Re: [Elecraft] OT: T2FD

On 12/5/2018 5:39 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote: It's my premise that there's nothing actually new in the antenna world since the '30s … except the names. Here are some of more recent vintage. Helical antenna: circa 1949 Cubical Quad: 1951 Log Periodic: 1957 Gus Hansen KB0YH

Re: [Elecraft] Less Than Perfect Antennas [was Flumoxed]

KE7X and VE3YT's new book "The Successful Ham Radio Operator's Handbook" has a chapter explaining antennas and antenna tuning and one devoted to simple wire antennas. See some details from the book at www.ke7x.com/successful. 73, Fred KE7X __

Re: [Elecraft] SSB Features of the KX2 & KX3 You May Have Overlooked...

Yeah, it is kind of weird that the KX3 specs still say it is a 12 W radio, but when you look at the right firmware release, it is a 15 W radio under certain circumstances. The manual could use an update, since it has been almost exactly a year since the last firmware release. wunder K6WRU Walt

Re: [Elecraft] SSB Features of the KX2 & KX3 You May Have Overlooked...

Folks, One thing has become abundantly clear - the Firmware Release Notes are an extension of the manual. Pay attention to them. If you do not know where to find any but the latest, look in the K3/KX3/KX2 Utility Help files - there is a complete list there. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/5/2018 8:24 P

Re: [Elecraft] OT: T2FD

Hi John, The Beverage on Ground is not new at all, Beverage's experimental Wave Antenna -- which came to be known as the Beverage Antenna -- w as a pair of insulated wires two miles long laid on the ground and fed into a phasing and balancing network, a progenitor of DX Engineering's NCC-2 R

Re: [Elecraft] Less Than Perfect Antennas [was Flumoxed]

Likewise here for VP6D-- got them on all five bands of my indoor 'cobweb' antenna, 10m thru 20m, 100 watts CW. 73, Drew AF2Z On 12/05/18 19:42, Fred Jensen wrote: It seems these days that the "Amateur media," which includes all of us conversing on the air or via email lists, tends to dismiss

Re: [Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter

John, I only dabble with meteor scatter from time to time but did make ~70 QSOs with 80 watts and a 3-el beam at 15 feet. The beam is on a 10' pole on my back deck and no rotor. I normally have it parked pointing due West but rotate it by hand on occasion according to the activity maps. As poi

Re: [Elecraft] OT: G5RV

Yes it is amazing that many contacts can be made with a mediocre antenna. Many hams haven't been exposed to a really good performance antenna system. There is a big difference. Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 5, 2018, at 8:25 PM, Rose wrote: > > I have a copy of the original art

[Elecraft] OT: G5RV

I have a copy of the original article by Varney, G5RV. It was designed as a 20M only antenna. 73 ! K0PP On Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 18:53 Jim Ragsdale What a great comment, Fred! We have a guy in our area that tells > everyone (including newcomers to the hobby) that G5RV antennas don't > work. Funny

Re: [Elecraft] Less Than Perfect Antennas [was Flumoxed]

What a great comment, Fred!  We have a guy in our area that tells everyone (including newcomers to the hobby) that G5RV antennas don't work. Funny how I've sure worked a lot of folks that was using one. 73, Jim W5LA On 12/05/18 6:42 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: If we want younger people to try out H

Re: [Elecraft] OT: T2FD

Yes and no. Computer modeling has improved antenna design tremendously, and that is definitely new. There are all sorts of new variations: * G0KSC (and others) yagi designs * Broadband aluminum half-wave vertical designs from GAP * Broadband dipoles including the OCFD (look for an upcom

Re: [Elecraft] OT: T2FD

Your premise would be correct... :) 73s and thanks, Dave (NK7Z/NNR0DC) https://www.nk7z.net ARRL Technical Specialist ARRL Volunteer Examiner ARRL OOC for Oregon On 12/5/18 4:39 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote: It's my premise that there's nothing actually new in the antenna world since the '30s … except

Re: [Elecraft] SSB Features of the KX2 & KX3 You May Have Overlooked...

On 12/5/2018 10:55 AM, hawley, charles j jr wrote: Set it with the compression on? It saves both? Settings in KX2, KX3, K3, and K3S are all saved automatically when you turn the radio off (but NOT when it loses power). When these radios lose power, they revert to the last saved settings when

Re: [Elecraft] Less Than Perfect Antennas [was Flumoxed]

Perfect is the enemy of good enough. 73 -- Lynn On 12/5/2018 4:42 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: It seems these days that the "Amateur media," which includes all of us conversing on the air or via email lists, tends to dismiss LTPA [less than perfect antennas] which may be discouraging some Technician

[Elecraft] Less Than Perfect Antennas [was Flumoxed]

It seems these days that the "Amateur media," which includes all of us conversing on the air or via email lists, tends to dismiss LTPA [less than perfect antennas] which may be discouraging some Technicians from trying out their HF allocations on 10, 15, 40, and 80.  Hard core DX'ers and contes

[Elecraft] OT: T2FD

It's my premise that there's nothing actually new in the antenna world since the '30s … except the names. 73! Ken - K0PP __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.h

Re: [Elecraft] Flumoxed

I have one of the BWD-90 antennas up now, (at 25 feet), and use it for local contacts on HF daily... DX is the vertical, soon to be a beam at 55 feet I also use the BWD-90 for all the WARC bands, save 30, which is the vertical. I also have a new in the box BWD-90, (copper version, not th

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] SSB Features of the KX2 & KX3 You May Have Overlooked...

It took me several practice runs, but I was building a basic K2 in about 20 hours for a while. As familiar as I am now with the K2, I cannot repeat that due to 'shaky hands' that have come on with aging. 73, Don W3FPR On 12/4/2018 11:02 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: Hi Bill, 26 hours may be a r

Re: [Elecraft] Flumoxed

Was originally known as a T2FD ... Savvy marketing by B & W ... 73 ! K0PP On Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 16:07 Fred Jensen Remember the B&W Wide-Band Folded Dipole, often found over National > Guard Armories, that's older than most of us? Very broad band in the > middle of the HF spectrum, achieved wit

Re: [Elecraft] Flumoxed

Remember the B&W Wide-Band Folded Dipole, often found over National Guard Armories, that's older than most of us?  Very broad band in the middle of the HF spectrum, achieved with a 200 ohm [IIRC] resistor.  While no so good for hams, NG soldiers are not known for DX'ing and it worked great for

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 and Power Line Anomaly

Ed I’ve had power drop-outs two or three times. Haven’t had the KPA-1500 or the power supply turn on after any of them. Could you have caught a surge? Ron Genovesi N3ETA Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 5, 2018, at 1:12 PM, N2TK, Tony wrote: > > Yes, once. I haeven't lost pow

[Elecraft] Fwd: 6m meteor scatter

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: John Stengrevics > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter > Date: December 5, 2018 at 4:39:30 PM EST > To: Wes Stewart > > MSK144 decodes FAR more efficiently than what is possible on CW or SSB, Mind > you, there’s nothing wrong with those modes. But

Re: [Elecraft] Flumoxed

A number of years ago, the SWR on my shunt fed tower kept getting wider and flatter. The feedline buried hardline with an aluminum jacket. The soil here in upstate NY had eaten away the aluminum and produced a goo. When I disconnected all the feedlines to the tower the shield on the 160M feed show

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 and Power Line Anomaly

Yes, once. I haeven't lost power since so no idea if it wil happen again. N2TK, Tony -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Ed G Sent: Monday, December 03, 2018 9:29 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] KPA1500 and Power Line Anomaly This m

Re: [Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter

Good point, Wes. If you have a really good station on both ends, SSB would be a lot faster and more fun in my opinion.  I used to get sked requests from K9NS for contest points on 50 and 144 a few years back. We used SSB and not digi mode. In September it took about 1 minute to complete with h

Re: [Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter

SSB/CW is all I have ever used. I have 41 logged SSB MS with 24 cards for some of those. Leroy AB7CE -Original Message- From: Wes Stewart Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2018 12:44 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter Why not just use CW (or even S

Re: [Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter

Why not just use CW (or even SSB)? Disclaimer.  I have zero experience with 6M MS.  That said, I have confirmed QSOs with every continental state west of the Mississippi and a few east on 2M MS (or tropo) :-) Wes  N7WS On 12/5/2018 12:08 PM, Jim Brown wrote: While MS QSOs can be made with ra

Re: [Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter

While MS QSOs can be made with random CQing on 50.260, most are scheduled via Ping Jockey or ON4KST chat. There's a learning curve to operating MS, and QSOs via MS can take a while to complete. It's not unusual for it to take 30 minutes for "rocks" to align in the space between QSO partners to

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 drifting downwards

Hello Joe, Thanks for your advice , its seem that this setting is the problem it was on my kx3 as standaard config : PTT UP/DN I changed now to PTT en start with testing Thanks agn André C5YK From: joseph beck Sent: 05 December 2018 15:09 To: André .. Cc:

Re: [Elecraft] SSB Features of the KX2 & KX3 You May Have Overlooked...

Set it with the compression on? It saves both? Chuck Jack KE9UW Sent from my iPhone, cjack > On Dec 5, 2018, at 10:12 AM, Gerry leary via Elecraft > wrote: > > Hello everybody, I have found that at least in my KX three the equalizer > settings appear to be negated when I turn compression o

[Elecraft] KX3 power on/off

I received my AX1 and, anxious to try it out, I dug out my KX3 which hadn't been turned on in at least a year and had worked fine prior to storage. The rechargeable AA cells were dead, of course, so I got the charger, turned the rig on, and went to set the charge cycle. The KX3 wouldn't accept the

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 drifting downwards

Yep. That's what worked for me, thanks to an earlier poster. 73, John K4ARQ On Wed, Dec 5, 2018, 11:18 Mark Goldberg What is your menu setting for MIC BTN? If it is set to UP.DN and used with > a non Elecraft mic without up/down buttons, it may trigger the frequency > change. Try changing the s

Re: [Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter

Use WSJT-X. Mode is MSK-144. Band is 6M. WSJT has the frequencies in the band table. 50.260 and 50.360 as I recall. If your station is configured for FT-8 and CAT control then you are ready to go. Bob, K4TAX Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 5, 2018, at 10:44 AM, Gordon LaPoint wrote: > > On

Re: [Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter

MSK144 on 50.260 WSJT-X v2.0 More info here: https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/k1jt/wsjtx.html You will find the Ping Jockey chatroom very friendly and helpful: https://www.pingjockey.net/cgi-bin/pingtalk -- 73, Mike Cizek WØVTT -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qt

Re: [Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter

On 6Mtrs what mode and frequency should we be using?? Thanks, Gordon - N1MGO On 12/5/18 11:29 AM, David Olean wrote: Sporadic meteors are arriving from all sorts of directions, and the best time for sporadic meteors is at 6 AM local time because that is the time when your location on Earth is mo

Re: [Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter

Sporadic meteors are arriving from all sorts of directions, and the best time for sporadic meteors is at 6 AM local time because that is the time when your location on Earth is moving into the wind so to speak.  The Earth's travel in its orbit and the forward momentum of the spinning Earth pick

Re: [Elecraft] SSB Features of the KX2 & KX3 You May Have Overlooked...

At one point, CMP would reset whenever I changed bands on my KX3. I did an EEINIT and reloaded the config, which fixed it. Make sure you have a saved config before you EEINIT. The radio needs the config values to work properly. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.or

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 drifting downwards

What is your menu setting for MIC BTN? If it is set to UP.DN and used with a non Elecraft mic without up/down buttons, it may trigger the frequency change. Try changing the setting to PTT. 73, Mark W7MLG On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 6:41 AM André .. wrote: > Hello to everyone . > > I have a brandne

Re: [Elecraft] SSB Features of the KX2 & KX3 You May Have Overlooked...

Hello everybody, I have found that at least in my KX three the equalizer settings appear to be negated when I turn compression on. Even if I set them really strangely with compression off, it goes back to whatever it was when I turn compression on. So I guess what I’m trying to say is no matter

Re: [Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter

Meteors can enter the atmosphere from just about any direction.    I generally point east to north to west, although any meteors entering to the south of me would also leave trails that reflect radio waves.    Depending on activity, very low at present, one should look for predominant showers

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] SSB Features of the KX2 & KX3 You May Have Overlooked...

I think I might have the long build record. I bought the kit in about 1999 and started the build. I stopped after about 30% building while an addition to the house was going on with a move of the ham shack. I kept abreast of the various mods and ordered new firmware twice, ordered toroids from t

[Elecraft] 6m meteor scatter

Hi Eric, You've piqued my interest - I have a 3-el 6m Yagi, 100 watts and WSJT-X. Where should I point the beam (I'm in TX) for maximizing my chances of receiving activity, ie is it based on meteor shower activity or does a receiver's location favor a given geographic area? Tnx/73, John AE5X htt

[Elecraft] KX3 drifting downwards

Hello to everyone . I have a brandnew KX3 and have the following problem . Using the KX3 in SSB or CW mode then he start to drift downwards with 1Khz almost every time when the KX3 going in TX mode (push the mic or footswith or the keyer ) . In Data mode there is no problem ..using wsjt-x

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] SSB Features of the KX2 & KX3 You May Have Overlooked...

Just don't drink too much Guinness while you're building! Tim N9PUZ On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 10:03 PM Wayne Burdick wrote: > Hi Bill, > > 26 hours may be a record time for a basic K2 build. (I'll have to consult > Guinness.) > > If you do it again, you could aim even higher. Fastest K2 build in a