John,
You need to change the sidetone source in the menu.
Enter the menu for ST L, edit the parameter, then tap the DISPLAY button
until you hear sidetone.
73,
Don W3FPR
> -Original Message-
>
> I recently had a glitch with the ATU going out of "Auto" mode but
> before I figured it out,
The reset gave you the wrong source for the sidetone. It's selected in the
MENU.
MENU -> St L -> MENU (to enable the sidetone level set), then tap DISPLAY.
It'll toggle between the two sidetone sources, U6-25 and U8-4. Since you
don't have sidetone now, one tap should restore it.
Ron AC7AC
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I recently had a glitch with the ATU going out of "Auto" mode but
before I figured it out, I hard reset my K2.
I have since gone back and recal'd PLL and filter settings and
readjusted S-meter.
I now do not get a CW sidetone on transmit. Adjustments to St L and
St P result in muted audi
Same thing here, with or without an external amp. CW is as expected. But
when switching to SSB I will get full output (sometimes well over 100 watts)
at any power setting over 11 watts and sometimes cause a shutdown of my
power supply and a reboot of the K2/100. This behavior goes away when
What a Halloween! made my contact with ARS W0o in Frankenstein, Mo with my K1
(thanks to the goblins at Mid-Mo ARC), Only hours after the future K2 #5813
arrived at my door!
ood evening to all!
-Pete
wd4lst
Pete Axson
WD4LST
17901 NE 18th Ave
Citra, FL 32113
Mike, I notice the opposite (but when running full power: 100-110W).
The first couple of syllables are lower, and then it kicks up. I'll try
reducing power and see if it goes in the other direction.
I was told that the previous effect was normal (action of the ALC).
Bill
W1PA
K2/100 #61
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Congrats to Vic with 50 years, a golden year.
I still have a few years left before 50. Got my license in 1962,
KN7TPC, subsequently WA8MSG and since 1965 WA9QJH. My first rig was a
Heath DX60 and HR10. So with the K2 rig building continues. Glad the
Elecraft guys keep coming out with super
Perhaps some caution about the accuracy of wattmeters
might be in order. Might be unwarranted concern. (:-))
73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
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Don't forget that many homes today use foil-backed insulation.
The foil is ... obviously ... conductive. I use two 1/4 x 20 threaded
brass rods with cone insulators on both the inside and outside of
the wall. I made larger holes and removed the foil around both
holes before installing the fee
The roster of Foxes for this season's 80 M and 40 M Fox hunts is firming
up nicely and I want to thank all those that want to offer their pelts.
Its almost fox hunting time again. The Fox hunts start NEXT WEEK.
We'll be firming up the schedule of Foxes and getting it on the Fox
website soon
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, John Harper wrote:
This might be helpful:
http://www.geocities.com/w3hf/callbooks4.html
Steve(w3hf) was kind enough to look me up in the 1959 callbookso I guess I
have a few years before I can join the ranks of the OTs.
73,Thom-k3hrn
www.zerobeat.net Home of QRP Web
Ed,
I too get only about 3W on both 40 and 20. I have not yet installed an
80/30 kit, so those 2 are all I have. I wondered about it, but never got
around to doing anything. I am curious though...
Vin KR2F
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Ed Lambert wrote:
I manage to get 2.5 to 3.0 watts out of it on 20 M with 12.8 volt supply. I
wonder how many on the reflector get 3.5 to 4.0 watts
I get anywhere from 3.7 to 4.1 watts indicated into my Buddiepole on 20m
using a 12V gel cell or 2 6V lantern batteries in series. (I have the
G'day,
When I run the K2/100 into my Acom 1000 I usually set the requested power
to about 30 - 35W. I seldom drive the amp more than 400 - 500W output.
On CW all is fine but on SSB I notice there is a severe overshoot on the
output for the first syllable after changing to TX and after a few se
Hi antenna challenged fellow hams. You can do your own stealth gutter
antenna these days.
Two easy ways: 1) Get a combination of metal gutter and one short
section of plastic gutter to join two metal halves of a dipole. Remember,
you can use shorter than quarter wave lengths of elements,
Thanks Dave - W8FGU, Don - W3FPR, and Ray - SM0XLP!
I have the file I need now.
Thanks for the quick replies.
-Ben K1NT
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Does anyone have a .pdf copy of the KPA100 manual revision C dated Feb 11, 2004
on the front cover?
Elecraft has already put the new revision D manual up on the web site. I am
trying to find references in the rev. C manual (the one I have in hard copy) to
the components that have been changed
It may sound like overkill to drill at a downward angle toward the outside
in most installations, but it's an excellent idea in addition to a good drip
loop, especially for frame houses that have walls made of wood and other
organic materials. Even a small amount of moisture from snow building up
r
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Hi Bill,
When we moved into our house 11 years ago
I put a feed through in the concrete block wall.
I used 2 inch PVC. I drew out the size of the
circle I needed and cut out the drywall. Make sure
that there are not any 110v lines where you want
to put the feed th
A year ago a friend of mine was going into local store. She looked up
as the approached the door and saw her mother coming out of the store.
Only it wasn't her mother, it was her own reflection.
I wrote a song a few years ago about becoming "my dad". The chorus
said:
When I look in the mirror
> I suggest you tune in a typical signal and change Beta from 99 to 00 and
> back again. This will give you a good idea of what Beta does. Then do
> the same for Decay, changing between 99 and 00.
Note that if Beta or Decay is at 99, one more "increase" will wrap it
around to 00. Likewise, a re
Morning Ron and Group - I too was an early 1950s young teen ager with a
new WN7VZX call not not long after the novice license was created. In
those days the FCC was still going through the available W7 three letter
combinations in order the first time since starting in the late 1920s.
A few y
K2 s/n 05810 is up and running!
Got the kit last Friday and it's now Tuesday! :-)
No missing or wrong part. Instructions very easy to follow! All three
smoke tests went without any kind of problems at all. Output pwr not 15,
but 12 watts on 20 meter, but that should be OK, I think...
Build
Hi Al & group,
QCWA maintains a library of old Callbook dating back to about 1913 when the
Department of Commerce produced a complete list of stations. Pretty small
book! All member applications are verified by the two person HQ staff. It
helps to have an approximate year to start the searc
Yes, congratulations Vic!
That happened to me just a couple of years ago (it's amazing now many of us
became Hams during the great sunspot cycle of the 1950s). My reaction was
"already?" Suddenly I WAS one of those O.T.s I had always known on the
bands. It might take a little adjustment. Like the
Hello Johnny!
> I experienced exactly the same in the recent CQww SSb contest. I really
> want to know how I should adjust the beta and decay time to minimise the
> artifact. I don't mind having much less aggressiveness in NR during SSB
> operation.
>
> In some extreme situation during the c
Hi Bill,
When we moved into our house 11 years ago
I put a feed through in the concrete block wall.
I used 2 inch PVC. I drew out the size of the
circle I needed and cut out the drywall. Make sure
that there are not any 110v lines where you want
to put the feed through. Also try to place i
This might be helpful:
http://www.geocities.com/w3hf/callbooks4.html
John Harper AE5X
Portable QRP: http://www.ae5x.com
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Congratulations to both Vic and Jim. Jim, I'll have to tell you that
one of the most intimidating experiences of my life was taking the
novice exam at the FCC office in Los Angeles at the ripe old age of
13. I've enjoyed Ham Radio ever since and like you, it influenced my
career choices.
I've heard that the QCWA (Quarter Century Wireless Ass'n) has,
or at least had, a complete set of the old Call Books. It would
at least localize one to a particular time period, if not an
exact date.
If you find a better answer, please post it for us.
Good luck and 73,
Bob N6WG
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Congrats to everybody who has achieved 50 years in Ham Radio. I am a bit
short of that here.
In reading this thread I wondered if I could find out what source would
contain the date a ham was first licensed ? I admit I do not know when I got my
first ticket but it was 4 calls and 6 moves a
Hi Peter,
Thanks to all the replies including yours.
I experienced exactly the same in the recent CQww SSb contest. I really
want to know how I should adjust the beta and decay time to minimise the
artifact. I don't mind having much less aggressiveness in NR during SSB
operation.
In some
One other point to sanity check -- have you put the DSP in "bypass" and
confirmed that is the cause?
What I thought might be DSP artifacts turned out to be issues with RFC15
(see my earlier thread about tuning warbles)
Bill
W1PA
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Wow, 50 years! 28 years ago, I ripped open the envelope containing a piece
of paper with "KA5BBL" written on it. Our Novice rigs were no doubt vastly
different but holding that first ham ticket produced identical feelings,
I'll bet.
Congrats and 73,
John Harper AE5X
Portable QRP: http://www.a
Johny,
My 0.02.
Underneath I review my K2 DSP SSB speech NR experiences and not the CW ones
( CW NR works much better ).
I also encountered considerable K2 DSP drawback problems ( I guess everyone
does.. ).
( I know about the free lunch, but even then.. ).
I have been tweaking the beta and decay
Johnny,
Here are the KDSP2 settings I am using. I'm sure they are not optimum but I
am happy with the performance I get. There is quite a bit of QRM here on 80m
SSB and the KDSP2 suppresses most of it so the voice is readable.
nr 94 10
nt 40 07
Sn G 5.0
SF G 7.0
I don't have 80m tran
I kept the first 5 or 6 mistakes I made to myself. Fortunately, the
worse mistake I made only cost me an hour to get an IC out of the
wrong spot and $1.50 to buy a replacement for the one I destroyed
while removing it.
Now my secrets are out for all to see. :)
73
Jay
On 10/31/06, Darwin, Keit
Shame, shame, shame! So you made a mistake, ea? Welcome to the club
:-)
I *almost* completed my K2 with no mistakes. Near the end of one
building session, I had very carefully soldered a resistor into its
place, trimmed the leads and as I checked it off in the book realized I
had the right resi
Johnny,
I suggest that you search the archive for threads on this subject.
The KDSP2 seems to suffer from more aggressive artifacts on SSB than other DSP
filters such as the BHI.
Some people say they have cracked it, others (like me) have given up
73
Stewart G3RXQ
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:07:
Johnny,
I can't give you a good answer because I don't use the KDSP2 myself.
Perhaps someone else can give you some pointers.
73,
Don W3FPR
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>
> Thanks for your advice in the past. I used K2 in the CQ WW SSb contest.
> When I engaged the KDSP2, I found that there was
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> 50 years ago plus a few days, a 13-year old kid feverishly tore open a
> little envelope and for the first time saw the call sign that would
> identify him to the radio world. Dated October 30, 1956, tha
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