Thank you very much to KR2F, AB9CA, AC7AC, K7SVV, KB9BVN, K4ZM and N0SS and
others for the usefull information.
I will ask Elecraft for new earphone jack to replace.
73, Ruchan Ozatay, TA2AH
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Hello everyone,
During the alignment of the Top Band option of my K2 I did a stupid thing
and connected the dummy load to the wrong antenna connector. I used the tune
button and tried to align the filters to set the TX power using the power level
set to 2 watts. I got a high current warning
I have a similar problem here with my wired Netgear
RP614v2 router. While I've picked up trash on the HF
bands, there's also a very strong and incredibly
obnoxious signal at 145.39MHz, which just happens to
be the major 2m FM area repeater. I can even pick up
the signal outside on my HT. Fortunatel
Ron,
When we had to drill acrylic at work we used a mixture
of dish detergent and water around 4 to 1 mix seemed
to work fine. Drill at a slower speed and use the
mixture liberally to get a nice hole (easy clean up as
well).
Make sure you clean the bit afterwards otherwise most
will rust.
73,
Ju
Hi all,
I have older Linksys wireless and "wire" routers and they are the noisiest
things in the house. I end up turning the entire network off when operating
HF.
Steve, W2MY
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> I have a Linksys WRT54G which is about three years old. It produces so much
> noise that I can't even listen to the local BCB station on 700KHz.
Try to configure all your ports to be 10 mbit ethernet, not 100 mbit.
With some equipment, you can configure ports this way,
with other equipment, you
Jay ...
For the past few months, I have been keeping track of the prices obtained on
Ebay for Elecraft rigs. (I know, too much time on my hands - I need a K3 to
build!) I believe this to be a fair indication of actual value. The
average price of a K2 without the 100W amp has been $746.
For oth
It would be misleading to average out the price for a K2 because
one knows not of the options installed. In K0GU's offering the
asking price should start with the price of the 4 kits, viz. $776.00.
Buyer pays shipping. Any more than that would be too much.
de Joe, aa4nn
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Steve,
If you want to have all the components that possibly could have failed
available, you could order one of every part in the K2 and the ATU transmit
chain!
For a more sensible approach, you must first do some isolation steps.
First remove the KAT2, then see if you have power out of the basic
Good Morning Don,
Thanks for your assistance, I found the problem and the Freq. counter is
now working.
I used one of the 2n's from the RF board and replaced Q9. But, this
did not fix the problem so I checked the voltage at the base and Q9 and
found none. Checking the voltage at Q10 I foun
Terry,
I'm glad you found it - congratulations on the good troubleshooting steps.
73,
Don W3FPR
> -Original Message-
>
> Thanks for your assistance, I found the problem and the Freq. counter is
> now working.
>
> I used one of the 2n's from the RF board and replaced Q9. But, thi
Thank you Jim for that very informative and helpful message!
Ron, wb1hga
Jim Brown wrote:
> Proximity to the radio is meaningless. The following comments
apply to virtually ALL Ethernet devices, including your computers.
What matters are:
1) The antennas connected to the Ethernet device --
What is good way to apply lettering to the EC cases? I need to put labels on a
project I just finished. Usually I just resort to the Sharpie, but something
neater would be nice!
Tor
N4OGW
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There are sheets of rub-off-letters which you can rub off
onto the EC case to spell whatever you want. More at:
http://www.misterart.com/store/view/001/group_id/392/HeadLine-Rub-On-Lettering.htm
You can make your own words with a little more expensive but simple process
at:
http://www.craftyco
The Blackwidow paddle is a good addition for a kit built station. The kit
went together well and operation is smooth. The hardest part of the build
was finishing the brass components. A fun project. and the price is great.
Looks good along side of the K2's and K1.
Pictures of my finished Black
Thanks to everyone who provided advice on my antenna
question.
My Elecraft balun kit showed up today and I am going to get it
built. I will try out of some of the ideas from this message
thread and hopefully get some good outside operating in over
the next month. I think I have everything I
There are some ceramic tools out there, under the name pro'skit or
pros'kit.
Made in Japan, good stuff! I think radioshack.com has 'em.
73 de Alex NS6Y.
On Jul 7, 2006, at 12:16 PM, Steve Knapp wrote:
When trying to tweak my KX1 I noticed that most of my plastic tools
were too
weak, and m
With all this talk of nearly-deaf KX1's I'm beginning to wonder.
Which has a better reciever, the KX1 or the Yaesu FT-817? Because in
my experience, the FT-817 is Much better. Could I have built my KX1
with the deafness problem and not known it?
73 de Alex NS6Y
In my reading about green radios I can't afford (but want anyway) and
in various readings I've heard that detecting the 455-kHz LO of a
superhet isn't all that hard, and that for instance in countries that
require a radio license, they use such techniques to check if people
in their houses
Aha that sounds like Pycrete! Fine wood fibers, mixed with water to
make a slurry, and frozen. Interesting stuff, read up on it if you
want to be entertained! 73 de Alex NS6Y.
On Jul 9, 2006, at 7:26 AM, J F wrote:
Didn't the allies look into building aircraft carriers
from ice? if you had
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 7/8/06 8:29:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
>
>
>> Field Day rules should change to allow a CW
>> station to operate QRP and get the added score for being QRP, with
>> another station working SSB at 1500 watts who get th
I can't speak for other KX1's but I just finished building SN: 1542 and
checked the sensitivity of it with my Cushman CE-6A Service Monitor and I
was able to hear the signal generator set to 0.1 microvolts on all four
bands (80-40-30 & 20).
73
Jim Younce K4ZM
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I am winding L1: 27 turns of #22 red enamel wire on a RED T50-2 core.
I get to 22 turns and the internal parts of coiled wire touch..
I.e., no room to make more turns. What am I doing wrong?
Am I using right core, wire?
Thanks!
John
AB8WH
PS,
I'm back.
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Alex, a "deaf" KX1 would be one that has an assembly error somewhere.
The KX1 has excellent sensitivity and plenty of audio output. We
recommend earbuds or other sensitive headphones, but it can also be
used with a small speaker as long as you use a stereo plug.
The FT817 certainly has more au
Alex wrote:
In my reading about green radios I can't afford (but want anyway) and
in various readings I've heard that detecting the 455-kHz LO of a
superhet isn't all that hard, and that for instance in countries that
require a radio license, they use such techniques to check if people
in
"Habbakkuk"- and yes, it was built with Pyecrete. A model of the real
thing was built at Patrica Lake in Canada. The most useful purpose
would have been to bridge the "Mid-Atlantic Gap", but by the time
the thing could have been built, aircraft range had increased, and
escort carriers
Nice looking key John, looks like you did a nice job on it.
73
Tony W7GO
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From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 12:59 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Blackwidow
The Blackwidow paddle is a good addition for a kit built station. The kit
went toget
Alexandra Carter wrote:
I've heard that detecting the 455-kHz LO of a superhet
isn't all that hard, and that for instance in countries that require a
radio license, they use such techniques to check if people in their
houses have radios (or TVs) that they're not on record of having
licenses f
I've seen the detector van driving around the neighborhood in Dunoon
(Argyle) in Scotland when I was there courtesy of the USN. They also
used to run a commercial showing a nuculer family sitting around the
warm glow of the telly .. when the cops break down the door and drag
away dad, the VO comes
John Wiener wrote:
I am winding L1: 27 turns of #22 red enamel wire on a RED T50-2 core.
I get to 22 turns and the internal parts of coiled wire touch.. I.e.,
no room to make more turns. What am I doing wrong?
Am I using right core, wire?
Make sure the core is 1/2" in diameter. There's a
Vic,
Thanks for the heads up...
Yes, I just realized the subtle (to me) diff in core sizes of the red
ones.
Corrected and movin' on.
Thanks again,
John
AB8WH
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Forgive me if I am misunderstanding your question, but if all you mean is
the wire is starting to touch itself at the inner part of the toroid core,
don't worry. It is insulated, and it will not matter. Just try as much as
possible to have the turns evenly spaced, and covering whatever tot
John wrote:
> The Blackwidow paddle is a good addition for a kit built station. The
> kit went together well and operation is smooth.
Niiice, and like your pics.
My Black Widow kit turned up on Saturday.
> The hardest part of the build was finishing the brass components.
Yah, I started
In a message dated 7/10/06 4:40:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> , they use such techniques to check if people
> in their houses have radios (or TVs) that they're not on record of
> having licenses for!
Bit of history:
Way back about 100 years ago, there was little
Subject was "pexiglass"
John D'Ausilio wrote:
> when the cops break down the door and drag away dad, the VO comes
> in "Have you renewed your television license?"
Yes indeed, and a little frightening for us Colonists, what with all
that "pursuit of happiness" babble and all. However, the radia
Guess I was out in left field when Blackwidow keys were discussed.
Anyone got a URL for a web site, mailing address,
NJ5A
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Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 9:06 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] (no subject)
Guess I was out in left field when Blackwidow keys were di
Keep the info on the Blackwidow coming. Until I can afford an Elecraft Hex
Key, this will probably be my paddle.
I don't do well with brass, as my perspiration tends to leave marks on it.
Just wonder if you Blackwidow paddle owners treated the brass with Everbrite
and how well that worked.
Dar
All field days start on GMT, ie at 1800 Z Sat., or local 1 PM Central Time
zone. They all end at 1800Z Sun.
The only exception has been if you do not start set up until 1800Z, you can
operate extra time on Sun. after 1800Z. But NO one is heard on doing that,
the bands have a huge vacuum at 18
I made my first SSB (USB, using XV144) qso with the K2 and it was
reported to me that while my audio was great, it was 600Hz lower than
the RX. I was not operating split. And indeed, if operated split with
TX up 600Hz then I was receiving and transmitting with the carrier at
the same frequenc
What is simplest way to turn down the max power out from a XV144 from 15
to 2W? I use a K2 and tried to turn down the power by reducing the
drive from K2 from the nominal 1.0mw down to 0.02mw but this did not
work reliably. Should I be adjusting R22 on XV144, the input
attenuation adjustment,
On Jul 5, 2006, at 11:22 AM, Fred (FL) wrote:
I am puzzled by the reports of "condensation"
accumulating inside a K2, in a marine environment?
No boats here! Just an incredibly humid Georgia June weekend during
Field Day. I had the same problem last year and I completely
disassembled the
On Jun 27, 2006, at 12:36 PM, John Wiener wrote:
I use an iMac G4 and just downloaded MacLoggerDX.
What exactly do I need for PSK or Pactor or ??
You're in luck! Since you are using a Mac, you have the opportunity
to use one of the best RTTY/PSK programs around -- CocoaModem. You
can dow
On Jun 21, 2006, at 12:49 PM, Jack Brindle wrote:
Mini-Dins are simply not reliable. The connectors break all-too
easily, mostly due to the pins bending if the connectors are not
aligned just right. We intentionally moved away from them at Apple
because of this problem.
And here I though
On Jun 21, 2006, at 7:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Four problems with using an RJ-45 for the port on the K2:
- Only 8 wires
- Not shielded
- Could be mistaken for something else just as easily as a DB-9
Don't use it as a serial port -- use it as a 10BaseT connection.
And now the big one
On Jun 26, 2006, at 5:22 PM, Stephen W. Kercel wrote:
At the KS1R Field Day operation we had a bunch of 5 wpm operators
who wanted to try their hand at CW on our GOTA station. They were
very disappointed because they could not find any slow stations,
and the 20+ wpm CW that most Field Day
On Jun 26, 2006, at 7:57 PM, Mike Morrow wrote:
The magic of the Novice bands seemed to start failing when higher
power and VFO operation were sanctioned and when Novice licenses
became renewable.
Nope. I was licensed as a Novice from November 1975-1977, and during
that time there was lo
On Jun 26, 2006, at 6:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I sort of like my CW drawl and probably won't change much in the
next few
years. But are many of you changing to keyboards?
During contests, I always let the computer generate the CW, even
sometimes using the keyboard feature, althoug
How about leaving a side panel (or two) off next year so air can pass
through? (Another 'feature' of that modular cabinet!)
Ron AC7AC
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On Jul 5, 2006, at 11:22 AM, Fred (FL) wrote:
> I am puzzled by the reports of "condensation"
> accumulating inside a K2, in a marine
Raj,
I can only guess at the reason for your 'unreliability'. I have not
measured the K2 low power output stability at anything as low as 0.02 mW.
The one thing I know is that the XV144 should be linear (it needs to be to
support SSB), and that the K2 determines its power digitally, so there wil
thanks for helping me get on the elecraft archieves i just
purchased a K2 with all accessiores except DSP radio
seems to be working well so far
Harry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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