Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

Apple and Windows... Wow guess we should bring up politics next , NOT! It's about time fellas SIGNED Dean K2WW On Sat, May 2, 2020, 00:47 Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote: > Apple breaks it's OWN hardware when it wants you to buy a new computer. > I have a Macbook Pro from 2009 which won't

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

Pictures here; > http://www.wb2lqf.com/amateur-radio-and-me/the-legendary-mr-charles-finkleman > 73 - Steve WB6RSE > On May 1, 2020, at 9:46 PM, Frank Scolaro wrote: > > Is Finkleman the guy with the 'half

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

Is Finkleman the guy with the 'half glasses' ?? Took my test from him in 1966, as did my father just before WWII... 73, Frank, W2YK At 01:59 AM 5/1/2020, Steve Lawrence via Elecraft wrote: FCC office in lower Manhattan. Finkleman's exam chairs were school desk writing arm chairs. The

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

Apple breaks it's OWN hardware when it wants you to buy a new computer. I have a Macbook Pro from 2009 which won't run the latest MacOS. The Macbook is still in very good condition, so I installed Ubuntu Linux on it. It's like a new computer. 73, Victor, 4X6GP Rehovot, Israel Formerly K2VCO

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Great KPA Fan Mystery

I don't think anyone was proposing taking on a new cooling design for the KPA500. The heat sink is there. The conduction path between the finals and the heat sink is what it is. The fan is selected and the fan speed temperatures are defined. The only speculation is whether the flow

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

1st- get my name right. 2nd- use a font I can read and 3rd- get your facts straight and lighten up. Take a pill. Sent from my iPad > On May 1, 2020, at 8:30 PM, M. George wrote: > >  > I sent this direct to you... that is pure BS Ray, be glad I didn't embarrass > you on the Elecraft list.

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

Just as it fell out, I took all my tests from the FCC at 1600 Custom House, Boston (was living in the Ct. River Valley at the time.)  For the novice, I was printing in block capitals on yellow lined paper, and doing fine until I heard a character I didn't recognize, and panic set in - shortly

[Elecraft] K3S system producing QRN at ~ 147.49 MHz

I'm seeing QRN with my K3S setup.I have: K3S, P3, KAT500, KPA500, WinKeyer, computer and power supply.If I turn the K3S off, the QRN goes away. I will continue to chase this down, but has anyone else seen this? 73 de AI6KG __

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

Took novice mail exam 1959, Kn1LHN in Vermont Could not do 13 so got tech license. Tried repeatedly to make 13 until 1975. FCC made agreement with civil service for them to do testing. I was in Youngstown TV chief. Took test every other month maybe 4 times. Federal building high ceiling

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

I do remember sometime spring/summer/autumn of 1960 getting on the Long Island Railroad, riding into New York, and then taking the subway much further south than I had ever been before. I walked into the office and was greeted by a gruff examiner who gave me the tests. I managed to pass both

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

Apple controls the hardware AND the software for a good reason. It just works. I can’t remember the last time anything crashed on my Mac. I am willing to spend money for top quality and I usually avoid hacks. Sent from my iPad > On May 1, 2020, at 7:51 PM, M. George wrote: > > Ray, I'm

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

Yup, know all that Ray Sent from my iPhone > On May 1, 2020, at 17:51, M. George wrote: > > Ray, I'm sure you know this, but you are simply running each OS as a > virtual machine using the Intel VT technology (not an Apple or Microsoft > thing at all). The reason you can't run the Mac OS on

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 193, Issue 3

Well my goodness, a kindred soul here so many years later! I might have been one of those CW OPs you handed the task over too…if you say any more about why we were there the old saying, “I’d have to kill you”, should be brought up...Ha…I was a sailer in a Marine watch section and caught hell

Re: [Elecraft] mailman.qth

I agree. Groups.io has a lot of idiots who don’t seemed to have mastered real email. The same was true for Yahoo groups. Sent from my iPad > On May 1, 2020, at 7:41 PM, Dave Cole wrote: > > I must agree 100%, having the list move to a .io interface would destroy the > navigability. > >

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

agreed I haven’t touched a Win PC in over 10 years but I have Win XP, Win 7, Win 10 and Linux running as virtual machines on my Macbook Pro. There is virtually nothing I can’t run. I keep as much as possible native OSX, though. Sent from my iPad > On May 1, 2020, at 7:11 PM, Raymond wrote: >

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

Ray, I'm sure you know this, but you are simply running each OS as a virtual machine using the Intel VT technology (not an Apple or Microsoft thing at all). The reason you can't run the Mac OS on standard Intel PC hard ware is due to Apple's super irritating proprietary ROM etc... hardware

Re: [Elecraft] mailman.qth

I must agree 100%, having the list move to a .io interface would destroy the navigability. 73, and thanks, Dave (NK7Z) https://www.nk7z.net ARRL Volunteer Examiner ARRL Technical Specialist ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources On 5/1/20 2:31 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote:

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

I have been running Windows on my Mac since Parallels was introduced with only one problem, ICOMS firmware update utility. Windows on a Mac is not an emulator So, can you run two different versions of Windows and Mac OS on your PC and switch between them with a click of a mouse? I had to do

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

You win! Hard to top that :) John K7FD > On May 1, 2020, at 3:48 PM, donov...@starpower.net wrote: > > When I was 16 years old I was offered an engineering job at our local > TV station -- the NBC outlet in Providence RI -- after I graduated from > high school. But they said I had to have a

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

When I was 16 years old I was offered an engineering job at our local TV station -- the NBC outlet in Providence RI -- after I graduated from high school. But they said I had to have a First Class Radiotelephone to qualify for the job. No worries I said and I went to work studying. But since

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

On 5/1/2020 11:14 AM, Dave Sublette wrote: > February 1, 1963 I sat for my Extra with the District Engineer himself > in the Federal Building, downtown San Francisco.  I never did know his > name and I cannot read his signature on the certificate on the wall > behind me. That was Ney R. Landry,

Re: [Elecraft] mailman.qth

I will echo that - many of the posts on groups.io do not have well formed subject lines, and no text from what is being responded to is present. That leaves me with the question "What are you trying to say?" and what does it relate to? I read both mailman and groups.io posts with Thunderbird

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Great KPA Fan Mystery

bad engrish there. it "will be" not "should be"73 On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 3:08 PM Christopher Hoover wrote: > I think we're getting far off the topic of Elecraft > > > The operating point for forced air cooling of a system should be the point > where the fan curve intercepts the

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Great KPA Fan Mystery

I think we're getting far off the topic of Elecraft The operating point for forced air cooling of a system should be the point where the fan curve intercepts the system resistance curve. The fan curve comes from the fan vendor. The system resistance is measured on a flow bench in the lab,

Re: [Elecraft] mailman.qth

I hope they stay with mailman. The reason is that many use the groups.io web interface. When they reply that way, they don't quote the messsge they are replying to so it arrives with no context.Groups.io should default to quoting messages but they refuse to do so.I really hate groups.io for

Re: [Elecraft] mailman.qth

Because reflectors work. They're a universal push technology. When I do want to "navigate" this list, everything is right here on my machine where I can search it quickly. If you're trying to use a list archive, then yeah, it can be clunky, but that's not a reflector. 73 -- Lynn On

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

On 5/1/2020 11:14 AM, Fred Jensen wrote: > One of the things I forgot is that the ARC-5 was cathode-keyed and the > bug was hot.  Reverting to my K3 was a joy. Thanks for reminding me. Change "K3" to "K2" and I agree wholeheartedly. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 From a

[Elecraft] mailman.qth

I still wonder why Elecraft a forward looking company uses a "reflector" like mailman rather than the .io type so many others now use. Sure makes it easier to navigate using .io Neil N4FN __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

Before this email query gets hijacked too far afield… Macintoshes do a very good job of handling the needs of hams, especially with Elecraft devices. I do _all_ of my computing with Macintoshes, including a lot of product development. So, for Tommy: MacLoggerDX from Dog Park Software is an

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

On 5/1/2020 12:34 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: With refurbished desktop computers available in the $200 to $300 price range, many loaded with Windows 10 Pro, it is not a big deal to have a dedicated Windows PC as the shack computer.  Oh yes, you need a monitor too, but those also are not expensive.

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

He did say that he wants to sit under a (presumably random) tree and operate CW. If he wants a computer to load firmware and keep his KX2 (or KX3) up to date, then his Mac should do nicely. Otherwise, an inexpensive laptop for the field should do nicely. Preferably with good battery life.

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

With refurbished desktop computers available in the $200 to $300 price range, many loaded with Windows 10 Pro, it is not a big deal to have a dedicated Windows PC as the shack computer. Oh yes, you need a monitor too, but those also are not expensive. That allows you to run a Mac or Linux

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

Tommy, You question seems straight forward, but it is a little complicated. If all you need is just a logging program, almost anything will do. However, if you want to go beyond that, the majority of good software is Windows based, like CW Skimmer. Windows emulations today are pretty

[Elecraft] More KAT3A automatic antenna tuners in the pipeline

Given the number of requests we've received, we've decided to do another run of KAT3A modules for the K3/K3S. We have a small number in stock, ready to be shipped. Orders beyond that will be filled as soon as the next build is completed. The highly reliable KAT3A covers 160-6 meters and

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

My experience is a little different. I was an airborne voice intercept op in Vietnam. I flew with 4 other CW ops. I used to copy the voice 5 character groups until I heard CW. I would pick up the call sign and then pass it on to the CW ops. Actually this experience was what got me started

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

PC = Personal Computer, either MAC or Windows operating system Ray W8LYJ Sent from my iPhone > On May 1, 2020, at 12:20, Jim Brown wrote: > > On 5/1/2020 5:38 AM, Tommy Judson via Elecraft wrote: >> I’ve read enough to want to get a KX3 so downloaded its user manual. Moving >> through it I

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

On 5/1/2020 5:38 AM, Tommy Judson via Elecraft wrote: I’ve read enough to want to get a KX3 so downloaded its user manual. Moving through it I ran across a sentence saying there was a need for a cable to hook to a PC…oops, that sounded like the Elecraft system was only compatible with Bill

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

Folks, I have restrained and refrained from entering this discussion until I can no longer endure. February 1, 1963 I sat for my Extra with the District Engineer himself in the Federal Building, downtown San Francisco. I never did know his name and I cannot read his signature on the certificate

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

Well ... a few years ago I decided to test my recollections of "The Good Old Days" by entering an NAQP using an SX-28 I had inherited and an ARC-5 converted to 40 m.  I lasted about 2 hours, my rate was around 8 or 9 Q's/hr.  First thing about "The Good Old Days" was that the electrolytics in

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

On 5/1/2020 10:15 AM, Joe K2UF wrote: > I remember the examiner called me to his desk after the cw test. He > had my copy folded to show one character and asked me to identify the > character. I told him what I had copied and he told me I had passed. ht happened quite often. I used to

Re: [Elecraft] K3: OK to Use Mono Adapter Jack on “Key” port?

Brian, A simple stereo to mono adapter may not do that - it depends on how the adapter is wired. What is required is that the tip and ring of your paddle plug are both connected to the tip of the adapter plug. If you have a schematic for the adapter, that may help - but take your ohmmeter

[Elecraft] Preamp2 subrx K3s

Just to confirm my reading the schematic, preamp 2 is not available for the sub RX when it is using the Aux input. I am trying to compare two 6m antennas using the main and sub RX on AUX. Mark. N2QT __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] K4 updates

Eric will be posting an update soon. Wayne N6KR elecraft.com > On May 1, 2020, at 9:34 AM, Joseph Trombino, Jr wrote: > > Howdy Gang. > > Checked the Elecraft website and not much new on the K4 delivery dates. > > Also, haven’t seen any videos on new K4 features as mentioned by

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

I do not remember his name but I remember his face. In 1957 as a teenage country bumpkin I took a bus to Schenectady N.Y about 20 miles from home to take my general test. The testers were all business. I remember the examiner called me to his desk after the cw test. He had my copy folded to

Re: [Elecraft] Dave Popkin

Thanks Tom, it really is a small world. It was a very important event in my 17 year old life in 1964. I guess that’s why I have a vivid and wonderful memory of the whole event and David Popkin had a starring role In it. I lived in Morristown, NJ at the time and my friend Ron, WA2MNQ, now N0RR,

[Elecraft] K3: OK to Use Mono Adapter Jack on “Key” port?

I want to experiment using my UR5CDX CT 755 single paddle keyer as a cootie. I understand that this can be done by fitting a mono adapter jack on the end of the (stereo) keyer cable jack and plugging it into the K3 "Key" port. I seem to recall reading a caution concerning the use of mono and

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

I took my General (twice), my Extra, and my 1st Phone there. And we all talked about our experiences. I won't repeat the whole story again, but when I took my Extra, I did bring my own key -- a homebrew electronic keyer. He sneaked up behind me and pulled the plug after he'd heard enough to

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

On 5/1/2020 9:01 AM, EricJ wrote: > Just curious. How or why would anyone know, let alone remember the name > of their FCC examiner. Seems rather strange to remember someone after > such a very short encounter more than 30 years ago. Presenting one's self for an FCC license exam is a special

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

On 4/30/2020 10:59 PM, Steve Lawrence via Elecraft wrote: > You were given a very thin sheet of paper and a dull pencil to write > your copy. I could barely get the pencil out of a groove to write the > next letter. Felt deliberate. Nah - just the results of a pauper agency whose requests for

[Elecraft] K4 updates

Howdy Gang. Checked the Elecraft website and not much new on the K4 delivery dates. Also, haven’t seen any videos on new K4 features as mentioned by Elecraft. Anyone have any additional info they can share with the group? 73, Joe W2KJ I QRP,

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

All of the Elecraft software is available for Mac, with one exception, the memory editor. You’ll need some sort of computer connection to back up the radio configuration and to update the firmware. Otherwise, the radios work just fine without a computer connected. For general computer

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

You were allowed to bring your own key. FCC examiner in Boston and Long Beach (twice) were very accommodating to me. Just curious. How or why would anyone know, let alone remember the name of their FCC examiner. Seems rather strange to remember someone after such a very short encounter more

Re: [Elecraft] [K3S] intermittent RF path interruption

Excellent job, Ben. Back in NASA Apollo days I recall the honor of “steely-eyed missle man” was given to someone who did a superb piece of work. You, sir, are a steely-eye ham! Great doc too. Thanks for writing it up. 73, Gary W2CS > On May 1, 2020, at 1:19 AM, Ben Gelb wrote: > > And

Re: [Elecraft] K3S High Current in 6 metre mode

Hi Ray; Look at the notes in the K3 Utility re 6m gain settings on recent FW change. Make sure you have current (or recent) Firmware. There is a toggle to reduce tx gain on 6m above 8W; set radio on 6m, above 8 watts, config menu TXGN HP, then tap 8. You should see Atn6 toggle on (showing). Then

Re: [Elecraft] [K3S] intermittent RF path interruption

Yes, good job.  Some pretty scary factory workmanship in there. Wes  N7WS On 4/30/2020 10:53 PM, donov...@starpower.net wrote: Excellent detective work and documentation Ben! 73 Frank W3LPL - Original Message - From: "Ben Gelb" To: "Benjamin Gelb" Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

Elecraft software is all available in macOS compatible versions. The Elecraft cable works just as well with a Mac. Unfortunately, much other ham radio software is not. It tends to be Windows only, although there ARE good general purpose logging programs, digital software, and software for

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

I once spent 15+ years racing bicycles, officiating and promoting races. During the same period lots of bikers tried their hand at building bike frames. This required design, fabricating brazing jigs, and the actual torch work. A few became known builders while most just gave it up as too

[Elecraft] "subject" & "from" & "reciepient" missing from this email from reflector ????

On 5/1/2020 8:10 AM, - wrote: Hello all, Thank you for all the help and advice! A nice gentleman and I are going to meet when I do a feed run to Bryan, TX. That will cut a 5 hour trip to 2.5. I usually pick up a ton (or more) at a time for the draft horses, cattle & goats. :-) The plan

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Needed

Good Morning Clay, Thank you for the offer to chat. I’m overwhelmed with the info available and compliments posted here and other places on the Elecraft equipment. Near as I can remember the last time I worked 75 meter phone was as a net control on the 3961 net in the early 70’s. I am

[Elecraft] Dave Popkin

For Ted and others, do you remember Dave callsign? Kind of interesting based on his occupation, WA2CCF Dave rode the same train with me every morning when I was going o school at the old RCA Institutes. Tom, WB2KLD __ Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Great KPA Fan Mystery

My comment NOT about Elecraft cooling design, but: I am finding a lot of amplifier designs place fans to exhaust heated air with cool air being drawn into the heat sink by the partial vacuum created by the fans. My 6m converted Harris ch.2 TV linear is set up this way (amp has openings in

Re: [Elecraft] New Mystery: Copying groups vs plain language text (Rather OT)

FCC office in lower Manhattan. Finkleman's exam chairs were school desk writing arm chairs. The writing surface had grooves everywhere. They were the size of the Grand Canyon. You were given a very thin sheet of paper and a dull pencil to write your copy. I could barely get the pencil out of a