Re: [Elecraft] K3s and P3s Can't Swim

2011-09-14 Thread Alexey Kats
air dryeror baked slowly in an over at 150 > degrees. Thenthe worked. > > Lee > K0WA > -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mail

Re: [Elecraft] A Different Look :-)

2011-07-26 Thread Alexey Kats
> I would go 'green'.at the drop of a hat! > > 73, Jack VK4JRC > -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: m

Re: [Elecraft] XG2 low output

2011-07-22 Thread Alexey Kats
XG2 3-frequency test oscillator appears to be down (by a > > different amount on all 3 frequencies). Tried replacing battery. > > Suggestions on what part(s) might be faulty? > > > > --Andrew, NV1B > > > -- Alexey Kats (neko) ___

Re: [Elecraft] Something *really* new at Dayton from Elecraft

2011-05-19 Thread Alexey Kats
; RX-mode current drain ~150 mA. Very efficient on TX, with dual-output- > impedance 5W/10W PA. > > Wayne > > -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] K2: KSB2 T1/T2 Turns Ratio Question

2011-04-25 Thread Alexey Kats
:-) > > And I ask this question as I troubleshoot a "narrower than expected" > crystal filter response. I'm curious whether the T2 impedance mismatch is > intentional, or something else is going on that I'm not aware of. > &g

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - LED Diffuser Installation Question

2011-04-02 Thread Alexey Kats
r help. > > Wes...KH6HRY > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hoste

Re: [Elecraft] X1, X3 & X5 grounding

2011-03-30 Thread Alexey Kats
add wire to take the > ground to the top of the can? > > Steve W6EOD > > -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

Re: [Elecraft] [Elecraft_K3] KR3 SW Receiver.

2011-03-17 Thread Alexey Kats
DUC transmitters are in all our futures. > > 73 > John > -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.

Re: [Elecraft] Maxwell's Equations.

2011-03-09 Thread Alexey Kats
__ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this emai

Re: [Elecraft] Maxwell's Equations.

2011-03-06 Thread Alexey Kats
out a favor with the physics community of the day so he > needed to get them into vector form. Heaviside did a good job but how do > you characterize a system with twenty unknowns in four equations? What > has been lost in the translat

Re: [Elecraft] K3 as a kit

2011-03-06 Thread Alexey Kats
ave the distinction > of being #3 on my list of those who like the idea of building their own > advanced radio completely from scratch, should we ever have the courage to > explore that path :) > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > > On Mar 6, 2011, at 6:54 AM, Alexe

Re: [Elecraft] Why I won't purchase K3

2011-03-06 Thread Alexey Kats
Thank you all very much for your responses. I got lots of very interesting perspectives on my hobby. I guess I am simply too old-fashioned and don't like pre-assembled SMD boards. Well, back to the drawing board I go... Nevertheless, thank you all, I appreciate it. -- Alexey Kats

Re: [Elecraft] Why I won't purchase K3

2011-03-06 Thread Alexey Kats
This is all I can handle. > > A basic K3 has already covered most of the functions of a fully fit K2 and > in similar price range. Therefore, I would go for a basic K3 instead of a > fully fit K2. > > > cheers, > > > Johnny VR2XMC > > > -

Re: [Elecraft] Fw: Why I won't purchase K3

2011-03-06 Thread Alexey Kats
best radios around, I really don't get why it > is so > important that you BUILD the rig. Hopefully the END product is more > important > than the process used to get there. if not, then I guess you will miss out > on using > one of the best radios around.

Re: [Elecraft] Why I won't purchase K3

2011-03-06 Thread Alexey Kats
and yes you learn a heck of a lot from the experience...to > each his own eh? > > 73's > > Gary > * > -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: ht

[Elecraft] Why I won't purchase K3

2011-03-06 Thread Alexey Kats
u. I was simply trying to express my feelings... I think I'll try to find more money to build another K1 or K2. (Actually, I like K1 more, don't ask me why.) -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman

Re: [Elecraft] Replacement tuning knob for K2?

2011-01-21 Thread Alexey Kats
> > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help

Re: [Elecraft] XG2

2010-11-08 Thread Alexey Kats
Probably because it's the same picture that appears in the PDF (E740084 XG2 Manual Rev E.pdf) before the errata document was issued. On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Adrian wrote: > I am surprised the XG2 photo on the elecraft website shows D1 in > incorrect bias position. > -

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Question Please?

2010-08-23 Thread Alexey Kats
nt before the > advent of SMDs. > > 73, > Geoff > GM4ESD > > > Alexey Kats wrote on Monday, August 23, 2010 at 7:10 AM: > > > >> Can it be installed? Yes. Can it work? Yes. Will it cause problems >> mechanically for further assembly process? No. Will it

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Question Please?

2010-08-22 Thread Alexey Kats
gt; > Do so and Elecraft will not repair the problems that your "improvement" > of their design causes. > > Do NOT use IC sockets where Elecraft does NOT specify IC sockets. > > Ever. > > Anywhere. > > Mike / KK5F > -- Alexey Kats (neko) _

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Question Please?

2010-08-22 Thread Alexey Kats
___ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] "Backward" Baluns

2010-08-07 Thread Alexey Kats
se the 50:200 assumes the > lower current on the 200 side at QRO, and a different design 50:12.5 > is specifically wound with QRO high current of 12.5 in mind. -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] "Backward" Baluns

2010-08-07 Thread Alexey Kats
se help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@ma

Re: [Elecraft] K2 alignment problem at 10/12m

2010-07-31 Thread Alexey Kats
s when switching between these two bands - what is happening there? -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Backlight Kit Insulator Card

2010-07-28 Thread Alexey Kats
should have a > 5th part called Insulator Card Assembly #E850215 which, according to step > #14, includes double-sided foam tape. There is a small piece of masking tape > on the Backlight itself. > > Methinks I'm missing this Insulator card, rig

Re: [Elecraft] K-2 /100 Power Output Drop

2010-07-16 Thread Alexey Kats
Out of curiosity, is it only happening with power set to >10 watts? (If it is happening in QRP mode as well something must be wrong with your main RF board and its PA, but if it's only happening in QRO mode it's the KPA100 at fault. I think.) On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Alexe

Re: [Elecraft] K-2 /100 Power Output Drop

2010-07-16 Thread Alexey Kats
nd PA transistors in final stage. (I had similar experience with a powerful AF amplifier long time ago, but there was another hint - audio was badly distorted.) -- Alexey Kats (neko) On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Dennis Utley - AF7Y wrote: > > First the good news.  The receiver seems to

Re: [Elecraft] Clock Accuracy

2010-06-25 Thread Alexey Kats
r day and age it seems that Common Sense is in short supply.  If you > don't have any Common Sense - get some Common Sense and use it.  If you can't > find any Common Sense, ask for help from somebody who has some Common Sense.  

Re: [Elecraft] Clock Accuracy

2010-06-25 Thread Alexey Kats
p: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ E

Re: [Elecraft] Clock Accuracy

2010-06-25 Thread Alexey Kats
e effects of relativity theory after they travel around the globe several times. On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:42 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: > Over here, I don't think the new rail companies know what a clock or a watch > is! > > I must be lucky, my clock ha

Re: [Elecraft] build?

2010-06-06 Thread Alexey Kats
t; (there that tells my age) > for me? > > Susan > If you don't change direction you WILL arrive exactly where you're > headed!! Susan Meckley, Skipper W7KFI-mm  AFA9SM USSV > DHARMA -- Alexey Kats (neko) _

Re: [Elecraft] One more question about CW operation

2010-05-31 Thread Alexey Kats
Thank you all, that was most educative. And I apologize for the provocative question - I simply couldn't restrict my curiosity. -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Question about K2 mod for optimizing it for 5W CW

2010-05-31 Thread Alexey Kats
iency at 5 watts.  I have worked on > several K2s where this change was made, then forgotten about (or the K2 > subsequently sold), and then the KSB2 and/or KPA100 was added, and the owner > wondered why it did not operate correctly. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > Alexey Kats wrot

[Elecraft] One more question about CW operation

2010-05-31 Thread Alexey Kats
code on the air with only two things changing - timing between letters and words and QRS/QRQ. Which usually means that people use paddles. So I wonder, do people still use straight keys these days? -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Question about K2 mod for optimizing it for 5W CW

2010-05-31 Thread Alexey Kats
on-linear and the efficiency is worse if the power is > increased above the 5 watt level. > > So it is not a recommended change except for those special circumstances. >  If the major use of the K2 is CW only operation at QRP levels on batteries, > then it is worthy of considerat

Re: [Elecraft] Question about K2 mod for optimizing it for 5W CW

2010-05-31 Thread Alexey Kats
winding. But if I am wrong, please, tell me so. Thank you. On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 5:56 AM, Alexey Kats wrote: > I have one more question about K2. I noticed that revision C of K2 > manual says that if to increase QRP   T4 transfor > > -- > Alexey Kats (neko) > --

[Elecraft] Question about K2 mod for optimizing it for 5W CW

2010-05-31 Thread Alexey Kats
I have one more question about K2. I noticed that revision C of K2 manual says that if to increase QRP T4 transfor -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http

Re: [Elecraft] K1 band pass filter alignment

2010-05-26 Thread Alexey Kats
false response. > > Note that this condition does not occur as readily with the 2 band board. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > Alexey Kats wrote: >> >> Greg, >> >> You can use XG2 kit from Elecraft as a signal source for K1 on 80m, >> 40m and 20m bands (

Re: [Elecraft] K1 band pass filter alignment

2010-05-26 Thread Alexey Kats
city, but I digress.  I am on page 40 doing >> the band-pass filter alignment.  What does it mean to peak the >> inductors?  I am not sure what I am looking for there.  Thanks so much. >> >> Greg Doughty -- Alexey Kats (neko) _

Re: [Elecraft] Couple questions about K2

2010-05-25 Thread Alexey Kats
:13 AM, Alexey Kats wrote: > >> This is a nice idea - LEDs inside of button caps... Hmmm... I was >> toying an idea of putting different colour LEDs right above the LCD >> indicator between its top side pins(they should be quite visible as >> long as the colour is different

Re: [Elecraft] Couple questions about K2

2010-05-25 Thread Alexey Kats
lit/RIT/XIT > 2. Zero-beat detector > 3. Analog audio filter > 4. TX on > 5. RX ant on > > Alexey Kats wrote: > I have a small question. The K2 manual refers couple times to the > "Adding a SPLIT/RIT/XIT LED to the K2" application note, > > Sverre, LA3ZA >

Re: [Elecraft] Couple questions about K2

2010-05-24 Thread Alexey Kats
Thank you all very much for the answers - I think I understand what I want from K2 much better now. I hope I'll have as much fun building it as I had with K1. -- Alexey Kats (neko) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qt

Re: [Elecraft] Couple questions about K2

2010-05-24 Thread Alexey Kats
are goung to use K2 only for CW, I strongly suggest > you to make AB7CE mod, which improve the narrow band filter performance. > > 73, Val LZ1VB -- Alexey Kats __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/ma

[Elecraft] Couple questions about K2

2010-05-24 Thread Alexey Kats
for CW? I think I'd like to have it just for the sake of having a complete rig, but will it have any benefit or will it be just a potentially useful feature? Once again, thank you in advance for all the answers. -- Alexey Kats __ E