Re: [Elecraft] Poor Man's Spectrum Analyzer

2005-10-09 Thread Bob - W5BIG
sible. With this arrangement, you have an easy-to-build wideband matching circuit without transformers. The loss is 4db which can be accounted for when you calibrate the SA. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: "Matt Osborn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, Oct

Re: [Elecraft] IMHO

2005-09-28 Thread Bob - W5BIG
IMHO = "in my humble opinion" YMMV = "your milage may vary" (you may get different results from what I got) Good reference: http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/ 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: "ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rober

Re: [Elecraft] Re: Building Hints

2005-09-20 Thread Bob - W5BIG
is not related to "virtual reality". 73/ Bob - W5BIG === - Original Message - From: "Ingo Meyer DK3RED" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elecraft" Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:39 AM Subject:

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Birdies

2005-09-06 Thread Bob - W5BIG
se generators. For really serious noise reduction, ferrite cores on the cables may be necessary. 73/Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 Birdies > Bob Wehkin

Re: [Elecraft] Measuring Inductance with the MFJ-259

2005-08-29 Thread Bob - W5BIG
valuated a toroid, L5, in the KAT2 with both close spacing and loose spacing. The data can be seen here: http://w5big.home.comcast.net/L5Analysis.htm 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: "Darrell Bellerive" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To

Re: [Elecraft] Interference from Computers

2005-08-10 Thread Bob - W5BIG
Hi Tom, One major source of noise is the CRT monitor. It helps to make the screen display as uniform as possible, like a blank window or a plain background without texture. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: "tom.w3qs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'

Re: [Elecraft] OT parts

2005-07-20 Thread Bob - W5BIG
Digikey (digikey.com) is first-rate. I use Digikey and Mouser for almost everything. Sometimes there is a noticeable difference in their prices but usually they are similar. Here in Dallas, I get stuff from Mouser in less than 24 hours. Digikey takes 3 or 4 days. 73/ Bob - W5BIG

Re: [Elecraft] Morse on the Tonight Show, Tonight, Friday the 13th

2005-05-14 Thread Bob - W5BIG
then so I don't know if he was sending real text or not, maybe someone can comment on that. 73/ Bob - W5BIG ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change,

Re: [Elecraft] Low receiver sensitivity, XG1 example

2005-05-12 Thread Bob - W5BIG
s approximately -137dBm. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 1:24 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Low receiver sensitivity Bar

[Elecraft] Antenna Measurements

2005-04-20 Thread Bob - W5BIG
and suggestions for new features are always welcome. 73/ Bob - W5BIG ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.

Re: [Elecraft] Potential Elecraft Kit: Spectrum Analyzer, Specs?

2005-04-12 Thread Bob - W5BIG
Hi Wayne, That's sounds very interesting. What frequency range and resolution would you like to have in the spectrum analyzer? What dynamic range is required for it to be useful? Other specification? 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: "Wayne Reed" <[EM

Re: [Elecraft] Fillet or not?

2005-03-30 Thread Bob - W5BIG
connected. This may be hard to see. A fillet is easier to inspect. If the height of the lead sticking out of the board is critical, it's no extra trouble to trim the fillet along with the lead. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [Elecraft] Magnifiers (was: a K2 thought?)

2005-03-21 Thread Bob - W5BIG
Hi Robert, This looks very interesting! Do you have any details available on how you constructed this station? Are you interested in making more of them to sell? With the proliferation of SMDs now, I bet a lot of people could use something like this. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message

Re: [Elecraft] Rubber Knob for K2

2005-03-03 Thread Bob - W5BIG
I have a light blue broccoli-band on my K2 and I like the dash of color it adds. Decorative, functional and healthy too. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: "Thom R. Lacosta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jim Sheldon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "

Re: [Elecraft] Calibration Standard

2005-02-14 Thread Bob - W5BIG
Maxim has a nice family of references (MAX6126) speced at 0.02% in several voltage values. It's around $6 but they'll send you a free sample. http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/3623 73/Bob - W5BIG === - Origin

Re: [Elecraft] Keying Waveform Measurement

2005-02-09 Thread Bob - W5BIG
r to ground can used to control the amplitude of the signal. 73/ Bob - W5BIG > It had occurred to me that a cheaper strategy would be to run the rig into > my Heath Cantenna (remember those?) and connect a regular high-Z > compensated scope probe (the probe is good up to 100 MHz)

Re: [Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?

2005-01-29 Thread Bob - W5BIG
ouser or Digikey for $4 or $5. If necessary, use solderwick to remove bridges between the leads. This leaves enough solder to still form a joint between the lead and the pad. When using the liquid flux, I haven't had trouble with bridges, even on 25mil pitc

Re: [Elecraft] ESD and Storms

2004-12-27 Thread Bob - W5BIG
charge. I experienced damage once with only a six foot length of coax. Always short a open transmission line before connecting it to your rig. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: "Dave G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 11:07 AM Subject:

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Power up reset

2004-12-01 Thread Bob - W5BIG
ardware. This assumes the micro does power up correctly so it can initiallize the watchdog timer. Later if something goes wrong, it can issue a software reset. This is also good for recovering from very rare and almost-impossible to catch software "issues". 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original

Re: [Elecraft] Highest power supply voltage for K2?

2004-11-30 Thread Bob - W5BIG
max value with no load. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: "Dan Barker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elecraft" Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 7:29 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Highest power supply voltage for K2? > I've always done the following to se

[Elecraft] Spectrum analyzer (OT)

2004-11-27 Thread Bob - W5BIG
reciate it. 73/ Bob - W5BIG ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://

[Elecraft] Hot air soldering tool

2004-11-22 Thread Bob - W5BIG
Circuit Specialists also has a hot air soldering tool: http://web-tronics.com/hotairgunwdi.html Has anyone tried this for surface mounted parts? 73/ Bob - W5BIG ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to

Re: [Elecraft] Possible REALLY GOOD BUY on T/C Soldering Stn AND DE-Soldering Stn

2004-11-21 Thread Bob - W5BIG
ontrol box to the other very easily for right or left handed use. Don't forget the "Free DMM" they offer with orders of $50. This is a very nice meter. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: "Tom Hammond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, Nov

Re: [Elecraft] Circuit Simulation Software

2004-11-17 Thread Bob - W5BIG
models with it and you can get more from various semiconductor manufacturers. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: "Howard W. Ashcraft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:44 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Circuit Simulation Software I am look

Re: [Elecraft] PICs re-writable?

2004-11-04 Thread Bob - W5BIG
are reprogrammable in the field, without disassembling the unit. This makes it possible to get firmware updates over the internet. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: "Michael Studer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elecraft" Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 1:37 PM Su

Re: [Elecraft] Sprectrogram V11.0

2004-10-14 Thread Bob - W5BIG
along with some screen shots showing the setup parameters that I've found useful and links to some tutorials. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: "Dan Schieler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:12 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Sprectrogram V

Re: [Elecraft] "Unmodules" for K2 web page?

2004-10-03 Thread Bob - W5BIG
Hi Ben, You can find a link to the original K2 un-module page at this url: http://w5big.home.comcast.net 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 11:14 AM Subject: [Elecraft] "Unmodules" for K2 web page? &g

Re: [Elecraft] K2 et al, Ref Designator Search

2004-10-03 Thread Bob - W5BIG
assembly drawings too(Appendix F), but not all of them. Perhaps it would be possible to update the pdf file to include all the reference designators, since the basic frame work for searching is already there. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: "Paul Bartlett" <[EMAIL P

Re: [Elecraft] Re: soldering stations

2004-07-13 Thread Bob-W5BIG
I got one of these soldering stations from Circuit Specialists when I started on my K2 and it works great. The DMM is very good too. I don't notice any difference between it and a $200+ Fluke. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: "W5RCM - Ron" <[EMAIL PRO