Digests are from the early 90s. Totally unnecessary in this day and age.
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> On Dec 30, 2018, at 11:15 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>
>> On 12/30/2018 7:36 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
>> For the life of me I don't know what all of the hand-wringing is about with
>> OT posts.
>
> I suspec
On 12/30/2018 7:36 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
For the life of me I don't know what all of the hand-wringing is about
with OT posts.
I suspect that the complaints come from those who choose to read a
digest, or who don't use a decent email client. My delete key has always
worked quite well.
73,
Good Evening,
Conditions on both bands were fair. Both had some form of QSB but
forty meters had a growing noise problem. The sun is setting during the
second net so the conditions change quickly. Moving the net time
forward made the difference between me not hearing anyone to what we
h
When a post has "FT8" in the subject line, it's an automatic delete. I only
opened this one because Bob wrote it.
BTW, I too use Thunderbird, but don't use any filters etc. I find that I'm
perfectly capable of deleting unwanted posts by myself. For the life of me I
don't know what all of the
My interest is already diminished to zero.
73
Bob, K4TAX
On 12/30/2018 7:56 PM, Devin Butterfield wrote:
I also agree that a one-mode radio wouldn’t be of interest for very long.
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I have followed this discussion with interest. I do agree with Jack
the issue seems to be related to a grounding issue. And I agree with
Jim as his assessment likewise. His work and that of W. Silver from
ARRL does support this thinking. [The ARRL publication Grounding and
Bonding for T
Let’s take a step back and make sure the KAT500 and KPA500 work properly with
RF sensing for a tune. Unplug the mini-phone plug from the KAT500. This will
leave the KAT powered from the 7600, but requesting a tune from the 7600 won’t
cause the KAT to respond. Next key the radio and make sure eve
Thank you - I followed Fig 3 on page 10 which is specific to ICOM. Yes all
cables ohm'd out with no shorts
From: Jack Brindle
To: Ken B
Cc: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net"
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2018 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT500/KPA500 with Icom 7600 accessory cable
Gr
Last night I dreamed that I was pounding two ground rods into the garden. They
went in very easily.
wunder
K6WRU
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> On Dec 30, 2018, at 5:30 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>
> That's not nearly enough. EVERYTHING in your home must be bond
I can easily attest that all the grounds are bonded together in the panel.
Everything related to the station is on the same strip with a 0 ohm potential
to the ground rod
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On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 8:32 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
That's not nearly enough. EVERYTHING
Here's the thread - scroll down to message #27527:
https://groups.io/g/QRPLabs/topic/no_ft8_in_the_upcoming_qsx/27317246?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,27317246
John AE5X
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On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 7:56 PM Devin Butterfield <
devin.butterfi...@gmail.com>
One of the potential issues no one has mentioned is that JT and friends
released the code for FT8 under the GNU GPL license. This means if you link
this into any proprietary closed device or firmware, you would violate the
terms of the license.
You would have to either:
1. Write a cleanroom i
The upcoming QSX kit from G0UPL may have FT8 capability. Hans announced
that it will run PSK31, WSPR and RTTY natively, ie on firmware within the
rig. Another ham, a Latvian I believe, asked "Why not FT8 too?"
Hans offered him a free QSX if he could write the code for FT8 capability
to exist withi
Email me.
Eric
elecraft.com
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> On Dec 30, 2018, at 1:56 PM, Nr4c wrote:
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> Did anybody explain how to unsubscribe a SK from the list?
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>> On Dec 30, 2018, at 11:29 AM, Gwen Patton wrote:
>>
>> I use Password Safe by Bruce Schneier. It secu
That's not nearly enough. EVERYTHING in your home must be bonded
together -- power, telco, CATV, your antennas, and all ground rods. Two
places to learn it -- N0AX's recent ARRL book on grounding and bonding,
and my own tutorial, upon which much of Ward's book is based.
http://k9yc.com/Groun
Great! Thanks for the detail. Table 2 on page 8 of the KAT500 manual should
have given you the exact connections you needed to make for the Molex to KAT500
cable. Note that the plug o the KAt500 end is stereo with tip, ring and sleeve.
Please recheck these connections to make sure that pin 4 of
That is key. In a little while FT8 will fall out of favor as amateurs move on
to the next digital mode, a cycle that has repeated for the entire history of
digital modes.
An FT8 specific radio wouldn’t interest, but an “infinitely flexible” digital
mode platform with integral computer might.
It's been said before. Check your cables and connectors for arcing. It
won't happen with lower power but as the voltage goes up with higher power
it may arc across a bad cable or connector. Possibly even in a tuner.
Can you test with different cables or a dummy load?
73,
Mark
On Sun, Dec 30, 2
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> GE, folks
> My KPA1500 (s/n 121) has developed a problem:
> When applying power (15-20W) from the K3 to the amp, it immediately faults
> to:low gain fault ratio 3 (sometimes ratio 2 to ratio 6). The SWR indicator
> shows high SWR as the amp f
If the radio was basically a Pi Hat then upgrading the computer would be
relatively easy.
and using a standard, commonly available computer means that you
could run useful modes, and modes that have yet to be invented, not just
FT8.
73 -- Lynn
On 12/30/2018 1:38 PM, Todd wrote:
Have a
Good evening The Icom IC-7600 KAT500, and KPA500 are each grounded to a single
terminal strip with a #10 cable directly to a ground rod 15 ft away. The rod is
12 ft deep. Both the KAP and KTA were factory built as my soldering skills have
diminished since the Army training.
The IC7600 - In th
The last Elecraft SSB Net of 2018 saw a very slight improvement in propagation
with 25 check ins. Once again this week, John N6JW, was heard by many of the
stations operating his KX3 using a Ham Stick mounted on his bicycle from
Riverside, CA. He was even able to provide a couple of relays. A
I may have some wear on my encoder button
in the P3. The encoder itself seems fine,
when I rotate it, it performs perfectly.
When I push on it, often the marker does
not move or, it moves the frequency part
way. If I hold the knob and apply a little
downward pressure when pushing it usually
Let me try again to post the net log for today's net.
Happy New year to everyone. Eric WB9JNZ
Elecraft SSB Net 12-30-2018
WB9JNZ Eric IL K34017 Net Control
NC0JW Jim CO KX31356 relay station
N6JW John CA KX3 515bicycle mobile relay station
K1NW Brian RI K34974 relay station
AE6JV Bil
Yeah, but we really want to get the problem solved so you can enjoy your KPA500
and KAT500 as much as we enjoy ours.
That connection list will be most helpful in this effort.
My thinking on the ground issue is that the power-plug ground is completing a
circuit that should not exist and thus disr
Please allow me to clairify. Everyone deserves time off. I work 60 to 70 hrs
per week and appricate the down time
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On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 5:07 PM, Jack Brindle wrote:
The folks in Watsonville are taking a well deserved rest, but some of us are
still aro
The folks in Watsonville are taking a well deserved rest, but some of us are
still around. This sounds a lot like a grounding issue in your setup with
ground being completed through the wall power ground pin. Tell me exactly all
of the cables/connections going to the KPA500 (and from where). Whi
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> On Dec 30, 2018, at 11:29 AM, Gwen Patton wrote:
>
> I use Password Safe by Bruce Schneier. It secures your passwords in a LOCAL
> file, not on the cloud, encrypted, and has a generator in it for cre
Thanks for the suggestion
Sorry for the delay the wife and I went out. The only way I can get it all to
work properly is to:- Remove AC power from the AMP (simply turning it off dowes
not work) - On the radio (icom 7600) select the band (ensure auto tuner on
Radio is off) - On Radio select AM a
Have a look at some of OH8STN's you tube videos. He's done a lot of
portable FT8 ops and has
a lot of neat ideas...
Later,
Todd KH2TJ
Doug Millar via Elecraft wrote:
Ok, I am going out on a limb. I have been trying to imagine an FT8 all in one
radio.
Two words, “WSJT-X 2.0”. :-)
With five year old software, you wouldn’t be running any kind of FT8.
I worked on software for test and measurement instruments at HP. Even twenty
years ago, software was moving out of the box into general purpose computers.
wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
CM87wj
http
hi Don - Indeed. I had a line in there about being mindful of bluetooth
delays but it somehow disappeared. ;) 73 jeff wk6i
On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 12:55 PM Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> Concept is good, but ignores the latency problem with Bluetooth. I
> think that would be a "killer" for dat
Jeff,
Concept is good, but ignores the latency problem with Bluetooth. I
think that would be a "killer" for data modes like FT8 which need rather
precise timing.
To get an idea about the latency of Bluetooth, try monitoring your CW
with a Bluetooth headset - unless you are a slow operator,
On 12/30/2018 11:20 AM, Walter Underwood wrote:
> So after five years, the radio will still be competitive, but the computer
> might not even run current software.
But then again, why update the software when it's doing the job that it
was intended for. A close friend runs his very successful b
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> On Dec 30, 2018, at 2:26 PM, Jeff Stai wrote:
>
> Hmmm... as long as you use a generic tablet with a KX2, you're going to
> have a box and wires. You could go tablet to USB box and then maybe find
> wireless solut
Hmmm... as long as you use a generic tablet with a KX2, you're going to
have a box and wires. You could go tablet to USB box and then maybe find
wireless solutions from there. I see there are chargeable bluetooth audio
receivers, for example. I've never seen a simple USB wireless extension,
however
One issue with an all-in-one is that computer technology improves much, much
faster than radio technology. So after five years, the radio will still be
competitive, but the computer might not even run current software.
wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
CM87wj
http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog
Hi Jeff, Good ideas all around. Of course i was thinking of the KX2 and a
tablet. I actually went portable in the with that setup. What I didn't like was
all the wires and the USB box. If I could get straight from the KX2 to the
tablet with audio and rig control that might do the trick. What do
Well, since we are dreaming about things that probably won't happen...;) An
all in one appeals because it is portable, perhaps even trail ready.
There are plenty of good mini keyboard/trackpads units already out there,
so use one of those. Since you are using an external keyboard, skip the
complex
Folks, lets close this way OT password thread now in the interest of relieving
email overload for others.
73,
Eric
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> On Dec 30, 2018, at 8:29 AM, Gwen Patton wrote:
>
> I use Password Safe by Bruce Schneier. It secures your passwords in a LOCAL
>
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I use Password Safe by Bruce Schneier. It secures your passwords in a LOCAL
file, not on the cloud, encrypted, and has a generator in it for creating
the idiotically-complex passwords some systems require (upper and lower
case, at least one of a set of special characters, at least one number,
12-20
On 30/12/2018 00:04, W2xj wrote:
Work for most large media companies worth billions and writing down passwords
will have security escorting you out of the building, a lost pension and a
major followup security investigation.
Passwords have become unworkable as a security measure.
Too many si
Yes from the 7600 accessory 1 pin 3 to the kat500
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On Sun, Dec 30, 2018 at 4:52 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Ken,
Do you have the cable wired first to the KAT500 and then on to the KPA500?
The KAT500 must interrupt the keying of the KPA500 when it needs to tune.
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