At 06:02 AM 9/7/2006, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
On September 07, 2006 3:00 AM, Darrell VA7TO wrote
I too see the occasional "High Current" reading at the beginning of a
transmission. Switching to the "Voltage/Current" display shows current well
under the current limit setting.
Looks l
Elecrafters:
I has a strange occurrence with my K2/100.
I was running at 10 watts CW on 3596 kHz into an antenna with low
SWR, about 1.1:1.
A very short instant after switching the VFO mode from split to
normal, I got a "High Current" reading. It only lasted for one dot.
Any ideas what mig
Mike:
It depends on what you want to do with the rig. Since you style
yourself a "newbie," you can likely do without the advanced features,
like the DSP. These are for more experienced operators trying to use
the rig in difficult conditions.
A beginner can do quite a lot with the basic rig.
Doug:
Discussions about a prospective K3 have always
struck me as a bit curious. I'm not sure just
what it is that people are looking for. I get the
impression that you're talking about more
operational features rather than improved engineering characteristics.
As you note, there are lots o
Greetings from England everyone,
Lead free solder is becoming difficult to get in Europe because of
the environmental legislation forced upon us by the somewhat undemocratic
European Union. If you guys in the states think you have problems with the
Federal Govt try living within the Europe
Two more cents worth:
Go to
http://www.surplussales.com/Antennas/Antennas-9.html
and check out WUN(TWA).
I'm not sure it is practical for Ham use, but its cool stuff.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
At 08:18 AM 8/18/2006, Vin Cortina wrote:
John,
Only my 2 cents worth, but for a length that long, I am th
To Whom This May Concern,
Sounds like a great idea. But I have one concern. Paper is a wonderful
generator of static electricity. Or least this was drummed into me many
time at work. Be sure to use proper esd procedures and be careful with
paper. Good luck.
73,
Steve Brandt N7VS
To Whom This May Concern,
It appears that Canadian postage rates will go up next year. Don't be too
surprised if U.S. rates also go up in the next year or so. It would be nice if
they would be nice if we had even values like $0.35, $0.40 etc. Would be
easier for the vending machines.
bout cooking up (literally) the custom power
transformer that particular design calls for. There
also doesn't seem to be much on the internet either.
So I'm wondering if any of you folks have come across
a design that would fit the bill.
Stephen
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Phil:
The noise blanker and audio filters are nice, but not totally
necessary. As a CW guy you do not the SSB option. As a QRPer you do
not need the high power option. Unless you have a special fondness
for 160m you do not need that. You can get by without an external tuner.
In other words,
How about it folks.
Lets hear about your fun filled experiences!
Ron, wb1hga
"CW, an esoteric experience"
Ron:
I had 21 QSOs (19 QRP) on 15 meters between 1900Z and 2000Z
yesterday. I admit that when the flux is 70, it is rare to have 15
meter openings like the one that happened ye
".the bands are broken, not your radio. It will be very seldom
that you hear anything much on 20 meters. And 40 meters is noisy right now."
How's that again? In the NA QSO party yesterday, both 15 and 20
meters were in fine fettle. On 15, I worked stations as far away as
the west coast.
Hi Guys,
A few weeks ago I managed to induce a fault into my K2 by transmitting
into no load when testing the top band option. I found that R58, the 180
ohm, half watt resitior at the far end of T4 had been damaged and had a
value of 4 ohms. So I replaced it and reassembled the K2 and I still
, the other painted red. So
I'm planning on winding T1 using the dark grey .5 in.
core. Do any of you experts out there think there
would be any harm in winding RFC2 on a slightly larger
core (.5 in. red)? Or should I go back to Elecraft
and wait for a replacement?
Your input is appreciated
Hi Elecrafters,
Hoping that some of you may be able to point me in the right direction.
I'm not having much luck with power supplies!
Although a suitable level of audio volume is a somewhat personal and
subjective assessment I have spent some time now reading the list archives
re 'low audio' and
Mike,
Mine went on first time..here is a tip you might wish to
try(having first checked that you have not, by accident got the right
nut confused with another on your bench). Offer up the nut to the threads on
the antenna connector. Then turn it anti clockwise until you feel
: "Stephen W. Kercel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Elecraft Reflector"
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 21:20
Subject: [Elecraft] Interfacing with computers
> Fellow Elecrafters:
>
> I notice that many of these new fangled computers no longer have
> serial ports. They
Fellow Elecrafters:
I notice that many of these new fangled computers no longer have
serial ports. They typically have USB ports. On the other hand, radio
gear such as the K2 has a port that looks a lot like a serial port.
How are they mated up; is there such a thing as a USB/serial convertor?
G'day again,
I feel such a fool!
I almost have to ask everyone to disregard my previous post.
After turning off all the equipment ready to shuffle off to bed (it's very
late/early here) I'm looking at the lab style bench power supply that I'm
using an realise that it's max supply current is only
Hello all,
This is my first post to the group so I hope it works correctly!
Happy to report that K2 S/N 5556 is alive in Australia!
However I'm slightly concerned about the results I'm getting during
transmitter alignment.
After running through the TX alignment procedure twice the best results
Fellow Elecrafters:
Many such phone numbers and codes, including Symantec's, are to be found at:
http://gethuman.com/us/
73,
Steve
AA4AK
At 06:17 PM 7/12/2006, Fred Jensen wrote:
Thanks to all for the replies. Steve, AA4AK, provided a secret set
of codes to put in at the prompts on the aut
Hello everyone,
During the alignment of the Top Band option of my K2 I did a stupid thing
and connected the dummy load to the wrong antenna connector. I used the tune
button and tried to align the filters to set the TX power using the power level
set to 2 watts. I got a high current warning
Jim:
The A index is currently 4 and the K index is 2. The flux is a bit
low at 75, and Ham Radio Deluxe shows lots of current spots. Looks
like the bands are alive and kicking.
I expect that a lot of contesters are like me, still recovering from
24 hours of IARU.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
At 05
Does the K2 produce sufficient audio power to drive a set of Bose
Quiet Comfort 2 noise cancelling headphones?
Has anyone on the list tried Bose Quiet Comfort 2 noise cancelling
headphones with a K2?
73
Steve Kercel
AA4AK
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Bekir:
The technical answer to your question is as follows. The loss of your
coax depends on the SWR and frequency. 45 meters of CQ125 (a high
quality version of RG-58) at 14 MHz with an SWR of 2:1 has an
idealized loss of 2.7 dB. If you request 9.5 Watts on your K2, you
would get close to 5
Pete:
Good idea. We'll definitely try it next time.
73
Steve
AA4AK
At 04:35 PM 6/27/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Three field days ago, I was getting frustrated with all of the fast
cw myself. after about midnight local, when the initial rush had
settled down, I tuned to the upper edge of
Alan and others:
Personally, I never use a keyboard on the air. I type with only one
finger (and have no interest in learning to type with all ten), and
I'd make too many mistakes trying to use a keyboard under the stress
of on-the-air operating. Where a keyboard is useful is in programming
t
Fellow Elecrafters:
At the KS1R Field Day operation we had a bunch of 5 wpm operators who
wanted to try their hand at CW on our GOTA station. They were very
disappointed because they could not find any slow stations, and the
20+ wpm CW that most Field Day operators were running simply
overwhe
Keith:
If it is physically practical at your site, the best thing to do is
to have the long feed line meander (suspended in the air) along the
path from the antenna to the rig.
Laying it on the ground is not a good idea.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
At 09:53 AM 6/21/2006, Darwin, Keith wrote:
I just
Tom:
Paper QSLing has become very expensive.
eQSL is not recognized for major awards such as DXCC and WAS. (Unless
the policy has recently changed)
LOTW is recognized for DXCC and WAS, and is likely to expand to other
awards. I have about 1600 QSOs logged on LOTW resulting in about 200
QSLs
Fellow Elecrafters:
I've had my K2 for only a short while, and I find that Jukka rises a
point that I've been wondering about. Can the K2 transmit at 100
Watts (into low SWR) CW (say 20-30 wpm) in a continuous session for
tens of hours on end without damage?
I usually use my rig in QRP mode,
Ian:
Sincere thanks for this invaluable link.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
At 02:33 PM 5/31/2006, Ian Stirling wrote:
There's an easy way to check if it's genuine email.
When contacting by email regarding account details,
Ebay and Paypal always address the client by full name,
not something like 'Dear
Geoff:
You're being phished. Someone is attempting to trick you into sending
them financial information (such as your credit card data) by
sending fraudulent messages purporting to originate from eBay. Do not
under any circumstances use any of the Internet links in any such
message. Instead,
Bekir:
Since many operators communicate from ships, cars and airplanes in
motion, you should be able to operate from a train in motion.
Obviously if the train car is metal, an indoor antenna would be
ineffective. Can you mount a mobile whip on the exterior of the car?
Would clearance through
Keith:
A good source of information for obscure calls is:
http://www.ik3qar.it/manager/
Although this is primarily a list of QSL managers, it quite often
includes direct addresses and other contact information. It is a
fairly exhaustive list of rare DX stations and includes many calls
not li
The Pins are clearly there. The rig in the picture sure doesn't look like a
K2 however. Looks more like an old Icom rig. The link to "Order Ham Radio
Pins" did show some interesting pins. Let's hope they expand their product
line. I also happen to be looking for the old pins with the U.S. ama
Keith:
I also enjoy the flexibility of an external AF filter, and have used
an Autek QF1 for over 20 years.
However, my K2 has such a quiet AF output compared to my previous
rigs that the hum from the QF1s internal power supply becomes quite
noticeable and very annoying when I use it with th
Hi Gang,
When going into "Bear Country", besides the pepper spray, take two
sticks. Bang them together at frequent intervals and shout "hi bear". Let
them know that you are coming. You are much better off.
73,
Steve Brandt N7VS
Portland, Oregon
> > Last night I finally got
Hi Guys,
I was given a Weller DS801 desoldering station a while back which
has never worked but looks brand new. . It sucks fine (over here in the
motherland this does not mean it is bad) but the tip does not come up to
temperature. At a guess the element in the iron has gone or the
thermor
Another good setting for NA QRPers to work YX0 is 0200-0300Z on 14023 kHz.
Most evenings they are on 20m quite late, and by that time the band
has closed to Europe, and most NA hams are trying to work YX0 on
80/40/30m. Thus, the pileup on 20 becomes small and manageable, and
is easily cracked
Rod:
Have you seen this ham radio on Linux page?
http://radio.linux.org.au/
Steve, XE1UFO
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Tom,
You are dead right about the fragility of the bits. I was lucky
enough to pick up a couple of boxes of bits at Dayton a few years back,
50 bits per box, $5 per box, the guy had loads, they were new too, guess
I was lucky.
Regards,
Steve
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Hi folks,
I want to take a stab at a homebrew remote control
application for the K2. Can anyone point me at a
source that describes the K2 RS-232 command
set/responses/etc? I understand it's related to the
Kenwood rs-232 but I still haven't had much luck
tracking it down. Any help would be appr
Just how much time does sending a "DE" or a "K" take?
Not much, but NOT sending them takes less time
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
Bill and oth
"Your Novice Accent" was originally printed, in QST, in the mid 1950's. New
Novices were frequently sent reprints, by the league, shortly after they
received their Novice license. It was reprinted in the 1990's. Some of the
information found therein is a little dated, due to changes in technolog
I have found KCOM filters very effective at cutting out telehone RFI.
I have found that the KCOM handset filters do interfere with the
proper operation of some cheap telephones. I have not run into any
problems with the KCOM line filters.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
K2 S/N 5383
At 02:34 PM 4/17/2006, V
Geoff:
Yes, it does seem that cattle raising entails some bizarre problems.
Back when I worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority we held
hearings on a proposed 500 KV transmission line, one end of which was
to terminate at the Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant. One person objecting
to the proposed i
My only excuse is that my construction time is limited and it must have
been 9 months or so since i soldered the "missing" parts on the control
board and forgot to tick them off in the KSB2 manualas i am only 53
does this count as a senior moment?.
Thanks to Don for pointing me in the right
Hi, I have just checked my inventory for the KSB2 and seem to be short
of all of the components for mounting on the front panel board, i.e. : -
P1, c4-c8,q3,rp3,rbias and R13,
It seems to me that the parts must all have been in 1 envelope and this
was omitted from my kit. Before I contact Elec
Here are two sources in the metro Portland, Vancouver, Salem area.
Frys off I5 near Wilsonville. Norvac Electronics in Beaverton and Salem.
Either of these two places should be able to take care of any anti static needs
that you might have. I have had good luck with both of these places.
Benny:
I am sorry that you made no QSOs in EQP. Everyone was disappointed by
the monumentally poor propagation conditions. I did work several
European stations in EQP, but none in northern Europe. We were out
there, but it looks the band simply did not open to Finland.
Better luck in the fut
Fellow Elecrafters:
Overall, my new K2 is performing wonderfully.
However, I notice that if I set the requested power to some nominal
level (typically 5 watts) the indicated power often creeps up to
maybe 6 or 7 bars, under normal keying (typically 20 wpm). If I go to
TUNE, the power will sta
There is a bit of EQP activity around 3540. Severe QRN here in Maine.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
At 09:41 PM 3/11/2006, wayne burdick wrote:
On our EQP rules page, we suggested 3530-3540 for EQP on 80 meters.
Since this range doesn't include a traditional fixed QRP frequency,
I suggest 3535 kHz. Sorry
Joe:
If you've worked 300+ with a loaded vertical, I tip my hat to you.
While 100 countries on 80m with 100 watts and a loaded vertical is
likely doable, I agree with you, it would be a notable feat.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
At 06:38 PM 3/8/2006, Joseph Reed wrote:
Stephen,
I live in a
Fellow Elecrafters:
I got the K2 on the air today. What a wonderful rig!
73,
Steve Kercel
AA4AK
K2 S/N# 5383
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Joe:
I'd be very surprised if you'd need the MOAA to work 100 countries on
80m. The K2 should handle it easily.
Comment on solar activity:
During my time at ORNL we were occasionally concerned with modeling
the long term history of solar activity, and we noticed that the
solar cycle is real
Fellow Elecrafters:
The new rig arrived from Alan today, and I expect to put it on the
air tomorrow.
What is considered an acceptable level of SWR for a K2/100?
73,
Steve Kercel
AA4AK
K2 S/N# 5383
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Elecrafters:
Has anyone used a West Mountain PWRGate PG40S between the power
supply and the K2/100.
Does the 0.3V voltage drop cause any problems?
73,
Steve
AA4AK
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Hi all
It was a feindish trick...the URL in the QST article does not
exist..This one however does
https://www.amrad.org/projects/lf/
thanks for the help.
Steve G0XAR
PS Does anyone else think Elecraft could find a market for a high
performance active antenna kit?
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Greetings from England,
I wonder if anyone can help me get access to the AMRAD Website. I am
about to start building the K0BRA Active RX Antenna as featured in the
Sept 2001 QST and I am interested in getting the documentation at : -
www.amrad.org/projects/lf
however Firefox and MS Explorer
Elecrafters:
Is the Powerwerx ATC 20- amp fuse and holder suitable for fusing the
power supply lead to the K2/100?
73,
Steve
AA4AK
K2 # 5383 (almost in hand)
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Thanks for the many comments. The 6 foot length was my real concern.
If the K2 can live with the .14 volt drop then all is well.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
K2 # 5383 (almost in hand)
At 05:24 PM 2/23/2006, Vic Rosenthal wrote:
Stephen W. Kercel wrote:
Elecrafters:
I have a prefabricated (West
Elecrafters:
I have a prefabricated (West Mountain) power lead made of zip cord
consisting of No 10 stranded cables. It is 6 feet long and has
factory installed Anderson power poles on one end and factory
installed 1/4 inch ring connectors on the other.
Is this cable heavy enough to connect
A couple of points from the K2 manual are unclear to me.
The Documentation mentions that if you use an external keyer, you
still need to use a stereo plug, with the keyed line going to the tip
of the plug and the center ring going unused. I was wondering if a
coupling the keyer line to the K2
Elecrafters:
After weighing all the suggestions from many list members, I've
decided to have Alan, w1hyv, build a new rig for me.
I feel really bad about not building my own.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
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Elecrafters:
Thanks for the overwhelming response. I have received several very
attractive offers and am pondering which one to take.
Thanks and 73,
Steve Kercel
AA4AK
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Elecrafters:
I had been intending to build a K2. Unfortunately, it looks like my
1983 vintage Argosy is reaching the end of its life sooner than I
expected, and alas, I am too busy with work responsibilities to build
a rig right now.
Anyway, I'm in the market for an already built K2. One wit
Guys,
I suspect things could get even worse if the suggested pink pefumed
envelopes had labels on them from Wayne and Ericunless of course you
are a lady building an Elecraft kit.
Yours
Steve
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Hi all,
It seems to me that a gathering at Friedrichshafen for us Elecrafters
might be a good idea. I'll be attending with Jan G0BBL and Alan M0PUB
and all of us have built K2s..we are staying in Lindau and hopefully
will operate portable from Austria, Switzerland and Germany whilst we
a
igh angle.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
At 06:51 PM 1/16/2006, Jessie Oberreuter wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Stephen W. Kercel wrote:
[...] don't be too enchanted by the low angle pattern, it is also a
bit lossy. If you overlay your EZNEC vertical dipole elevation
pattern with the EZNEC broadside
This is only a test. Please ignore. Happy New Year everybody.
73,
Steve Brandt N7VS
Portland, Oregon
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wave on top, 1/4 wave on the two
vertical parts). It has a figure 8 broadside pattern, and is easily
fed at one of the upper corners with coax.
Larry N8LP
Stephen W. Kercel wrote:
Kevin:
I think vertical dipoles are wonderful. I have used them on a
heavily wooded lot with great success
Kevin:
I think vertical dipoles are wonderful. I have used them on a heavily
wooded lot with great success on both 20 and 30 meters. The higher
you can get them off the ground the better.
It is very desirable to be sure the feedline comes off reasonably
perpendicular to the antenna for a qua
Keith:
As you have no doubt seen from the other posts, you can do a lot with
QRP on the low bands. As is clear from such feats as working
intercontinental DX with 5 W on 160 m, QRP is limiting, but not severely so.
I've done some NVIS calculations for New England. If you're
interested in wor
Andy,
There is a company in the UK which sells DIY Nickel Plating
kits. They target people in the vintage
motorcycle restoration hobby. Its not that difficult to do. I have an
address somewhere which I will post when i find it. you could also look in
the yellow pages of find a copu o
Does anyone on the list have some professional background using
"fuzzy systems" theory for time series estimation?
Thanks,
Steve Kercel
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Elecrafters:
What is the recommended separation between a K-2 and its power supply?
73,
Steve
AA4AK
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Hi,
Check the number of turns on the toroids for the 80 M band pass
filter. I had a similar problem on 40 M because I had 1 turn too many on
one of the toroids.
Your mileage may vary,
Steve
G0XAR
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Hi Everybody,
My K2 sn 3354 livesthank you to everyone on the reflector for
helping me debug the couple of problems I have had along the way. If I
may make a comment about Page 74 in the manual TX alignment -
I found it curious that once the RX had been set up one has to repeat
the sa
Hi Worshipful members of the order of Elecraft,
The awsome power (haha) of the list, in the shape of Don W3FPR
pointed me in the right direction. My mistake was to wind L26 with 13
turns instead of 12. Now I have corrected my blunder we have : -
10 Watts, 13.1 volts and 2.36 amps - no over
Gentlefolk,
I could do with some advice. I am at Page 72 in the K2 MANUAL aligning
the TX for 40 Meters.
At 5 watts output the current drain is supposed to be 1.3-1.6 amps. The
book says if it is *much* higher than this, or the Voltage drops more
that 1 Volt I may have a problem with the TX,
Kurt:
Depends on what you're trying to do. If all you want is to read SWR without
sending out a transmitted signal, the MFJ-207 will do nicely. You can often
find them in the $60-70 range on eBay.
MFJ makes a very fancy R+JX analyzer. However, it has a reputation for
uneven quality and relia
Glad to see that some of you are at least brave enough to try. I
started
contesting in the old Novice Roundup in 1966. Made 353 contacts with, 75
multipliers, in about 15 hours of operation. I run about 100 watts output
to a Radioworks 40 meter "Superloop" up about 50 feet. I also have a
I am a newcomer to all of this, and I am wondering if there is any place
left in contesting for those of us who choose not to have a computer send
code
or receive code--ie just used for logging. I am working on getting my
speed up,
but I couldn't participate due to my inability to copy the
8. Stations tuning up on your frequency for several minutes and then
starting to call CQ SS on the frequency you are working.
Unfortunately, a fact of contest life... and (again, unfortunately) not
limited to contest times.
One notices this also in DX pileups. The DX is working split a
QRP is a tough way to start a ham hobby. I'd say you're better off
buying a no-hassles rig that puts out 50 or more watts. Don't handicap
yourself. You need to have QSOs, not spend your time trying to call
stations that can't hear you.
...
- Keith -
Amen!
QRP is a joy to th
One more detail useful to the beginner. A half wave dipole for 40 m will
give excellent performance on 15 m as well. You get two bands for the price
of one.
Steve
AA4AK
...
40 meters is a great band, probably the best overall. 15 is another
fabulous band ..
- Keith -
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We are either at or near the minimum of the sunspot cycle. Depending on
whose projections you believe, we're there right now, or will be there
within the next year. Since there is considerable weekly/monthly
fluctuation in sunspot activity it will not be until maybe two years from
now tha
Gerald:
With Tech Plus privileges you can work 15 meters as well as 10. Admittedly,
you could work SSB on 10, but are limited to CW on 15. However, if you're
planning for QRP and simple antennas, you'll probably have more success on
CW than SSB.
Anyway, you might consider trying to operate o
Ron:
Although it has been a very long time since I've built a Heathkit, I'm
pretty sure recalling that Heath had a disclaimer that both acid core
solder or a soldering iron cleaned with sal ammoniac would void their warranty.
It is enough of a concern that I would not use it on an Elecraft pr
Jerry:
I'd be very reluctant to use a soldering iron tip cleaned with sal ammoniac
on electronic equipment. For some manufacturers, it will void the warranty.
I do not recall Elecraft's policy on sal ammoniac, but I'd check with them
before using a soldering iron tip cleaned with sal ammoniac
Hi Paul:
Another strategy would be to use a Wireman 1171 BNC-F to UHF-M connector
and a Wireman 801 dipole center. (Using a pair of Wireman 800 thimbles with
the 801 is highly recommended.)
That configuration plus a bit of weatherproofing (extensively discussed by
this group in the past) of
Jess:
So far I have not even heard an actual K7C signal here in Maine. However, I
have occasionally heard the pileups.
I agree with you that if you have to put up with too many lids, then the
contact is not worth the trouble doing. There have been occasions in the
past where I have simply de
Julius:
I was wondering; is there a home football game in Knoxville that day?
Steve
AA4AK
At 06:30 AM 9/29/2005 -0700, J F wrote:
Stop by and say hello if you're going to be at either
of these East Tennessee events on Saturday.
73,
Julius
n2wn
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Toby:
Good point.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
At 04:10 PM 9/14/2005 +0200, Toby Deinhardt wrote:
As much as GAs are fun and very powerful, I do wonder about the amount of
time it might need using say a population of 50 and 100 generations.
Assuming 100ms for switching and mesurement -> 100ms * 50 * 100
Instead of an exhaustive search, you might try a genetic algorithm.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
At 11:51 PM 9/13/2005 -0400, Mike WA8BXN wrote:
Don -
If you can easily tune the tuner by hand I always teach my
programming students to just watch themselves manually performing the task,
then write d
Stan:
We've been having history-making solar flares for nearly a week. The HF
bands have been completely dead more often or not.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
At 08:05 AM 9/13/2005 -0500, Stan Rife wrote:
I just completed and installed a K60XV in my K2 last evening. I am
not sure if it is propagat
Martin:
Antennas work by witchcraft and magic. NEC is about as good a modeling
program as you will find, but all antenna calculations are only a gross
indication of expected performance. Actually, the problem is that the near
field has extreme sensitivity to boundary conditions; these are imp
Jason:
Re: "The media is a joke." Amen.
Having worked for several highly visible Government agencies, I was always
amazed at media accounts of our activities. They were nothing like the real
story.
Thomas Jefferson once said that while he believed in freedom of the press,
he thought that th
Ralph says:
There is CW out there but sometimes the activity does
seem sparse.
I'd wondered about that. I was completely inactive from July 1983 to
November 2004, and I've noticed that the CW bands seem a lot less populated
now than they did 20+ years ago. For exa
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