Good Evening,
The bands were not happy this week. When I first had a chance to make
a morning sked my contact and I were unable to make it work. We exchanged
a few sentences but the band was just too weak. The next morning we tried
again. He was stronger to me but could not hear my re
Anyone had any experiences (good or bad) with the PowerPort Radio Box?
Looks like a nifty little product, perfect for the K2, from what I can
see on their website (www.powerportstore.com) but I'm just wondering if
anyone else has anything to say about either the product or the company.
Thanks!
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There's an excellent hi-res pic of the front panel on the Elecraft website.
73
Greg
AB7R
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I'd be VERY cautious about "registering" on ANY site ...
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Look out, here comes more SPAM ...
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here is a site with three good looks at the front panel ...
http://www1
here is a site with three good looks at the front panel ...
http://www1.snapfish.com/slideshow/AlbumID=160267565/PictureID=3257417063/a=13220814_13220814/t_=13220814
the box was closed. at this particular occasion/ otherwise I'd have
some tight inside shots. ( if permitted)
bill ny9h
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Scott,
Even if you choose to install the DSP, the current draw of the KAF2 is
lower, so you may want to keep it to swap in for those situations if you
do much portable operating. The KDSP2 can be turned off, but it starts
up back on again when you turn your K2 off and on.
73,
Leigh/WA5ZNU
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IMHO I would like to see a "full kit" amp on the order of the
Ameritron ALS-600. A nice "medium power " amp with full QSK and a
built in power supply. I think this could have a rather large market.
Agreed! About 600-750W out, built-in PS, with 6M COVERAGE (low end of ba
The K2 and K2/100 were "world class" radios that needed apologize to no one
for their raw performance the day before the K3 was announced, and that
hasn't changed since the K3 announcement.
I don't know if the K2 had the best absolute performance specifications in
all categories on the market eit
Absolutely not! We are still actively manufacturing and selling the K2
and K2/100.
73, Eric WA6HHQ
Wyn wrote:
What I am wondering, is (are) the K2 and K2/100 a 'dead radio(s)'?
Over, say 8 - x years.
73
Wyn, VR2AX
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I wanted to change the white LED lamp to a red one.
I have some red LED's but not totally sure of their
specs.
One of them I have is the same size, clear but red
light, the Internal cathode and anode look the same
size as the white one, but should I do some measuring
with my DMM?
If so what shou
Here's how one reference describes the advantage of silver:
*60/40 and 63/37 Solders*
These solders are used in the stained glass industry and also for
electronic component such as computers and communications equipment
where a minimum of heat can be used to make the connection. For t
Fred,
Advantage: It wets more readily and coats the connection a little better.
Disadvantage: It is more difficult to remove components.
As far as I have discovered, there are no other advantages. Now perhaps
you can understand a bit why I prefer the 2% silver for SMD and the
63/37 for thru-h
Jack Smith wrote:
There is also a larger diameter 62/36/2, think it is 0.022" PN 64-013,
on a 1.5 oz spool.
There's probably a better source for 62/36/2 solder than RS, but it's
decent stuff, unlike a lot of the things one finds there.
What's the advantage of 2% Ag over plain 63/37 Pb/Sn eut
Hello Everyone,
Just a BIG plug for the K2!
I just finished up K2 S/N 5615 with several accessories: KPA100; KNB2; KIO2;
KSB2, and KDSP2. This rig - my second K2 - runs like a champ.
Except for one loose wire clipping that found its way into the speaker cone and
buzzed/rattled incessantly,
I have a problem with the Elecraft amps, i.e. hi-power amps have become
commodity items.
I don't see that there can be any meaningful competition on the basis of price
so you have to compete
with whiz-bang features. I've seen the amps, and they certainly look nice, but
I don't see many, if any,
"I have searched the reflector for information regarding the status of the
Elecraft linear amplifiers without any responsive hits. What is the current
Try:
http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft/2007-March/064829.html
and
http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft/2007-April/066994.html
v
Roy,
You can use the AM 6 kHz filter for TX on SSB. Not sure yet what the
ultimate TX badwidth would bemaybe somewhere between 4-4.5 kHz.
73
Greg
AB7R
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John,
Some 'uncertainty' can be expected in the KXAT1 wattmeter indication,
but not as much as you report - +/- .2 watts is about what you can
normally expect. It does take a little time for the power indication to
settle down (the microprocessor is doing a lot of things during TUNE).
I wou
Brian Lloyd wrote:
OTOH, RF noise from your networking equipment might get coupled to your
feedline. Remember you are trying to listen to very weak signals and
ethernet, while well-crafted so as not to radiate, does leak just a
little. I would probably choose to route my feedline away from my
Just wondering, but should I expect wild fluctuations in power out
measured by the KXAT1 after tuning?
For example, I just installed the tuner and have calibrated it to the
best of my ability. After tuning to a dummy load the power out on 40m
shows values of 1.9 to 2.8 and pretty much everythi
Went to the basement and retrieved the empty spool (never throw things
like that out - always good for odds and ends of wire). It's 62/36/2,
with the 2% being silver. Radio Shack part number 64-035, and it's still
shown in the on-line catalog at $3.99 for a 1 oz spool. 1 oz of solder
lasts a lo
Wyn,
I expect the K2 to be not only available new for some (unknown) time
into the future, but for it to be fully supported by Elecraft long after
that.
Yes, the K3 will outperform the K2, but those of us who have K2s already
we can attest to the fact that the K2 is not a slouch performer.
John, NO8V brought a typo to my attention. I said W2AU instead of W2DU
balun. There more info about the W2DU ferrite bead balun at:
http://www.w2du.com/r2ch21.pdf
Thanks, John!
Ron AC7AC
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Jack,
Thanks for that info, sounds like good solder - I was looking on their
website and only saw the large diameter stuff listed even in the 2%
silver alloy.
Hurry to get some before it is gone - that is what close-out means, they
do not intend to carry it forever.
73,
Don W3FPR
Jack Smi
Radio Shack has some very nice 2% silver 33%/65% 0.015" solder on 1.5
ounce rolls. I picked a couple of rolls up on a close out and it's very
nice stuff to use.
Jack
Don Wilhelm wrote:
Rob,
The solder available at Radio Shack is of a larger diameter than I
like to use. While the solder i
I understand the present thinking is to supply the K3 with a 2.7 Khz 5 pole
(standard) filter on the MAIN RX board which determines the transmit bandwidth.
Is there any other option other than the slightly wider 2.8 Khz 8 pole filter
to get a wider bandwidth? Would a variable crystal roofing f
So my question is, is all that RF going to interfere with my network
connection or my phones? Any thoughts or recommendations?
So far everyone has addressed the issue of your rig interfering with
your phone and your network so I won't spend much time on that except
to add that, even if there
On May 26, 2007, at 8:24 AM, Wyn wrote:
Hi There,
What I am wondering, is (are) the K2 and K2/100 a 'dead radio(s)'?
IMHO they are not. I have an ICOM IC-706mkII (not a 'g'). It is 10
years old. Compared to the K2 and Ke3 it is a dog. But it looks and
works like new so I have no intentio
I always had mixed (mainly negative) feelings about the idea of a big Elecraft
Amp. Elecraft started, and got it's loyal user base among QRPers. OK, so they
have a couple 100 watt rigs now, still not as far off as a 1500 watt amp.
Sorta like if Hummer came out with a Hybrid.
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lyle johnson wrote:
I have one two part question:
Is there anything ya'll didn't think of, or wish you had thought of?
Yes, and yes.
And part three "Is there anything you thought of but wished you
hadn't?" the answer is also yes :-)
lets go for part 4
fill us in, what were they?
;-/
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On May 26, 2007, at 9:40 AM, Scott McDowell wrote:
Hi
I just received the KAF2 and the KDSP2 options for my K2 from the
xyl as birthday presents (73rd).
I notice that both options have the real time clock. My question is
what does the KAF2 option do
that the KDSP2 option doesn't do? Or, is
> I have searched the reflector for information regarding the status
> of the Elecraft linear amplifiers without any responsive hits.
I seem to recall that, as part of the K3 announcement, Wayne said that
they had been pushed back in an effort to get the K3 into production.
73 de chris K6DBG
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If it's good coax and you take some simple measures to ensure RF currents on
the *outside* are suppressed, there should be no problem at all, either
injecting xmit RF into other circuits or picking up noise from them. That
sort of thing is done all the time in commercial layouts.
Good coax has de
Scott,
Unless you do quite a bit of physical modification to the K2, you cannot
use both of them - they both fit into the same physical space.
The KDSP2 has filtering with more selections than the KAF2, and adds
noise reduction, and other neat functions unavailable for an analog
filter such
Scott:
I suggest you return or sell the KAF2. You can install EITHER the KAF2
OR the KDSP2, but not both. They both go in the same spot. I don't
have the KDSP2, so I can't compare the two, but I believe most people
agree it is superior to the KAF2, although the KAF2 works pretty well if
you
Rob,
The solder available at Radio Shack is of a larger diameter than I like
to use. While the solder is OK, the large diameter means that once it
melts, you already have too much solder on the connection. I recommend
a solder diameter of 0.020 inches or smaller (I personally use 0.015 for
FWIW - I wish I had my early production AC Cobra but the college education
it paid for is still worth slightly more than that car is worth today
>$250,000. It was the SN that got the $$$. But I do agree with you that we
>get
pretty silly at times. I bought the K3 for the value of a super ra
Craig,
Theoretically, there should be no radiation outside the coax shield, so
you would not have a problem.
Practically, you may have common mode currents on the outside of your
coax (that is a bad thing), so it would be prudent to install an in-line
isolator (same thing as a 1:1 current ba
I suspect there will be a few beta units on FD, unless they are at a
DXpedition ;-) We should have ours before the DX contest season starts
though!
73,
Larry N8LP
Craig Rairdin wrote:
Is there anything ya'll didn't think of, or wish you had thought of?
How about shipping before Field
Craig Rairdin wrote:
So my question is, is all that RF going to interfere with my network
connection or my phones? Any thoughts or recommendations?
If the coax is properly decoupled from the antenna there will be no RF
on the outside of it. So it will be no more likely to interfere with
anyt
> Is there anything ya'll didn't think of, or wish you had thought of?
How about shipping before Field Day? :-)
Craig
NZ0R
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Hi
I just received the KAF2 and the KDSP2 options for my K2 from the xyl as
birthday presents (73rd).
I notice that both options have the real time clock. My question is what
does the KAF2 option do
that the KDSP2 option doesn't do? Or, is there any reason to have both
installed ?
Thanks
Scot
Are any of the Radio Shack solder types acceptable for a KX1 build?
Also any opinions on their digital solder station 64-009?
Thanks in advance.
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I have one two part question:
Is there anything ya'll didn't think of, or wish you had thought of?
Yes, and yes.
And part three "Is there anmything you thought of but wished you hadn't?" the
answer is also yes :-)
73,
Lyle KK7P
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Hi There,
What I am wondering, is (are) the K2 and K2/100 a 'dead radio(s)'?
Over, say 8 - x years.
73
Wyn, VR2AX
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Great Job Wayne es Eric - many of us consider these
things as very important even if we don't spend $12000
on the radio.
Ted,
The K3's front panel switches do provide positive
tactile feedback, via integral polydomes. The material
we selected is rated for extended lifetime (many
decades, in th
So right now I run the coax from my HF antenna to a point just outside my
window. When I want to operate I crank open the window and connect the coax
from my rig to the end of the coax outside the window. I don't really have a
way to leave it hooked up all the time because I don't want to leave the
Wayne and the crew,
After reading your reply on something as basic as the buttons,
I have one two part question:
Is there anything ya'll didn't think of, or wish you had thought of?
;-)
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Ted,
The K3's front panel switches do provide positive tactile feedback, via
integral polydomes. The material we selected is rated for extended
lifetime (many decades, in this application), and the silver contacts
are fully sealed. As for the printed legends, they're protected by a
matte sili
John,
The bandpass filter is still suspect even though you can receive,
although the Low Pass filter is common to these two bands as well.
Rather than guessing, get out your RF probe and turn to the back of the
manual - look for Transmit Signal Tracing, and follow those steps. When
you find
Hi, Folks,
I lost power out on both 10 Meters and 12 Meters. Reception on those
bands is fine. Other bands put out full power.
Any ideas of where to look? I would think that the band-pass filters
are good if I can receive. I'm not sure what else is specific to
those two bands.
Than
Chris -
WHAT IS SOLDER?
Solder is a metal alloy consisting of distinct percentages of two or more
metals. In electrical work, the alloy is usually tin (Sn) and lead (Pb).
However, Silver (Ag), Zinc (Zn), and Antimony (Sb) are used for special
soldering alloys. Solder that uses lead has a lower
I never took the time to "notice" if they were "soft rubber buttons."
They felt fine to me and I did not come away with the feeling that
they were "soft" or "rubber."
I mean, they don't have a "click" like the old IBM XT keyboards, but I
never had a sense that I didn't know when the the button wa
Hi Tom
The absebce of 90/150 and the -25V should indicate a disfunction of the Xtal
oscilator driving the diodes string
Check around Q6 (2N3904) you may not have any oscilation!
73
F5UL
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It may seem like a picky or stupid thing to discuss, but I see the K3 has these
typical 'soft rubber' buttons all over the front panel.
My experience with all the electronics I have with these type of
buttons/keys are very bad.
The distance they travel is minimal, and have no 'click point' makin
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