Re: [Elecraft] Side Tone (Choosing the right music) Mostly OT

2006-01-04 Thread Jason Artz
Hi Eric, Interesting thoughts. I am a professional musician and owner of a K1. I could write pages (and have, back in school) on how and why pianos are tuned the way they are -- they are giant mess, pitch-wise, for many many reasons, but through lots of compramises you end up with something

Re: [Elecraft] CW poll

2005-12-07 Thread Jason Artz
It took me a while to find, too. If you search for poll, you don't get it. They use the word survey. --- Dave Sublette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gee guys, maybe you need to check eyesight. I found it in 3 secondsat the right hand side of the page in the box at the bottom. K4TO

Re: [Elecraft] K2 musicians

2005-11-30 Thread Jason Artz
I'm late on the thread, too, but I'm a K1-owning musician. I am a professional bassoonist. 73, Jason ak7v K1 #2024 --- Dan Presley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry if I'm late on thread :) I'm a professional jazz musician (string bass) and have K2 #1010. For the last couple of years I've

Re: [Elecraft] Re: [azqrp] ARRL November Sweepstakes CW

2005-11-07 Thread Jason Artz
--- Vic K2VCO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, the ARRL Sweepstakes can be a great deal of fun and practice for the little pistol or QRP operator (at least for those in the US and Canada!). I agree! This was my first quasi-serious (more than 10 contacts) contest attempt with my K1 and

Re: [Elecraft] An Opportunity for CW Ops

2005-09-13 Thread Jason Artz
I had some health and welfare traffic I wanted to get onto NTS last week. I have never operated on a traffic net, and the instructions I found online for checking into a CW NTS net were complicated and I didn't feel confident about it. I e-mailed the traffic to another ham who was active on a

[Elecraft] 15 or 20 turn pot?

2005-08-03 Thread Jason Artz
Hello, Does anyone know whether a 15 or 20 turn pot exists that could replace the 10 turn used in the K1? Thanks, Jason AC6XA ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info

[Elecraft] AC6XA Field Day

2005-06-27 Thread Jason Artz
Prior obligations prevented me from doing a serious field day and operating very much, but I did get on the air with my K1 (#2024) from a nearby park for about an hour Saturday night. I haven't done a field day for about 10 years, and never QRP, so it was a harrowing experience hearing 40m

[Elecraft] No counterpoise antenna questions

2005-06-24 Thread Jason Artz
Hello, I have been using one of these no counterpoise antennas with my K1-4 and KAT1. It seems to work pretty well - good match with ATU on all bands and I can make contacts. http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/4762 It's essentially a 50 foot piece of twin lead with the ground side cut short.

[Elecraft] K1 #2024 is alive

2005-05-09 Thread Jason Artz
I finished K1-4 #2024 on Saturday morning with the KAT1 installed. My first contact was with someone working the OR QRP contest, but I, being too nervous/excited/rusty at CW to comprehend what was going on, didn't understand what number he was requesting in order to get points for our QSO (I

[Elecraft] Help with troubleshooting KAT1

2005-05-06 Thread Jason Artz
Hello, I have a new K1-4 that I built over the last couple weeks and it seems to work fine. It passed all its tests. Since I don't have an antenna, I went ahead and built the KAT1 so that I could get on the air. I think I'm having a problem with it, but I am not sure since I don't yet have an

[Elecraft] EL foil for K1 backlighting

2005-05-03 Thread Jason Artz
Hello, Has anyone tried EL foil behind the LCD display on the K1? The display I have does allow some light through, so perhaps using a piece of this foil will work. Could the power inverter generate RF interference? If you've tried it, let me know how it went. Here's a source for the foil