Re: [Elecraft] OT: the value of "accurate measures" for ham radio

2008-03-16 Thread VR2BrettGraham
KR2Q asked: I have received some good (private) replies to my query about the need for accuracy and I've learned a lot about how other think. Shown below is one reply that I feel is worth sharing. I'm not an engineer, so I found this to be especially enlightening. I assume some (many?) will c

[Elecraft] OT: the value of "accurate measures" for ham radio

2008-03-16 Thread DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL
Dear Elecraft reflectorees I have received some good (private) replies to my query about the need for accuracy and I've learned a lot about how other think. Shown below is one reply that I feel is worth sharing. I'm not an engineer, so I found this to be especially enlightening. I assume so

Re: [Elecraft] OT: the value of "accurate measures" for ham radio

2008-03-16 Thread Ian White GM3SEK
DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: I don't have a Bird watt meter or 'scope. I have an off-the-shelf Diamond SX200 watt meter that is probably 25 years old. Here is what I found: 0.5 watts on the K3 = 0.7 watts on the SX200 (5 watt scale, with 0.1 "ticks" below 1 watts) 5.0 watts on the K3 = 4.9 watts

RE: [Elecraft] OT: the value of "accurate measures" for ham radio

2008-03-16 Thread AB7R
or message. 73 Greg AB7R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Christensen Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 10:13 AM To: DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL; Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: the value of "accurate measures" for ham radio

Re: [Elecraft] OT: the value of "accurate measures" for ham radio

2008-03-16 Thread Stewart Baker
Succinctly put Paul. Anyway it's on the list. 73 Stewart G3RXQ On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:13:10 -0400, Paul Christensen wrote: >> For the life of me, I don't understand the apparent "need" (not just >> on the Elecraft reflector) for hams who want (demand) that their ham >> radio gear be so incredibly

[Elecraft] OT: the value of "accurate measures" for ham radio

2008-03-16 Thread Mike Penkas
Because this is a feature of the radio. Although this is not a show stopper, it is a "feature" that needs slight tweaking bythe Elecraft team. Ir ia a "feature" that like the filter gain adjustmentis not available on many other rigs and we want it to work as spec'd so we have another bragging

Re: [Elecraft] OT: the value of "accurate measures" for ham radio

2008-03-16 Thread Paul Christensen
For the life of me, I don't understand the apparent "need" (not just on the Elecraft reflector) for hams who want (demand) that their ham radio gear be so incredibly accurate (not to be confused with precise). Doug, the issue is not attaining lab-grade accuracy with the K3. The issue is in und

[Elecraft] OT: the value of "accurate measures" for ham radio

2008-03-16 Thread DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL
For the life of me, I don't understand the apparent "need" (not just on the Elecraft reflector) for hams who want (demand) that their ham radio gear be so incredibly accurate (not to be confused with precise). Other than, "it should be able to be more accurate," how does this impact our operations