I'm one of those people with music constantly playing in my head, and
I do occasionally end up hearing either two pieces or two different parts
of the same piece running concurrently. It's totally in the background --
the music just plays along pretty much no matter what I'm doing, like
If not, you might still be able to source the relevant parts. I made
mine before the official kit existed by ordering parts from Mouser. Mine
has a red backlight instead of the Elecraft green :). -kb7psg
On Sat, 6 Jul 2019, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Lloyd,
The kit for built K1s included
A "swish noise with no audio" sounds exactly like what my factory
installed sub rx sounded like in diversity mode. Turned out the
associated VFO cable was pluggined into the wrong port on the one of the
vertical boards behind the front panel. There are two VFO sources (one for
independe
Max,
I know the feeling. We're also in the middle of the CQ VHF Contest
:).
Wayne,
Thanks for the nice qso on 15 :). It was a nice little break from
spinning the beams and working the noise on 6 & 2 :). SubRx in the K3
makes it easy to listen omni and beam at the same time :).
This is mostly a problem if you have external transverters, amps,
pre-amps, etc. that don't take kindly to QSK operation.
My solution to this problem is to use the PTT (a foot-switch in my
case) to key the transverters, but not the rig. I'm using a stack of
Elecraft's external tra
Wow! Yes! Count me interested in a KX3 port! -kb7psg
On Wed, 17 May 2017, Wayne Burdick wrote:
This feature is likely to be available shortly after we get back from
Dayton. We hope to add this to the KX3 as well, if there's enough
interest.
Try LapWorks Laptop Legs. The grey ones (if you can find them) are
almost an exact color match.
http://www.laptopdesk.net/laptop-legs.html
They can be configured for three different heights (flat, low, high),
and the flat setting is, for all intents and purposes, a height
I have to keep physically restraining myself from placing an order
just for the pleasure of owning one! It's *just* *so* *Elecraft*! :).
- kb7psg
On Fri, 21 Apr 2017, Clay Autery wrote:
Wayne, Eric, and everyone else who had/has a hand in making this happen:
Well done! Simply superb
The 2nd Rx port is on a relay, and not a particularly fast or quiet
one in my K3. I'd hate to operate QSK that way! I could see a menu
option that would activate it with a longer hang time, but you'd probably
be better off with an external switch and/or front-end protector. -kb7psg
O
On Sun, 8 Jan 2017, Cameron Francey wrote:
I must have stepped back into the dark ages! I just sold all my modern
(big three makes) stuff and my shack now consists only of a K2/100 and a
KAT100 and a K1 for when I feel like getting out of the shack.
Elecraft has had a profound impact on
I believe Len is talking about the durability of the "most recent"
flash, not the number of times the device may be re-flashed.
For rigs like the K1 and K2, the firmware is literally "burned" into
the chips by applying enough voltage to open internal fuses. The data is
permanent.
My K3 (#286) just came back from the mothership with new syths and a
SubRx (my first time with a KRX3! Woohoo!) and I'm seeing an odd bit of
behavior:
- If I'm running just the main receiver, xtal filter transitions
are smooth and silent as usual.
- If I'm running dual receive with
Try LapWorks Laptop Legs. The grey ones are a perfect match.
Alas, availability seems to be falling, and prices appear to be
rapidly climbing -- I'm guessing they aren't being made anymore...
- kb7psg
On Sun, 31 Jul 2016, Doug Hensley wrote:
Does anyone make a simple flip down
At the Pacific Northwest QRP gathering a few weeks back, one of the
presenters ran WSPRnet overnight on his K3. I was amazed at the
propagation! Indeed, he used the live data in his presentation, and I was
flabberghasted to see that a huge 6m opening had occured an hour ealier.
I'm not
I use 0 through 9 on the K2 and K3 as permanent "jump to band;
configure appropriately" memories. This normally works great, but I have a
frustrating habit of accidentally pressing STORE or V->M when I mean to
press RCL or M->V, and there go my settings. I'm not expecting a K2
update :)
On Tue, 28 Jun 2016, w7aqk wrote:
On my KX3, I seem to be getting a very loud noise anytime I move the encoder
on 6 meters. I don't notice that at all on any other bands.
http://www.elecraft.com/manual/KX3%20Tuning%20Noise%20Mod%20rev%20B3.pdf
(Linked from: http://www.elecraft.com/KX3/kx3_ap
I've been sending right handed for decades, but the older I get, the
more left-handed I seem to become, and I carry a lot less tension when I'm
being a lefty, so a few weeks ago, I gave left handed paddle keying a try.
At first, it was very strange. The keying was fine, but I could
W5QD et. al.,
Ken is referring to the following message, which essentially requests
a simple command-line firmware loader program. Note that this is NOT a
request for DNA level access to the radio's internals.
The communication protocols for most of the Elecraft radio functions
are
On Wed, 14 Oct 2015, Jim Lowman wrote:
At the Elecraft presentation that Eric did at Pacificon last year, I threw
out this exact idea for his consideration.
Eric was receptive to the concept, but said he didn't think that there would
be a large enough market for such a transceiver. He's als
H, a K3 version of a Yaesu FT-736? I would be seriously down for
that!
On Wed, 14 Oct 2015, Fred Smith wrote:
Excellent idea except for power output a 100w for an all mode would be good but
in a K3s cabinet and many of its features.
Fred N0AZZ
Sent from my iPad
On Oct 14, 2
If you're looking for something that will raise the front of your K1,
but you don't need something that tilts it more than 45 degrees vertical,
I've been extremely happy with 'Laptop Legs' from LapWorks. The grey
color is a perfect match!
On Mon, 28 Sep 2015, William Redfearn wrote:
I had a similar problem -- even at low power levels, the W2 would
periodically spike a high-SWR and even show 2-3 bars of SWR when no signal
was present. I swapped out the 8-pin cable connecting the sensor to the
W2 and the problem went away. I re-crimped the connectors on the original
Will connecting a K2's serial TxD/RxD lines to the KXPA100 (over the
RJ45 jack) allow the KXAT3 to automatically follow band and VFO changes?
I presume I would need to set the BPS to 4800 and either poll the K2 or
turn AutoInfo on for this to work. The assumption here is that the RJ45
T
I don't have the schematic in front of me, but I had this same
problem when I did my build, and I finally traced it down to a diode that
I somehow failed to install. Usual signal tracing applies -- you have
audio, so work your way back, stage by stage, until the signal disappears
:). M
I had a friend in a similar situation. We managed to catch a
building maintenance person who was happy to put our G5RV on the roof and
run the coax down a nearby drain pipe and under my friend's door.
Completely invisible! If you're anywhere near a down-spout, keep an eye
out for someo
Here's another thought that perhaps one of us could put together:
give up the internal battery space for a considerably larger filter board
that could be used to allow room for additional "2 band" style filters
that don't share components (and, thus, don't need high-tolerance parts).
No
Preparing for a performance in a large out-door stadium, my voice
coach at the time echoed me with a slight delay so I wouldn't freak out
when it happened on stage! For hearing what I really sound like in
real-time, I get a good approximation by putting my palms near my mouth
and pullin
This came up recently w/ the K3 as well, and perhaps a year or two
back. It /sounds/ like a tiny relay is clicking in the K3 on t/r
switching even though it's all solid-state. Wayne speculated that the
sound might be coming from relay springs re-balancing slightly in response
to associ
I'll second. I'm a METCAL user, and I was impressed by the
Hakko FX-951 James has. I felt right at home with it!
kb7psg
On Mon, 24 Mar 2014, James Doty wrote:
Hi Fred, I'll try this again:
Lets see if I can post to the list this time.
I have a Hakko FX-951, it has a temperature disp
I've become extremely fond of the Rollabind / Circa (Levenger) / Arc
(Staples) systems. The only real investment is the punch; the discs
themselves are cheap, and you can either buy nice binders or make your
own. Traditional three-ring binder components can be used just by
re-punching
But my first thought when I saw it was, "Wow! A KX3 RF board with
the full K3 Front Panel would ROCK!" :). -kb7psg
On Sun, 23 Feb 2014, Bruce Beford wrote:
And now might be a good time to remind folks that the K3/0 mini is not a
radio by itself... It is a control panel, for a "real"
Anyone remember this?
http://www.i0cg.com/k1_page.htm
Giuliano made an SSB board for his K1 :).
The K1 is a great trail friendly radio, and it has a lot more mod
space than the KX1!
On Fri, 7 Feb 2014, Jack Chomley wrote:
Ray,
The most feasible way would be a retrofit
Is this a K3 or KX3? On the KX3, the CW delay set in CW mode is used
when sending CW in SSB. On the K3, I forget ... I usually use a foot
switch to key the transverters &c,
On Sat, 14 Sep 2013, jimk...@aol.com wrote:
It appears that in CW in SSB mode, the VOX delay is not in use, on
I had the same experience last winter. What I found, however, was
that the LP-100 was "working" in that I could still use it over the serial
port, but the front panel display appeared to be dead. I'm guessing the
display died, but I have one of the early models with the now unobtanium
Correct. The bracket is a slightly V shaped piece of metal. One
side attaches to the KXPD3 with screws, the other is bolted to a standard
(Pico) Palm Paddle quick-mount. If the feet are not extended, the bracket
rises towards the operator. -kb7psg
http://www.youtube.com/watc
The paddle and bracket are PERFECT for the KX3! The fit and finish
is beautiful, and I love being able to slide them to any angle. You do
leave them attached at all times, but they fold up against the frame
nicely. I won't have any difficulty leaving them permanently attached :).
said, I'd sure love to get this fixed or
find a unit that doesn't manifest the issue. Sometimes great hearing can
be a curse... -kb7psg
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013, Jessie Oberreuter wrote:
I finally had the chance to put my KX3 together over the weekend! Yay!
I don't know if
I finally had the chance to put my KX3 together over the weekend!
Yay! I don't know if it's the same thing you're hearing, but there is a
high pitched whine in the audio on my unit (it transfers from the speaker
to the headphones when they're plugged in). Sounds like a G/G# ... maybe
s
Heh, vox cw -- the rig transmits whenever it hears the same "note" as
your side-tone! -kb7psg
On Fri, 3 May 2013, Howard Evans wrote:
While you are doing this, might as well add voice recognition software so I
can say "band up" or "band down" or "VFO up" or "VFO down" or "nail that CW
I removed the green backlight LED from the K1 backlight kit, and
replaced it with a red one :). I like it! -kb7psg
On Wed, 1 May 2013, Wayne Burdick wrote:
I found that kind of change to the backlight color would be very time-consuming
and expensive, requiring new tooling at the LCD
I feel you, Gerald! I, too, have all three, and I keep finding
myself coming back to the K2! I'm pretty sure it's the lower tech look
and feel -- I work around high-tech all day; when I want to relax, the
last thing I want to do is interact with another high-tech device. I
actually ha
An easy way to remove SMT parts with a traditional iron is to use a
small piece of wire to create a solder bridge across both ends of the
part. This will conduct the heat to both pads and then you can just lift
the part off the board :). -kb7psg.
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013, John Fritze wrot
I still love the little SST for this sort of thing -- the rx is
always running, so if the other station is loud enough, you really can
work full-duplex!
On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, Fred Jensen wrote:
I enjoyed the duplex maritime operation, I just heard them between whatever I
was sending. S
On Sat, 1 Sep 2012, Jim Brown wrote:
> A common real world example is a "star" singing the Anthem at home
> plate, with an acoustic delay of 120-150 msec through the sound system
> to the singer's ears. The solution is simple -- we give the singer
> undelayed sound from his/her mic into headphon
I had the same experience several months back. Tracing it down, I
found that one of the encoder push-buttons had internally semi-shorted to
ground. Each front-panel switch essentially acts as a divider tap, so the
semi-short ended up shifting the effective tap point of every other switc
On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, Steve KC8QVO wrote:
> KX3 with KXPD3 = 28.4oz
> 6w solar panel = 5.3oz
I have some similar hikes coming up this fall, and I'm starting to
think about what I want to bring along for hf. I usually backpack the K1
with internal batteries and tuner. If I want to go sma
Whenever I truly need a "sector by sector" backup, I boot a
stand-alone linux image and use 'dd' to copy the data directly from the
raw device. -kb7psg
On Tue, 22 May 2012, Jack Brindle wrote:
> John;
>
> Be very careful with a sector-by-sector backup utility if you decide
> to use an
We used to run FD at 100w. Half a dozen years back, I talked the
group into trying a QRP FD, and we had mixed results. We switched back
and forth a few times, and ultimately found that our scores didn't change,
but, in general, we enjoyed the QRP FDs more -- especially once we added
PS
Ron,
Admittedly, I'm mostly a cw op, and really only operate during the
summers, but nearly every time I've decided to scare up a contact, I've
succeeded. A few weeks back, I was sitting in a friend's van waiting for
him to do something in the house and had a nice 2m FM simplex contact
Seconded. Indeed, I tape a 3x5 card to an inside panel on each piece
of equipment I modify so I have a list of changes made that can't be lost.
On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> While electronic manuals might save trees and PDF's are really great for
> searching for informa
On Thu, 8 Mar 2012, Alan Bloom wrote:
> That's what I did in the P3. A single inexpensive, low-power, 40 MIPS
> processor does all [...] Just think if you did the same thing with a 3
> GHz, quad-core Pentium processor! The possibilities are mind-boggling.
ROFL! Yes! The amount of CPU po
On Fri, 3 Feb 2012, Terry Schieler wrote:
> What is the general use for this approach?
When I'm wearing my VHF Contester hat, I'm /constantly/ switching
between CW and SSB. In these contests, CW and SSB contacts take place in
the same band segments (here in the PNW, calling freq +/- 20KH
r is far more important than
trying to brute force apply it to every problem. -kb7psg
On Tue, 31 Jan 2012, Jessie Oberreuter wrote:
>
> I only glanced at the academic paper when it went by a few weeks ago,
> but IIRC, it offers improved performance for low [dominant] information
> c
I only glanced at the academic paper when it went by a few weeks ago,
but IIRC, it offers improved performance for low [dominant] information
content samples. It's been 15+ years since I did the math, but I thought
the original function series did this well. The FFT optimizations,
howe
It's always fabulous to hear that kind of consideration, Wayne!
Apropos to the perfect pitch discussion a few weeks back, I suffer/enjoy
audio/visual synesthesia, and blinking things annoy the crap out of me!
On Sun, 1 Jan 2012, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> There are LCD icons fo
VHF SKN activities were interrupted tonight when I switched to 2m and
all of the buttons went wonky -- some completely dead; others performing
"unrelated" functions. When the sanity checks (re-seat boards, re-load
firmare) failed to make a difference, I started crawling the schematics.
Dyarnes,
Many of us looking for 2m in the rig are not really expecting to use
the KX3 as a QRP rig w/ built in 2m HT. Rather, we expect to use it as
the centerpiece of a portable VHF+ weak-signal station where the native 6
and 2 can be fed directly to amps, 10m can be used to drive UHF
Great news! I'm planning on placing my order when the 2m board
becomes available. I'm also super excited about the KX3, but I don't have
a pressing need to be in the first run this time :). A KX3 w/ 2m in time
for the June contests, however, would be fab!
On Thu, 29 Dec 2011, Bruce
*smile*
Garry, I feel your pain! I tend to tune stations to "exact" pitches
and just get my side-tone "close enough". My K2 is presently singing a
slightly sharp Bb at 470hz. The whole bleedin' world is out of tune, so I
usually just suffer, but I would do a little happy dance if I co
Huh, maybe that was it... My early K3 (#286 IIRC) once generated
smoke while I was running PSK31 at ~40w. I could never find any sad
components, and performance has remained excellent as always.
Admittedly, the wick rarely goes above 20w, so my PA doesn't usually work
very hard, but the ne
The last time this came up, Wayne theorized that it might be the
sound of slight mechanical adjustments in the relays as power is
redistributed. They aren't being switched, but the coil voltages may be
changing slightly, inducing an audible modulation in the electrically
shiftable parts
Hear Hear! I love my K1! It has the seat of honor in the top pouch
of my backpack and is my travel rig of choice! The K3 is the centerpiece
of the shack, and the K2 lives in the bedroom when not contesting in the
field. If I lost my K1, I'd buy and build another in a heart beat!
On
Hard choices all around! I, too, am looking forward to having a
single rig that I can use for HF-2m field ops, and would end up giving up
the ATU for 2m. 'Course, I'd rather give up the internal batteries and
have both 2m and an HF ATU :). Everyone's style is different.
On Fri, 26 Au
On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Christian KJ4VPK wrote:
>
> Trouble is today that 192 KHz USB sound cards are hard to come by
> (although the chipsets are widely available) and the same is true for a
> 192KHz sound card in the laptop/PC unless we are talking high end
> (=power hungry) hardware. Oh well. S
Yes, the I/Q data is already in digital form inside the KX3, so -- in
theory -- it should be easy to just pump it to the outside world in
digital form. The challenges are with the standards for that transfer.
If you could accept real-time digital data at the same speed the DSP
is r
On the K1, just run the rear-mount bolt through the hole for the tilt
stand. I used to use a pair of magnets (one inside, one glued into the
mount) for the front, but it proved unnecessary; the single bolt does a
fine job!
I used the magnets with a second mount and made myself a po
The basic 15w K2 w/ internal ATU is my primary rig and, as a mostly
CW op, completely meets my needs. My contesting partner, Ki7el, runs a
40m MFJ on sideband, and we do just fine together. Personally, we love
the ability to pack our gear in a pair of laptop bags and be on the air
with no
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Charles wrote:
> When will there be a Linux version?
It might help in terms of development time to note that a library
with a sample command line driver would be just fine for us linux types.
We don't need to have every application in the world wrapped in a GUI, nor
Alas, no copy from CN87uo, just north of the U-District :(. I have
excellent shots S and W, and have a pretty good shot E, but not
line-of-site.
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> In that case, you now hold the record for copying an unamplified XG3
> beacon :)
>
> The previous
It hasn't worked for me either -- just been too busy to let anyone
know. Downloading the files manually works.
Two other minor observations. 1st, a 64-bit build should probably be
made available one of these days. I chose to down-grade my machine
instead -- it was easier than ins
IIRC there are two cascaded voltage regulators before the VFO which
may also be good candidates for improvement. Mine's been more drifty
since I blew the first one; I probably should have replaced the second one
at the same time.
On Wed, 4 May 2011, Matt Scholz wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I am
Totally agree! I love my K1, K2, and K3, but the SST is something
special -- it transports me back to childhood nights tuning through the
static, looking for an echo. It puts out a solid 2w, which is enough umph
for a good conversation, and the fact that it simply drops the rx gain
dur
I tought myself to eat left-handed so I could write with my right at
the same time. A Chinese friend and I once went out for a writing session
over Vietnamese soup. When I picked up my pen in the right, and my
chopsticks in the left and proceeded to eat and write at the same time,
she
I've noticed this effect myself. At super narrow bandwidths, the
signal and remaining noise are both essentially on the same frequency.
With nothing else around to provide a base-line reference, discrimination
becomes a function of real-time delta power measurement rather than tone
dete
This sort of thing requires a non-trivial amount of software --
especially for an embedded device -- and comes with a great many
complications. TCP, UDP, SCTP? Encrypted? Login credentials? Routing
information? Proxy support? IPv4 vs v6? Per-port feature set
restrictions? Connect
You could probably mount one to the internal battery switch and feed
the power in on the internal battery connector :).
On Mon, 26 Jul 2010, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
> The KPA100 for the K2 uses the APP connector as its power line
> interface. That's another alternative.
>
>
Wayne already gave us an artifact free hard QSK at 50 WPM rig! It's
called the SST! The receiver runs continuously -- not only can you hear
between the dits, you can hear /during/ the dits :). I've had several
FULL DUPLEX conversations on it!
__
Wow! Makes me want to build a physical R-4C "shell" with a serial
interface on the back that's just a "front end" for a variety of modern
rigs :). There might even be a market for the micro-controller kit!
On Tue, 26 Jan 2010, Richard S. Lindzen wrote:
> Dear Don,
>
> That's great.
This does beg a related question or two from me :).
Any chance of some kind of simple, raw, open-source command line
firmware loader? I do understand that many shops use licensed boot
firmware for in-device programming (which would be a problem) and that
having complete control ov
As a frequent VHF contester, I know what you mean! Fortunately,
there is a setting on the K3 that lets you simply send CW while in SSB
mode, and it takes care of all of the offsets for you! Alas, I don't
recall what it is, but it was added to the firmware several months ago.
Try it! Y
I'm ecstatic! Thanks Wayne!
On Wed, 13 May 2009, wayne burdick wrote:
> Ian Maude wrote:
>
>> Very nice Wayne! Only 3 questions :)
>>
>> 1. Why the 200W limit on VHF/UHF sensor?
>
> There may be a higher-power VHF/UHF sensor in the future.
>
>> 2. When will they actually ship?
>
> To b
My K3 makes a very quiet relay like keying noise as well. Been
meaning to chase it down, but haven't had the time. There was once a
suggestion that it could be a protection circuit due to high SWR, but
there's no reason why that should be happening. I haven't tried
disconnecting the s
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Bill W5WVO wrote:
Actually, looking at transmission line SWR at the transmitter is a
poor way to adjust an antenna. To get it right, you need to use a
complex impedance analyzer like the now-ubiquitous MFJ-259B (or
equivalant instrument), and put it as close to the antenna
I had a similar experience a few weeks back -- tuned up a 20m
hamstick dipole on 40m just for grins and had smoke come out when I
started using the rig. Returning to more normal conditions, it seemed
fine, but I took it to the bench anyway and pulled out the ATU and the PA.
I couldn't f
IIRC, there was a paper in QEX several years back on an algorithm for
auto-tuning SSB. In the mean time, the formant frequencies we use for
different vowels are practically constants across both male and female
speakers, so it should be easy for us to tune in SSB by ear. That said, I'm
'Course the ARRL had declared the Molex connector the standard a few
years earlier, and we adopted it completely. We had no interest in
changing everything again, so we're still on Molex.
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, W2AGN wrote:
Craig Rairdin wrote:
The Power Pole connectors on the K3 are
Team Ki7el is planning on being out in the woods of Western
Washington for FD. CW operators are definately not shunned, and neither
are builders or QRP ops. Indeed, we'll be running a mix of QRP cw, ssb,
and digital this year on mostly hand-made rigs. We'll be leaving from
Woodland, W
I'm totally into that! I've been meaning to play with the idea of
building an all-band board for the K1 using a freq synthesizer instead of
the crystals -- just haven't gotten to it yet :). I have no idea how K1
sales compare to KX1 sales, but I'm very fond of my K1 and would buy an
al
On Sun, 13 May 2007, James Duffey wrote:
The conclusion one can draw is that there won't be many K2s sold for
exclusively home (base) use. The more options one puts on a K2, the less
value it presents. The market for those who want a low power consumption rig
must be close to saturated, or at
This is the kind of sexy feature that /defines/ Elecraft! I built a
warbler just for the experience, but I never operate RTTY or PSK31. I
spend all day in front of computers -- I don't want to have to use one to
play radio! I also /love/ being able to operate with my eyes closed.
This
Mine turned out that way as well, and I've advised folks to be aware
of it before they put the front panel on "for good" so they can put a
piece of tape across the top to mask it if it bothers them.
On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, jmalloy wrote:
Bill Carpenter wrote:
I took my K2 (5703) to the
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006, Don Wilhelm wrote:
If 'IF Shift' is not useful for CW, then the K2 has something better
than IF Shift already. Set up the SSB FL2 thru FL4 filters carefully so
that FL2 is more narrow than FL1 (the OP1 filter), then FL3 is about 200
Hz more narrow than FL2, and FL4 is ev
No need to do this on a PC ... a PIC / TinyAT / etc. 8 pin
microcontroller could easily be tied to the ATU/K2IO/etc header on the
control board where it could sniff for band changes, mode changes, etc.
and send back appropriate commands to make little corrections. I've been
meaning to d
I considered decoding the xverter select lines for this ... and
modding the KAT2 to not override the RF sense, that way you could map a
transverter band to the port. After switching to XV series transverters,
tho, I don't really have a reason.
On Fri, 10 Feb 2006, Ken Bessler wrote:
Heh, in the VHF contest last weekend, I had a full QSO w/ K7YO on my
2m xverter with the antenna unplugged (and no HF antenna either). We
couldn't figure out why I was so far down on 2m compared to 6...
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Steven Pituch wrote:
I think it was Kurt N. Sterba who said
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Stephen W. Kercel wrote:
[...] don't be too enchanted by the low angle pattern, it is also a bit
lossy. If you overlay your EZNEC vertical dipole elevation pattern with
the EZNEC broadside elevation pattern of a straight dipole at say 5/8
wavelength elevation, you'll see
I generally just hold the part down with one hand, touch the iron to
the solder to get a little dab on the tip, and then tack down one lead.
After that, the part will generally stay in place and you can solder the
rest of the pins. Do be sure to re-solder that first lead as the tack is
On Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Bill Coleman wrote:
About 30 years ago, 73 magazine had an excellent article about "glass arm" --
how telegraph operators would get it and it would put them out of a job. It
also spoke of how to avoid it -- to use a rather wide spacing, loose
trunnions, pivot on your elbo
Oh! And Sad Drake mode that makes the tone "whoope!". I nearly fell
out of my chair laughing the first time I heard that sound!
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Thom R LaCosta wrote:
On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Vic K2VCO wrote:
Some old-timers may remember the "banana-boat swing" in which a bug is
adj
I'm a little behind on QRP-L, and I'm trying to avoid contributing
noise on the topic, but this one slipped through and caught my attention.
I'm not sure how compelling this might be to the FCC, but it means a
lot to me: I think of Extra Class licensees as elmers and mentors. As
1 - 100 of 120 matches
Mail list logo
