difference, just worked Serbia, Sardinia and Croatia with 3 watts :)
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73 & thanks,
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James KB2FCV
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From: Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com>
To: james1787 <james1...@aol.com>
Cc: elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Mon, Jan 2, 2012 6:07 pm
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r/swr was doing without the ATU on 20m.
Also, I have a 13.8 volt supply connected, 3 watts sounds a bit low?
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73,
James KB2FCV
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From: Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com>
To: james1787 <james1...@aol.com>
Cc: elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent
Hi Folks,
I just finished putting together my KX1 with the ATU. I am having a problem
with it on 20m when using it through my shack tuner (viking matchbox to a
dipole up 60-70 ft). As the manual states, I place the tuner into CAL to bypass
the tuner. The problem is that it seems kind of quiet. I
Hello,
I would like to know how to unsubscribe to this list. With easily well
over 100 emails average per day from this mailing list I find myself
deleting 99 percent of it (unless I have a problem with my K2.. but
it's been flawless for a long time now). This reflector is a great
resource for
Hmm, before I dumped money into a new amp I'd say take a look at the
antenna first. The antenna is always the first place to look to improve
your signal gettin' out.
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From: Bob Locher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12:17 pm
Subj
I am new to APP's. I picked up the Racheting crimper from West Mountain
Radio and a bag full of APP's at Dayton this year. So far they seem to
crimp nicely. If you're careful, you can even get 10 guage wire on the
30 amp connections (I forgot to buy 45 amps..). What I like about them
is that th
Lee,
What I have done in the past sometimes is to purchase a 'factory' cable
of your choice and then put the ends you want on it. This way, you get
more or less what you want. I do this all the time with keyer paddles.
Ppurchase a cheap 3 conductor stereo cable, hack it in half and now you
ha
I use the Rigblaster NoMic (no microphone) with my K2. As Kevin AC0H
said, go download the manual off the west mountain radio website
(www.westmountainradio.com). I have never had a single problem with my
Rig Blaster. I highly reccomend wiring it up for PTT instead of Vox.
It's certainly much e
The replacement L1 arrived today! For everyone reading, the problem
turned out to be a small sliver of wire jammed underneath pins 3 and 5
of the AUX2 PCBoard. It was actually under the plastic part of the
connector that plugs onto the K2 control board. I broke L1 in the
process of discovering
Hi Don,
Thanks for the reply and your help! Yep, I have checked the resistances
on both the tiny inductors. They are around 8 ohms, which was within
the range that elecraft support suggested. Elecraft support suggested
that U1 pin 11 and pin 12 should be around 5 volts when no data is
being s
Gary,
I took some measurements:
You mentioned when the K2 is not sending or receiving data that U1 pin
11 and pin 12 should both be 5 volts. Pin 12 is 5 volts, but Pin 11 is
0 volts. I also verified that U6 Pin 25 is 5 volts and U6 Pin 26 is 0
volts. What could cause U6 Pin 26 to be 0 volts?
I have been working with the KIO2 for a while to try to get it to work.
It's never really worked since I put it in.
Today I verified with another PC that the K2 does indeed send data
through the KIO2 but it does not receive. I ran the test as described
on page 14 of the KIO2 manual. Steps 1,2,
Just a quick correction:
Shielded RJ-45 cable and plugs exist and you can purchase them today. I
can't remember, but are all the pins used on the special cable that
connects the KIO2 to the computer? If not, then eight pins are plenty.
Since most everyone doesn't have an RJ-45 crimper - the ca
Hi everyone,
Thanks for all the great feedback. There have been alot of great
suggestions out there. Everyone seems to have their preferences -
what's right for one person might be totally wrong for the next. It
sounds like I have a few options based on some great suggestions:
1. Buy somethin
I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask, if not.. I'm sorry. I've
been mulling around the idea of buying a really nice set of paddles.
Not only are some of these a work of art, I imagine some of these keys
have a really nice 'feel' to them. Currently I have my trusty black and
chrome benc
Jim,
I built my K2 on my kitchen table in my apartment (I was single at the
time so I could get away with having electronics sprawled on the table
for months on end - my kitchen was never used when I was a bachelor
hehe). The only anti static protection I had was a wrist strap clamped
onto an
Wayne,
I've had good luck with cheapqsls.com, I was able to send them an image
and they were able to process it. My card is a full color QSL. You
might want to see what they can do for you. They were pretty friendly
to deal with!
73,
James KB2FCV
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From: wayne bu
I took the K2 #2735 out of my storage case and played around a bit. I
got it hooked up to Spectrogram and followed the instructions in the
PDF written by N0SS provided on the elecraft website. Most of the
filters were dead-on. The only one that was off for CW was the 2.4 khz
filter, which I adj
The filters in my K2 have always been a little weird. Tuning around,
the signal would always peak at the wrong point and then drop when it's
at the correct sidetone frequency. I lived with it for a while. I
finally took some initiative and tried it out with spectrogram and
using the Elecraft no
I have a portable dipole that I use for camping. I bought it off ebay.
The doublets each roll up in a plastic wind-up contraption. It's kind
of like a yo yo tenna deluxe (not made by the same company). The center
insulator has two screw terminals that I connect my 300 ohm ladder line
to.
I've
Mike,
I'd say its better to build the K2 as-is first, then add the modules one at a
time. It's far easier to trouble shoot if you have any problems going along
without the otherstuff already changed. With a good solder sucker it doesn't
take long at all to remove whatever components necessary.
I prefer to use my K2 on CW only as well. I bought the SSB Module in case I
would like to try other digital modes such as RTTY or PSK. I haven't heard the
K2 without the SSB module so I'm not sure how to compare the filters, but the
filters with the SSB module do sound nice and I've never had a
I definitely think it's grey. I don't think there is a touch of green in it at
all.. but that is my opinion. A densitometer would probably answer that
question. I have one here, perhaps I can bring the K2 into work and check it
out?!
I wonder if anyone out there has customized their k2 cases a
40 and 20 meters..
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Neil Young
Benny Goodman
Frank Sinatra
CCR
Hank Williams Sr
Steely Dan
Joe Walsh
Bruce Springsteen
Van Halen
Ozzy
Metallica
Steve Miller Band
Moody Blues
thats what I can rattle off the top of my head right now..
In a message dated 7/16/2004 3:39:02 PM
Dave,
Congratulations on your first QSO with the KX1 and your 2nd QSO ever! It's a
very exciting thing to have someone answer you on a radio that you built and
put together. Best of luck with your KX1 and hope you have many more QSO's!
I've worked into several continents on my K2 and 2 or 3
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