Re: [Elecraft] Ear buds fo rthe KX-1

2004-11-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 11:08:26PM -0500, Richard Arland wrote: > I remember seeing some information regarding the "prefered: ear buds > for the KX-1. Can someone direct me to that web page? Page 62 of the KX-1 manual recommends Sony MDR or equivalent with a sensitivity of 108 dB/mW. 73, Bob N7X

Re: [Elecraft] Ear buds fo rthe KX-1

2004-11-23 Thread Robert
Hi Richard; I think you are refering to "The Plug" by Koss. Many sites are selling them including ebay. Here is a link to one of the sites: http://www.spysupply007.com/Hot_Sales/January/THEPLUG.html Robert VE3RPF - Original Message - From: "Richard Arland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent:

[Elecraft] Ear buds fo rthe KX-1

2004-11-23 Thread Richard Arland
I remember seeing some information regarding the "prefered: ear buds for the KX-1. Can someone direct me to that web page? 73 Rich K7SZ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber

[Elecraft] OT - Happy Thanksgiving

2004-11-23 Thread Larry Makoski W2LJ
I just wanted to take the opportunity to wish all of my Amateur Radio friends a very safe, healthy and Happy Thanksgiving. May you all enjoy good food, good company and good propagation! 73 de Larry W2LJ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@m

Re: [Elecraft] MD2 resistor mod - a different approach?

2004-11-23 Thread W3FPR - Don Wilhelm
Tom and all, There is a solution to using a mic requiring the 5 volts (through a resistor) and switching to a mic that does not need it which does NOT require the resistor to be in the mic plug. Wire the resistor at the mic jack between pins 5 and 6 (pin 5 = FUNC which is not used), then in

re:[Elecraft] KX1 SWR limits: general discussion [+ bonus LED

2004-11-23 Thread Michael Babineau
From practical experience I can second Wayne's recommendation of a near vertical 24 foot end fed wire for use with the KX1. This is what I used for an antenna for most of the summer, along with 5 X 16 ft ground radials made from computer ribbon cable and I had no problems in matching it with the

Re: [Elecraft] Question on KAT2

2004-11-23 Thread Augie Hansen
On 11/23/04 5:00 PM, "jerry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Just putting together the KAT2 and can't find where it says to install R6. I > am on page 7 where I am ready to install P4 and P5( it says that R5 and R6 are > clearly visible).The only mention of R6 was in the beggining,

[Elecraft] Question on KAT2

2004-11-23 Thread jerry
Hi all, Just putting together the KAT2 and can't find where it says to install R6. I am on page 7 where I am ready to install P4 and P5( it says that R5 and R6 are clearly visible).The only mention of R6 was in the beggining, at the 2nd step, the manual says " Install R3, R4 and R5. Note

Re: [Elecraft] New Tech Notes Article - SP2 Speaker for the K2

2004-11-23 Thread Vic Rosenthal
Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: We have just uploaded a new Tech Notes article to the Elecraft web site titled: The SP2 External Speaker Project for your K2, By Dave White, VE6DRW Very interesting and nice job, Dave. My guess is that the cost of fabricating the baffle, etc. made it to

[Elecraft] MD2 resistor mod - a different approach?

2004-11-23 Thread Tom Althoff
I want to be able to switch between my MD2 mic which needs DC applied to the AF line and my Heil Proset Plus headset which doesn't. I'm not sure I could fit the resistor that comes with the MD2 inside the female connector at the mic side so I'm looking into connecting pins 6 and 1 together in

[Elecraft] New Tech Notes Article - SP2 Speaker for the K2

2004-11-23 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
We have just uploaded a new Tech Notes article to the Elecraft web site titled: The SP2 External Speaker Project for your K2, By Dave White, VE6DRW Thanks Dave! 73, Eric WA6HHQ http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mai

[Elecraft] Mic preamp question

2004-11-23 Thread Brian Mury
I have a few questions about the mic preamp on the Elecraft website. What type of capacitors should I use? I assume the .0047 caps are .0047 uF (aka 4.7 nF)? I'm thinking about building this onto a small board with a header that will plug onto the mic config header inside the K2. Will this affec

[Elecraft] For Dale, WA8SRA

2004-11-23 Thread Brian Mury
Dale, Your ISP is blocking my email as spam. Unless you can get them to change their spam handling, I cannot email you. The bounced message said: I can do any band - I have a multiband vertical that covers 80m-10m, but it's not that great on the low bands. 20m is fine. I'll be home at around noo

RE: [Elecraft] KX-1/MP-1 SWR limits

2004-11-23 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Be very careful to wash the antenna, insulators and exposed coils and connections with fresh water and dry them after each use. It only takes a couple of hours to build up a layer of conductive salt crust on any exposed surface, even when it's way above the water line. That "bracing" salt air you s

[Elecraft] KX-1/MP-1 SWR limits

2004-11-23 Thread Fred Jensen
Thanks for all the responses -- I have quite a few things to work on. To summarize the thread: 1. Use at least one ground radial. I have been using the radials that come with the MP-1, but I notice that things change a bit (like more rx noise, or Z changes) when I grab the case of the KX-1 or 2

FW: RE: [Elecraft] K1 / KFL1-4 / Question

2004-11-23 Thread Richard Klingensmith
But their in the filter HI. sorry for the incorrect terminology. I'm just a computer geek!! Rick WA3TUU From: Tom Hammond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Richard Klingensmith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K1 / KFL1-4 / Question Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:01:45 -0600 Rick: At 11:16 AM

[Elecraft] Elecraft MD2 mic

2004-11-23 Thread Gilbert J Cross
Hello all. I now have 3 mics.The Heil with HC5 element(has the Elecraft site amp in place), the MH by Heil & Elecraft and now the MD2 ( couldn't pass up a deal ). The MD2 is definitely better ( stock audio system in the K2 ) than the others in that I can talk the rig up with no special effo

Re: Subject: [Elecraft] KX-1/MP-1 SWR limits

2004-11-23 Thread Cortland Richmond
Fred, one more thing; why not just ignore the SWR and tune for maximum received noise -- then let the tuner do its thing? You'll need to set tuner to bypass first, of course but you won't need to carry an SWR analyzer. Cortland From: Fred Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> seem to come out OK.

Re: Subject: [Elecraft] KX-1/MP-1 SWR limits

2004-11-23 Thread Cortland Richmond
Fred, I've had pretty good luck on 20 with MP-1 bolted onto an neck-strapped FT-817, but I have to hold onto the radio or use a counterpoise. I suspect your trouble is that a KX1 and its attached wires are too small to give a low feedpoint impedance. You will need a counterpoise (15 or 16 fe

[Elecraft] Re: Elecraft sales (Exchange Rate)

2004-11-23 Thread Robert C. Abell
Attn. Eric, The exchange rate to Canadian Dollars has drasticly improved too of late. Your products are virtually unknown here in Canada. I believe this to be due to most Canadian hams not subscribing to QST magazine where you principally advertise. Why not investigate advertising in the Radi

[Elecraft] 2 good ideas

2004-11-23 Thread Steve Jackson
1. Bill 'LR recently wrote, in part: "I think I could prefer a menu item to select the VOX delay, and just have the mode-hold toggle the VOX on and off." Bill is right. While handing out all 12 of my Qs for the rare NC section ;-) during the 'phone SS, I found myself wishing for exactly this fu

[Elecraft] Improved VOX sensitivity mod

2004-11-23 Thread W3FPR - Don Wilhelm
Hi Folks, For those of you who are having trouble tripping the VOX on the K2, you may want to try out the mod created by Stewart Baker G3RXQ - the following link to the Elecraft archives will tell you all I know about it - http://www.ac6rm.net/mailarchive/html/elecraft-list/2003-06/msg01036.ht

Re: [Elecraft] K2 #4039 Headphone Socket - Replacement needed, UK supplier?

2004-11-23 Thread k4zm
Nicolas: I have had two K2's sent to me for replacement of the headphone jack and on both units I found that they were not soldered properly. They both had worked for several months and then became intermittent. I soldered the connections again and let the solder flow into the connections an

[Elecraft] KX-1 pouch

2004-11-23 Thread Richard Arland
Wal-Mart (who else?) has a very nice little travel pouch for the KX-1 at a grand total cost of only $4.94! The pouch is sold as a "photo bag" by Samsonite, product number 805BK. It has five pockets, is padded and has enough room for the KX-1 and paddle set, along with a hank of wire for an anten

[Elecraft] KX-1 s/n 0914 ON THE AIR!!

2004-11-23 Thread Richard Arland
Gang: Last week I finished KX-1 s.n 00914 (including all options)! It is a great little rig and far surpasses my expetations! Good work Eric & Wayne! First QSO went to Fran, K3BX, ;who says it sounded great. He came over the next evening, looked it over quite thoroughly and muttered somet

Re: [Elecraft] 04 SS Phone / K2

2004-11-23 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
Now that's a thought Ken, Elecraft amplifiers. Anyone listening in Aptos CA? 73, Geoff.GM4ESD - Original Message - From: "Ken Beals" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 1:57 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 04 SS Phone / K2 > Not that anyone

Re: [Elecraft] K2 #4039 Headphone Socket - Replacement needed, UK supplier?

2004-11-23 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
Morning Nicolas, I had exactly the same fault. Searched high and low in the UK and the rest of Europe for a replacement with the switch but no luck. So I finally had to order one from Elecraft. The cost of shipping was a heck of a lot more than the cost of the headphone socket, and I wish now that

Re: **SPAM** Re: [Elecraft] SSB low output

2004-11-23 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
Top of the head thought, I wonder if it is only the late model K2s that have to be "talked up". If so, it might have something to do with manufacturing tolerances of the audio ICs. Would be interesting to get a yes - no roll call from all K2 SSB users that use Heil mics. I also use a scope to look

[Elecraft] K2 #4039 Headphone Socket - Replacement needed, UK supplier?

2004-11-23 Thread nicolas
Hi, I wonder if anyone can suggest a UK supplier for the K2’s headphone socket. Mine no longer switches the internal speaker on and sometimes makes a poor connection to the headphones. Close internal inspection revealed that one of the plastic lugs on the “rear switch” had broken away. So the hea