[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2018-08-25 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    I was working on a pile of brush when I heard an odd sound. It took a while to remember what it was.  At first I thought someone had snuck their old truck nearby.  It sounded like a very rusty hinge opening.  When it repeated I heard the breathy finish and knew it was elk.  Fo

Re: [Elecraft] K3 TX Calib Dummy Load Recommendations

2018-08-25 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
While one can measure a dummy load with an ohm meter, this is only the DC resistance of the resistive element.   It does not assure that it is non-reactive as reactance is an AC component related to frequency.   Dummy loads should appear as 50 ohms at all frequencies within the range where they

Re: [Elecraft] K3 TX Calib Dummy Load Recommendations

2018-08-25 Thread Walter Underwood
Sorry, that is twenty resistors, not fifty. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Aug 25, 2018, at 5:35 PM, Walter Underwood wrote: > > I built the Oak Hills Research RFL-100 dummy load kit. It is supposed to be > good to > 144 MHz, so it should be

Re: [Elecraft] K3 TX Calib Dummy Load Recommendations

2018-08-25 Thread Gwen Patton
The QRPGuys QRP tuner kit I built is very nice, but don't go over its 12W limit, or you'll blow the diode. Thankfully, I have a pile of them on hand just in case. ;) Gwen NG3P On Sat, Aug 25, 2018 at 8:36 PM Walter Underwood wrote: > I built the Oak Hills Research RFL-100 dummy load kit. It is

Re: [Elecraft] K3 TX Calib Dummy Load Recommendations

2018-08-25 Thread Walter Underwood
I built the Oak Hills Research RFL-100 dummy load kit. It is supposed to be good to 144 MHz, so it should be fine at 50. If you’ve never built a kit, this is a good one to start with. The kit is $50. I got the $5 BNC option, since my shack is 100% BNC. http://www.ohr.com/rfl100.htm Here are som

[Elecraft] OT: Dummy loads

2018-08-25 Thread Ken G Kopp
Caution ... Some higher wattage resistors use iron wire windings which are of course inductive and are unsuitable for RF dummy loads. 73! K0PP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://m

Re: [Elecraft] K3 TX Calib Dummy Load Recommendations

2018-08-25 Thread Grant Youngman
Any decent commercial nominally 50 ohm 100W+ DL ought to work fine, as long as it isn’t a piece of junk that falls apart at 50 MHz. It doesn’t need to be NIST traceable :-) Grant NQ5T K3 #2091 KX3 #8342 > On Aug 25, 2018, at 7:09 PM, Steve Lawrence via Elecraft > wrote: > > What are recomme

Re: [Elecraft] K3 TX Calib Dummy Load Recommendations

2018-08-25 Thread Mark Goldberg
A good one that you know is 50 ohms over the range of frequencies and power you want to use it at. Unfortunately, any particular model may be good or bad, depending on how it has been used or abused. Is there any way you can get access to an analyzer to determine if the dummy load is good? I have a

[Elecraft] K3 TX Calib Dummy Load Recommendations

2018-08-25 Thread Steve Lawrence via Elecraft
What are recommended dummy loads to consider for use when running the K3 TX Calibration? Thanks - Steve WB6RSE __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: m

[Elecraft] KX2 KXIO2 RTC Adjustment

2018-08-25 Thread Tim McDonough N9PUZ
I have a KX2 with the internal tuner and the KXIO2 clock module which I purchased used and it is long out of warranty. The clock gains a nearly minute per day in spite of having performed the calibration/adjustment. Elecraft advised that while they are more than happy to repair it by the time

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Macro Question - setting the LINE IN level

2018-08-25 Thread tomb18
HiI believe that is missing in the API.73 Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: Mike Flowers Date: 2018-08-25 11:20 AM (GMT-05:00) To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K3 Macro Question - setting the LINE IN level Hi Gang, I've got a

[Elecraft] K3 Macro Question - setting the LINE IN level

2018-08-25 Thread Mike Flowers
Hi Gang, I've got a macro string that sets the K3 to LINE IN, compression to 0, and monitor level to 2.I expected that once LINE IN was selected, then MG016; would set the LINE IN level to 16. But it doesn't.I've searched the K3 Programmers Reference but I seem to be missing this co

Re: [Elecraft] Hey, guys and gals! There's a new QRP Sprint in town!

2018-08-25 Thread Josh Fiden
This is concurrent with California QSO Party (cqp.org). So, you'll have a whole lot of stations calling CQ CQP while the QRP Leaf Peepers are calling CQLP. Confusing? 73 Josh W6XU Sent from my mobile device > On Aug 24, 2018, at 8:39 PM, Larry W2LJ wrote: > > Leaf Peepers QRP Sprint...Saturd