Greg Buhyoff wrote:
> Folks,
>
> What driver should I download for my KUSB on my new W7 machine?
>
> Many thanks,
> Greg K2UM
Greg
I can't imagine that you would have any problem with just plugging
the KUSB into the USB port on the PC with Win7 and let it find the
driver. I don't have a KUSB
Only a test
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Larry Makoski W2LJ wrote:
Here are the official results:
K3DCB Fred 3360
WA8THK Perry 1920
NØJRN Jerry 1800
K4BAI John 1722
K4TWJ Dave 1392
NØARScott 1173
K7TQRandy 1008
W9NX
RJD wrote:
Well so far I picked out several booths/products:
QRPKITS-PCVISE 246 247
MICROHAM 516
ELECRAFT 196 197 198
ARRL 232 233 234 PLUS?
DIAMOND365
PEET BROS 151
KANGA US 041 042
Thanks to those who see this as a benefit to Dayton Hamvention.
I am
Sara
The Kenwood MC-43S is a good microphone, however you said "for Contests
/ Dxpeditions".
It is very difficult to either keep a log sheet with pen or pencil, or
to type on the keyboard
and picking up the microphone on every QSO.
I would recommend one of the Heil Prosets, and the Heil
Mike Harris wrote:
G'day,
Been looking at Winkey but being short of serial ports I am leaning
towards the USB MicroHAM CW Keyer. Any comments out there in K2 land
about this unit?
I use a K1EL Winkey on a USB to Serial cable - works fine with Logger32
and WrongLog.
Great for laptops that do
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh, in re-reading your message, it looks like the transfer rate is an issue.
I've got my USB/Serial adapters out on USB hubs, so they don't get full
bandwidth. Maybe that's the issue. Odd that a 4800 baud device needs 200+mb
connection to work...
Thanks again
Rich
Two months, three days, seven+ hours to go
Nine weekends to go
64 days to go
1,543 hours to go
92,630 minutes to go
Over 5 1/2 million seconds
to FDIM!
There are still rooms available.
You can get a look at the impressive list of who is going to be
there at www.usol.
Chris Page wrote:
For general day to day operating, I normally use the K2 in SPLIT mode
(with the flashing V over A on the front panel) and have the
Secondary Menu option set to PER.
I use Logger 32 connected to the DX Cluster through the Internet and
have noticed that when I click onto a Clu
The QRP-ARCI rooms are filling up.
There are still rooms available.
You can get a look at the impressive list of who is going to be
there at www.usol.com/~k8dd/rooms/rooms.htm
FDIM information is available at fdim.qrparci.org
Hamvention information is available at www.hamvention.org
72 73Ha
Hank Kohl K8DD wrote:
Lee Buller wrote:
OKI know that this might be a dumb questions, but before I do a
dumb thing I want to ask the question. I have two rigs...one of
which is the K2/100. I have a two position coaxial switch (I think
it is a Diawa CX201A) that I picked up at a
Lee Buller wrote:
OKI know that this might be a dumb questions, but before I do a dumb thing I want to ask the question. I have two rigs...one of which is the K2/100. I have a two position coaxial switch (I think it is a Diawa CX201A) that I picked up at a hamfest. Is there enough isolat
Lee Buller wrote:
OKI know that this might be a dumb questions, but before I do a dumb thing I want to ask the question. I have two rigs...one of which is the K2/100. I have a two position coaxial switch (I think it is a Diawa CX201A) that I picked up at a hamfest. Is there enough isolat
Darwin, Keith wrote:
My plans to get a K2/100 continue full speed ahead. Omni V.9 is up on
e-bay and I'm in the process of getting my ducks in a row before I pull
the trigger and commit to a particular rig (new or used is TBD).
But what about the PS? Which one should I get? Should I go with
Ken K7ZUM wrote:
btw, I don't know if anybody else on the reflector does this, but everytime
I turn my K2 on, and use if on a DX-ped hour after hour, I sit and look at
this itty bitty radio, and am just amazed at how something so small, can be so
good ! anybody else do this ?
Yessir
This is the announcement for the 2006 QRP-ARCI / FISTS Dayton Hamvention
rooms.
We have lots of rooms at the Holiday Inn and Homewood Suite in Fairborn
Ohio, about
17.18 miles from the lovely HARA arena!
The details, information and room request form are located:
http://www.usol.com/~k8dd/ro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am a newcomer to all of this, and I am wondering if there is any place
left in contesting for those of us who choose not to have a computer send code
or receive code--ie just used for logging. I am working on getting my speed up,
but I couldn't participate due to
Tom Hammond wrote:
2. Stations 'tail ending' your exchange with the station you just
worked
before you can call CQ SS again.
You gotta learn to be quick!
There is nothing like a good clean tail end. I've worked a lot of
stations who
pause between the TU (to signify that they copied the
Robert C. Abell wrote:
Hi Andy,
Where does one buy the micro Ham CW Keyer? Is it a kit? I'm interested.
73, Bob VE3XM
Microham USB CW Keyer - It's a keyer.
http://www.microham.com/ck.html
Microham USB micro Keyer - all in one multi-mode USB interface - does it
all!
http://www.microham.com
Robert C. Abell wrote:
Hi Andy,
Where does one buy the micro Ham CW Keyer? Is it a kit? I'm interested.
73, Bob VE3XM
Microham USB CW Keyer - It's a keyer.
http://www.microham.com/ck.html
Microham USB micro Keyer - all in one multi-mode USB interface - does it
all!
http://www.microham.com
ron wrote:
heh heh
Ron
SOC # 344 or is it 433 or is it .
And my SOC number is the same when I'm standing on my
feet and when I'm standing on my head .
Hank
SOC #69
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What a question to get some emotional answers! :-)
Logging programs are like wives . find a good one and stick with it!
My choices would be:
For general logging - Logger32 - very full featured for awards and all
the features of the $100
class programs . For Free and a real goo
JEAN-FRANCOIS MENARD wrote:
YOOOU! I was not dreaming... ;-) Now what's next ? Anyone have a
schematic or an existing project that look like this one and I could
start from ?
Take a look at http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/trlog/switch.pdf
This is a schematic that I have used to switch between t
Geez, thin line between sarcasm and reality, as I read it, although I've
wondered about that sometimes listening to 75M SSB on my K2 (see - it's
on a topic about K2's!).
This discussion is going on at the QMN/NREN reflector much more objectively!
I think we all need to lighten up and go along w
I use a Heil ProSet ic - it is for the Icom radios and uses an
electrotet element
and it works fine for little SSB that I operate - people tell me that I
sound like
me (unfortunately!).
With the ProSets with HC4 & HC5 elements it sounds OK - could use a bit
more audio,
I guess, but people stil
James Kern wrote:
Lets say during Field Day of this year I was using my K2 to help some older
tube type equipment to find eachother on frequency. Lets say then I made it
a practice to turn the RF Gain down on the K2 when checking the transmitter
frequency. Then lets say by accident one time I
Don and Diana Cunningham wrote:
Hank,
I fail to see why he would have to worry about the Ameritron amps,
since they (Al-1200, AL-1500, AL-80B at least) only have 12 VDC on the
relay jack, and require sinking 100ma max. The specs listed for the
K2 say 1A and 200V. Am I missing something??
Th
Jess Gypin wrote:
I am in the process of building a K2 with the 100 watt amp for another
ham.
He also needs to drive a linear. I also apologize as I have not looked on
the website. Can someone point me to some information about this so it will
be linear ready when I get it done?
Jess A
Charles Greene wrote:
George,
II don't know about the Astron power supplies. You need to remove the
cover and see if there is a screw driver adjustment for voltage.
Maybe someone on the reflector knows;
Last time I opened up a RS-35 there was a small pot on the bottom of the
PC board t
Sandy wrote:
|
| I don't think this is OT, but it may be. However, I think it will be of
| sufficient interest to post.
|
The term: "73s" is kind of corruption of "73". Most people ignore the grammatical
err or implication of it and go on.
| I don't wish to be a horse's patootey, but
I believe that RV3GM coined the term years ago as
"wishing you good QRP"
72 73HankK8DD
Ian Stirling G4ICV, AB2GR wrote:
I have seen this only on this Elecraft list.
It's not something that I know and probably
Modesty and Willie didn't.
What does '72' mean?
Ian
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I would agree with Don! The K2 & KAT2 should match it great . with
or without the radials.
When I was a young General in about 1959 or 60 I had great luck on 80 &
20 AM with a 60 - 65' longwire from the second floor window out to a
tree. The shack was on the first floor with abo
George Cortez wrote:
paul hendershott wrote:
Just curious about the look of the new Elecraft Amp - if it was on
display at Dayton, were there any pictures available from Wayne and
Eric or passers-by?
I believe the word was if anyone pulled out their camera phone at the
Holiday Inn view
William E. Twaddell wrote:
What is the benefit of the reverse position??
N2DH
I use the CW / CW-r to check if I'm really zero beat with the other
station..
On both of my K2's - if the tone of the received station is the same,
then I'm
zero beat
This has been checked with a anoth
John Young wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Comrades,
I'm working on my code to get my licenses soon.
{snip}
John
I am sure everyone will have an opinion and they will all be
different. So here goes mine along with some background.
In the early 70's I had and instrutograph (sp) tha
Jack Brindle wrote:
Be very careful with the N1MM software. It is revised very often, and
not all of the upgrades are good.
That is one of the reasons I still use CT (DOS) and CTWin (Windows 98
and up).
Free and one of the most widely used contest programs.
72 73HankK8DD
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There are still rooms available in the QRP-ARCI / FISTS
block of rooms for another couple of weeks.
http://www.usol.com/~k8dd/rooms/rooms.htm
72 73HankK8DD
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level then beat you with experience.' -anon
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We are pretty well down to the wire on the rooms.
There are still rooms available at the QRP-ARCI/FISTS
hotel - the Holiday Inn / Homewood Suites in Fairborn,
east of downtown Dayton.
The room information is
http://www.usol.com/~k8dd/rooms/rooms.htm
There are a few more rooms than the totals show!
I'm using a good ole DSP-59+ with one of my K2's - the one that does not
have the KDSP in it.
They both have benefits and shortcomings . or . I'm not about to
part with either!
73 HankK8DD
Mike,W8KRR wrote:
I'm using an old DSP-59+ with my K2 with good results. I'm curious -
It's not "last call" but it's getting close!
We have to have the final list for the Holiday Inn by
April 1.
If you are planning on coming to the Hamvention and
need a room, there are still rooms available for $99
a night plus the applicable taxes.
http://www.usol.com/~k8dd/rooms/rooms.htm
72
Yes, you can take it along.
You should, however, take it in to US Customs at the border crossing and
have it registered on a Customs Form 4457. That will show that you had
it when they looked at it! And, when you return to the US and the
Customs person at the re-entry point asks "what are you
Although you could build one that would work, I have a RigBlaster
/nomic. Pretty much plug and play - small, simple, travels real well
and works fine with Digipan or any of the popular PSK RTTY, etc
program. And you can drop it and even step on it (don't ask) and it
keeps on working!
73
Lou Roux wrote:
Hank and all,
I've had the same polling noise and the S meter would flicker with
each poll when using any logging program, not loud but still there.
Now, you suggestion worked like a champ, just tucked the ribbon up out
of the way and no more nothing! I wonder if there's a mo
I got rid of the computer polling noise on both of my K2/100's by
removing the right side panel and tucking the ribbon cable up as
high as possible - away from the main board.
Not that I would recommend doing it the way that I did it (with
the power on and CTWin up and running), but I could hear
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Don, W3FPR wrote:
"...all the e-mail clients that I know about put the cursor at the top
rather than at the bottom when I click 'reply'."
Without getting into the top vs. bottom posting controversy (!!)
Mozilla Thunderbird allows you to select where the cursor
g
In CT, CTWin, NA contesting programs the PTT delay is
used to immediately key the radio (and amp, if used), delay
the keying from the program for a user defined time, send
the CW from the PC buffer and quickly drop the PTT.
PTT delay will not work with the K2 because it is common
to the dit line
Or put a couple 1n34a's across the rx antenna. one pointing up and one
pointing down.
73hankk8dd
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Vic
Make up the little 2 transistor keying switch that Elecraft posts on their site.
It works great. Use it to key a shorting relay on the input to R2.
It will
There was just a thread about headphones, comfort and the noisy shack on
the cq-contest reflector.
First ... I have Heil Pro Sets - two of them.
One pair is right out of the box several years ago.
After about 5 or 6 hours they hurt my ears and head.
The other pair I got the new ear piece c
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If God intended you to be on single sideband, he would
have g
1 and KX1 fit the bill nicely. But, the
prime draw of the K2 is it's top performance.
It would be great if the NB2 could be brought to that standard.
73 de NA8M
John
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If God intended you to be o
Richard Merhar wrote:
Hello all-
I think the K2 looks like great rig. But, how quick is QSK?
If you consider that QSK means "Can you hear between elements" it's not
QSK above about 20 WPM or so.
Or it's not a Johnson TR switch and separates. Or it's not a
Ten Tec. But the K2
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think that a lot of K2 owners, particularly contesters and DXers, get
around the small size of the K2 by using computer control. That way they have a
small rig for portable use and a big computer display for home use. The big
remote knob (CRS* is causing me to block
Actually I think the ones that I've made are pretty darn good.
And much more economical - find 102' of wire, a couple of short
pieces of 1/2" PVC for the insulators, 28' 300 ohm twin lead
from Radio Shack -or where ever - and some coax. And some good
black tape!
The dimensions are from http://ww
Bill Coleman wrote:
On Dec 1, 2004, at 1:14 PM, Tom Althoff wrote:
Has anyone really hammered their K2/100 with high CQ or QSO rates for
a 24 hour period without a secondary fan? I'd be curious how it
held up and were you successful in cooking eggs on it?
On CW, I've run for a couple
I was at VO2AAA in Labrador City for CQ WW CW with K2/100 #850 and an
AL-1200. We were next to a residential area with a very high line noise
and precipitation static.
On 80 and 160 meters with the AF gain about 3/4 way up and riding the RF
gain and DSP with noise reduction made some of the sec
Not to mention the "standard" 559 stuff in the QRP contests!
72 / 73HankK8DD
At 11/9/2004 01:20 PM, David Pratt wrote:
While you're at it, Wayne, would it be possible to extract the signal
strength in reports directly from the S-meter reading? All this 599 stuff
in contests for every
is the key . UTC does not change and MFJ clocks that show
local and UTC are real inexpensive!
73HankK8DD
*/ Hank Kohl K8DD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat you
with experien
At 10/29/2004 10:16 AM, Tom Hammond wrote:
Supplies with big trnasformers, or even small ones carrying high current,
can/will often cause hum on the K2. Best to space them a distance away.
Switchers probably won't induce hum, but might cause in-band birdies by
virtue of their switching freq
At 10/21/2004 12:38 PM, Lou Roux wrote:
Hi guys,
This discussion reminds me of something I've been wanting to for a while.
I don't use the internal keyer in the K2 but prefer my
own keyer and I'd like to parallel my computer/cw keyboard with it. What
kind of circuit would this require or coul
At 9/27/2004 14:20, Mychael Morohovich wrote:
Hi, Gang!
I will be out of town on a family holiday from Thursday Oct. 02 thru
Sunday Oct. 10. As is my custom, I will be packing a full compliment of
Elecraft toroid sets with the intention of filling orders from the road.
Now THAT is dedicatio
At 9/24/2004 01:25 AM, you wrote:
Greetings everyone,
Anyone have recommendations for a great place to buy pre-assembled
BNC-to-BNC and/or BNC-to-PL259 cable assemblies in various lengths?
Thanks & 73's
Doug N7BNT
I bought from Cable X-perts (http://www.cablexperts.com/) for our repeater
I have a set from Kenwood and they are very comfortable and worked well
when we were on St Kitts.
73HankK8DD
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Has anyone done any experimenting with various ear-buds? Which model brand
> is the most sensitive and produces the most volume?
>
>
> 73, Don
>
>
Don't tell me it was a J-38 mic cartridge!
At 9/2/2004 09:49 AM, JEAN-FRANCOIS MENARD wrote:
Could you tell us what you found in the MH-2 ???
On Thursday, September 02, 2004, at 09:46AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I had the occassion to take apart the hand held mic that Elecraft
carries (MH
And this is very important even for SO1R stations who move stations or get
moved
to other bands!
And thanks for the Q's in NAQP, Tor
73Hankaka Duck
At 8/9/2004 11:29 AM, Torsten Clay wrote:
I used my pair of K2/100's in last weekend's NAQP CW. Band conditions were
pretty good for Aug
In the CQ 160 CW contest this past winter we used my K2/100 (SN 850 A)with
the KDSP2.
No receive antenna (that's a whole story by itself!) and an Inverted-L with
a flock of radials.
Probably 80% of the time we ran with out any NR or DSP filters. If you
could put a dollar
amount on multipliers,
There's no meters like 40 meters.
There's no revival like the CCR
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At 6/29/2004 04:32 PM, Paul wrote:
Reflector members,
In Dayton while talking with the people at the booth - It was brought up
that when using the K2/100 with an external amplifier that one setting in
the menu should be set for use with it. I do believe that it was the T-R
setting. Does an
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