ators on 2 meter FM band frequently.
Generally considered rude operating practices.
No "ill will" meant to you guys in UK.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Ken Kopp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "David Ferrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
ey.
I had an Original and even a Presentation once. Didn't like them near as
much as the cheaper "flat pattern" ones. I also have a very beat up "Blue
Racer" which does a nice job, but always had to add weight to them to make
them go slower than 30 WPM dits!
73,
Sa
al Crystal). The 160/80 board works VERY well and has
been a lot of fun.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Chuck Gehring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 7:27 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K1 160 meter modification
I am looking for instructions
'd skip the
KAT1 and purchase the external T-1 tuner as it has greater matching range.
It is a really great rig. I did not care for the "internal battery" option
as it is a pain taking the batteries in and out for charging. The smaller
loudspeaker isn't potent enough
K1 drives it easily and quite well.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
Google "HF packer" for website and details.
- Original Message -
From: "David Wilburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Elecraft Reflector"
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraf
t. I
personally thought that they'd have done better if they had just jeft the
loudspeaker there and offered an external "S" meter. The S-76 was a big
improvement over the old S-40, but why that big meter? Also calibrated in
microvolts by the way!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Messag
19 signal!
I guess it strokes the ego of a 'phone operator to to get a 40 over 9
report. What difference does it make if the signal report is 5 by 9 + 40 db
or 5 by 2?
Most CW ops I know don't depend or rely much on "S" meters anyway. (Back to
"ears" again!)
73,
hat few of them are left. SSB splits
have ruined 40 CW during SSB contests involving DX stations, and with 80 cut
down to 100 khz. on CW, I'm afriad the same thing will happen there soon.
Hope to meet some of you "just plain QSO" guys on 160 one evening on CW.
Ain't many o
t us 'hard core' QRPers?)
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Dave G4AON" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday
Sandy W5TVW wrote:
"I'd opt for the little external tuner
n't very good for 80 or 160 meters. I use an
external "L" coupler that is heavier but about the ame size as the K1!
Don't do any "portable" 160/80 meter operation anyway as a rule. I may try
the "T1" seperate coupler anyway sometime this year just
make changing
the band boards simplier and easier.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:14 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] New K1 Born Yesterday
K1 Serial Number 2305 operational on 2/6/07.
2-Band (20&40)w/Antenna Tuner
Plan to be on SKN tonight. Mostly 80 meters on or around 3546.5. If it's
quiet here will try also later in evening on 1815 khz on top band.
Will be running the Drake 2NT + 2B or the TCS-12.
73 to all,
Sandy W5TVW
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ened "loaded" dipoles and again it "works" but poorly.
Sometimes you get lucky.
Just my 2 cents worth on portable radiators when you are QRP afield.
73 to all,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Fred (FL)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday,
ot; that makes these claims.
More than likely it is a large pile of bovine fecal matter that they
are feeding you!
No, I didn't buy one, but in some "unusual installations" it was
tried on some commercial marine limited coast station installations.
The results were very mediocre no matter
7;t give a damn"
about whatever QRM exists as long as it isn't interfering with another
"radio service" under their jurisdiction and we stay within our assigned
pieces of the spectrum. If we do not plan well, none of us will be able
to pursue viable communications, especially in t
As happened after
the Katrina and Rita hurricanes when trunking systems, cellphone systems,
and other "hi tech" systems went down!)
Back some sensible plan for a place for different modes on the CW/digital
sub-band to keep interference from the modes at a minimum.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- O
n muster into the "ether" to be radiated, not thrown
away as heat. Ditto for high powers, except at kilowatt levels, sometime
improper devices will burn and smoke or at least get very hot. Why throw
the power away?
My two penny's worth.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message --
conditions on 160.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 5:33 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K1 VFO range
| I am building the K1 with the 4 band filter board. I am at the step
| where I must decide which VFO rang
Problem is: the K1 is offset for "lower sideband" so you will get garbles on
17 meters!
You'd get the same on 20 if you could tune that high.
The K1 is primarily a CW only rig.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
K1 #1178
- Original Message -
From: "Dr. Dan Swartling" <
then tune from 10.1 to about 10.180 instead of 10.0-10.080 mhz.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Paul Gates, KD3JF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 9:04 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Help with K1
| I need help with my K1. I did not realize that
I made about 100 contacts with around 3-4 hours of operating the K1 on a 135'
dipole
fed with 450 ohm line. 80/40/20 and 15. Worked about 2/3rds of the ARRL
sections.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "John Meade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Sunday,
me day in the future, I'd like to build the K2, probably the QRP version.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K1 or KX1?
| I have a K1 (bought someone
The way the K1 RF boards are designed, the 4 band one won't work on 80/40/30/20!
I have my 4 band board on 40/30/20/15 and an additional 2 band board for 160/80.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Krister Eriksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, J
aff.
Antenna is usually a 33' wire with 3-4 33' wire ground radial counterpoises
laid on ground. This
with a K1.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Ken Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Tom Hammond" <[EMAIL PR
channel. Probably redundant now as I'm sure
whatever is relayed now is via satellite link!
This is just a comment in case someone, somewhere wanted to
experiment with "ISB" reception using an ancient GE YRS-1 unit.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Jerry Vol
tive offset per band.)
I've been tickled pink with my K1. Have 160/80 then the 4 band
40/30/20/15. Thinking of a 17/10 meter board in future once the
bugs outta the 10 meter modification.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
K1 #1178
- Original Message -
From: "JT Croteau" <[EMAIL PROTECT
My answer would be: Don't use 6146's! two Raytheon 4D32's would do the job
much better. They are
as cheap as 6146's now.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Bill Coleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Fred (FL)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&
Must be nice to have the change to spend on THAT kind of antenna!!!.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "J F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 12:54 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] QRP Antenna anyone?
| Backpackable, easy to setup ;o)
|
| http://
witch on rear
apron somewhere?
Even with this, each time it is "switched", you would have to "reassign" bands
again to bands 1 and
2.
It would be "nice" not to have to swap "band" boards but I'll bet the "mod"
would be quite involved.
7
" don't count as they are locked into a set
format and not much information is actually exchanged except for
the required data. Really good high speed telegraphers are rather
scarce. (I'm speaking of those using straight keys or "bugs, or
sideswiper keys).
73,
Sandy W5TVW
(I st
This is VERY easy to do. Elecraft has all the parts except the "band crystal".
I built an 80/160 meter board and it works exceptionally well. I'm sure the
original person who did
the mod will come forward and give you details.
If not, I'll look it up in my archiv
good operating skills, find out from an old timer, what they
are.
Sorry for the tirade, but I feel very strongly about this and think it a
VERY large mistake that ARRL saw fit to take this section out of the
"Handbook". Maybe its because there are more "LIDS" than "A1&quo
k him to repeat, which RUINS the "speed"
advantage, or wastes the time he's trying to save!
E-S-P-E-C-I-A-L-L-Y during a QRP contest! Won't people
EVER learn?
Just how much time does sending a "DE" or a "K" take?
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message
I tried all sorts of things and the Palm mini paddle is great little paddle.
It ain't cheap, but iit IS GOOD!
I had a "Bulldog" paddle I used and liked very much, but it's "life" isn't
very long! Wore it out too fast so didn't get another one!
73,
Sandy
th a metal shaft/busing replacement, as my old pot was getting a bit
sloppy mechanically.
Really like this little rig. Now I wish I could have 160-10 meter coverage
without changing RF boards! Wayne: THAT would be a feat in the space
allotted for the RF board! A 9 band board?
73,
S
Irecently changed my K1's VFO range. Now I can reach 7150 on 40 meters.
On 80 (with my 2 band 160/80 meter RF board) I get up to around 3673.
I also tried the 1 mf cap in AGC circuit with no results.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Rick Dettinger" <[EM
t to the Miami area where they were hangered.
Again no luck. Fisrt time they weren't flying due to maintenance.
Second time, I was told they quit that because of insurance limitations.
Guess I'll never get a ride in lighter than aircraft!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
F
was a wire to keep dogs off your lawn,
or to keep you dog in your yard with a special collar.
Such an antenna would be a whole lot better than a short loaded whip
or some other less desirable rigup.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Stuart Rohre" <[EMAIL PROTECT
when we lost power here for 10 days after Katrina struck
the area! Worked on a 4.5 A/H gell-cell battery and a small solar panel
to charge it up.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Stuart Rohre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Clark Macaulay" <[EMAIL PROTECTE
How much power in and out you looking for?
If you want an amp for something like a K1 or KX1
there's a kit called the HF Packer that works from 160-10 and
really a fine little amplifier!
It will deliver 35 watts with about 1.5-2 watts of drive.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
y "protocols". Kinda like a budding journalist
whose English grammar was terrible and he wanted to become the writer
of a serious column, but didn't want to brushup on his English usage!
73,
Sandy, W5TVW
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e" once keyed is much too long for CW.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Paul Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 12:04 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] KX1 with HF Packer Amp
| Some discussion lately on using the K2 to drive the HF Packer
buy elements for it now! (Was using it on the job
when I bought it so it was a "tool" expense for income tax purposes.)
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Arthur Delibert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 10:26 PM
Subject: [Elecr
t; on antenna side of the network.
I too use the narrow bandwidth at 200 Hz. and input attenuator on. (With K1
radio)
Wish I could have had the endurance and un-interrupted time to operate longer!
I had trouble working W1 stations from here.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: &
for this power level!
Too bad the band isn't populated most nights! This demonstrates that 160
is VERY viable band that is very neglected the rest of the year!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Don Wilhelm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "SteveG" <[EMAI
e USA.
This is the great advantage of "beacons" in various places on 20-10 meters.
Also weird anomalies will exist in propagation no computer program
will predict.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Darwin, Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Elecraft
you use it as much as I've
used this one!
Can't say enough about it's performance in VERY crowded band conditions
of QRP contests. For the number of crystals in the variable selectivity filter,
it works VERY nicely!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
K1 #1178
- Original Message -
From:
ication system and an 'art'.
The Amateurs and airplane pilots seem the only ones who still use it.
(Yes, airplane pilots STILL have to use Morse to decode the aural
identification of DME/VOR/NDB transmitters/beacons.)
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Tony Martin
ore, so why try to have any manners in the ham bands?
Sorry for the diatribe, but seems like too many of the newbies are not
paying attention or don't care. More attention needs to be payed to
the ARRL operating manual or have they rewritten it to reflect the
times?
This 2 cents worth on "R
th other people when you were
a baby or a young tyke? It took practice and more practice!)
Hopefully, the present people running the ITU, ARRL, FCC and other
entities, will preserve this VERY unique method of communication.
It's slow...yes, it's "old"...yes, but it ain'
holder. I took loose the
"cigar lighter" receptical and installed a two wire Anderson "Powerpole"
connector on the lead. Everything I have now That works on a 12-15
volt DC supply has the "Powerpole" connectors on them. Very convienant.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Or
holder. I took loose the
"cigar lighter" receptical and installed a two wire Anderson "Powerpole"
connector on the lead. Everything I have now That works on a 12-15
volt DC supply has the "Powerpole" connectors on them. Very convienant.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Or
" type stuff and the perennial
North-South path to South America. I can work the Argentine/Brazilian
Venezuelan stations already on 20 or 15 so don't need 10 meters for them!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Stephanie Maks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "wayne b
like it is a crystal set almost until you connect the antenna!
Good radio.
72's
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Tom Althoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Elecraft"
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 10:35 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] New K1 on the air!
| He
ey simply
banned its use!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Sandy, W5TVW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Vic K2VCO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Elecraft Reflector"
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 3:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW poll
| I
Is this for members only? I see nothing on the home page about this. What's
the full link?
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Vic K2VCO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Elecraft Reflector"
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:20 AM
Subject: [Elecraft]
The K1 works very well on 160! Last year I built a 160-80
meter 2 band board.
Elecraft has all the parts except the crystal. I went to ICM for that.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Bruce Beford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005
Some time ago someone posted a Mouser or whoever's catalog number
for a metal shaft replacement tuning pot. I can't find the e-mail in
my messages received file. Can someone give me correct number for this
item? Mine is just about worn out now and getting sloppy.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
I spent money on one! I KNOW the
"Bug catcher" type antennas work great.
K1 should make a neat mobile rig for CW 40-15 meters.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 2:06 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K-1 Mobi
For 40/30/20/15 (4 band card) I routinely use a 33' radiator and
two or more 33' radials.
The KAT1 seems to work fine with that.
I hoist the 33' radiator up an MFJ-1910 33' fibreglass pole.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Ron Willcocks" <[EM
17 meters is only nice if you are NOT a contester. More activity
is usually on 15 meters.
I tried 17 meters and quickly changed to 15 as more going on there
and you can use it for 15 meter QRP nets and contests.
Take your pick.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "David To
ts on CW
and replace an MFJ coupler I'm using now that is as big or bigger than
the K1!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "wayne burdick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sandy, W5TVW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "QRP-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Wayne,
Where is the info on using AGC on/off for turning light on and off?
Nothing on my modification sheet about it. Also nothing on sheet
currently at Elecraft website.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
Light works great by the way!
- Original Message -
From: "wayne burdick" <[EM
Got mine installed today. It works great. Nice green light
behind the LCD.
Much better than my jury rigged white LEDs!
73,
Sandy W5TVW K1 #1178
- Original Message -
From: "ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Elecraft Reflector"
Sent: Wednesday, September 14
x27;t that be challenging?
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "J F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Elecraft Discussion List"
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:44 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] All contesters will appreciate parts of this...
| Just was sent this
Is this stuff real flexible? I've been using some old "MIL SPEC" type #26 guage
hookup wire!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Mike B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Scott Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "elecraft reflector
other shoe hasn't dropped yet! (Expanding the 'phone bands). I hope the
FCC hasn't an
unpleasant surprise when it becomes a NPRM.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "James Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Craig Rairdin'" <[EMAIL
required!
I've been practically on nothing but CW now for about 20 years. It's a great
mode
when you have a sore throat and can't talk!
Too bad the knuckleheaded "newbie" people think Morse is too antiquated to
carry over into
the 21st century! Ain't n
compared with the old stuff.
Has anone else had this happen or is it a fluke?
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Mike S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 8:34 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Multicore solder availability
| After finishing #4439,
receiver filter bandpass
bandwidth (1.5 khz-.05 khz) and bandpass center frequency variable
over whatever the audio range would be (500-2500 Hz?)
{pipe dreams?}
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Julian, G4ILO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Elecraft List"
stuff one night. Kwajelien Island, Caroline Islands, Hawaii, American
Samoa
all on SSB with 3 watts PEP and a Newtronics "Hustler" mobile antenna on
my old Ford Mustang. That was quite a thrill!
You'd be surprised wjhat you can work if you are presistant!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Origin
That's always my biggest regret! No 80 meters on the 4 band card!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Jim F." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 2:27 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] k1 and QRP Afield
| Hello to all that I worked yester
I've had my best results with a 1 oz teardrop weight {painted dayglo orange!}
and a common spinning rod with 6lb monofilament line! Usually I can
cast it over the limb of my choice in 2-3 tries. Regularly get it over 50' plus
trees this way.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
other components
| aer appropriate to the frequency?
No, Not even with a 2 band board owing to the filter frequencies used.
If you did it, what would be the point? No CW operation is legal at
the moment on 60 meters.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
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Ni-MH batteries. Mine don't seem to
self discharge near as fast as the old Ni-Cads did. Ni-Cads were the "pits"
as a cell frequently would go down and spoil the whole pack. I use
mostly 1.5 and 2 A/H Ni-MH batteries in a 10 cell external holder.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original
ighs just 3.3 pounds. I use a
standard photo tripod and a couple of tyraps to support the "pole".
Antenna being a 33' length of wire (80-15 meters) and two 33' radials
laid on the ground. One radial not enough, a third one doesn't make a big
difference in performance.
et 100 khz markers, which will prove usually
quite adequate.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Lloyd Lachow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "List Elecraft"
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 10:35 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] using a freq standard for the K1
|I hav
I have an old Ungar "Princess" that might work? Someday I mat try SMD
out, but I suspect I'll sooner or later drop some parts and probably never find
them!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "John Payne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sandy W5TV
mail for a
soldering
iron!)
The biggest problem would be positioning and handling the components!
At least I think this would be the "kink" for people who KNOW how to
solder correctly!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Mike Morrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
T
r missing parts on my "unclean room" workshop!!)
Big smile ;^)
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Frank C Van Cleef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?
|
| With all due respect to those of
27;m concerned! I played that game when I
was younger, but no more!
Have fun with the Surface mounted stuff guys>
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "Steve, G4GXL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT:
dding more give slight changes for the better, but nothing of a large
difference.
I'd say four would be the maximum needed. More is always better as regards
radilas, but after 4 the returns increasingly diminish.
73,
Sandy W5TVW
- Original Message -
From: "John Rader" &
I used a thick piece of leather (about 1/8") cut in a disk same size as knob.
Works great. I couldn't find any felt thick enough! Normal "pool table" baize
is not thick enough. Where does one get thick felt? (Besides the brim of an
old "smokey bear"
ith collapsible
"hot sticks" when the tips break off? They would make great portable "poles"!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
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bviously
used receivers with USB filters only and they didn't know CW! I thought
it was a stupid move to "channelize" the 60 meter band on SSB only!!!
I supposed ARRL has too many irons in the fire now with the "rehashing"
of the amateur classes/privileges and BPL to worry
Or even try the "Google"
search engine online and it will keep you busy for hours searching for the
groups
that deal with what you are interested in.
Old time radio can be found on the "glowbugs" and "boatanchor" groups.
Ditto "specialty" groups like P
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