Sign me up for this feature too :)
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:59 PM, CRAIG W BEHRENS craig...@msn.com wrote:
Thanks, Andy -- I'll go check it out.
72/73 DX, Craig W. Behrens -- NM4T
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:22:36 -0700
From: vk...@woodtech.net.au
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
6 weeks ago I had a machine built to a high spec, I asked for Win XP Pro, but
got a call saying Microsoft don't supply a stand alone xp pro os software
anymore.
When I picked up my new PC the builder said MS supplied an official OS software
disc with XP Pro and with licensed Win7 software
Good Morning,
Yesterday I was looking for a W1 meter, and have found one ! So there
is no further need . Thanks again to those who replyed.73 de Ed N7EDK
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On 10/20/2011 6:21 PM, gold...@charter.net wrote:
I apparently have a bigger problem with RF in the shack and it has
nothing to do with the loop.
Hi Don,
Your email, and some of the solutions offered, reflect some common
misconceptions about RFI, including an earth connection as a solution
Eric, Wayne, Alan, K2 owners, PIC experts, et al.
As a very satisfied K2 line owner I did recently add the Z1B-K2 Buffer
Amplifier and the high-performance P3.
The most important part missing now (and with me maybe hundreds/thousands? of
other satisfied K2 owners) is a tiny PIC
based
For those of us unlucky enough to have many runs of coax, each of
considerable length, often going through switch boxes,
having a TDR would be heaven in helping search out issues on the line.
Seems like a stretch to make a P3 into a TDR, but hey, I work in
healthcare, not ee, so what do I know?
Not sure about the P3 doing TDR service but I have had great results
with this circuit
http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/tdr.html
On Fri, 2011-10-21 at 06:59 -0400, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote:
For those of us unlucky enough to have many runs of coax, each of
considerable length, often going
You are correct about WinXP SP2, but support continues for WinXP SP3.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 10/20/2011 11:13 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
Second, I don't know where people are coming up with an end of
support date in 2014 for Windows XP. This Microsoft site
I spent some more time with this and find that if I tune to the low side
(tone lower than my pitch setting) and push spot it tunes the way it should
but if I turn the dial to hear a higher note than my 680 hz pitch setting
the VFO takes off down the band. It will sail right past S9 signals without
I use only open-wire fed antennas here. I have 3 feedlines that come right
into the shack to balanced tuners (Palstar BT1500A) and run the legal limit
with few RFI problems. My house is in the middle of a large rhombic
(unterminated) antenna. I don't have a station ground other than the AC
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:06 AM, Steve Walter WA3A w...@arrl.net wrote:
IMO, an outside ground thats brought to the 2nd floor is
not needed and in fact will cause problems
=
Don, I think that Steve's comment above may be on the right track. First
things first: cobble up a good
Wayne wrote:
I usually carry 1 oz. of #26 antenna wire and a 1-oz.
fishing weight to get the wire into a tree
This part of WA state is famous for having the highest tree-less
mountains/trees in the USA :(
It was part of the sea-bed of the prehistoric lake that covered NW USA.
If there's a
I trusted my memory with my earlier post and got the part number wrong.
These are cheap, but Amidon has a $20 order minimum and I dont need 30 of
them. There were posts a few years back talking about using one of these
instead of the supplied toroid to improve coupling and power output on 15,
12,
Hi all,
I guess many of you use the K3 as well portable. As I have only a /p QTH
where I use my K3 I'm looking for a nice transport box or suitcase with
K3 fitted foam or foamed material.
I'm interested what kind of transport box you use ?
best regards
Erwin/DK5EW
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eMail ist virenfrei.
On this side of the State we have the opposite problem. Too many
trees. Its often hard to get a line over one tree without getting a
hang up in another. This is true in the mountains as well as my back
yard!
73,
Rick Dettinger K7MW
Mount Vernon, Wa.
On Oct 21, 2011, at 8:09 AM, Dave
Hi Erwin,
I use a Pelican 1510 http://pelican.com/cases_detail.php?Case=1510. It's
made to be a carrry-on for travel with wheels and a retractable tow handle.
I had to remove the handle from the K3 to get it to fit. I don't miss that
handle though.
Here's a picture of it:
Hi All,
Shortly after the KX3 was announced and described, I started contemplating
just what radios I own that it could replace. Several radios I own were
obvious candidates for replacement, but the FT-817 wasn't immediately that
obvious. That was due to the exceptionally small size of the
Hi Dave,
I did a presentation at the Pacificon HFpack forum titled HFpack Lite
and the Elecraft KX3, in which I proposed a 5-pound (total) variation
on HFpack. It is based on the KX3, a very lightweight antenna,
external Li battery, and a hypothetical mic-on-steroids that could
control
By very lightweight antenna, do you mean the aforementioned 1oz of 26 gauge
wire with the also aforementioned 1oz fishing weight?
I'm really going to have to do something king on pedestrian mobile, or
pedestrian portable. The loop I got (mentioned earlier) looks like it'll be
great for
Soundly seconded. Speaking as a fmr. IT professional, I have two machines;
One high-end Lenovo W520 ThinkPad running Win 7 Pro that stays home in the
shack and another older IBM R51 ThinkPad running XP that gets batted about
mobile. The R51 used to be my shack computer and its reliability and
On 10/20/2011 7:11 PM, Dave Perry wrote:
I'm an XP fan, but it does look like XP is close to coming to an
end. Mainstream support is for consumers. Extended support is
for commercial users. I'm still getting updates and patches for
my XP machines, but who knows how long that will last.
Buddy Brannan wrote:
By very lightweight antenna, do you mean the aforementioned 1oz of
26 gauge wire with the also aforementioned 1oz fishing weight?
No. I'm searching for the ultimate lightweight whip material. I'd like
a 7' untuned whip that is self-supporting and straight in normal
On Oct 21, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
No. I'm searching for the ultimate lightweight whip material. I'd like a 7'
untuned whip that is self-supporting and straight in normal use, bends
without being damaged if it hits a tree branch, weighs only a few ounces, and
is nearly
There is also the question of whether older ham applications will work
correctly on the
newer OS, but then there's the question of whether the latest versions
of ham software
will work on older XP-based machines.
With some SDRs, like the FlexRadio offerings, more CPU horsepower and
memory are
The penultimate whip: the two or three thinnest sections of a 16'
crappie pole ($10 from Cabella's). It fails the invisibility
criterion, but otherwise seems to fit.
What do you do with it then? drag a wire behind as a counterpoise?
Peter W0LLN
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Wayne
I have an 80m horizontal loop which is above and encircles my house. It is
fed with 600 ohm ladder line which I bring into the basement shack and use a
Palstar BT 1500 tuner. With the tuner I use it on 6m-80m. The loop is only
broken where it enters the house to an ICE ground which is attached
Hi Erwin,
I use a Leitz Vaultz Mobile Folder Box
http://direkt.jacob-computer.de/Multimedia_Divers_Leitz_VAULTZ_MOBILE_FOLDER_Box_Farbe_schwarz_silber_Abmessungen_366x322x178mm_%286716-00-95%29_artnr_136778.html?direkt=1ref=124
The box measures 366 x 322 x 178 mm and the K3 fits in just fine
Peter Wollan wrote:
The penultimate whip: the two or three thinnest sections of a 16'
crappie pole ($10 from Cabella's). It fails the invisibility
criterion, but otherwise seems to fit.
What do you do with it then? drag a wire behind as a counterpoise?
Yes. This is SOP for HFpack. RG174
I have learned quite a bit about grounding from K9YC and others on the list
over the years and thank you all for making my shack a better place.
I have been tying together outside grounds where antennas enter the house
back to the service ground as part of my improvements and have run out of
I have learned quite a bit about grounding from K9YC and others on the list
over the years and thank you all for making my shack a better place.
I have been tying together outside grounds where antennas enter the house
back to the service ground as part of my improvements and have run out of
Hi Wayne,
I already put in a vote for this with Eric, but wanted to ask if there
would/could be
some way to:
1. Add an external preamp for 6m, as is done with the K3. If I am to use this
as a
portable radio for 6m EME DXpeditions, it will be imperative to be able to add
a
preamp in the
I've had really good experiences going right to the source. I've bought
laptops, desktops and
monitors and in most cases it would be hard to tell from brand new. Even on
the slightly
blemished I've had to look some to find it.
Hi Lance,
...wanted to ask if there would/could be some way to:
1. Add an external preamp for 6m, as is done with the K3. If I am
to use this as a portable radio for 6m EME DXpeditions, it will be
imperative to be able to add a preamp in the receive line.
We can't tap into the KX3's
Hi Heinz,
K2 support for the P3 has been on my list for a long time. I have a K2
with RS-232 interface option and the Z1 kit which I still need to
install. There are a couple other features ahead of it in the list, but
I would really like to get to it. When it happens, it will only require
You can find suitable XP-Pro machinces for well under $100 at PacificGeeks.com.
I purchased a refurbished HP PC with one serical and one parallel plus a
handful of USB ports for $59.95 recently. I'm a broadcast engineer
(electronics and IT) for a nation-wide company where we still use XP on
For RF, you want the lowest possible inductance in the ground lead since
inductance has reactance and reactance is what you do *not* want.
For a given length, a bigger conductor has lower inductance. I don't know
why full coax would not be as good as just the shield, although it is a lot
more
On 10/20/2011 8:24 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
I wholeheartedly endorse Don's comments.
I do too.
A good practice with any antenna installation is to check the SWR on each
band for which it is used, and make a note of that.
While in Comm Officers' School at Keesler AFB many years ago, I was
Hi Alan,
Exactly! Please let it happen soon!
To speedup the project, I could provide the built K2 IF Buffer Interface with
cables/connectors (including the noise blanker if desired). A picture of my
installation will be sent to your direct e-mail address.
Ok?
73,
Heinz HB9BCB
On 10/21/2011 12:25 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
For RF, you want the lowest possible inductance in the ground lead since
inductance has reactance and reactance is what you do*not* want.
Yes, BUT -- the principal function of the EARTH connection is lightning
safety. With any antenna that
As Jim Brown says: if all these problems came on suddenly, focus on what
parts of the installation have CHANGED.
You may well have identified one:
Right now I am thinking that I have a bad coax line outside of the
house. The reason for this is that I had a new propane tank installed
and
Take a antenna analyzer and put it at the end of the coax. Regardless of the
reading, run your hand up and down the outside of the coax. If the shield is
open or bad, the readings will go all over the place.
Mel
From: Ian White GM3SEK
On 10/21/2011 1:12 PM, Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
Is there any chance that the shield has been pulled apart, and is now
completely open-circuit? A broken shield connection can be a major cause
of RFI, as RF currents can appear in very odd places in their search for
a new return path.
I also like
Is this a helpful list, or what?
Wayne
On Oct 21, 2011, at 1:21 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 10/21/2011 1:12 PM, Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
Is there any chance that the shield has been pulled apart, and is now
completely open-circuit? A broken shield connection can be a major
cause
of RFI, as
Let's let this topic rest. We are over the posting limit for the list on a
single topic in a short period.
73,
Eric
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On Oct 21, 2011, at 12:13 PM, Bill Mader bill_ma...@hotmail.com wrote:
You can find suitable XP-Pro machinces for well under $100 at
PacificGeeks.com. I purchased a refurbished
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I think Jim accidentally reversed his meaning about ground lead inductance.
Lowering the inductance of the ground connection does *not* lengthen the
effective radiator or add loss. Allowing the ground system to be part of
the radiator by letting the ground lead have significant inductance and so
And that my friends is why the broadcast stations have extended amounts of
sheet copper tying everything to ground that should be. IMHO.
Mel, K6KBE
From: Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 4:07 PM
I saw a P3 in action today. I think I got to have one.
I have the KPA500 and K3.
The RS232 on the K3 is hooked up to the Microham KII.
I assume I need to get a Y cable to get the P3 and MKII into the RS232 at
the K3?
I must say I was impressed with how that little box works.
73
The MKII will connect to the P3 and a daisy-chain cable, included with
the P3, will go between the P3 and the K3.
73,
Lyle KK7P
I assume I need to get a Y cable to get the P3 and MKII into the RS232 at
the K3?
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Most sheet metal shops can sheer copper sheets into almost any width one
would want, and the cost is reasonable. I had about half of a 4 x 8 sheet
sut into 1 and 2 inch x 4 foot strips several years ago and that's used
throughout my station's grounding system.
Copper strap is better for lightning protection grounding than braid
(more surface area).
DX Engineering and GeorgiaCopper are two sources that I know about,
there are certainly others (use Google).
73,
Don W3FPR
On 10/21/2011 8:25 PM, Rose wrote:
Most sheet metal shops can sheer copper
Tomorrow is North America's Summits on the Air (SOTA) Day. There will be a
much larger than usual amount of SOTA activity tomorrow in the US and
Canada. Over 30 different summit activations are already publicized, and
more are being added hourly. These stations will be set up on prominent
Most sheet metal shops can sheer copper sheets into almost any width one
would want, and the cost is reasonable. I had about half of a 4 x 8 sheet
sut into 1 and 2 inch x 4 foot strips several years ago and that's used
throughout my station's grounding system.
73! Ken - K0PP
Hello K3 Support,
I installed the KXV3a tonight into my K3 and when I went to do the
Gain Calibration it failed on 6 Meters as it was unable to get the required
output.
Any idea why this output could be low on this band (I believe it only
reached an 8 out of the expected 10)?
Thank you,
If you have an external wattmeter (a lot of antenna tuners/dummy loads
should have this), then go through the wattmeter calibrations to ensure your
internal wattmeter is reading correctly.
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To:
On 10/21/2011 4:07 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
I think Jim accidentally reversed his meaning about ground lead inductance.
Lowering the inductance of the ground connection does*not* lengthen the
effective radiator or add loss.
No, I didn't accidently reverse my meaning. You missed my point.
Anyone??
On 10/19/2011 9:58 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:
So, if I was going to purchase a monitor, say 23-25 diagonal, what
should I look for besides the 1920 X 1080P resolution?
Pixel response time? 5ms seems to be the norm.
I assume a 16:9 aspect ratio?
Does contrast ratio make a difference?
I
Michael,
1. Is the dummy load rated for 50 mhz plus 10-160m?
2. Is the dummy load rated for at least 50 watts? I'm guessing yes since it
passed the other bands with the KXV3.
73 Delwyn KH6DC
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The weekly Elecraft SSB net will meet Sunday (10/23/11) at 1800Z on 14.3035
MHz +/- QRM. I will be net control from western Oregon, and we'll try relays
to pull in the stations that I can't hear. Saturday, I will be on a summit
in the central Oregon Cascades for NA SOTA day. Hope to hear some of
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