[Elecraft] [KX3] A Comparative Performance Assessment (of Aftermarket KX3 Heatsinks)

2014-09-01 Thread Johnny Siu
Hello Randy, I concur with your findings though I believe the Cooler plus should be the best product in accordance with the performance assessment. Perhaps, I would like to summarise my views as follows: 1. It is correct that any old heat sink obtained from other electronic device attached t

Re: [Elecraft] New Elecraft K2/100 #7556 is on the air!

2014-09-01 Thread rckchp
http://www.zerobeat.net/qrp/elowners.html - Original Message - From: "Bob Myers" To: "Elecraft" Sent: Monday, September 1, 2014 7:05:54 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] New Elecraft K2/100 #7556 is on the air! Nice going Michael. Does anyone remember the location of the list of K2 bui

Re: [Elecraft] New Elecraft K2/100 #7556 is on the air!

2014-09-01 Thread Bob Myers
Nice going Michael. Does anyone remember the location of the list of K2 builders with s/n and dates? I can’t seem to find it. Thanks, Bob W1XT Sun City West, AZ On Sep 1, 2014, at 2:02 PM, Michael via Elecraft wrote: > Just built a new K2 for Mike C in NevadaK2/100 Serial #7556! > >

Re: [Elecraft] New Elecraft K2/100 #7556 is on the air!

2014-09-01 Thread Phil Wheeler
Of course the K2 is very unique as a kit building opportunity. that's a good part of the fun! I've pretty much run out of things to do with mine (#380) after adding the MAB last month. Too bad there's no PX2 out there ;-) I also have the K3/100+ and the KX3. But there will always be a spec

Re: [Elecraft] New Elecraft K2/100 #7556 is on the air!

2014-09-01 Thread Robert G Strickland
I bought K2 #5957 in Jan '07. Near as I can figure, that's an average of 4x per week that Elecraft has sold since I bought mine. Given the understandable popularity of the K-line - I've got K3 #6232 - it's good to see that the little K2 is still going out the door. May it live forever! ...robe

[Elecraft] New Elecraft K2/100 #7556 is on the air!

2014-09-01 Thread Michael via Elecraft
Just built a new K2 for Mike C in NevadaK2/100 Serial #7556! One of the first contacts was with an airplane up at 30,000 feet headed my way to North Carolina (10 Meters/ QRP)! 73's Michael n2zdb http://n2zdb.com/n2zdb __ Ele

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] A Comparative Performance Assessment (of Aftermarket KX3 Heatsinks)

2014-09-01 Thread Randy Moore
Thank you very much for the comparison of the available heat sinks for the KX3. I bought the KB8UHN heat sink and I am quite happy with it. Using his heat sink I am able to run Digital modes at 10 watts on 20 and 40 meters with no problems and my radio temperature is lower than the comparison at

[Elecraft] Special Sprint to honor WZ8C

2014-09-01 Thread Paul and Sue Huff
On September 3rd (the evening of the 2nd in North America), from -0300 UTC, The North American QRP CW Club and FISTS are jointly sponsoring a special CW sprint to honor the memory of CW advocate and CQ Hall of Fame inductee Nancy Kott, WZ8C. All are welcome to participate. Details can be f

[Elecraft] Swap a serial to a USB cable

2014-09-01 Thread Howard Sherer
I have a new in the bag Serial cable for the KX3, KAT etc, that I would like to swap for a USB cable. Is anyone interested? Howard AE3T __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailma

[Elecraft] [KX3] A Comparative Performance Assessment (of Aftermarket KX3 Heatsinks)

2014-09-01 Thread Gary W. Hvizdak
An independent head-to-head thermal performance evaluation of several aftermarket KX3 heatsinks was recently concluded by Adrian Ryan (5B4AIY), who holds degrees in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The clear winner of his testing is the Cooler KX PlusT, which is produced by V