On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:08:24 -0800, Ron D'Eau Claire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is a great feature for anyone who wants to hone their CW skills from
the most basic level on the air. As a Novice myself back in '52 who
could
barely get through a short signal exchange before my arm 'fell o
That stuff is sold as shelf and drawer liner, and is available at just
about everywhere kitchen supplies are sold. (Mine came from that mecca of
capitalism, Wal-Mart.) It works great. Having never learned how to use a
bug, I don't smack my paddle around like some do; however, my Bencher BY
Enough with the flame war already!
73,
- Rob W7GH
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:24:28 -0700, W2AGN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Thom LaCosta wrote:
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007, W2AGN wrote:
money that is in Elecraft's hands. For that, I would expect to be kept
up to
date on shipping. I am sorry if that o
The SCAF-1 and the filters sold by bhi use different technologies. bhi
make DSP filters; the SCAF-1 is an analog bandpass filter with a variable
high frequency cutoff.
73,
- Rob W7GH
On Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:53:35 -0700, David Cutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
How does it [meaning the
e wave.
73,
Ken Wagner K3IU
Rob Locher W7GH wrote:
I find the square wave character of the stock sidetone quite annoying on
my K2 #5004, with the sidetone set at 500 Hz. However I run the audio
through a SCAF-1 external audio filter, which makes the sidetone much
more
of a single tone, and far
I find the square wave character of the stock sidetone quite annoying on
my K2 #5004, with the sidetone set at 500 Hz. However I run the audio
through a SCAF-1 external audio filter, which makes the sidetone much more
of a single tone, and far more pleasant to my ear. The SCAF-1 also
eliminates
My Bencher BY-2 paddle has gold-plated silver contacts. The contacts
don't wipe. The paddle is 21 years old. The contacts have *never* been
cleaned, and the paddle works great.
73,
- Rob W7GH
On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:09:55 -0700, Stuart Rohre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
The contact ar
www.ac6rm.net has been down for several days. Unfortunately, this is the
searchable archive; the backup archive isn't searchable. Currently it is
still possible to do Google searches of the archive by looking at the
cached copies of the pages, but if the site doesn't come back up then
eventually
[Still off-topic]
Here's the same web page, automagically translated into English by Google:
http://tinyurl.com/323pmr
Click on the "next" link, which actually reads "the next page of this
foto-razdela", for more interesting information about the Russian
Woodpecker.
73,
- Rob W7GH
On Fri,
You might be thinking of Morse Runner
http://www.dxatlas.com/MorseRunner/ . It's a simulation of running
stations in the WPX CW contest. QSB, QRM, fading, and "lids" are
options. Even if you have no intention of being a contester, Morse Runner
is a wonderful trainer for copying callsigns
Hi Joel,
Have a look at this:
http://www.ac6rm.net/mailarchive/html/elecraft-list/2006-11/msg00244.html
73,
- Rob
On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:25:59 -0700, Joel Weder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi folks,
I just received a KX1 kit, with the KXB3080 option.
In the KXB3080 instructions it tells
Hi Jack,
My budget unfortunately doesn't have any room for one of your panadapters
at the moment, but I'm curious anyway: how much bandwidth do your
panadapters show when connected to a K2? Does the bandwidth vary
depending on which crystal filter is selected?
73,
- Rob W7GH
On Mon,
Hi Rob,
To quote Eric Swartz:
"We -strongly- recommend continuing to use regular lead based solder to
build our kits. Kester 44, and other 63/37, 60/40 lead/tin mix solders are
not going away in the US or in Eu and work much better for soldering both
RoHS and non-RoHS tinned parts. Removal
Hi Tom,
Don't forget the Rework Eliminator web site at
http://www.unpcbs.com/ . There is information
galore there.
73,
- Rob W7GH
On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:15:08 -0800, Tom Zeltwanger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
OK I just have to ask:
What the heck are Rework Eliminators?
I am just starti
I have dealt with FoamByMail.com, and I recommend them. Their customer
service is quite good.
Here are the largely-irrelevant background details:
At the time I needed a shipping case for a 20 cm Schmidt-Cassegrain
telescope. There are companies out there that make custom cases, but they
Is there any way to tell if this has actually been released, and is not
just a draft copy? I don't see any mention of it anywhere else on the
FCC's site, or on any other site for that matter.
73,
- Rob W7GH
On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:14:02 -0700, John D'Ausilio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
The Idiom Press SCAF-1 audio filter is a lowpass filter with a variable
cutoff frequency. The cutoff frequency is adjusted via a (decently-sized)
knob. It does a great job of filtering audio and also killing white noise
in the headphones. There is no ringing and no digital delay. It comes
Hi Bill,
Welcome to the list! I added the Rework Eliminator boards to my K2, and
I'm happy I did. I would recommend it to you for two reasons. First, you
will spare yourself from reworking your K2 when you add the accessories.
With the Rework Eliminators, to install an accessory board y
Idiom Press sells a filter called the SCAF-1 which acts as a bandpass
filter with a variable high end. With one you could narrow things down
for a CW signal quite well.
More information and demo .wav files are available at:
http://www.idiompress.com/scaf-1.html
The standard disclaimer does
Hi all,
I've heard criticisms of the Bencher BY-series paddles over and over again
on this reflector, and honestly I don't have any idea what these critics
are talking about. Of course, I learned to send iambically on one from
the beginning. I've never used a bug, and I didn't even use a
http://www.ac6rm.net/mailarchive/html/elecraft-list/2006-06/msg00464.html
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Idiom Press make a SCAF-based audio filter called the SCAF-1. It's a
low-pass filter with a variable upper cutoff frequency. It also operates
in real-time with no ringing. Recordings of the SCAF-1 in action are
available on the web site:
http://www.idiompress.com/scaf-1.html
The standar
Hi Gary,
Sorry for the delayed response to your question. I was away from email
for a long weekend (hooray!). I don't have a KX1, so I don't know
exactly, but I do have a CMOS-4 (and an Elecraft K2). The CMOS-4 uses an
RCA jack for the key output. To interface my K2 to my CMOS-4 keyer,
I'll second Andrea's remarks on mail lists being far superior to web
forums. I would say that if the mailing list were to be replaced with
anything, it should be a usenet group. But then the usenet group would
need to be moderated to avoid being completely overrun by spam -- so I
still think the
Idiom Press makes an external SCAF-based audio filter that does an
excellent job of eliminating hiss, among other things. The web site
http://www.idiompress.com has demo .wav files.
The Standard Disclaimer does NOT apply in this case...
73,
- Rob W7GH
K2 #5004
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:02:45
Hi Mike,
Another way to search the reflector archive is to go to the Elecraft site,
click on "eMail Discussion List" on the left, and then click on "Elecraft
Forum Daily List archives", which is the big red link at the top. Then
you will see a search box.
The Rework Eliminator site is he
Hi Cary,
Congrats on #5266. You are asking one of the perennial questions that pop
up on the reflector. Doug, VE3MCF, has carefully compiled advice from the
reflector by topic. There is good advice on microphones in his archive as
well as advice on many, many other questions. (Thanks Do
Hi Dave,
Sorry I missed you the first time. I would think that your problem is not
that the PLL reference oscillator and BFO ranges aren't being displayed; I
think your problem is that the ranges are incorrect.
I had the same problem with the BFO range when I was building my K2. I
didn'
When I did Alignment and Test Part II the first time, my BFO low frequency
was slightly too high: 4912.85 kHz, which is not <= 4912.7 kHz (the
official specification). After having done Assembly Part III and having
checked the calibration of the master oscillator using WWV, I know that
the
I've used the Rework Eliminators, and the only trouble I've had with
testing and alignment is remembering to plug the Rework Eliminators in
first. (You shouldn't leave them in when installing parts, because some
are easily damaged if you rest the RF board on the bench upside down.)
- Rob W
There is no need to use the archive.org copy of the page. The working URL
is
http://www.kk7p.com/k2kpa100.html
- Rob KE7EAG
K2 #5004 (almost finished)
On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 06:10:55 -0800, Fabian Kurz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 10:34:35PM +0900, a.yoshida wrote:
When I was about seven, I read books at night when I was supposed to be
sleeping, by the light of a night-light. The problem was that the
night-light wasn't very bright. So what did I do? I attached the
night-light to an extension power cord, and held one end of the extension
cord with m
I have used the "un-module" rework eliminators available from Ken and Gary
for the construction of a new K2.
When I first got started, the whole thing seemed very complicated, but it
really isn't.
In my opinion, they cost more work than they save, because currently it's
left to you to fig
[Howard's well-reasoned argument snipped...]
So why not publish calibration data and alternative procedures?
Anyway, thanks again for your thoughts and opinions. I appreciate all
of the effort you and others put in helping to improve the Elecraft
products and to assist builders with their
There is also the KD1JV digital frequency counter kit that could be used
to modify your Tenna Dipper, so that it has a digital LED for the
frequency.
http://www.qsl.net/kd1jv/Ddial.HTM
I don't have either kit, yet. Has anyone tried adding the KD1JV frequency
counter kit to the Tenna Dippe
I called Mr. Gorecki to hear Motorola's side of the affair. I was
referred to someone else, who is apparently handling public relations for
this issue. He apologized for five minutes to me. (That was way more
than I needed for my own satisfaction.) He said that the remark was
completely
That's very nice, Jean-François. Where did you get the red plastic?
- Rob
KE7EAG
K2 #5004 (in construction)
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:38:52 -0700, JEAN-FRANCOIS MENARD
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
For people who care about 'extreme' ethetics about their K2, I did a
"mod" on the the S-Me
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