequency shift keying), which consists of shifting a
carrier between two frequencies. Some rad
Hi,
Have I missed something ? Is RTTY a hardware function and not a
software managed with help of
soundcard function in the K2 ?
73
Rolf SM0CLS
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In a message dated 11/7/2004 1:28:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL
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> >for RTTY, does this rig just work in AFSK, or can you make it work in FSK?
>
> AFSK only.
>
It's technically AFSK because you are sending audio tones to the microphone
BUT because the carrier is suppres
Howdy Folks,
Between listening to the bands and reading my database I find there
will be a low probability of either a good turnout or finding a vacant
spot to run either of the nets. Last year I simply called it off so I
plan to do the same this year. I will see you all again next Sunday.
Robin, you're measuring REQUESTED power, not the actual power. The actual
power is shown on the bargraph.
The actual power appears on the LCD display ONLY in TUNE mode, not when you
key the mic.
Check the ALC action on 10 meters. (Press and hold the RF/ALC button so the
screen says ALC briefly)
I just wanted to let the homebrewers on the list know about a new product
that will be introduced at the Ft. Wayne Hamfest this weekend. Let me first
say
that I have no interest in nor am I associated with the company that is
marketing this product. The owners are members of the Columbus QRP
Attach a shielded dummy load to your K2, turn the AF and RF gains full UP,
Preamp OFF, and the noise in your speaker should be moderate but not really
loud. Of course "loud" depends upon your ambient noise level and other
factors, but you should be able to hear it clearly without being
overwhelmed.
Jeff,
The reading is a wee bit on the low side, BUT...
The proper answer depends on your DMM. First try reversing the probes, and
try another DMM if you can obtain one (beg or borrow).
Bottom line - know your test instruments and their limitations - only then
can you know whether a problem e
Hi Everybody.
I have just completed the Control board on #3375 and have a question about
the resistance checks. Specifically the check on U4, OUT
The manual says to look for 3-7 k at this pin ... and I measure 2.48 k with
my DMM. Is this value close enough? Should I be looking for a problem to
I've recently noticed that my K2 produces much less noise on 80m than
on the other bands (40m - 10m) when I have no antenna connected (is this
typical?). And, when I listen to signals on 80m with the antenna
connected, the audio seems somewhat lower than what I get on the other
bands. My AGC is s
Dan,
First, are these measurements into a 50 ohm dummy load or into an antenna?
If you are using an antenna, such variation is to be expected - and may be
much more than what you indicated.
20% accuracy is not unusual for wattmeters in general - check the ARRL lab
tests of several wattmeters
Hi and thanks for the answers so far,
To give a bit more detail...
I'm not using any antenna tuner in my K2, it's the basic K2 with SSB module
and battery pack, but for the power out measurements I'm using a DC PSU.
I've set the K2 to CW and keyed the microphone, with the Power turned full
clockw
Robin,
The base K2 power display is a simple diode detector (an RF probe is
similar), and it will be reasonably accurate if and only if the load
inpedance is 50 ohms resistive. Your antenna may be something quite
different. You might say that the base K2 power output indication shows the
po
Gentlemen,
I have a question concerning the power level requested and the indicated power
delivered by the K2. How close should the indicated power track the requested
power level?
My K2, #4473, is very close at about 2 watts, but below or above this requested
power level it varies in the amou
Hi,
I've probabaly seen this discussed before, but can't remember ...
I have noticed that the power output on my K2 differs from measures PEP going
to the antenna. Mostly it displays between 14.8and 15.2.
However, when measuring with a wattmeter and dummy load I notice that on 18m I
get 18W PE
On Sun, 2004-07-11 at 06:07 +, David Ashworth wrote:
> this rig for contests and what is the safe level to run it in a contest
> using RTTY?
The manual says that the maximum recommended power for PSK31 is 40W, and
for higher duty cycle modes such as MFSK it is 25W. I'm not sure what
the duty c
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