Re: [Elecraft] K3 Kit vs Ready Built

2008-02-22 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
WW2PT wrote: Go for the kit! Unless you have eyesight problems or two left thumbs you should have zero problems following the assembly manual. Having two left feet and being unable to dance as well as two left thumbs and inept at kits I'm glad to see the option of ready built. :-) -- 73 K5LDB

Re: [Elecraft] New: K3 tops the list

2008-02-19 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
Easy enough to solve. Just send your radio in for a retest. To arbitrarily dismiss this test as non-representative smacks of a troll. No it doesn't. This is exactly the reason why the ARRL buys a rig and doesn't accept product from manufacturers to test. 73 K5LDB --

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Softrock Lite

2008-02-17 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
jo benoit wrote: Hello , While I was waiting for my K3 to arrive, Someone has a significant problem with their email program it appears. Maybe classic rock would be better. :) 73 K5LDB -- Support the entire Constitution, not just the parts you like.

Re: [Elecraft] Is the K3 for non-contesters?

2008-02-02 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
STEPHEN W BANKS wrote: Hi Everyone, With a K3 in my future (I ordered a loaded one about a month ago), are there are any non-contesters like me out there who are K3 owners, or prospective owners, who just like hamming in general and have no special need for the K3's contesting prowess?

Re: [Elecraft] Listen Up

2008-01-24 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
those who are frustrated or who just would like more accurate shipping predictions have any right to express this on the list. It is just as valid an issue for those waiting for a K3 as technical questions are for those who are lucky enough to already have one. There is a bigger picture than

Re: [Elecraft] Listen Up

2008-01-24 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote: Guys - Please do not moderate the list. I'll jump in when I feel it is necessary or my feelings are hurt too much ;-) 73, Eric WA6HHQ List Moderator and Punching Bag. I apologize if my post was the catalyst. I never even thought about moderating the

Re: [Elecraft] The Believers

2008-01-20 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
I don't read every word of every post so I missed this lawyerly krap when it first appeared. I'm not yet an owner and haven't consumed any koolaid. I'm just someone who realizes the extremely excessive intrusion of lawyers and legal speak into every possible area. If only we were blessed with

Re: [Elecraft] Have Cash....Will Buy...K3

2008-01-12 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
Thom LaCosta wrote: On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, David J Windisch wrote: What will it take? 73 Dave N3HE Hi Dave! Well, I really don't want to sell it...so the offer has to be so compelling that I couldn't refuse it. One would have to consider the initial deposit, then the time cost of money, and

Re: [Elecraft] posts not showing up

2008-01-05 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
G4ILO wrote: That depends on whether you set the Receive your own posts to the list? option in the subscription options. - Julian, G4ILO K2 s/n: 392 K3 s/n: ??? G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf Thank you for the suggestion. When I read it I thought

Re: [Elecraft] posts not showing up

2008-01-05 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
Ed K1EP wrote: It has nothing to do with the list. It is a feature of gmail. It discards or just archives the mail that you posted. That kind of sucks. I just looked at options and there's no way to change that either, unless I'm too blind to see it. Well, at least now I know what's the

Re: [Elecraft] Silly Question

2008-01-04 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
I've always been under the impression it's EL uh kraft. Is it Ella or Elly? -- 73 K5LDB -- Support the entire Constitution, not just the parts you like. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber

[Elecraft] posts not showing up

2008-01-04 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
I thought I had my posting problems cleared up. I've replied to a few posts and get a confirmation of my message being received but it never shows up in my email from the reflector. Are the replies we make not sent back to us? -- 73 K5LDB -- Support the entire Constitution, not just

Re: [Elecraft] Value of used equipment

2008-01-01 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
You might also want to check out qth.net. Guys, In preparation for my K3 I am planning on selling some equipment. Does anyone have a suggestion how I can determine the going prices for equipment? I have several trancievers to sell and am not sure what to ask for them. Thank you, Tom

Re: [Elecraft] Avoiding those long lines of text we struggle to read!

2007-12-26 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
It is still considered good practice for email clients to wrap text in outgoing email to less than 80 characters. That makes it break the common long URIs for a particular product or article. It also wraps a reply, causing alternate long lines with a word or two on the next line when

Re: [Elecraft] Avoiding those long lines of text we struggle to read!

2007-12-26 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
Unless one is typing on a manual typewriter or has reached the end of a paragraph and is hitting return to add a blank line before the next paragraph then one shouldn't put a linefeed in their message in my opinion. That is all well and good if the e-mail sending program wraps I am

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Pictures/Road Trip Pictures!

2007-12-26 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
Sarah K. wrote: I'm back from my week-long road trip, and I finally have pictures from my trip online, plus the pictures from my K2 build... http://www.flickr.com/photos/af6fh/collections/ (Note: If you're offended by pictures of ham radios and stuffed animals in close proximity, you probably

[Elecraft] last ditch effort

2007-12-21 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
I'm a K3 wannabe who's tried for some time to post and never can get through. Before throwing in the towel I thought I'd try one more time with my latest setting changes in my email program. I'm a new ham learning new stuff by lurking here, including how much I don't know or understand. I do

Re: [Elecraft] CB band TX? - I'm shocked!

2007-12-20 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
I'm just a dumb ole country boy that somehow wound up in a big city. A few thoughts on this subject, in no particular order, would be as follows. 1. Plan before acting. 2. Use the right tool for the job. 3. Count to 10 before diving into something. 4. Use your common sense before using anything

[Elecraft] digest settings

2007-11-27 Thread Leo Bricker K5LDB
Is there a way to set a cutoff number of messages to get per digest? Sometimes I get upwards of 50 per digest and it makes it challenging to follow threads. I'd rather get 2 or 3 digests of 20 messages a day than a single huge one, if that's possible. Thanks and 73. Leo -- 73 K5LDB