[Elecraft] Windows 10 update, addendum / SetupDiag.

2019-06-04 Thread Pete Barth
- A few weeks ago, I mentioned after I did a windows 10 update, I was left without any audio, in or out. Researching, I found a fix (which I posted). Now, here is another flash. There is another Microsoft posting / Fix that is useful. It is: How to Fix Your Windows 10 Update Errors With Se

[Elecraft] My Windows 10 woke up today with dead audio output.

2019-05-02 Thread Pete Barth
My Windows 10 woke up today with dead audio output. It took awhile for me to see the X next to the speaker logo. (If this is already known, sorry I didn't see it, otherwise here we go:) After coffee I found (by Google search) the solution. "With auto updates Win 10 has a flaw ONLY on SOME computer

[Elecraft] Inside-the-vehicle HF antennas.

2017-07-16 Thread Pete Barth
1) For years now I have built a unique rx. am/fm antenna UNDER my beautiful red '65 Alfa Romeo Spyder Veloce. I didn't want to pierce the body to install the antenna so I ran coax under the car and ran one wire from front to back under the car about three inches from the chassis. It works. No hash

Re: [Elecraft] Alternate list.

2017-05-01 Thread Pete Barth
I have been a part of this list since it started. I almost never post, and always lurk, but I am still an integral part of this grest thing. This group, and this product IS LIKE NO OTHER PRODUCT IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE. I belong to another group called the Ampex list, which has an alternate group ca

[Elecraft] Subject: Re: [OT] Mobile/Portable/ gray zone

2016-09-10 Thread Pete Barth
In my younger days when operating CW with paddle on handlebar, from my BMW cycle with IC706 and screwdriver ant,/ and cruse control I signed W6LAW/MM. (I wanted to put my K2 under the windshield but never did it.) -- Pete / พีท / W6LAW __

Re: [Elecraft] Best Reference Book for Win 7 and Win 8.1?

2014-08-16 Thread Pete Barth
re: Al Gulseth Thanks Al for the reference to on line help. Al good. BUT you are heading in the wrong direction with advice to, 'Bang head against a concrete wall'. Instead please direct energy towards the computer. After 56 years in electronics my advice has always been- "One kick is maintenance

[Elecraft] Subject: Re: Could this operate on a motorcycle?

2014-05-04 Thread Pete Barth
1) The fellows at MARC have years ago optimized ham radio on cruising bikes. Please take their hints to heart. I have not made long rides on my BMW K1200LT for years but when I did I had a 742 with modules on 2 mtrs, 220, and 450 with separate antennas up on the top of the baggage trunk on a huge

[Elecraft] (KPA 500) KPAK3AUX cable on ebay.

2011-07-12 Thread Pete Barth
yISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150630986555&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT Pete Barth W6LAW __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecra

[Elecraft] 48 volt phantom voltage.

2008-01-09 Thread Pete Barth
Most professional condenser mikes need a bias of around 250 to 300 volts. Inside the mike is a dc to dc switching supply that takes 48 volts and wanks it up to the 250 volts or so needed for bias. Mucho filtering and usually completely shielded in a can. The switcher doesn't need much current. In

[Elecraft] pro-noun-ciation.

2008-01-04 Thread Pete Barth
I call it "L-E-craft". I thought that was the way they answered the phone at the factory. By the way, the way I handled waiting for a K3 was to order the same serial number as my K2. -- Pete / ??? W6LAW ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailm

[Elecraft] A newer battery technology.

2007-09-28 Thread Pete Barth
Here at work I have contact with a Dolby engineer that is a R/C car fanatic. He is using a new-er type of battery called LiPo, or Lithium Polymer. It seems to have a (power) gain of 2 over metal hydride batteries. And those have 60 % over Nicad from what I have heard. I have been lugging a bare ge