Re: [Elecraft] PS Comparison: Powerwerz SS-30DV vs. MFJ-4230MVP

2019-03-13 Thread Pete Spotts
Hi Bob, I have a Powerwerx supply, but my model is the SPS-30DM. Variable voltage, useful digital meter displaying voltage and current, and I've had no noise problems with it. It's another $50 above the SS-30DV's price, but I have no doubt noise will not be an issue with the model you

[Elecraft] K1 noise blanker assembly question

2019-01-03 Thread Pete Spotts
Hi folks, This may be an trivia question for Super Don. ;-) In the sequence of Revs to the KBN1 board, does Rev C include Rev Cr, or is Cr its own board revision? My board is Rev Cr, and toward the end of assembly there are a couple of capacitors that for Rev C require special installation. I

Re: [Elecraft] KX1 Micro Manual

2013-11-28 Thread Pete Spotts
On Thu, 28 Nov 2013 09:42:49 -0500 Michael Downs k...@verizon.net wrote: Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I have a new app in the Apple Store and Google Play for the iPhone and Android. It is KX1 Micro Manual. The KX1 Micro Manual application is intended to be a handy reference to the Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 CW paddles

2012-07-24 Thread Pete Spotts
On 07/24/2012 02:23 PM, Ralph Parker wrote: This little paddle is cute and ingenious. But it drives me crazy!... I don't have a KX3 (yet), but I do consider my self a serious CW operator. I would not expect the stick-on paddles of the KX3 (or KX1) to be used for more than casual mountaintop

[Elecraft] A simple stand for using a KX1 at home (may be way-old news to some)

2010-09-04 Thread Pete Spotts
After a Google hunt specifically for said KX1 stand seemed fruitless: http://w1pns.wordpress.com/2010/09/04/lean-to-homebrew-stand-for-elecrafts-kx1/ -- Peter N. Spotts -- W1PNS http://www.w1pns.net Email: w1...@arrl.net | Skype: pspotts QCWA #34679 | SKCC #4853T | QRP-ARCI #4174 NEQRP #714

[Elecraft] KX-1 and the BL2, a winning combo...

2010-07-16 Thread Pete Spotts
This may be coals to Newcastle for many on the list, but I did some crude experimenting with my KX-1 and the Norcal Doublet antenna yesterday out on the back deck. I was bopping back and forth between no ATU and a ZM-2 tuner and the ATU + BL2 combination. Based SWR readings from the KX-1, the

[Elecraft] For KX-1 fans -- some real simple ways to pack up some outboard batteries...

2010-07-14 Thread Pete Spotts
Hi folks, Just in case anyone is looking for some very simple ideas on packing up some external AAs for the KX-1 or other small QRP rigs... http://wilcoxengineering.com/projects/amateur-projects/42-bat-pak http://w1pns.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/power-to-the-peanut-whistle/ With best regards,

[Elecraft] Some OT help with a repeating email on this list

2010-07-12 Thread Pete Spotts
Hi Folks, I've been receiving an email all day today (now up to 9 copies) related to the photos from the WRTC. Naively, it doesn't look like the sender's problem, because when I look at the list archives, only one copy of the email shows up there. Yet I have been receiving duplicates (with the

Re: [Elecraft] To those that have the K2 and K3

2009-11-04 Thread Pete Spotts
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:39:51 -0700 Gary D Krause n7...@bresnan.net wrote: Why do you still have both? The K2 is my main station rig. I recently considered buying a K3 and even went to the Elecraft web site to order it. Each time I backed off so that I could think more about it. snip Hi

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Wish List

2008-07-09 Thread Pete Spotts
Carl Clawson wrote: ...And by the way, should anal retentive be spelled with a hyphen? Probably only as an adjective... ;-) Pete -- Peter N. Spotts -- KC1JB http://www.kc1jb.net (under construction) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] QRP-ARCI # 12609 | Flying Pigs QRP Club Int'l # 1983 North