Re: [Elecraft] OT: Postal terminology

2018-03-22 Thread Jim Low man
I mailed a St. Patrick’s Day card to the girlfriend on Wednesday of that week. It showed up the Monday after. We’re talking about a driving distance of 15-20 minutes, from this facility to her home. And there’s a major postal distribution center here in Redlands. 73 de Jim-AD6CW > On Mar 22,

Re: [Elecraft] Dish/Direct TV RFI?

2018-03-15 Thread Jim Low man
I’m wondering how much worse the problem will be as DirecTV goes to this new technology that’s being advertised on TV-something about a wireless receiver. I’ll have to pay more attention. It sounds like something that the girlfriend may want to wait for. Right now her equipment is first-gener

Re: [Elecraft] 1.8 kHz SSB Filter

2018-03-09 Thread Jim Low man
Maybe I missed it, but there once was a link on the Elecraft website with filter recommendations. 73 de Jim-AD6CW > On Mar 9, 2018, at 4:11 AM, Kjeld Holm wrote: > > Agree > And just want to tell you that I am using Filter width=1500 and Filter=750. > Vy 73 de OZ1CCM > > -Original Mes

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] The Ultimate List of Hobbies for Men

2018-03-04 Thread Jim Low man
Fred, it isn’t a list of hobbies for those over 75 years of age-it’s just a list of 75 hobbies that are considered to be “manly.” I was pleased that ham radio ranked so high, but also surprised that computer programming was so far down the list. In all, I am, or have been, involved with about 1

Re: [Elecraft] [KX3] Re: Elecraft KX2 compared with the latest "Ultra Portable" (?)

2018-03-01 Thread Jim Low man
Trust me, Kevin, Wayne call tell you that I’ve bugged him in the past for an all-mode, stand-alone transceiver for the 6m, 2m, 222 MHz and 432 MHz bands. I made the point that they have the technology, since they have sold transverters for those bands for some time now; just put it all in one b

[Elecraft] K1, K2 and K3 sales/auctions not on eBay?

2018-01-02 Thread Jim Low man
When I get home after being in the hospital and rehab mostly since mid-August, I need to thin the herd-and not only Elecraft items. I checked eBay for sales/auctions for these three transceivers, and came up empty. Maybe it’s the time of year. Maybe it’s the commissions? Of course, I would fi