Re: [Elecraft] P3 firmware question

Ron, Al and all, OK, I guess I should clarify. - I receive a paycheck for work accomplished from Elecraft, and they have my social security number on file so they can report my earnings. In my mind, that makes me an "Employee", but I am not an exclusive Elecraft employee. I am part time, an

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] 8-pin to stereo mic cable?

John, I think the neatest converter cable is the K3 itself - just plug the 8 pin connector into the front panel. I don't know of any adapter that will bring out the PTT and AF lines from the 8 pin Foster connector to 3.5mm AF and RCA plugs that can be used on the back panel. Homebrew can provi

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] 8-pin to stereo mic cable?

I should've clarified. I'm using the Elecraft MD2 desk mic. It has a Y-connector with a 1/4" jack (for the footswitch) connected to the 8-pin mic connector for the front of the K3 (or K2). In order of preference, here is what I'm curious about their existence: 1. A 1/8" plug to the 8-pin mic jack

Re: [Elecraft] P3 firmware question

Thanks Ron Now I feel deprived. After 40+ years in retail and a secondary DJ position that includes staring down the barrel of a saturday night special while my store was robbed (no shots fired thankfully) most of that time Hamming when I had the chance. Oh Boy Love it On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 10:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 11th & 12th, 2012

Good Evening, Surprisingly the bands were not as bad as I had anticipated. However, there was a lot of one way propagation. My newly repaired antenna was hearing well but not everyone was hearing me very well. I did have a check in from Alaska which had great signal strength. Sam, I was

[Elecraft] N3BB's Novel

I'd bet that a lot of folks who hang out here know Jim George, N3BB.I've just finished reading his novel, and it's a real page-turner. It's the story of a guy sort of like a lot of us techie types growing up in a town in West Virginia in the 50s. The protagonist discovers ham radio, gets invol

[Elecraft] P3 for sale

See the whole pileup -- 600 bucks gets you a nice P3. Power and IF cable included. Works FB, but I am rearranging everything in the shack to accommodate the new baby KX3. Reply to this address or KT0NY at ARRL.NET. 73, Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352

Re: [Elecraft] P3 firmware question

Yup - it's the business model of the 21st century. I've written product manuals for Elecraft since 2001 but I, too, am NOT an Elecraft employee and live 600 miles north of Watsonville on the Oregon coast. In addition to handling most of Elecraft's manuals I have handled international training and b

[Elecraft] KX3 shipment dates Mar 16 - 26

I was perusing the new website and saw that shipments will begin between March 16 to 26. I am very excited for sure to receive my KX3. I have cleared a spot in both my 19" travel suitcase and my truck. Traded the 857D last week and I am more than ready for it to arrive. Keith AG6AZ Sent from

[Elecraft] Elecraft SSB Net results (3/11/12)

We had a good net today, although with sub-par propagation. We had 34 participants over a 33 minute period. I need a substitute net control for the next three Sundays (3/18, 3/25 and 4/1). If you can take any of these dates, please drop me an email. Thank you. Have a great week. Here is the lis

[Elecraft] [K3] 8-pin to stereo mic cable?

Hi all, Are there any recommended 8-pin to stereo mic cables for the K3 (for moving the mic to the rear panel), or will just any old one do? Thanks! -john W4PAH Madison, WI __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/lis

Re: [Elecraft] P3 firmware question

Any new P3 firmware version in the works? John N1JM -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/P3-firmware-question-tp7362002p7364008.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft

[Elecraft] Fw: Re: Review of excellent portable antenna

if anybody is interested, last year I built a vertical for 40,20,15,10 meter using elevated radials,, really a dx antenna on 40, mounted at about 15 Ft above ground is in a PDF format and can mail to anyone interested flat on each of the bands Bob K3DJC On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:39:41 -0500 Chuc

[Elecraft] Review of excellent portable antenna

I wrote a review of the N6BT Bravo 7K antenna for eHam about a year ago. After using it for a year on all bands (40 thru 10 meters), I remain very pleased with it. Band changing can be accomplished in just a few minutes. It seems to perform as well as my Force 12 Sigma 40XK, and is easier to work

Re: [Elecraft] New website

Under EMail List. - Brian, op K1NW -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/New-website-tp7363608p7363841.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: h

Re: [Elecraft] super flex multiband dipole in a 35 mm camera film can

Barry, The wire I cannot find anymore… at least as an inexpensive option. I have to untangle it a bit. I don’t have the measurements any longer but think I made it for 10 & 14 mhz. A BNC is carefully mounted in the bottom, one with a screw on cable holder and the pin is a solder type. A

Re: [Elecraft] error on webpage

Eric, I love the crisp look of the new website. However, it is locked. 73, Bill K9YEQ -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 12:58 PM To: Sam Morgan Cc:

Re: [Elecraft] Review of excellent portable antenna

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Cady, Fred wrote: > world record setting efforts too!.. = Very interesting, Fred, thanks. I didn't know that -- just thought it was a cool implementation of the OCF concept after all the confusion from the previous thread. I'm hoping to operate portabl

[Elecraft] [OT] Solomon SR-976 Replacement Tips For Sale

My Solomon SR-976 Soldering Station bit the dirt recently. I have the following unused SR-976 replacement parts for sale for $20 including postage (assuming my SR-976 was not the last one on Earth): 976T-3C (3mm beveled tip) 976T-3D (3mm beveled tip) 976T-BC (1mm beveled tip) 976T-B(0.5m

Re: [Elecraft] Review of excellent portable antenna

The Team Vertical guys have used these for a couple of years on the C6 CQWW operations. Very easy to set up and tune. And world record setting efforts too! Here is a picture of one, maybe a little bit too aggressive, installation. http://www.n6bt.com/n6bt-C6-2010-1.htm 73, Fred KE7X "The Elecraft

[Elecraft] New website - ignore previous message!

>...where the heck is the link to the reflector... Sorry - found it (was wearing wrong glasses). Ralph, VE7XF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: ma

[Elecraft] Review of excellent portable antenna

Apropos of the OCF conversation, and considering that Elecrafters are lovers of portable operation, there's a very interesting review of the Bravo portable vertical antenna in March QST. The antenna is designed and produced by N6BT, the guy who built and later sold Force 12. It looks like a ground

[Elecraft] New website

Awright you guys, I'm sure the new website look is terriffic, but where the heck is the link to the reflector that used to be in the index on the left side of the frame? I have no other access. Ralph, VE7XF __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] P3 firmware question

Actually I'm not an Elecraft employee. I work on a contract basis from my home here is Santa Rosa, about a three-hour drive north of Aptos. Elecraft has a number of employees and others like me working under various arrangements and scattered all over. Even one of the principals (Wayne) does not

Re: [Elecraft] Strange Vertical - need help

Gerald, The specs for the GP10-40 call for use of the transceiver's ATU (Antenna Tuning Unit). If you have an ATU in your K3 you should have no problem with it providing a proper match to the transmitter with the SWR measurements that you mention in your note. They quote using a 100 foot long ru

Re: [Elecraft] OCF antennas [END of thread]

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft < e...@elecraft.com> wrote: > Guys, > > Must be a slow DX day... > That, actually is really true, with all the solar doings of the last week or so. Really blotto propagation on average. Kind of like the full moon. Folks start gett

Re: [Elecraft] OCF antennas

2012/3/11 Gary Ferdinand > To round off this part of the discussion I'll add that what Guy relates in > terms of wet window line is to some extent also true when using insulated > wire (rather than window line) with spacers approximately every 18 inches. > I'm using #14 THNN in my feeders with La

Re: [Elecraft] Can anyone give me pointers to Sherwood reports?

The Zuni Loop QRP Field Day group has been an Elecraft-based effort for some time. One year, as I recall, it was exclusively K2s in operation. Last summer, someone even brought his K3 up there. The group consistently places within the top few percent in the QRP category nationwide. There is also

Re: [Elecraft] error on webpage

fixed! 73, Eric www.elecraft.com _..._ On Mar 11, 2012, at 6:24 AM, Sam Morgan wrote: > should read > > http://elecraft.com/Apps/ToroidGuy/toroidguy_prewound_toroids.htm > > GB & 73 > K5OAI > Sam Morgan > > On 3/11/2012 8:06 AM, Robert Galambos wrote: >> on the main page, if you click on

Re: [Elecraft] Strange Vertical - need help

Correct. They're using the 100 feet of coax to add enough loss to swamp out the native feed impedance. Note that they specify it as a minimum length, not some particular length that might provide some kind of transformation. If you use enough coax with enough loss you can get almost a per

[Elecraft] ECN time correction

I should not do a time change late at night. Mea culpa :( The real zulu times are as follows: Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz I will see you in the not too distant future. Kevin. KD5ONS - ___

Re: [Elecraft] OCF antennas [END of thread]

Guys, Must be a slow DX day.. Looks like we have beaten another topic into submission. When folks start getting grumpy, or the thread gets an over abundance of postings (both true here) its time to let it rest. Lot's of good info in this one, but let's remember that this -is- a hobby. We are

Re: [Elecraft] OCF antennas

Jim ... read your last paragraph. That's exactly what several of us were doing here when Hisashi wrote his first post on the topic. Dave AB7E On 3/10/2012 10:17 PM, Jim Miller KG0KP wrote: > Ian, I am with you on this. jmho that starting with whatever you can put up > and for whatever reas

Re: [Elecraft] Strange Vertical - need help

The Zero-Five web site specifies 100 feet of feedline and a "wide range antenna tuner" for that antenna. The SWR readings you report are about what I would expect for an untuned antenna of its type. The Zero-Five GP40-10 is essentially a 20 meter half wave (26 feet vertical, 8.25 feet horizontal

Re: [Elecraft] Strange Vertical - need help

That is an untuned vertical. You need an antenna tuner for most bands (the Zero5 website tells you this). If your new K3 is equipped with the autotuner, you'll be fine. Phil - AD5X __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.n

[Elecraft] FS:K3/100

For Sale: K3/100 serial number 4373, with KAT3, KBPF3, KXV3A, K144XV, and filters from 250Hz to 6Hz, plus FM filter. Please email me off-list with any questions. 73, Gus, N1CCW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailm

Re: [Elecraft] OCF antennas

What I object to is the tone of your reply. I certainly said if you want to argue this to death, you can because that's an aspect of our hobby. You're saying I'm wrong, and I'm just trying to advocate for the guy who wants to get on the air FIRST, with something GOOD ENOUGH, and tinker LATER. Also

[Elecraft] OCF

Put up what you can it may surprize you. I put up a 160m OCF fed with coax to a 4:1 balun. Nothing fancy just what I could do. That was 4 yr.s ago. I chase DX and with 500w I've wrkd 125 on CW & 2 or 3 on SSB. You need to try SOMETHING if you want to get on the air. Worst case is it will not

Re: [Elecraft] K3 intermittent low power output

Maybe John, it is serial 80 from November 2007. Does that problem also reduce the overall output as it is low power when using the LP PA as well. 73 Dave, G4AON How old is the K3? You don't have the KPA3 corroded pins problem, maybe? 73, John n1JM

[Elecraft] OT On_Topic !

time for no delivery option for -non- elecraft list where's a moderator when you need one? sadly it seems it's time to go back to no delivery for a while To subscribe to the list, or to change your subscription options (like set mail delivery to 'off'), click here for the Options page: http://ma

[Elecraft] Strange Vertical - need help

I installed a vertical with ground radial kit up 20 feet. The antenna mast and negative sheild connector is grounded to a ground rod. The antenna covers 10 to 40 meters. I can tune 10 meters fine, and fourty meters fine, but 12,15,17,20,and 30 will not tune and SWR are high. here are the SWR readin

Re: [Elecraft] OCF antennas-Now way off Topic

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Pete Michaelis - N8TR wrote: > ...legend had it that in one of > Dr Green's classes he presented a research problem that he himself > was working on and told the class that anyone solving it would be > awarded a master's degree... == for a similar stor

Re: [Elecraft] OCF antennas

To round off this part of the discussion I'll add that what Guy relates in terms of wet window line is to some extent also true when using insulated wire (rather than window line) with spacers approximately every 18 inches. I'm using #14 THNN in my feeders with Ladder Snap spacers and the "wet sett

Re: [Elecraft] OCF antennas

For those of you who enjoy discussing antennae there is a reflector to antennae here: anten...@mailman.qth.net. This reflector needs more traffic just like the antenna traffic on this net during the last week. Give it a try. 73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetim

[Elecraft] Antennas

The more portable the antenna the less effective it is. The losses in ATUs are too small to worry about. A couple of decibals will not be measurable at the other guys shack! Advice! Buy the best you can afford. Don't waste money on the lesser stuff knowing you will end up older and wiser with t

Re: [Elecraft] OCF antennas

Ian, I am with you on this. jmho that starting with whatever you can put up and for whatever reason that is all you can do at the time. If a new person doesn't get on the air "fast" he will soon lose interest. He is interested NOW, get him up and running and not next month or even next week i

Re: [Elecraft] K3 intermittent low power output

How old is the K3? You don't have the KPA3 corroded pins problem, maybe? 73, John n1JM -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-intermittent-low-power-output-tp7362431p7363062.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [Elecraft] error on webpage

should read http://elecraft.com/Apps/ToroidGuy/toroidguy_prewound_toroids.htm GB & 73 K5OAI Sam Morgan On 3/11/2012 8:06 AM, Robert Galambos wrote: > on the main page, if you click on *Buy Pre-Wound Toroids* >

Re: [Elecraft] Can anyone give me pointers to Sherwood reports?

I also drooled at the 7600 as I am a 7000 user. But the more I learned the more I realized that I could get a better bse radio in the K3 and then add to it as necessary. You can build a K3 to have all the bells and whistles of a 7800 if you want plus get the K3 RX. But remember on other th

[Elecraft] error on webpage

on the main page, if you click on *Buy Pre-Wound Toroids* you get a 404 error http://elecraft.com/www.elecraft.com/Apps/ToroidGuy/toroidguy_prewound_toroids.htm ___

Re: [Elecraft] OCF antennas-Now way off Topic

Yes, I was a freshman in 1959 and while I never met Don Knuth, I heard plenty of stories about him. He was given free reign of the new computer center. 73, Don W3FPR On 3/11/2012 1:52 AM, Pete Michaelis - N8TR wrote: > Don, > > When I started work at NASA's Lewis Research Center in the early 6

Re: [Elecraft] Can anyone give me pointers to Sherwood reports?

It is well known that contesters prefer the best performing radios for contests because contest environment is the most demanding as far as RX/TX specs are concerned. World Radio Team Championship in Moscow in 2010 was the assembly of the best contesters of the world. Now ask yourself why out of