Mike, WA1ESO wrote:
"I recently assembled and XG1 calibrator and began checking some of my
equipment. 4 out of 5 radios that I own indicated an S9 signal, however,
my K2 did not. It registered an S5-S6."
==
AGC adjustment R1 on the control board might be a bit off. Try turning
it to dec
Well, K2 4875 is coming...
BUT:
-On page 74...Why connect a key? Later in the instructions we do not use it,
right?
-On page 75, L1 and L2 have no effect on power when I hold TUNE which shows
0.4and stays there...
-I did the receiver pre-alignment on page 76 (using an external transmitter
as
I have put a picture of my K2 2098 with two LED indicators on
http://www.qslnet.de/member/la3za/K2_LEDS.html. The LEDs were put in keycaps
using W3FPR's method:
- Green indicator for zero-beat in PRE/ATT - SPOT button.
- Yellow indicator for Split/RIT/XIT in A=B - SPLIT button
I have also sketc
My previous email reply was bounced from Rolf (I think). Here is the short
version of my response:
I have the Heil ProSet Plus (normal version, bought last fall, long before I
thought about buying a K2). I also have a Heil GM4 (I think) which has the
same HC4 & HC5 microphone elements that ar
Isn't that the panel that is L shaped for the 100 watt option? Really a
back an top panel heat sink?
-Stuart
K5KVH
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Rolf,
My K2/100 is #3255 and I use the Heil Proset Plus (normal version) without
any modifications to the KSB2. Get full spec PEP on all bands speaking in a
normal voice which the XYL says is quiet. Sorry I cannot comment on the
other mics.
73, Geoff
GM4ESD
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From: "R
I also received my hex key paddle cover from Ernesto. It looks nice on the
desk.
73,
John W2XS
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In the mid-80's I was in a graduate seminar in economics at CSUF. There
were 9 of us including the professor sitting around a circular table. I was
writing something and looked up. The hair on the back of my neck stood up.
Everyone, including the professor, was left-handed. I didn't get a chance t
I am left handed and I can use a straight key only with my left hand. I
learned to use a bug and keyer right handed because I cannot write
legibly right handed (OK, I can't write legibly with either hand, but
relatively speaking, left is less illegible than right!). Oddly, I
always use the Benche
Right now I have the K1 and am trying to make a decision on portable ant. I
visit my sisterinlaw in Fla that lives in a Condo and it has a nice railing
that I could use with a buddipole very nicely. Anyone on the Reflector that
uses a buddipole and does it work out ? You can let me know via
Thanks to all the great guys who contacted me off line about this. The
engineers win!
> -Original Message-
> From: Gottlieb, Jonathan
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 9:38 AM
> To: 'elecraft@mailman.qth.net'
> Subject: KDSP2 U2 Solder the leads?
>
> Page 8 of the KDSP2 in
As I near completion of the 100 W stage, I ran through the Alignment and
Installation resistance checks on p. 41 of the KPA100 manual. They all
come out as expected except that the Q1 & Q2 base readings are below the
given resistance range of 12-16 ohms. My readings are 11.3 ohms for
each. Is th
I'm sure it was discretionary. I took the Novice in late '53, and the
General in mid '54, at the FCC Office in Los Angeles. Obviously, a bug
was inappropriate for the Novice, and while I took my bug for the
General, I still had to use the "FCC Key," although I don't remember it
being "ratty." Bo
EricJ wrote:
Also, the FCC always allowed you to take in your own key. It wasn't
necessary to use their aptly described "ratty old FCC office straight key."
Which, in New York anyway, was set to a gap of about 1/2" (1.27 cm) and was
either welded or adjusted with a pipe wrench to stay that w
Hello!
Does somebody have first hand knowledge/experience from the following
topics? I now there are several modifications to KSB2 to increase gain.
KI6WX has done a great document how to modify it. It's found in
http://home.pacbell.net/johngreb/modifications_to_the_ksb2.pdf
My K2 has been o
It must have been discretionary. There was nothing in the regs about what
equipment you had to use. I took exams at Boston and Long Beach and took a
bug to both of them. Jammed the wedge right into their "ratty old FCC
office" key.
Eric
KE6US
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On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 08:47 -0700, Vic Rosenthal wrote:
> Jeff Rosenberger wrote:
>
> > How was the speed determined for a sending test? I know I couldn't sit
> > down at a straight key and send at a specific numeric speed. I can send
> > at a comfortable speed for me to receive, or roughly ma
Well. I will give my 2 cents worth. I started out with a straight key, still
have it for Dec. 31's and took my code test at the FCC in Atlanta. I did not
have to send any code. I later got a Vibroplex bug but never did like it
that much.. Then I went to the KR50 keyer from TenTec and sold it a c
16 wpm or greater. It wasn't necessary to send at that precise speed. They
just cut some slack with code groups by reducing the requirement from 20
wpm. I never had an FCC examiner actually listen for the whole time. They
would stick one earphone up to their ear, listen for 15 or 20 seconds and
set
after reading the description i am still confused. can this value be programmed
such that the output of J2(3,4,5) can be:
band binary out
-
trn1 000
trn2 001
trn3 010
trn4 011
i already have a band decoder looking for these encoded values.
tnx,
Ed wa3
AC7AC wrote:
>The FCC examiner sat there and listened to you send, and
>judged whether the sending was acceptable or not - both speed
>and accuracy.
Yep. FCC supplied a straight key, but you could bring your
own bug or keyer *if* it could interface to the FCC's
setup easily.
>I'm sure that's
If you are at Dayton, you should stop by Carl at booth 481 and see what
functionality N4PY software can add to your K2 (like dual RX!).
Don
W6CZ
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Vic wrote:
In my experience, the examiner just listened a little and then said 'OK'. I
took it twice (13 and 20 wpm), and I don't know anyone who failed it. I
don't
know about commercial tests, but I was allowed to bring a (large, homebrew)
keyer to my extra class test. The examiner just unpl
On May 10, 2005, at 11:23 AM, Jeff Rosenberger wrote:
Mike wrote:
When I took my Extra exam 25 years ago, they had already eliminated
the
Morse sending test. Too bad, I thought. When I took my commercial
telegraph exam the same year, Morse sending tests were still required
(one
minute witho
Jeff asked:
How was the speed determined for a sending test?
---
The FCC examiner sat there and listened to you send, and judged whether the
sending was acceptable or not - both speed and accuracy. I'm sure that's why
the sending test was dropped. There wasn't a decent way to qua
Jeff Rosenberger wrote:
How was the speed determined for a sending test? I know I couldn't sit
down at a straight key and send at a specific numeric speed. I can send
at a comfortable speed for me to receive, or roughly match speeds with
the other operator, but send at exactly 16wpm, no way.
You simply had to send a given amount of material within a given time.
best,
dave belsley, w1euy
On May 10, 2005, at 11:23 AM, Jeff Rosenberger wrote:
Mike wrote:
When I took my Extra exam 25 years ago, they had already eliminated
the
Morse sending test. Too bad, I thought. When I took
Jeff wrote:
>How was the speed determined for a sending test
All one could do is estimate the speed, and maybe send a little faster than
what the threshold was. There was nothing wrong with sending faster than
the requirement. Similar to the receiving test which required perfect copy
for at le
William E. Twaddell wrote:
What is the benefit of the reverse position??
N2DH
I use the CW / CW-r to check if I'm really zero beat with the other
station..
On both of my K2's - if the tone of the received station is the same,
then I'm
zero beat
This has been checked with a anoth
Mike wrote:
When I took my Extra exam 25 years ago, they had already eliminated the
Morse sending test. Too bad, I thought. When I took my commercial
telegraph exam the same year, Morse sending tests were still required (one
minute without error at 20 wpm plain language, and16 wpm code groups).
Mike WA1SEO wrote:
I recently assembled and XG1 calibrator and began checking some of my
equipment. 4 out of 5 radios that I own indicated an S9 signal, however, my
K2 did not. It registered an S5-S6. A friend of mine who borrowed my K2
indicated the receiver seemed to be a bit weak.
I tweaked
Julius, N2WN wrote:
As I
recall, all of the military keys were silver coated
(tending to oxidize black).
---
My WWII Vintage J-38 has a main frame piece made of a silver metal that I
haven't identified, a rocker arm that is nickel-plated copper, and all brass
thumb screws, p
Ron wrote:
>I kept my hand in on a straight key and passed my 20 wpm
>Extra Class Amateur and my Commercial RadioTelegraph
>license tests using a straight key.
When I took my Extra exam 25 years ago, they had already eliminated the
Morse sending test. Too bad, I thought. When I took my commer
William E. Twaddell wrote:
What is the benefit of the reverse position??
When tuning to exactly same frequency you can change the other sidetone
without affecting to CW receiving tone. If you have a lot of QRM, try
switching to reverse.
Rolf
oh6kxl
p.s. I wonder If this message will pass m
Hi,
I recently assembled and XG1 calibrator and began checking some of my
equipment. 4 out of 5 radios that I own indicated an S9 signal, however, my K2
did not. It registered an S5-S6. A friend of mine who borrowed my K2
indicated the receiver seemed to be a bit weak.
I tweaked L34 (which
RC wrote
>It is a J37 key by the E. Johnson Co. mounted on a J-44 Black Bakelite
>base. What do you use to clean a key and can/should this key be
>dismantled in the cleaning process
The J-44 key was designed to slide into a bracket on the wooden cover of the
US Army Signal Corps SCR-178 and -179
What is the benefit of the reverse position??
N2DH
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Page 8 of the KDSP2 instructions are very clear about soldering the tab of U2
in order to relieve mechanical stress from the leads of U2 when the KDSP2 PCB
is mounted and the mounting screw tightened. The instructions do not, however,
tell you to solder the leads. This may be obvious to most,
The DX-398 from RatShak has large following of fans with several mod pages
on the net. I use it frequently. While discontinued by RS, it is a
repackaged Sangean ATS-909. It's the size of a small, hardbound novel. It
has a wide range of shortwave, longwave and MW. It has digital tuning
s
Hi,
there are several products that will work. As I
recall, all of the military keys were silver coated
(tending to oxidize black). A dilute solution of
ammonia in water will clean most of the oxidation. You
can also use a toothbrush and baking soda.
There is another product called "simichrome" th
On Mon, 9 May 2005 12:55:25 +0200, R. Meilstrup wrote:
>a good little portable BC-radio, also suitable for casual
>SSB- and CW-listening.
The GE Super Radio, widely available for under $50, has a very nice
AM broadcast receiver and a decent FM section. Both are mono. I own
two of them. AES and
S/N 01116 w/ATU, NB, tilt stand,internal battery
option (not installed), and manual. Coverage is lower
70 KHz of 40/30/20/15. Excellent, like new condition
electrically and cosmetically. I am the original
owner/builder (February 2002). Asking $370 which
includes priority shipping & insurance to lo
Oops,
on my previous post regarding my KX1 power output, I fotgot to mention that I
was running on a 13.8 volt power supply. Should I get more than 3.5 watts?
Opinions on or off reflector OK. Thanks.
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A piece of cake! At least so far... The control board and front panel
went together very smootly, and the results of the resistence checks are
within limits. Now remains the tricky part, I guess. I haven´t counted
the number of toroids I have to wind, but it´s quite a few, hi!
Oh well, I love
G'day,
All I do is common the individual power leads to the K2 and external
KPA/KAT at the power supply. Seems the simplest thing to do and ensures
the correct power up sequence. No diodes required, no voltage drop on the
KPA lead passed through to K2. Things can be made too complicated, KIS
> I would like to have one power cord with a "Y" connection to the KPA100 -
> and have the KAT100 get it's power internally in the EC2 from the KPA/100. I
> would like to be able to have all three modules (the K2, the KPA100, and
> KAT100) turn on via the front on/off switch on the K2.
Note that
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