Since Wayne and Eric are always looking for ideas from the peanut
gallery, here's my first K2 firmware suggestion.
When DXing and operating split (VFO A tuned to the DX station, VFO B on
the QSX frequency), it would be nice to be able to use a narrow filter on
VFO A while using a wider filter on V
It's time for me to re-read the K2 manual. I was recently wondering why
my primary and receive antennas sounded so different when switching
between them (K160RX is installed) and feared a 160m module or KNB2
construction problem. That's when I discovered the preamp and attenuator
settings are sep
I was just on the Elecraft website reading about the Elecraft W.A.S. and
Century Club awards.
My brainstorm: I'll be sure to print details of my Elecraft equipment on
my next order of QSL's. For now I'll start writing "Elecraft K1/100 S/N
5023" on my outgoing cards.
I achieved Elecraft WAS in t
Howdy Clint,
You will do fine. Just take the K2 - K1 - KX1 (which ever you choose)
a little bit at a time. I was told by Ms. Patricia I could not (or was
that should not :) work on it for more than an hour each evening. I used
my K2 as a sanity saving exercise during graduate school. The
I'm drawing a blank on this question, even though I
have seen
the answer somewhere before.
I have a 2.5mm DC female coaxial power plug moled on a
cord. One of the leads on the cord has a white line
... does this white line designate the center pin on
the plug? 12VDC needs to be on the center p
I motivated myself this weak to finish my CMOS4 keyer
kit which I've had sitting here on the desk since
April. Put the batteries in today and the little
keyer gave me the OK. This is only the 2nd kit
I've put together the 1st one was an AMECO Code
practice oscillator
I built back in 1976 to pract
Remember the thread on RS Hughes as a source for Multicore solder. I
ordered 2 rolls off their web site last September 30th. They arrived
today. No communications in the interim. They just showed up. Guess I'll
have to start on another K2.
Joe
K4NVJ
k1 #764
k2 #4155
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Great approach--simple things can work well. I'd like to suggest an
enhancement that would improve it, particularly on the higher bands:
feeding it with balanced line (preferably open wire feedline, but
ladder line is almost as good, and even TV twinlead isn't bad). The
trouble with coax
Keith,
Even easier and using quality product, Tom at [EMAIL PROTECTED] will make you
any length of any coax and any connector to your specifications. He usually
ships next day. He's great. Send him an email with what you want and have
him quote it.
Phil
Philip LaMarche
LaMarche Enterprises,
Keith: At RS you can get a short length of RG58 with BNC connectors
on both ends. Then you can do one of two things.
a) get a BNC-female/PL-259 adapter (278-121) attached to an inline
SO-239 coupler (278-1369) or
b) get an inline BNC-female coupler (278-115) attached to a BNC/
SO-239 adapt
Keith:
At 02:11 PM 1/20/2006, you wrote:
Forgot to mention - it needs to fit RG-8X coax. I bet the RS BNC
connectors don't do that (may be wrong).
Heheh... always a 'gotcha'... check with
http://www.gcplus.com/RF/bnc.htm
This is the connector side of www.wb0w.com, run by his XYL. They li
I assume by UHF you're talking about the female version of PL-259
(SO-239)? That will put the weight of a PL-259 connector plus the
adapter on the BNC panel jack on the rig. I had though it would be
better to hook up a piece of coax with just the BNC connector to reduce
the weight on the rig.
-
Forgot to mention - it needs to fit RG-8X coax. I bet the RS BNC
connectors don't do that (may be wrong).
The BNC to RCA converter is starting to sound like a great idea.
- Keith KD1E -
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You can get them almost anywhere, including RS, as they're also used on
the old 10base-2 network cabling.
I use crimp versions here as it's a pain to make up the soldered
versions. For my field radios (Sierra, DSW20, DSW40) I use a BNC to
Phono adapter plugged into the back of the rig, then ter
Hi all
I have just been playing with a nice and simple antenna that seems to work
very well on all the band I have tried it on so far.
Nothing to out of the ordinary but im pleased with it. Basically a
non-resonate dipole, each leg is about 26ft and it needs a ATU to get a
match on any band bu
Elecraft doesn't carry them. With a K1 on the way, I'll be needing some
to hook the coax to the rig. Where is the place to go for them? HRO?
- Keith KD1E -
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With normal component values, and 7.8 V on 8A, you will get 3.72 V max at
U2B pin 5, so you've done everything right. Even with 8.0 V on 8A,
you shouldn't get more than 3.82 V at U2B pin 5 with RF gain set full
clockwise. (The manual calls for 3.8 Volts there, not 3.9)
--I did find one other th
Craig Miller wrote:
> 1. The K60XV has no toroids! What kind of Elecraft kit is it with no
> toroids to wind? Where's the fun in that?
The UnPCBs must have been a real letdown for you then :-)
You could always build the 160m option & forget to solder some relay
legs. I found that was good fo
Since you've got the K60XV in there, how about building a transverter
or two? That's got to be worth a few evenings, plus there's some
toroids in them!
When I'm done my K2, if I'm still afflicted by the Elecraft bug, I'll
probably be looking at the 6M transverter.
73 de Stephanie
va3uxb
Ah, but it has two toroids! Doesn't that make it worth while? :-)
73, Bob N6WG
The Little Statiopn with attitude
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John,
Congratulations on your new license - have a great time with it and your new
K2.
On the display segment problem, I would suggest that you look at the LCD
display itself for good soldering - the 'legs' do not stick very far through
the board and it is easy to miss one. Especially check the
I received my call sign from FCC yesterday( KI4NGH) for my new General
license - a big deal for this 63 year old. I got the old vhf mic to
work using the 10k resistor from the 5 volt source to the AFF line on
the mic, and was able to do a qso on 7 watts on this morning's waterway
net from here
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Ron Said:
> I wouldn't say that your experience comparing Elecraft rigs would be
at all like
> comparing Ten-Tec rigs.
> Electronically, the K2 is very much different from a K1, and those
differences
> show up in use.
OK, I'm starting to see your point. Excellent,
In the midst of configuring k2 5087 to work with an old Icom vhf
microphone (succeeded) the lcd display has developed a "tic" with the
veritcal bar which closes the 0 (or any other digit for that matter) on
the right side such that 7268.00 looks like 7268.0C. It appears that
finger pressure ap
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