I have a Heil HM-10, but I used that on my Icom 746 Pro.
I have a KX3 instead of a K3, but what I use for a microphone is a Zoom H4n
Handy Recorder, set up as a USB microphone for my computer. I use
Voicemeeter Potato, the software sound mixer, to direct it from the USB
port to a 3.5mm TRS jack on
I will also be posting this to the Win4K3Suite reflector, but I wanted to
touch all bases.
The other night, while doing some FT8 operating, I changed bands to 80m.
I've operated on 80 plenty of times with this setup. The antenna connected
is a Comet CHA-250b vertical, and is resonant on all bands
Tonight, while noodling around on 80m CW, I tried using the EQ settings to
narrow the filtering so there wasn't as much noise interfering with the
signals I was receiving. What I experienced was, when I was hearing a 700hz
sidetone, if I reduced the 50 slider on the equalizer, hoping to remove
some
I firmly agree. What is this, /r/choosingbeggars? Or Craigslist? This is
what I'm used to seeing on Reddit...
CB: Is (thing) still for sail?
Seller: Yes, it is. Like I said in my ad posting, I want $600, firm. No
haggling, no low balls.
CB: I can get it for FREE?
Seller: No. $600, firm. No hagg
I lived in an apartment complex, and ran HF, VHF, and UHF. I had to be
stealthy about it, but I made it work. We were on the 3rd floor, with a
balcony facing a parking lot that had a copse of trees behind it. I could
attach a fishing sinker to the end of a piece of magnet wire and shoot it
into the
Those "do you order from Amazon?" emails are part of a scam to get you to
purchase gift cards. They hack an email address, and send emails as the
person whose account they hacked. They get you to buy a gift card "for a
family member with X disease" or something like that, and send them the
code. Yo
I stopped keeping batteries (NiMH) in the internal tray when the rig got
stuck in an error state while trying to update the firmware. The fix for
the issue was to remove all power to the radio for a short time, maybe half
a minute, then restore power and update the firmware again. Trouble is, if
yo
*"On the other hand, cutting the guy some slack is ok too. This is a tough
room but the only dumb question is the one you don’t ask."*
I dunno... "Is the Pink Panther a lion" is up there in essential dumbitude.
https://youtu.be/J0UVlPmhY0A
73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Wed, May 11, 2022, 10:20 PM Lou Lader
I have a KX3 with the KXAT3, KXBC3, KXFL3, and KXPA100. I put the SideKX
side panels on it, and got the SideKX RAM mount adapters for the radio and
the panadapter. I took the batteries out of the KXBC3 after they kept me
from doing a firmware update properly. If you run into a problem with the
upda
I have a KX3/PX3 shack at home, and rarely, if ever, take my KX3 into the
field. (I know, it's a field rig, but it's also pretty darned 'spensive!) I
have lots of other rigs for field use, some of which I built. For me,
that's half the fun. But I ADORE my KX3 at home. Because of my particular
needs
also like 0G
> on my K3S!
>
> John KK9A
>
>
>
> Gwen Patton NG3P wrote:
>
> I have a couple of phones that I just put month-to-month sim cards from
> Ting into. They're served by T-Mobile. One of my old phones is definitely
> getting obsoleted out, but that'
If I'm wrong and the T320 isn't the VoLTE that's safe for now, I guess I'll
just have to get something more up to date. *shrug*
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73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 11:29 PM Gwen Patton wrote:
> I have a couple of phones that I just put month-to-mont
I have a couple of phones that I just put month-to-month sim cards from
Ting into. They're served by T-Mobile. One of my old phones is definitely
getting obsoleted out, but that's fine, it's an ancient 2g "Feature Phone"
I got from Ebay on a whim. I don't THINK it's a 3g phone...it's one of
those S
I collect slide rules. I've been an Oughtred Society member for years. 😁
Just an example, I have the 20" K&E Log Log Duplex Decitrig in mahogany
mentioned in Heinlein's "Have Spacesuit, Will Travel". It's my favorite.
73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Sat, Feb 5, 2022, 5:50 PM Byron Servies wrote:
> On Mon, J
I use a Zoom H4n "Handy Recorder" as my primary system mike. It has a
built-in USB interface, and is powered by the USB port. I use Voicemeeter
to connect it to my KX3. I also use a USB sound dongle to run digital
modes, once again directing the correct devices to the correct software. My
whole sys
I've got a perfectly serviceable slide rule app for my Android phone.
73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Fri, Jan 28, 2022, 9:02 PM Geoffrey Feldman
wrote:
> I almost hesitate to weigh in since so many others have. The HP41 app is
> actually an emulator which runs the actual firmware from the original
> calcu
I'd love to have one of those vacuum desoldering tools. I feel in
techno-lust with them watching Mr. Carlson's Lab on YouTube. I might try
that trick you discovered, but I found that my electronic plasma arc
lighter burns off enamel on anything but the thickest of magnet wire. Hold
the wire with pl
Sounds like a slow-scan TV program, but it's not. You upload the picture to
a server, then send the URL over the air for the other person to click on.
It has been around for a while, and there were claims it violated the
"pecuniary interest" clause in the regulations, but the hams don't get
money f
I'm partial to the Kev-Flex kevlar core wire sold by Dave Cripe Nm0s. It's
small in diameter, wicked strong, and the PVC jacket is slick as snot on a
doorknob. I but mine from him on eBay. He usually sells it in 75 foot
lengths, but if you want a longer piece, just drop a note in the order and
he'
I made my own gadget like that. Except that it also has a little cable
coming around to the key jack on the left side, and I have TWO jacks for
paddle, two for straight/cootie on the little box on the bottom. That way I
don't have to fiddle with anything.
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73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Thu,
Yeah...normally it takes a 4-hour series of phone calls, half of them
involving screaming invective, closing a bank account, and getting a credit
card replaced just to get RID of a Comcast/Xfinity account. I know, I had
to do it when we switched to Verizon FIOS the day it became available at
our lo
The bulk of consumer electronics, like wi-fi routers, is covered under Part
15, and it is therefore the responsibility of the operator of the Part 15
gear to deal with interference issues, NOT a neighborhood ham. Hams are not
responsible for interference to Part 15 gear. In fact, Part 15 gear has t
Sounds like the typical "I'm having trouble with X, and so-and-so has
antennas, so it must be those antennas making X fail. They have to get rid
of those antennas!"
I second that there's no way that the antennas by themselves, with no
signal being put through them, can somehow cause problems with
You would need the most recent BLE 5.0 or above, with low latency support.
Then the delay is perhaps small enough that it won't make you crazy. I have
a Bluetooth transmitter in my bag to plug into devices that don't have
Bluetooth support, but I haven't used it for CW. Simple enough to use,
though
I have been operating for 2 or 3 years with a KX3/PX3 combination, with the
KXPA100 amplifier to bump my signal up when I need it. It works remarkably
well, far superior to my venerable old Icom 746 Pro. I have a Yaesu FT-101
that needs a little work, but it's still an old favorite.
The KX3 lends
I usually use a fisherman's knot called a Uni knot. I use it with 24ga
silicone insulated stranded copper wire for my QRP antennas. I tie the end
to a small insulator, then tie paracord or some other thin, strong line to
the other end of the insulator. I like to use very brightly colored wire
and l
mentioning that NiMH cells can tolerate a long recharge
> setting, so you don't have to worry about overcharging them. I use Eneloop
> cells, and they work just fine.
>
> 73 de Ray
> K2ULR
> KX3 #211
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Gwen Patton
>
Docs call for Nickel Metal Hydride batteries, not Nickel Cadmium. I don't
think the internal charger is designed for NICAD batteries. Unless you're
using a separate charger?
73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Mon, Oct 4, 2021, 11:16 PM Eddy - k6sdw wrote:
> I have a KX3 with the KXBC3 Nimh charger and Nimh bat
>From what I can tell, 7040 has been co-opted by WSPR beacons. If I listen
there, I can hear little except their garble.
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73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 9:22 PM Al Lorona wrote:
> If you regard QRP ARCI as a de facto authority on QRP in the US, they
> recommend 7030, a
I've got a Talentcell 12Ah LiFePO4 that seems to work just fine. I have
some of their other little power banks, and they work great too.
But I'm trying to concentrate on my USB-C PD power bank solution for the
time being, to get some additional testing time in on it. I've expanded the
testing to Q
Unfortunately, the table I have the key on does not have a nice, smooth
surface. It's a plastic table that is stored in the right side armrest of
my recliner, and swings up on a support arm. The surface is too hard and
irregular for the rubber feet to gain any purchase. To combat this, I have
a she
I'm a big fan of single lever paddles as well. I've got Steve W1SFR's
Torsion Bar Cootie Paddle, and I adore it. The only issue I had was that it
was too light, and skittered around. I guess that's why Steve made another
version, the Fat Boy, with a much thicker and heavier base. I'd tried to
solve
se I already
have it. It may not be the best option, but it's an option I have.
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73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 3:17 PM Gwen Patton wrote:
> Thanks, Walter. I hadn't known about the Power Pot. I have a Candle
> Stower, which does work, albeit slowly. I don
derwood
> CM87wj
> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog)
>
> > On Jul 2, 2021, at 11:19 AM, Julia Tuttle wrote:
> >
> > Whoa, can you share a link to that thermoelectric one? It sounds super
> neat.
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 2, 2021, 14:17 Gwen Patton wrote
They have various stoves, fire pits, and the like, some with thermoelectric
USB power output.
73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Fri, Jul 2, 2021, 2:20 PM Julia Tuttle wrote:
> Whoa, can you share a link to that thermoelectric one? It sounds super
> neat.
>
> On Fri, Jul 2, 2021, 14:17 Gwen Patton
I saw that when you posted it, Howard. It's a neat system. I decided to go
with a universal external battery solution. I have plenty of external PD
and QC power from power banks that will also charge my other USB devices. I
also have 3 different kinds of USB chargers for the power banks -- GaN AC
c
ia Tuttle wrote:
> Gosh, if and when the KX4 is a thing, I would love to see a USB-C power +
> CAT + audio option.
>
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2021, 16:49 Gwen Patton wrote:
>
>> I found it annoying. I had the NiMH batteries in it, charging them up
>> periodically, until I
I found it annoying. I had the NiMH batteries in it, charging them up
periodically, until I had an issue with upgrading the firmware. The radio
got stuck in an error mode, and the instructions on the website for dealing
with the problem said to pull the power cable to shut it down
completely...exce
"But that's over the Interwebs! _That's not REAL ham radio!"_
I hear this all the time over my using a ThumbDV for DMR/DSTAR/Fusion
instead of putting up with limited talkgroup and reflector support from a
very few repeaters I can reach, with sometimes very expensive radios. The
ThumbDV cost me $9
Not if the antenna is held aloft with a drone... ;) (hi hi)
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73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 4:46 PM Dennis Moore wrote:
> FAA-licensed? I'd request a new letter with FCC-licensed.
>
> Dennis NJ6G
>
> On 6/28/2021 12:27, jerry wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > Just had to share
Yes, precisely!
This CW signal was so normal on 15 meters that I tried replying to it. Then
I realized whose signal it was, and checked 40m, and there was the REAL
signal. That's why I said it was splattering all over. The audio was
slathered all over 40m for half the allocation, up into the phone
It wasn't about the operator, it was about the hardware. I talked to the
ham involved, and he's a nice enough bloke. I have no beef with him.
My antennas are, unfortunately, not designed with a useful null. I have an
end feed W3EDP style that works very well, and a Comet CHA-250B vertical.
Neither
I have one of those legal-limit hams about 2.5 km from my house. Seems a
nice enough guy, except that he uses 1.5kw for EVERYTHING. When he gets on
40m, I hear him on 2 other bands via harmonics. He splatters all over 40 so
there's no reason for me to even have my rig turned on when he starts
trans
I think the assumption is that if it's a portable radio (such as the KX3)
or a radio that's made sort of portable by putting it in a crash case and
taking it on a DXPedition (such as the various flavors of K3), that maybe
somewhere along the way an albatross might leave a deposit on the threads
or
My slide rule at the time was a Sterling pocket model I got at the
drugstore for $2. I carried it in my bag or a jacket pocket.
Now I have over 100 of the things, including the venerable K&R 20" log-log
duplex decitrig mentioned in Heinlein's "Have Spacesuit Will Travel".
Another Heinlein book th
I remember those classes, though I never took one. I wish I had, now.
I understand completely about the changes in our world. In the early 80's,
my college got an IBM PC through an educational program, and I was tapped
to set it up and use it in the library office. While learning what this box
cou
Just don't scream "ham". It's not an acronym, and there's no reason to put
it in all caps. I have no idea why people keep insisting on capitalizing
it? I know it's off-topic, but why do people do that? Does anyone know?
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73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 5:26 PM Bill Frantz
The suggestion of CW Academy from Dave, W8OV, is an excellent one. I took
everything up to Level 3 (might take that someday), and have not regretted
the time and effort at all. I'm retaining my code knowledge, and while I'm
still pretty slow at receiving, my sending is serviceable. I lurk a lot an
I made a small transmitting loop a couple of years ago as an experiment
with a material I wanted to try. One of the materials was not appropriate,
but I made it work for the sake of the experiment. I plan to make another
loop at some point from a different material so it's not an issue, but that
wa
I did try a broken key extractor to get the tip of the plug out of the
jack, but I couldn't get it to grab. But getting a broken key out of a lock
is what it's designed for, so it might have worked reasonably well to get
that key out of your ignition.
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73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Sat, Jan
I had to do this, too, on my KX3. I had to open it up and use a lockpick to
push the broken tip out from the back of the jack. I'm just glad it wasn't
the type with a plastic box around the action, or it would have been a lot
harder.
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73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 1:15
The Advantage has a soundcard in it. I have one too, but I used it in my
old Icom 746 pro.
73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Mon, Jan 4, 2021, 8:11 PM Dennis Dinga wrote:
> This question keeps coming up but, but the answers are either
> incomplete or confusing. Courtney KD6X asked it again on Jan 3 and
> has
Ray said: I use my standard computers sound card for Digital Mode, works
Fine.
Save your money! Ray WA6VAB K3
It is perfectly possible to do this. It is electronically possible. And
yes, it works fine. But just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD. It is
incredibly easy to accidentally trans
The reason for this happening is simple. The list is configured so that
when you REPLY to someone's post, it only puts that person's email address
in the TO: line. You have to ADD the Elecraft reflector address to that
address line to send it to the list. Most people who send individuals
things mea
Please, none of that woke political correctness nonsense here. What do you
think this is, 75 meters?
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73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 8:18 PM Wes wrote:
> If you were woke, you'd know that the bell curve is racist.
>
> Wes N7WS
>
> On 12/25/2020 5:57 PM, Fred Jensen wr
Art, you CAN fix stupid. Nature itself abhors stupidity. To Mother Nature,
stupidity is a capital offense. That's why the Darwin Awards are a thing.
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73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 7:11 AM Art Peters wrote:
> Clay,
>
> On the other end of the spectrum a friend of mine
Since I mostly use my KX3 at home with the PX3 and KXPA100, I have the
radio permanently connected to the audio of my computer. I have Voicemeeter
Potato installed, so my output is the computer's speakers (currently sent
to headphones), and the mike input comes from a Zoom H4n Handy Recorder in
USB
I have a few very useful lamps and light-emitting objects. I wear a
RovyVon Aurora A7 keychain light on a bead chain around my neck 24/7. It
has a handful of light levels for the main LED at the front, from 3 lumens
to 650 lumens. (The older 550 lumen version had a smaller battery and a
dazzler str
Since I don't have to schlep the thing on my back like those who backpack
to their field ops sites -- I use a dolly I keep in my van for the purpose
-- I use a Talentcell 12Ah 12v battery. I connected a coaxial connector
cable I got from Elecraft to it, and it powers a lot of my devices. The
only i
I just use GMail. I scroll through my emails and look at the subject. If it
has something in it I don't want to read, I check the box at the left.
After I go through all of them that way (not even opening them yet), I
click the "mark as read" button. All the marked emails get moved out of my
inbox
I own two Te-Ne-Kes. I use them in the field, mostly, though I have one of
them screwed to a wooden base, weighted with stick-on iron tire balance
weights. They work like a charm.
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73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 12:01 PM Mike Maloney wrote:
> Here is another idea. Se
What version of Windows are you using? Windows 7 notoriously has a massive
problem with WSJT-X, JS8CALL, and some other programs that use similar
routines to poll the sound devices. For YEARS, I couldn't use WSJT-X
normally, because while it would find all of my speakers, it would never
find my cur
I hate to break it too you, Chris...but your Mac is...a Trekkie. ;)
73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 1:53 PM Chris Cox, N0UK wrote:
> And why does my Mac ALWAYS rewrite TRANSVERTER as TRANSPORTER?!
>
> Chris Cox, N0UK
> chr...@chris.org
>
>
>
> > On Aug 31, 2020, at 12:50 PM, Chris Cox, N0
This is precisely why we don't have Comcrap and instead have FIOS. We had
constant trouble with Comcrap, and almost ZERO problems with Verizon. The
only issue we ever had was when we decided to cut the cord on the landline
and TV. We never watched the TV anymore, and the only callers on the
landlin
AM Jim Brown wrote:
> On 8/3/2020 8:51 PM, Gwen Patton wrote:
> > I do have a small Bluetooth transmitter I can plug into the radio and
> then
> > pair the speaker or my BT headset, but I rarely use it.
>
> Although I haven't tried it, I suspect that the latency woul
I bought a small, rechargeable Bluetooth speaker with an Aux input jack. I
can use it for more than just my KX3 that way. It's relatively small, a
little on the weighty side, and the battery lasts a long time. Charges with
microUSB fairly quickly. I have not noticed any effect on the speaker from
t
One of my favorite portable antennas is a homebrewed link dipole for 40,
30, and 20m. I tuned it very carefully for the middle of the CW portion of
each band, but it's still fairly well tuned in the SSB portions of 40 and
20. I still use a tuner with it for phone, though, just to keep from
stressin
I have an HM-10, but I've had it for about 15 years. It's on my Icom 746
Pro that I only currently use for 2m nets on Sundays, or if I feel like
getting on the local 2m repeater. I'm considering installing it in my van
for QRO field ops, though that'll require me getting a replacement 2m base
rig.
I'm confused. Do you mean a personal CONTACT list, or a mailing list like
the Elecraft reflector?
If it's the former, I don't mind if you associate my address with, say, my
call sign, so you can contact me if you need to. That's because you could
look me up on QRZ and find my email address. It's n
I use a Verilux UV-C wand. It's the real deal, not a black light sold as a
sanitizer. I also have a water purifier that makes a combination of
hydrogen peroxide and hypochlorous acid. Put a dose in a liter of water,
let it sit for 30 minutes, and it's purified of all but cryptosporidium...
But leav
The repurposed Chromebook I use for my field digital operating has the
world's most useless built in sound system. Even if you have one of the
goofy cables that will fit the sound socket, it won't work for digital. I
tried. I looked it up, and it's a design defect in pretty much all
Chromebooks. If
I like this one, Eric. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J7P0OGI
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73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 12:30 PM Eric KG6MZS wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I just scanned the archives for recommendations on a good external USB
> audio interface for sound card digital. In 2017 Ji
It's a QRP contest, John. Here's a webpage:
http://w2lj.blogspot.com/p/njqrp-skeeter-hunt.html
I'll have to read about this, but I may be interested myself, so I should
probably get my request for a number in.
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73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 10:48 AM John Boedeker via E
IT sounds like you're having a problem with the radio overheating and
shutting down. FT8 and other digital modes like it have VERY long duty
cycles, so the radio gets hot very fast. If the cooling can't keep up, the
radio shuts down to protect itself. Reduce your RF power and see if it
helps. If th
I use an older Chromebook, Dave. I removed Chrome OS and replaced it with
GalliumOS, a Linux distro for Chromebooks. You can get an older model
Chromebook for really cheap these days, and that gives you a display,
battery, keyboard, trackpad, processor, and multiple digital mode apps, all
nicely se
s, however, are keyed specifically to the keyboard and/or
mouse they were sold with, and you pretty much have to buy a new set if the
dongle goes missing. They can't recode a new dongle.
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73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 7:19 PM Phil Kane wrote:
> On 6/7/2020 12:0
he transmit going past when I'd stopped,
sometimes indefinitely, since the new output stuffed more garbage into the
keyboard buffer. The dedicated wireless doesn't suffer from this, so I can
use the keyboard without problems. (And YES, I did try toroids, chokes,
etc. No help.)
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I have a small Bluetooth adapter that I sometimes use. It's about the size
of a silver dollar, with a short wire with a 3.5mm TRS plug on it. Since I
routinely wear a Bluetooth headset, I can plug the adapter into any 3.5mm
TRS output and pair to the transmitter with my headphones, and don't have
t
When considering a case such as this, one must look first at the
fundamental differences between QUOTES and ESTIMATES.
You can hold someone to a quote. You CAN'T hold someone to an ESTIMATE.
Nobody has had a quote on a date for the K4 to be shipped. This is
important.
Patience. Selah.
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It's clear that if you are the one with the Part 15 device, and someone
else interferes with that device, because of the law you have to just suck
it up because Part 15 devices aren't made to be "hardened" against
interference to the same degree other devices under different parts of the
law might
Mike,
On my main PC, I use a StarTech USB sound dongle:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F7120TQ/
On my Chromebook, I used this device:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J7P0OGI/ but it's unavailable now.
Others have used the Sabrent USB audio dongle just fine. I have one, but I
haven't tri
I'll second Grant on Novus. I bought their 7100 kit from Amazon, and a set
of graduated polishing papers for really fine polishing.
The Novus 7100 kit is about $22 at Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002UCYRZU/
The Zona 37-948 3M Wet/Dry Polishing Paper is about $14 at Amazon:
https://ww
Murphy's Law of Cybernetic Entomology says: "There's always one more bug."
So "bug-free" is impossible.
Gwen, NG3P
On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 2:50 PM rich hurd WC3T wrote:
> In the computer programming world, it's "bug free, cheap, or on time." :)
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 2:25 PM Fred Jensen
;
> John K7FD
>
> > On Jan 14, 2020, at 3:46 PM, Gwen Patton wrote:
> >
> > I'm looking over on a rack at our K2, serial #1641. My partner Maggie
> K3XS
> > and I built it many many moons ago. It's still kickin' to this day,
> though
> > t
I'm looking over on a rack at our K2, serial #1641. My partner Maggie K3XS
and I built it many many moons ago. It's still kickin' to this day, though
the battery pack bit the big one a few years ago. But it works just fine
from a Talentcell battery pack I got from Amazon, it just has to be kept
out
I used ebook2cw to convert some of Onno's "Foundations of Amateur Radio"
podcast texts to CW. He heard about my doing it on the SKCC list, and not
only did he join SKCC because of it, he followed my example and converted
his entire backlist of podcasts to CW so anyone can use them. They're all
fair
On the subject of emergency support...
My local club did a documentary a bunch of years ago about how the club
turned to and helped with a local flood. It was in the archives when I was
Archivist, so we got it converted into a video file and posted it on
YouTube (with the club's permission). Since
I don't know if you noticed, but older hams are dying of old age. It
behooves any ham radio gear company to assist in the process of replacing
the older hams who are going silent key, with new, young hams.
No more hams, no reason to make new and better ham radios. If we want
Elecraft to continue,
t;The man who eats fruitcake is a total disgrace,
> Stretched out in the gutter with crumbs on his face
> 'Away Away with rum', by gum
> Is the song of the Temperance Union."
>
> George
>
> On 12/11/2019 6:59 AM, Gwen Patton wrote:
> > [This message came from an
♪♫♪ We never eat fruitcake because it has rum,
And one little slice puts a man on the bum.
Oh, can you imagine the pitiful plight
Of a man eating fruitcake until he gets tight? ♫♪♫
--Song of the Temperance Union
73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 11:37 PM Edward R Cole wrote:
> Actually
Use a USB-C PD power bank, and a USB-C power sink, and you can power the
KX2 handily. I can power my KX3 that way, and most of my other QRP rigs as
well. The sink I use is the PD Buddy Sink found on Tindie. It handshakes
with the PD power bank and provides 12v at 2-3A (depending on the bank). I
hav
I found an article a while back that extolled the virtue of running with
the volume all the way up, but the RF gain down. That way, you don't
amplify the noise along with the signal, if the signal is sticking up out
of the noise at all. It works pretty well! I'd get so frustrated trying to
keep the
When I lived in a 3rd floor apartment, I used to use a slingshot to fire a
fishing sinker with a 28-gauge magnet wire attached, across the parking lot
under our balcony into a wooded area's trees. Then I dangled a counterpoise
behind a downspout where it wouldn't be seen, and tuned it all with a
ra
I was a backer for the ReflowR computer controlled SMD hot plate a few
years ago. I had to cough up a little extra for shipping because the
creator munged up his figures and didn't leave enough for shipping, and was
selling the things on Tindie to build up cash to send units to his backers
-- which
I use the same tool as Jim Brown. Nettime (from timesynctool.com) works
really well, and can be polled anytime to make sure the time is as close as
possible.
Gwen, NG3P
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 4:24 PM Jim Brown wrote:
> Clock stability will depend on a lot of things, including temperature
> and
I have a KX3 instead of a KX2, but I frequently go out in the field to play
radio at local parks and other scenic spots. I have a number of antennas,
but one of my favorites is one I built recently, a link dipole for 40, 30,
and 20. It's tuned for the CW portions of the bands, so it doesn't need
mu
Bill,
It's not just a matter of deciding to sell the thing without a few parts.
Manufacturing and distributing hardware, whether pre-assembled or in kit
form, takes a LOT of work.
Check out this video from Dave Jones at the EEVBlog on the economics of
manufacturing your own hardware: https://youtu.
I got 2.4ghz Amazon Basics keyboard for it. I tried a wired keyboard, and
while it was a nice keyboard, RF kept getting into the keyboard buffer no
matter what I did. I tried toroids, chokes, you name it. It'd start shoving
spurious noise into the character stream, keeping it from finishing in PSK
...AND how to divide by 1000.
😵
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 12:47 PM Gwen Patton wrote:
> That's how the seller lists it. But thank you for reminding me how to
> divide by 100 by moving the decimal point two places to the left. I'd
> *totally forgotten* until you mentioned it
That's how the seller lists it. But thank you for reminding me how to
divide by 100 by moving the decimal point two places to the left. I'd
*totally forgotten* until you mentioned it. 😉
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 11:48 AM Bill Frantz wrote:
> Since I'm studying to be a curmudgeon... :-)
>
> A recen
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