[Elecraft] Field Day inspirational message; mini-log/mini-dupe sheets for FD

Many of us look forward to FD all year. It's hard to explain, but stringing up a questionable portable antenna and seeing what you can work is a real rush. Getting outdoors and playing radio makes even stale potato chips taste good. Small mammals and insects will visit you to see if they can he

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net non-Announcement

Hello All, I am pretty sure I'll not be able to run the Elecraft CW Net on Sunday. My first reason was because I would be exhausted from working Field Day. Well, those plans fell through. The venue where I was to participate had to cancel their activities as of a few hours ago. I've

RE: [Elecraft] High End Paddles

On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 11:12 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: > I've often asked for a "bug emulator" mode for the keyer > I just wanted to keep the bug > operation, including the ability to send American Morse (which keyers don't > allow because it requires using varying lengths of dashes) when usin

Re: [Elecraft] Watkins-Johnson (now audio filters)

That SCAF sounds fine business. I might well go with one of those when I can. My radio earphones are old WWII "can" jobs, they work great, they do take some of the noise out. 73 de Alex NS6Y. On Jun 22, 2006, at 1:46 PM, Rick Dettinger wrote: Alex, I recently built an Idiom Press SCAF-1

[Elecraft] My K2: Shipped & On the way to my Builder

Yee-haa!!! Just received the great news that my K2 is on its way to my builder. What with shipping & build time, I'm guestimating I'll have the rig by mid to latter part of July. Then let the Fun Begin!!! Have also learned that one of the Hams in my radio club will be using a K2 for the CW statio

RE: [Elecraft] Re: KAT1

To followup on my e-mails last night, removing my 4:1 balun and connecting my ladder line directly to the K1 allows the KAT1 to tune my attic dipole on all 4 bands! Very interesting! Now I've got the lil' guy on the air! 73, Randy, KS4L Happy K1 & K2 owner!

[Elecraft] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar: June 22 - July 22, 2006

~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR June 22 to July 22, 2006 ~~ Summer FOX Hunt - QRP 20M CW UTC: Every Fri, June 16 thru August 18, 0100z to 0229z EDT: Every Th

Re: [Elecraft] Watkins-Johnson (now audio filters)

> Alex, > > I recently built an Idiom Press SCAF-1 audio filter and it was a vast improvement for my Icom-706IIG (it doesn't do much if anything for the K2). > > 73, > Doug > W6JD > == I built the SCAF 1 and agree with one exception: I don't have good communica

Re: [Elecraft] Watkins-Johnson

Alex, I recently built an Idiom Press SCAF-1 audio filter and it was a vast improvement for my Icom-706IIG (it doesn't do much if anything for the K2). The kit runs about $100. Remember that being at audio it doesn't make up for a lot of that receiver's deficiencies. I've used several versions o

Re: [fpqrp] Flying Pig Field Day

We may be later getting there tomorrow. Original plan was early afternoon..nature changed that. Last night we had one storm after another. I am struggleing to keep water out of my piggie lab and basement. I have 3 count them 3 sumps. One failed and been nursing the others today and now, mor

[Elecraft] Re: K1 or KX1

Many thanks for all the responses. The K1 was my initial thought to start out and hopefully the K2 next. It's a real comfort to know this list is here with some very generous people to help. To think the last kit I built there was no such thing as the internet and big computers ran on tubes a

[Elecraft] OT: audio filters

Idiom Press sells a filter called the SCAF-1 which acts as a bandpass filter with a variable high end. With one you could narrow things down for a CW signal quite well. More information and demo .wav files are available at: http://www.idiompress.com/scaf-1.html The standard disclaimer does

[Elecraft] Flying Pig Field Day

The Flying Pig QRP Club International is happy to announce the return of W8PIG. W8PIG will be alive and well during Field Day weekend, invading Caesar Creek State Park in Southwest Ohio. Once again we will be running 3AB or 4AB depending on who brings what. K2's and assorted other radio goodies w

Re: [Elecraft] Watkins-Johnson

Alex NS6Y wrote: And #2, how well do audio filters, or even audio DSP like SGC sells, for narrowing things down for listening to CW? -- IF, and that can be a big IF sometimes, all the signals getting through the 2.5kHz IF filte

[Elecraft] unsbscibe

pleaseremovemy name fromyourlist iam getting too much of it thank you in advance bernard pannetonve2le ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub

[Elecraft] Eastern PA QRP Field Day - N3EPA

Hello, The Eastern PA QRP Club will be running Field Day 2006 with N3EPA. We will be located in French Creek State Park, PA. Rigs will be Elecraft K2's on CW and SSB. We will be running Solar Panels to our deep cycle batteries charged. Hope to work everyone! Hope the propagation is good this

Re: [Elecraft] K1 or KX1?

I use my K1 more than my K2. The K1 is my overall favorite small QRP rig. Don/ WA9TGT On 6/22/06, Lloyd Lachow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mike N2HTT wrote: "The K1 is my all-time favorite radio, ever." I felt the same way! Then I buiult my K2. LL/K3ESE ps: re: K1 v. KX1 - you need bot

[Elecraft] K2 Metalwork

Hi, While searching for a suitable case to put a uP controlled Wattmeter in, I came across a blank front and a top panel K2 size in pristine condition. They were left over from a previous kit assembly. I was wondering if Elecraft would sell me a couple of side panels and a bottom panel. If so

RE: [Elecraft] K2 SSB Filter (OP1) question ...

Ken, The mistake I made on my KSB2 adaptor acted/sounds like what you are getting. Have you tried to transmit? Is there audio/RF out? Check the switching diodes found at either end of the Xtal filter section. Is the right end up? Are they installed in the right direction. I got one backwards and go

Re: [Elecraft] Spectrogram / Xoscope

Thanks, guys, for the helpful responses. I'll give baudline a try. And I enjoyed your note, too, Ron. :-) Mike ab3ap ron wrote: > Man ... > > I wish Linux users would speak "English". > (heh heh) > > Ron, wb1hga ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: E

Re: [Elecraft] K1 or KX1?

I too have the K1 and like it very much. It is the 4 band version with a KAT1 tuner added. Also have a 2 band board that covers 160 and 80 meters. Have done the backlighting modification and this was well worth the effort!. I too have an HFPacker amp I built. It is an absolutely dynamite "pair o

Re: [Elecraft] Spectrogram / Xoscope

Man ... I wish Linux users would speak "English". (heh heh) Ron, wb1hga ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/m

Re: [Elecraft] Spectrogram / Xoscope

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:30:06 -0400 Mike Markowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have any linux users gotten Xoscope to work? It's at > http://xoscope.sourceforge.net/ > Not tried xoscope (might go have a look) but I used "baudline" on Ubuntu Linux to set up my K2. get it from :- http://www.baud

Re: [Elecraft] Spectrogram / Xoscope -- try baudline

I use on my linux system. Works FB! 73 de w1mt mike --- Mike Markowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I built my K2 I had a laptop that dual-booted > into Windows and > linux. So I was able to reluctantly :-) boot into > Windows to run > Spectrogram when need

RE: [Elecraft] K1 or KX1?

Mike N2HTT wrote: "The K1 is my all-time favorite radio, ever." I felt the same way! Then I buiult my K2. LL/K3ESE ps: re: K1 v. KX1 - you need both. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to

RE: [Elecraft] KXB30 installation problem on a KX1

Paul, Yes, put the pads in place just in case anything shifts later. You could tape them in place, use rubber cement, a dab of 'Shoe-Goo' or any other glue that is advertized to bond with both rubber and fiberglass. Most glues will bond with the fiberglass, but few will stick to rubber. You onl

[Elecraft] QRP - 2006 FD/CO

N0HJ/John, N0MHQ/Steve and N0TU/Steve (myself) w/pack goats Peanut & Rooster plan on lighting up Raspberry Mountain, CO for 2006 Field Day. 20/40/80m operation w/gear as follows: N0HJ/John ATS (original) battery ANT: 88' CFZ +LW N0MHQ/SteveB SST20m+ATS? ANT:20mGP +? N0TU/SteveG KX1on battery+ sol

RE: [Elecraft] K2 SSB Filter (OP1) question ...

Ken, That is a sign that something is amiss with the filter on the SSB board. Check all the diodes and the toroid transformers. Be certain the tiny RFCs do not have any bare wire that is shorting to the crystal cases (slip a piece of paper between the RFC and the xtal case to check). On the RF B

[Elecraft] Q: Building the K2

Jean-Francois Joly VA2JFJ I too built my K2 # 5422, 2 months ago. It had been a while since my previous "Heathkit" kit building experiences. Tools you will want to acquire: - good SMALL flush-cutting cutters - Kester lower-rosin SOLDER, like SN63PB37 - hand Magnifying Glass - "Solder Sucker" too

[Elecraft] Q: Building the K2

Jean-Francois Joly VA2JFJ I too built my K2 # 5422, 2 months ago. It had been a while since my previous "Heathkit" kit building experiences. Tools you will want to acquire: - good SMALL flush-cutting cutters - Kester lower-rosin SOLDER, like SN63PB37 - hand Magnifying Glass - "Solder Sucker" too

[Elecraft] Spectrogram / Xoscope

Have any linux users gotten Xoscope to work? It's at http://xoscope.sourceforge.net/ When I built my K2 I had a laptop that dual-booted into Windows and linux. So I was able to reluctantly :-) boot into Windows to run Spectrogram when needed. My new army-issued laptop, however, is linux only (g

Re: [Elecraft] KAT1 disappointment

Bob Cunnings wrote: Maybe, for your line length, the 4:1 transformation is putting the feedline input Z out of range of the K1 tuner on 40 and 30. It might be fun to try switching to a 1:1 balun (or no balun at all) to just to see what happens... since it's so easy to do. Beyond that, experiment

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Stupid question about excess ladder line.

Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Mailer: Juno 1.51 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-3,5-13,17-18,22-23,26-27,29-33 X-Status: Unsent ps, once again I replied to the wrong list :^)) On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:53:31 -0400 "Darwin, Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >I just picked up a dipole fed with ladder

[Elecraft] K2 SSB Filter (OP1) question ...

Ken - I installed/built KSB2 in my K2 # 5422, last month. I got poorly sounding "filters", before I went thru an entire "SPECTROGRAM rev 5.7" filter and BFO settings alignment. Spectrogram 5.7, is the last free version of this software. I used my laptop's sound card system (mike input), to run

Re: [Elecraft] Re: lightning

On Thursday, June 22, 2006 1:50 AM, Ian Stirling wrote: If I see thunderstorms predicted, or I predict a local one myself, I will disconnect all my equipment. During a thunderstorm, which your third statement suggests, I will never do. I'd rather my radios fry than me. ---

[Elecraft] K2 SSB Filter (OP1) question ...

Hi Everyone, I've just fitted the KSB2 adaptor to my K2 (#5294), and seem to be experiencing some oddness. When I select OP1 as the filter, the signal seems to be greatley attenutated (no signal strength on the S meter), and you need to have the AF control at near maximum to hear any out