[Elecraft] OT: Good NAQCC YouTube video

A new informational video about the North American QRP CW Club has been posted on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPRPJEgpw9w I think that it is well worth viewing but in the interest of full disclosure I have to admit that I am the preside

[Elecraft] Special Sprint to honor WZ8C

On September 3rd (the evening of the 2nd in North America), from -0300 UTC, The North American QRP CW Club and FISTS are jointly sponsoring a special CW sprint to honor the memory of CW advocate and CQ Hall of Fame inductee Nancy Kott, WZ8C. All are welcome to participate. Details can be f

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 through TSA Security ?

I just travelled round trip between Michigan and Arizona with a KX1 in my carry-on luggage. The rig was inside some foam packing, with rubber bands around it, in a laptop case. I also had a rack of 8 AA alkaline batteries, antenna wire, etc., along with an iPad, Kindle, digital camera, a coupl

[Elecraft] K2 tuner and G5RV

Here in the dead of winter I am thinking about spring antenna projects. One of the antennas that I am considering is a basic 102 ft G5RV. I would be interested in hearing about any experience that anyone has had with this antenna and a K2 (QRP) with the internal antenna tuner. Is the tuner ab

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] KSB2 with Icom HM-12

Hi Gil, The HM-12 is the microphone that I have used with my K2. When I built the KSB2 I also installed the Rework Eliminator Internal Mic Adaptor. This little gizmo lets you configure dozens of different microphones, including bias resistor values, by simply plugging jumpers between little p

Re: [Elecraft] Windows vs Mac

A big "thank you" to all of the responses that I have received both on and off the list regarding my question about Windows vs. Mac ham radio usage. I'm not sure that additional list bandwidth needs to be taken up with a continuation of this topic but I would still appreciate any additional tho

[Elecraft] Windows vs Mac

Please forgive me for a slightly off-topic post but I know that the collective wisdom of the people on this list can give me a lot of good advice. My shack computer is getting a little "long in the tooth" and I am starting to research a replacement machine. My current ham usage for the computer