Just an update:
Following the advice that I had found on this list, I desoldered the crystal
and checked for solder balls. It was clean.
I also checked the voltage on pin 5 of U6 and it was 4 volts.
I looked at the thermistor board and it looked good.
I watched the signal using a scope and w
I have a KPA100 and KAT100 in an EC2 case for sale.
Included is the KIO2 communication option. All needed
cables and manuals also included. Cost of all parts
to build this up is $750+ I will take $650 shipped
conus. This is a real deal if you've been wanting
this great-looking setup. Pictures
Well, I'm in Beaverton so try to keep the big cats out west. I'll just
watch for the local raccoons here. :)
On the antenna though, I don't think the tree is feasible due to
location. The ridge line (on some poles for a touch more height) is
quite doable and could easily feed into where my radi
Ed,
How about that 20M Swiss Quad I built??
SWR was absolutely flat across the whole band... in fact it
was flat on EVERY band...couldn't hear a darn thing BUT it
was flat :-))
Dave KK7SS
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Ed;
I have a few antennas that didn't work that belong in the antenna graveyard.
Several in fact.
Richard
WA4IVS
ARLHS # 323
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Congratulations on the new call John.
The K2 is a great radio.
Have fun
Tony W7GO
John Wiener wrote:
Hey everybody! My new call is AB8WH...checked for it today on ARRL
homepage. I haven't been this excited since I reached drinking age (!)
I'm finally LEGAL!
I finally got through First Alig
I'm building my new 4-band K1, I have completed the first section of the RF
board assembly, and am at the VFO alignment. However, the frequency is not
changing when the VFO knob is rotated. The troubleshooting guide suggests
possibly the varactor diodes have been installed backwards, but I don
Hey everybody! My new call is AB8WH...checked for it today on ARRL
homepage. I haven't been this excited since I reached drinking age (!)
I'm finally LEGAL!
I finally got through First Alignment of my K2 and am just starting
the unending cap soldering of the RF board...it's fun.
John
AB8
Hello all!
I've received numerous requests for information about my not yet
released field vertical. Remember to send me your suggestions to name
it! If you're persistent, you might just find the highly secret AREA -
WSJ! Take the journey - you'll have some FUN and be glad you did!
http://wa3wsj
Walt KE7GWZ wrote:
On topic, I haven't made or put up any antennas yet. :) I imagine when I
do I'll have some stinkers as well. I'm thinking about a dipole running the
ridge of my house. I could hit a half-wave for 40 meters. Then there are
those really tall fir trees in the front yard...
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That would most likely have been the A-12 at Battleship park in Mobile,
AL. It would be right off I-10. http://www.ussalabama.com/
For anyone interested in Blackbirds, try this site:
http://www.visi.com/~jweeks/sr71/index.html
On topic, I haven't made or put up any antennas yet. :) I imagine
G'day folks,
Logger32 reacquired at http://www.logger32.net Many thanks to all that
responded.
Regards,
Mike VP8NO
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Fred wrote:
There was a typo in my KSM/KPH post: My brain knew that they activate
the station on Sunday, but my fingers ran amok and typed Saturday.
--
Hey, how else can you get to use a neat word like "amok". It's as much fun
to say as it is to write...
Oh yeah, even 600 meters com
On Fri, 07 Apr 2006 10:16:10 -0700, Fred Jensen wrote:
>The MRHS at Ron's link recently received a coastal marine license (KSM -
>first one issued in over 20 years or so), and can generally be found on
>Saturday afternoons (2000Z - 2400Z) running their wheel on 6474 Kcs.
>The also sometimes activa
Reminds me of a customer of mine, who DOES understand the social position of
being a customer.
I was driving along I-10 (I think, somewhere in the Florida Panhandle) and
saw a Blackbird parked alongside of the expressway. I immediately exited and
found the SR-71 on display at some museum.
While l
There was a typo in my KSM/KPH post: My brain knew that they activate
the station on Sunday, but my fingers ran amok and typed Saturday.
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Fred wrote:
> K6KPH DE QLB KSM 6474 QSA 5/KPH 426 QSA 4 K
>
> Fred, you are sounding like a Ham contester!!
I am a contester. N
Actually, quite a bit of the original Skunk Works stayed at Burbank at least
into the late 70's and early 80's. A good friend of mine was an engineer
there and often had to make late night runs into work to supervise lifting
some exotic flight surface out of a jig. That's the extent of my knowledge
And Kelly Johnson's other masterpiece, the SR-71 Blackbird.
A wire resonant vertical antenna doesn't exactly fit the image of the
cutting edge technology associated with the Skunk Works. Not to mention that
Lockheed Martin owns both the name and the skunk logo that EPA Skunk Works
has appropriated
Kevin Rock wrote:
> You skipped my favorite aircraft: the Blackbird.
I skipped a few other less well publicized ones too, for obvious
reasons. The original Lockheed Skunk Works occupied Bldg 357 (a hangar)
at the Burbank CA Airport, and the engineering offices were in Bldg 90,
which you could
Ck'd the voltages..
SS-30 output = 14.2 volts
K2 Internal Voltage = 13.7 volts
No adjustments necessary.
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I need to know if there is a voltage adjustment inside the SS-30 so that I
can adjust the output to the recommended 14.0 V +/- 0.2 for the K2 (
You skipped my favorite aircraft: the Blackbird. Every time I see a photo I
just admire the lines of that plane. There is supposed to be one located in
McMinnville, Oregon. I was in a waiting room waiting for Pat when I noticed
the guy sitting next to me going through the maintenance manuals
A-yep. Skunk Works(r) is a registered trademark of Lockheed-Martin
Corporation.
It began during WWII in Burbank, California but later moved to more "secure"
quarters. Anyone heard of "Groom Lake" or "Area 51"? That's them! (Or part
of them).
Still, many companies and organizations have called t
Fred wrote:
K6KPH DE QLB KSM 6474 QSA 5/KPH 426 QSA 4 K
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Fred, you are sounding like a Ham contester!!
For those who don't recognize QSA and QLB, QSA is the commercial radio
operators signal report (instead of the RST Hams use). I think it's far
preferable since it assumes a decent t
Hmmm ... be careful. Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin and not related to
the inventor of the Retro-Encabulator) may have a trademark registered
on "Skunk Works." It became fairly famous for secret airplanes such as
the U2 and F-117A.
Fred K6DGW
Edward R. Breneiser wrote:
Hello all!
I liked t
I was taught to keep the cans forward while working at a coastal marine
station during my senior year in HS (age 16). I thought then it was so
the op who was assigned to train me could more easily box me on the side
of my head when I made a mistake (which would be whenever I touched the
mill o
I too have no photos.
My worst was a 10/15/20 parallel dipole tacked to the wall of my
apartment in CA. It gave a very low swr on 40 meters by obviously
coupling into the building wiring system. When I sent CQ, the
neighbor's TV would switch on and off.
Like Stephanie, I have my own house now s
My first thought on reading 'EPA Skunk Works' was some sort of super
secret, super high-tech stuff made by the environmental protection
agency...hi hi.
I've certainly made my share of terrible antennas, but I wasn't quick
enough to take pictures of them.
My best worst antenna was a 6M dip
Hello all!
I liked the EPA Skunk Works name so much that I created a Skunk Works
area on my website. This page is dedicated to all those hams, including
myself, who have constructed just bad antennas over the years. I call it
my antenna graveyard site. This is where all those "great antennas" are
Joe-aa4nn wrote:
I have used the Astron SS-25 for several years,
K2 panel says voltage 13.8, close enough.
Is there an issue with this ??
I believe he refers to the voltage which have to be obtained to keep
internal battery loaded.
Rolf
oh6kx
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The first real spring day, temp is +8C here!
Hey Guys!
I really like the story about this antenna being developed in the " EPA
Skunk Works - Area WSJ" !
Maybe this thing should be called the Ninja Antenna or the Skunk Works
Special? Yeah - "Skunk Works Special" has a nice sound doesn't it?
How about I let you guys name this antenna
I made the 1K to 10K resistor change on my K2's SSB board because I use a
Heil element and seemed to have to talk louder than I preferred in order to
get the VOX to work well. After the change, I really haven't noticed much
of a change in the Gain and Compression settings, but the VOX sensitivity
I have used the Astron SS-25 for several years,
K2 panel says voltage 13.8, close enough.
Is there an issue with this ??
de Joe, aa4nn
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I recently purchased an Astron SS-30 power supply for use with my K2 &
internal battery and/or K2/100 configuration. I need to know if there is
a voltage
I recently purchased an Astron SS-30 power supply for use with my K2 &
internal battery and/or K2/100 configuration. I need to know if there is
a voltage adjustment inside the SS-30 so that I can adjust the output to
the recommended 14.0 V +/- 0.2 for the K2 (13.7 V +/- 0.2 internal
voltmeter)
"Let's widen the question to make it KAF2 or KDSP2 or
NOTHING? Does the basic K2's crystal filtering work
well enough that you (any of you)would be happy with
no AF filtering or does the AF/DSP filtering add
enough that you wouldn't want to be without it?"
>From my perspective that's like asking
On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:06:53 -0700 (PDT), Phil,K2ASP wrote:
"But but but the MFJ gadget costs in the $150 range. Got to keep
the economy of Mississippi going after the hurricanes!!
--
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane".
Thank you Phil!
John, KD5EJA, Long Beach, MS (that's on the once bea
michael taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Perhaps a not so obvious feature, if it is true, is through the use of
either KAF2 or KDSP2 hams listen at a "safer" volume with less risk of
further hearing lost, by helping our brain by filtering out at least
some of the noise before the brain tries to
I just got my radio finished, and right off of the bat I got the same 300 -
400hz readings as Stephanie Maks did on hers.
I read through her messages and will follow the advice that was suggested
(tomorrow, it's almost 4am here), but I'd like to post what we observed in case
it isn't the cryst
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Paul Gates, KD3JF wrote:
Actually I am not backpacking any more because of my knees but I do go to parks
close by. My favorite is a National Park Fort McHenry...in Baltimore,
MD I am using a 24 foot antenna with a 33 ft. counterpoise. I doubt that I
am going to use
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