When you are soldering the relay pins, and especially when you are
checking them afterwards, don't let your eye get confused by the vias
(plate-through holes) and skip soldering a relay pin.
Leigh/WA5ZNU
On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 1:12 pm, Brett gazdzinski wrote:
I ordered the built in antenna tuner
You can have a band scope on the K2. Check out the March/April QEX for
the article on the Z-90 Panadapter kit. Works with most radios, but
integrates particularly well with the K2. You can read the article
online if you don't subscribe. The link is
http://www.arrl.org/qex/2007/03/smith.pdf
Yo
Phil, the ICOM IC-7000 is in the price range you mentioned. I have one and
think it is a LOT of rig for the money. I operate 95% CW on the low bands,
so can't comment much on the SSB performance. On CW, it is quite capable
with good DSP filtering and a better noise blanker than the K2. Probably
I have had a couple of 756 pro's, and they are nice radios.
Quite a bargain at about $1500.00. The 756 (non pro) seems
to have had the display problems (lines).
Its quite a sharp looking and working rig.
I cant say I know how they work under battle conditions on CW,
but it seems good for typical u
Yes, it most certainly does.
David Wilburn
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K4DGW
K2 #5982
Brett gazdzinski wrote:
When you change the sidetone pitch, say to 800 Hz,
the cpu does its magic and changes the bfo frequencies, per
the manual (I keep re reading it).
Mine seemed to take a while to update, or it ne
Phil,
If you MUST have another rig in addition to your K2, how about
another K2? (:-))
I have recently sold my FT-1000D that I bought new a number
of years ago. It was a wonderful radio ... some say the best
available ... but recently sold it to fund my loaded K2. I don't
regret the sale. O
Awesome! Hats off to you sir. Fine job, and congratulations.
David Wilburn
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K2 #5982
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi
Well,I had some trouble with my k2 because of a solder bridge that
smoked some components.
I just got through building the KPA100 and it works perfectly.
N
When you change the sidetone pitch, say to 800 Hz,
the cpu does its magic and changes the bfo frequencies, per
the manual (I keep re reading it).
Mine seemed to take a while to update, or it needed to be
power cycled or something, its real close to the 756 pro now.
The cpu seems to be doing lots
Hi
Well,I had some trouble with my k2 because of a solder bridge that
smoked some components.
I just got through building the KPA100 and it works perfectly.
Not one glitch and it has full output on all bands. So maybe 73
isn't too old to be doing this after all!
73
Scott N5SM
By default it is 600 Hz. That is the ST P setting in the menu.
David Wilburn
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K2 #5982
Brett gazdzinski wrote:
I re-did my filters tonight, made up a headphone adaptor,
and did some tuning around after cleaning up the shack
from the rig building.
I listened to 80 meter
Having just spent quite a bit of time comparing the rigs in that price
range before I just purchased the K2, I would say you best bet would be
the Ten-Tec Omni
http://www.elecraft.com/K2_perf.htm - performance comparisons between
K2 and other rigs.
http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/020910qex
Unless you are willing to spend more than double that, or find a great
bargain, you will be hard pressed to find anything better than the K2 IMHO.
I have a Kenwood TS2000 for xbanding vhf/uhf and back up, but prefer the K2.
If you have the DSP unit, etc., that to me does it all. I am building a 2nd
Now that I've been using my K2 serial # 5719 for a while, I am a bit
disappointed in my Ten-Tec Jupiter, particularly when there are strong CW
signals on adjacent frequencies. I was always a Ten-Tec fan and loved my
Corsair II, but wanted to try a newer design radio. Now, I'm thinking of
sellin
I re-did my filters tonight, made up a headphone adaptor,
and did some tuning around after cleaning up the shack
from the rig building.
I listened to 80 meters for about 1/2 an hour, the rig
seemed to be working very well, loads of signals on the air,
and I went to send a V in an open spot and ch
Thanks all.
Gary/W0GX
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In a message dated 3/23/07 3:44:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> have just finished building the QSK box designed by Phil Silas AD5X.
This has me thinking.
Could this be used with a QRP K2 and an external homebrew
10-to-however-many-watts amplifier? Seems to me i
Not even 24 hours and the first software update. I heard from several
people that the pop up menu where you choose the serial port was not
working in Microsoft Windows. Thanks especially to Rolf sm0yqc for his
help in testing the update.
If you're a Windows user and downloaded the code more than
RESENDING, AND CCing THIS TIME ERIC
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 Darrell Bellerive (VA7TO) wr
I have just finished building the QSK box designed by Phil Silas AD5X. It
really works great! I use my K2/100 and ASL-600 combination for smooth
break-in. Nice to have quiet relays and to be able to hear what's happening on
frequency while I'm sending. This will be super for chasing DX.
Ph
I ordered the built in antenna tuner today.
Any tricks in building it?
Now that I know how they count the toroid turns
I should do well!
Brett
N2DTS
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Hi Jeff,
Good Advice, thats what I ended up doing.
Thanks,
BobK6GGO
Jeff Davis wrote:
For what it's worth, I've always found Google to be better at searching than
the Mailman archive. Try going to Google and enter:
+Elecraft +D104
and see what happens.
73,
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For what it's worth, I've always found Google to be better at searching than
the Mailman archive. Try going to Google and enter:
+Elecraft +D104
and see what happens.
73,
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Jeff, KE9V
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Good article in QEX on your system.
David
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From: "Jack Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 6:49 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K2 Integration with Z90/91 Digital Panadapter
I have released version 2.0 of Z90-Cont
Hi Chris,
I had the same problem this morning. I tried to search the archives for
D104 to see how to wire a D104 without an amplifier. I remembered seeing
it there somewhere. I got no hits, I know D104's have been mentioned at
least 50 times over the years. Then I searched for crystal, as in
c
I have released version 2.0 of Z90-Control software for the Z90/91
digital panadapters. It is available for download at
http://www.cliftonlaboratories.com/Software.htm..
Of interest to this list is integration with the K2's remote control
interface. The new software adds the ability to click
Does anyone know why you cannot fully search the Elecraft Forum Daily
List Archives on the Elecraft web-site, please, or am I doing
something wrong? It appears to only list messages posted in March
2007 in the results of a search.
I recall seeing a message a week or so ago when somebody else h
Here is some lunchtime testing results:
I don't think my calibrator is accurate on the scope, or the probe
from a textronics is not the same as the scopes maker, so these
are just comparisons...5 watts out selected, into the 49.8 ohm
resistor load.
X10 scope probe, 2 volts per division selected o
The depth of the board depends upon the build options you use, Mike.
If you build it as shown in the manual, with the battery case and BNC jacks
on top, it's about 0.9" from the bottom of the board to the top of the
battery case (the battery sits down below the top of the case so it doesn't
add he
Ben Hofmann K1NT wrote:
I am experiencing key clicks on the sidetone with my
K2 and newly installed KPA100. They occur only when
power is >10w regardless of whether in test or operate
mode, and only when the key is released, not when
pressed.
I have found reference in the archives to a similar
Back when I was gainfully employed, we ran into a serious problem with our
metal film resistors. The film was etched in a spiral like a barber pole,
resulting in a beautiful inductor in series with the resistor as measured at
low frequency (or not at all). We had to change our tech description
I am thinking about building a W1 into an enclosure, with the jacks and switch
mounted on the enclosure with wire connections to the board.
It looks like the switch is a simple DPDT switch, and anything would do, yes?
Also, there is no specification for the approximate depth of the populated
bo
I am experiencing key clicks on the sidetone with my
K2 and newly installed KPA100. They occur only when
power is >10w regardless of whether in test or operate
mode, and only when the key is released, not when
pressed.
I have found reference in the archives to a similar
issue, where a change in v
Hi Tom,
Have you found this coax to be 'critter eat proof' or did you put it into
some type of pipe before burying?
73.
Geoff
GM4ESD
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I am still in the coil world, where a TURN is a turn
In the toroid world a wire going straight though a toroid counts as one 'turn'.
Mark
On 3/23/07, Brett gazdzinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I took one turn off all of them because
I counted the first turn as a turn, not 2.
So I had 1
I took one turn off all of them because
I counted the first turn as a turn, not 2.
So I had 1 extra turn on every core.
I am still in the coil world, where a TURN is a turn
I did count the inside wires and had one extra.
That did not really seem to cause problems though,
the rig seems to
Brett,
Did you actually count the turns before removing one?
Arbitrarily removing one turn may create more chaos. The number of
turns called for in the manual are correct, and must not be altered.
The problem Ron had alluded to was that some builders can accidentally
wind an extra turn beca
Hi all,
I've spent the last few weeks after work - at the expense of getting on the air
much :-( - writing some code to control the K2 and the W1 watt meter. The code
is free and written in Java meaning it should run on any popular operating
system. First time Java installs are a little more in
Way too many rigs on hand and more on the way. Elecraft K2 S/N 2481 with
KAF2, KSB2, and K160RX. Asking $625. Unbuilt KPA100 100w amplifier $295
purchased circa 2002 and reflects my cost. Email direct please. Gary/W0GX
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Great ScottI hope you *counted* the turns on each toroid instead of
taking a turn off indiscriminately ??
My previous posting was a suggestion to checknot a direction! An easy
way to check the windings is to count the turns on the *inside* of the
toroid... ie. each pass through the
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