Thank you for that info!
73,
--
Jeff, KE9V
On Friday, October 18th, 2024 at 11:00 AM, Dave New, N8SBE
wrote:
> According to my most recent 80M Elecraft SSB Net report, both K2RIG and
> W4CBS are running Mercury III amps with their K4s. One or both of those
> may be IIIs. Also, K8NU used to
According to my most recent 80M Elecraft SSB Net report, both K2RIG and
W4CBS are running Mercury III amps with their K4s. One or both of those
may be IIIs. Also, K8NU used to run a Mercury amp with his K4D, but he
recently upgraded to a KPA1500. He was using a Palomar HF-AUTO as an
ATU, but
RCA 12V on the REM rear panel connector of the KPA1500. See page 38 of the
KPA1500 owners manual.
RCA male to male, 12V DC out on K4.
73 de Dick, K6KR
> On Jul 3, 2024, at 11:20, Brian F. Wruble wrote:
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I just installed a new K4. I have a KPA1500 that works beautifully wit
LOL!!
Good luck in the contest!
de Benton, w4jba
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net on
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Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2024 11:17 AM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] K4 with KPA1500 question
Hi guys,
I just installed a new K4.
On 6/2/2024 10:41 PM, Ray wrote:
The TX Bandwidth Question was Not answered !
Not my job, mon! I'm a customer. I responded with what I knew.
73, Jim K9YC
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On 6/2/2024 3:27 PM, Bob Gale wrote:
Also, has AM receive been activated on the K4, and if so, AM selectable
sideband sync detector?
I listen to the AM Broadcast band using the SSB detector. Max RX
bandwidth is 5 kHz, which just about optimum for speech. I use it to
evaluate performance of R
On 5/4/2024 9:21 PM, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote:
So there is my question, if for such an expensive piece of equipment, there
could be something of better quality, if not, I apologize, we will have to
live with these things.
The only things that Elecraft should do to prevent lightning damage are
Hi again,
Your grounding sounds good. I suspect the USB connection used by
Elecraft was standard, and not something that was lightening proof, so
yes, any manufacturer can do more, the question is why increase the cost
of the amp to everyone, when there is little chance the protection will
e
Hi Dave
I have a panel like yours, each antenna to a discharger, on a copper sheet.
Nothing has happened with the coaxial and antenna switch
I have several rods that make the ground and a copper bar behind the desk
and all the equipment is connected to the ground
The lighting came through the an
Jorge,
I can only go by what you said:
"Last week I experienced a lightning strike"
That sounds a lot like a direct discharge into the shack, so I am
responding to your comment, if that is not correct, please help me
understand what actually happened...
Lightening is strange, it can take ou
Supported myself during college at the local TV station ... very late
1950's. Station was on a ridge, we got lots of lightning strikes on our
tower. The grounding ["earthing"] of the entire station was super
extensive. We still occasionally lost equipment, mostly the smaller
uwave equipment out
Probably a great device, but why would Elecraft risk infringing someone else’s
patent and increasing the price of the K4 by an extra $100, rather than letting
the individual decide if they need and buy their own?
73,
Alan - G4GNX
South Coast UK
Elecraft K4D / KPA500 / KAT500 / IC-9700
> On 5
hi Dave
I don't know what to tell you, I imagine that a direct discharge into the
shack would have burned everything.
I had 6 USB cables connected to the laptop, they burned the USB of a box of
GHE that costs $160 and the USB of the KPA1500 that costs +$7000
rotor controls and other PCs did not
Hi Jorge,
That device would not stand a strike... As per the US Weather service,
(https://www.weather.gov/safety/lightning-power), a typical lightening
bolt runs around 300,000,000 volts, at 30,000 amps. That device is
speced for 4000 volts...
For Elecraft to protect the amp against a ligh
Dave
I am not an engineer and I don't know anything about electronics either,
but I am very receptive to the solutions that many radio friends give me.
which made me think if the kpa1500 or k4 usb was built with something like
this,
https://www.blackbox.com/en-ca/store/product/detail/USB-to-USB-I
I can’t see where a more robust USB connector would affect remote operation via
a LAN cable.
Better isolation can be obtained by installing a WiFi dongle.
73,
Alan - G4GNX
South Coast UK
Elecraft K4D / KPA500 / KAT500 / IC-9700
> On 4 May 2024, at 17:57, Jorge Diez - CX6VM wrote:
>
> of co
Jorge,
I would imagine if you approach Elecraft with that mindset, their
thoughts will be you should take care of your own lightening protection.
73, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI
ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical
* Elecraft has no control in how one sets up (or uses) a station.
* A remote station needs all of the same protection enjoyed by any
other station; they are the same except one is used remotely.
On the last premise; set up the remote station as if it were any other
station; RFI and noise mi
of course that we need to take care of many things, very good grounding,
gas arrestors, single antenna grounding panel, etc, etc
but, after my bad experience, I expect that a expensive product that is
designed, in many cases, to be installed remotely, has been, for example on
the USB connector, bu
I don’t think you can expect Elecraft to take care of any safety issues,
especially with lightning.
You could install a remote camera to keep an eye on things, along with smoke
detectors and some form of extinguisher, such as those now available for 3D
printers.
To protect from lightning, you’d
Wayne
What worries me is having a very expensive device like a K4 connected in a
remote place, to the antennas, power and internet
How to avoid damage to the equipment?
Last week I experienced a lightning strike and the I/O module of my KPA1500
was damaged, what has Elecraft thought to ensure th
This is why Elecraft needs to get serious about having IPv6 support in the K4.
Because of stateless auto config, a minimal support would just be to enable
stateless auto config on the network interface and provide the ipv6 address on
the menu as readonly.
ohn WB5THT
On 12/15/2023 11:57 AM, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote:
Message: 14
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 15:57:57 +0100
From: Magnus Danielson
To:elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 Remote Lives and Breathes!
Message-ID:
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Thi
As (other) Rick says, port forwarding varies between routers; but the
two key points to research for your router are:
1) Assign (reserve) the K4 MAC(s) to specific IP addresses, so the
K4(s) is/are ALWAYS at the same LAN IP address (reboot the K4).
2) Port forward 9204 to the K4 (only one can
Simplicity is the keynote to K4 Remote. If you have an external IP address, you only have
to fill in a few fields to get going. You do have to set up a "port forward"
rule in your router in order to make YOUR K4 accessible to remote control ops. All the
routers have different web pages to do th
I’m not particularly networking savvy, in fact I’m at the opposite end of
networking familiarity. I’ve contacted Wayne a few times to ask that the K4
remote solution (whether K4/K4-0 or VK4 software) follow the KISS principle and
make connectivity simple enough for someone like me. I’m hoping I
* On 2023 15 Dec 11:47 -0600, KJ7SOY wrote:
> Rick:
>
> The problem is not dynamic IP addresses changing. That’s easy to fix.
> It’s CG-NAT (Carrier Grade Network Address Translation), which doesn’t
> give you an external world addressable IP address. You can’t assign a
> DDNS name because you don
Thanks, Adrian. I didn't realize how ubiquitous that technique is becoming.
I guess I live a sheltered life here in the mountains and, of course, in
Silicon Valley. I hope your solutions don't add unacceptable latency.
/Rick N6XI
On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 9:46 AM KJ7SOY wrote:
> Rick:
>
> The pro
Rick:
The problem is not dynamic IP addresses changing. That’s easy to fix. It’s
CG-NAT (Carrier Grade Network Address Translation), which doesn’t give you an
external world addressable IP address. You can’t assign a DDNS name because you
don’t HAVE an IP address to map to. Many carriers (T-Mob
Hi, Dave. I don't think it will be much of an issue. With many ISPs,
external IP addresses change rarely. If your ISP is changing addresses
frequently, consider using a DDNS server like no-ip.com. I have tested K4
Remote using a DDNS string in lieu of a hard-coded WAN address and it works
fine.
/R
This issue is real. A problem is also there is quite many port forward
configurations to setup as one setup a station.
There is methods to punch through NATs, and I hope one have chosen to
use an approach that does this. One is to operate over a VPN that have
these abilities. Another is to use
Very interesting Rick, thanks for sharing the info.
One issue that seems to be increasingly common is that some (many?) ISPs no
longer offer a fixed IP address, which K4 Remote currently needs. The
system many ISPs are changing to is carrier grade network address
translation, it first surfaced in
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 Remote Lives and Breathes!
I thought that what people really wanted was the promised app that would let
users remotely control the K4 from their desktop or other device.
Buying two K4s seems like a very financially inefficient way to go.
Bidirectionality doesn't sound
they
were at the remote site.
73,
Mark, WB9CIF
-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On
Behalf Of David Gilbert
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2023 17:44
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 Remote Lives and Breathes!
I thought that what people
I thought that what people really wanted was the promised app that would
let users remotely control the K4 from their desktop or other device.
Buying two K4s seems like a very financially inefficient way to go.
Bidirectionality doesn't sound like a practical plus.
Dave AB7E
On 12/14/2
As a retired software QC engineer (UNIX OS and layered products), I'm
curiousas to what kind of testing would be needed at a mountain QTH versus a
valley QTH. :-)
In all seriousness, congratulations - I can easily imagine that it's been a LOT
of work,and I'm sure all of us are sincerely gratefu
Maybe it depends on the individual setup.
Despite using a steerable double mag-loop for RX, the urban noise is
horrendous. I don’t find the K3S NR to be particularly good and I’ve placed a
BHI Parametric Equaliser NR box in line. For me, it doesn’t do a great deal -
except for one day last week
Can anyone comment on whether this is also useful on CW? In particular,
as compared to the K3 NR.
73, Victor, 4X6GP
Rehovot, Israel
Formerly K2VCO
CWops no. 5
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
On 11/12/2023 3:45, Tim Tucker wrote:
I got tired of waiting for special subtraction NR and decided to do
som
I got tired of waiting for special subtraction NR and decided to do
something about the lousy K4 NR on SSB. I bought the BHI Dual Inline NR
module and the results are impressive. I will publish a video soon. Anyone
who says that better NR won't help you make more weak signal contacts,
especially if
4. Transmit Monitor
73 George AI4VZ
On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 11:29 AM Dave wrote:
> Wayne, if you can return to a single track mind for a moment, any update on
> when the K4 missing features will be finished?
>
> In no particular order:
> 1. General coverage, the button still does nothing.
> 2.
Hi Dave,
I can think of three reasons why in-depth discussion of the K4 is not taking
place here on this reflector.
The biggest reason is this reflector does not support HTML or attachments. With
the K4 being able to attach screenshots of the K4 display is very important in
trouble shooting and
On 10/26/2023 10:08 AM, Mike Dodd wrote:
Next to each group name is a link
to open a page where you can set your email preferences; see the
attached screen shot.
I guess this group doesn't allow attachments, so the screen shot didn't
come through. Just go to your group list, and the link will
On 10/26/2023 9:52 AM, Mark Musick wrote:
Hi Magnus,
I take it you are not familiar with groups.io so first groups.io is a web-based
collective of lots of different reflectors. Someone else can probably give a
better description.
I think your description is great! It covers the information th
lan, G4GNX with any
specific questions about the K4 Reflector.
73,
Mark, WB9CIF
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From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On
Behalf Of Magnus Danielson via Elecraft
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2023 13:33
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 discussi
How does one even get into them, I have not heard of these and if there
is K4 knowledge there I would enjoy seeing that as a K4 owner. I had
expected to find that here, but it's hard to find the little there is
with all the other posts.
Cheers,
Magnus
On 2023-10-26 10:34, Dave wrote:
While s
Pete,
I'm using a CM500 that is a year or so old. It replaced one that finally
fell apart and I was tired of gluing it back together.
When I replaced the headset, I did not need to make any adjustments!
I went from a K3 to a K4 with the Yamaha headset plugged into the rear
connectors.
My Mic gain
My CM-500 is about 4 years old, and shedding ear-pads, but it works fine
with my K3.
73, Pete N4ZR
On 7/31/2023 6:52 AM, Alan Bloom wrote:
I had never used my CM-500 on a K3 so I can't do that comparison. But
on the K4 I had to turn on the internal mic preamp and set the mic
gain all the way
I had never used my CM-500 on a K3 so I can't do that comparison. But on
the K4 I had to turn on the internal mic preamp and set the mic gain all
the way to maximum. That seemed to give about the correct level - I
could talk at normal loudness to get 5 on the ALC.
I also use the CM-500 on my
On 7/30/2023 4:40 PM, Oscar Staudt wrote:
I attempted to get 3-5 bars of ALC by turning up the mic gain control. Even
with the gain up to 80, I’d have to speak*very* loudly to just get a
flicker on the ALC meter.
Do the headphones work? Are you sure that the mic is plugged all the
way into
Actually, I had (have) this very same problem and brought it up on here quite
some time ago. CM-500, mic and phones plugged into proper jacks on rear,
preamp on, bias on, mic gain at max, mic right at my lips, and I still have to
talk very loudly to get any response out of the ALC meter. I got
On 7/30/2023 7:40 PM, Oscar Staudt wrote:
When I got my K4D a month ago, I unplugged my Yamaha CM-500 mic and
headphones from my K3, and plugged them into the back of my K4. I set the
mic input to rear, and mic bias on. I expected the mic to perform
like it had in the K3.
I attempted to get 3
This may sound like a silly question, but are you sure you have the plugs in
the right way round? i.e. Not swapped over.
AFAIK this problem has not been reported on the K4 reflector and I know other
folks are using them.
73,
Alan - G4GNX
South Coast UK
Elecraft K4D / KPA500 / KAT500 / IC-9700
He never said what kind of antenna he was using. A lossy antenna is
much worse on transmit than it is on receive. You can easily tolerate
20 dB or more loss on receive (for pretty much ANY rig) ... but not on
transmit, especially in a contest like FD where there is tons of QRM on
the other
That was not my experience.
Right out the bat we were occupying a frequency and calling. We were heard so
well we found ourselves at the bottom of a pileup for the next two or more
hours.
You might want to take a closer look at your various mic and transmitter
settings. These have to be ad
: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On
Behalf Of Wayne Burdick
Sent: Wednesday, 28 June, 2023 17:03
To: Robert Strickland
Cc: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 Rx is awesome...
CW is also the only way to go for pedestrian mobile FD, which I did for a
couple of hours while hiking on
CW is also the only way to go for pedestrian mobile FD, which I did for a
couple of hours while hiking on Saturday. Even with a 4' whip and 5 watts I was
working almost every station I called. I stopped long enough to log each QSO so
my printing would be legible.
Of course this is not the way t
Jim...
I gave up on all SSB contesting long ago. To my ears and preferences,
it's just a pile of gibberish with maybe one very strong/clear signal
every 10-20Kc. Not worth it. CW is the only way to contest IMHO. While
I've never operated QRP, I suspect that I'm headed in that direction, also.
Some practices vary with the type of contact—casual, contest, organized program
(SOTA/POTA), event (JOTA, Field Day), DXpedition—and some are just good
practices. This document is a good consensus description, with a lean towards
contesting and DXpedition practices. It is called “Ethics and Oper
I tried driving out to my local ham fest location as indicated on the ARRL
website, but no one was there, and then went to the past site at the high
school football stadium. No one was there either.
I consider my self a newby, don’t even know the etiquette for contests or
“interrupting” some S
Jan,
You are an inspiration to this 79 year old.I like the city lot
idea as well.Keep pounding the brass in good health.
73 Doug EI2CN
On Tue 27 Jun 2023, 02:29 Jim Brown, wrote:
> On 6/26/2023 2:01 PM, Jan wrote:
> > The K4/at is a delight to operate anytime; this last weekend it
On 6/26/2023 2:01 PM, Jan wrote:
The K4/at is a delight to operate anytime; this last weekend it was used
Thanks to the hundred that I had exchanges with
73, Jan K1ND
PS: At 86 years of age it was fun!
At W6BX, W6JTI and I, also octogenarians, worked you on at least one
band. We were QRP
The K4/at is a delight to operate anytime; this last weekend it was used
in the /Field Day Event/
I ran mine @ 20watts on 40 & 80 meters CW via a wire dipole on a city lot///
/
Simple setup with memories programed /~ I/ /had a ball///
Thanks to the hundred that I had exchanges with
73, Jan K
Interesting conclusion.
David Fifield AD6A wrote:
I've been using my K4 at 100W (per the FD rules) this afternoon on several
bands.
I am 1D OR.
I can hear many many stations but hardly any of them can hear me.
To me, this means that the K4 Rx is bomb-proof, sensitive, selective, and
just, wel
On 6/25/2023 7:19 AM, Al Lorona wrote:
I went to CW after this and found the operating to be a lot better.
I gave up on SSB on FD more than ten years ago. Instead, have been doing
FD QRP with W6GJB and W6JTI. There are still guys who haven't been on
the air in the year between, and some long
> I can hear many many stations but hardly any of them can hear me.
The most likely reason for this is operator inexperience, which is a perennial
problem on Field Day. It's great that lots of people who don't usually get on
the air, get on the air... but the side effect of this is a lot of reall
That falls more under the category of lore than science. By all
accounts the K4 has a terrific receiver, but of the several possible
reasons for what you experienced your receiver is at least a couple
notches down the list.
73
Dave AB7E
On 6/24/2023 6:28 PM, David Fifield wrote:
I’ve b
On 6/24/2023 6:28 PM, David Fifield wrote:
I can hear many many stations but hardly any of them can hear me.
Two likely reasons. 1) their receive noise; 2) your antennas.
73, Jim K9YC
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Eric,
now that it looks the K4-F is finally on a production schedule, any
hints on when there will be a K4-K ??
Thanks,
Neil, KN3ILZ
On 4/13/2023 3:18 PM, Eric Swartz wrote:
Hi Rick,
It looks like your K4D shipped today. :-)
We're also working hard to ship a lot this week and next so we c
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Hi Rick,
It looks like your K4D shipped today. :-)
We're also working hard to ship a lot this week and next so we can catch up
with the rest of the backlog and have some K4Ds to sell from our booth at
the Visalia International DX convention (weekend after next). See you all
there!
73,
Eric
*ele
Ordered mine Mar 7th, still waiting. So not quite down to 4 weeks yet.
Hopefully mine will arrive sometime this week.
Rick NJ5W
On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 1:36 PM Jim Rhodes wrote:
> The wait time is down to 3-4 weeks, so not as big a deal as 2 years ago.
> Ordered mine in Jan and had it within
The wait time is down to 3-4 weeks, so not as big a deal as 2 years ago.
Ordered mine in Jan and had it within 4 weeks.
On Thu, Apr 13, 2023, 13:18 Dean L/ K2WW wrote:
> Is it possible to " Buy" someone who is impatiently waiting and pre-paid
> for their K4, and change the shipping info?
> Remin
Ramon Batista
Sent: Sunday, March 5, 2023 5:20 PM
To: Fred Jensen
Cc: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 & KPOD
Hi Fred, My KPOD is connected to my K4 and K3s, but can use it in one radio
at the time.
On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 6:11 PM Fred Jensen wrote:
> Do I understand the K
Hi Fred, My KPOD is connected to my K4 and K3s, but can use it in one radio
at the time.
On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 6:11 PM Fred Jensen wrote:
> Do I understand the K4 order page correctly that my KPOD currently on my
> K3 will also plug into and work with a K4 ... should I decide to spring
> for on
On the subject of two radios operating in close proximity:
I have a K3/10 (12w version) that I use with a KXPA-100 on 6m or HF.
I have noted the noise level of the K3 S-meter rise about one s-unit
when I transmit on 2m with the IC-9700 + 100w TE amplifier into a
high-gain 2m vertical about 100
Where I used to live I had a ham friend that lived about 5-6 blocks away.
When we were both running Kenwood & Icom rigs we could tell when the other
one was on the same band anywhere. With the amps on there were times we
could hear each other on adjacent bands. Then we each built a K3. Then
even
Back in the day, the difference between nursery take and sea story was:
Nursery story began, “A long time ago, in a land far away, ….”
Sea Story began, “Now this is no Sh*t….”
Ed McCann
AG6CX
> On Jan 18, 2023, at 6:40 PM, Wes wrote:
>
> That's a story alright.
>
>
>> On 1/18/2023 7:01
That's a story alright.
On 1/18/2023 7:01 PM, John Simmons wrote:
I recall reading *somewhere* the story of two hams that lived in adjacent lots
about 300-500 feet apart. They cooperated and tried lots of remedies to
eliminate interference with each other. They each wound up with a K3. When th
I recall reading *somewhere* the story of two hams that lived in
adjacent lots about 300-500 feet apart. They cooperated and tried lots
of remedies to eliminate interference with each other. They each wound
up with a K3. When the upgrades for the 'S' became available, both
installed the appropr
Hello Joe,
I am in somewhat the same situation as you are, just not as bad... I
have a KW level Amateur living about 700 feet from me. I had a K3, and
as long as we were not within 50 KHz of each other, he really did not
bother me, save when he was hammering his ALC-- but that is a different
Get the K4D now and see how it does in your situation with your and your
neighbor's operating habits. By the time the HD upgrade is available,
you'll know whether you want it. I've been very happy with K4D at Field Day
sites and in high power SO2R operation except when two stations are on the
same
I haven't yet encountered a situation where I said, "Gee, I really wish
I had that HD front end." Not to say it won't happen but I don't have
any big gun neighbors.
Buck, K4IA
Honor Roll
8BDXCC
Author EasyWayHamBooks.com
License and Operating Manuals
On 1/18/2023 3:39 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On
On 1/18/2023 11:53 AM, Joseph M. Durnal wrote:
I have my sights set on a K4D, but wondering if I should be considering the
HD version.
I bought a K4D. The HD is a module upgrade, not yet available.
73, Jim K9YC
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Eric,
What's the status of a K4 to K4D conversion kit?
Thanks and 73,
Ted Roycraft, W2ZK
On 1/12/2023 22:25, Eric Swartz wrote:
We've been working hard to get the K4 & K4D backlog down and I'm now
pleased to announce that it has been reduced significantly. Whew!
We are now contacting customers
On 12/17/2022 1:49 PM, jerry wrote:
Not to mention that pilots call them David "Clamp" Clarks. Aviation
headsets in general are not the epitome of comfort.
I had a set of those clamps (Vice Grips) once but I found a buyer.
Small airplanes are like sitting in a steel garbage can
while peop
Of jerry
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2022 2:49 PM
> To: g...@seanet.com
> Cc: Elecraft Reflector
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K4][K3][K2] FS: David Clark H10-20 Aviation
> Headset
>
> Not to mention that pilots call them David "Clamp" Clarks. Aviation
> headsets in ge
On 12/17/2022 12:49 PM, jerry wrote:
Not to mention that pilots call them David "Clamp" Clarks.
Yes. I tried on a set soon after they were introduced when a member of
of our contest club arranged for their marketing guy to speak at a
meeting. I found it to be an instrument of torture.
Sever
In addition to my regular duty as the Comm Officer at Galena AFS AK in
1963, I also flew a DeHaviland L-20 "Beaver" for the CAP SAR missions.
AK bush pilots never seemed to check the gas gauge before taking off so
it was a couple of missions a month. Not only was it deafening in
flight, the o
022 2:49 PM
To: g...@seanet.com
Cc: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K4][K3][K2] FS: David Clark H10-20 Aviation Headset
Not to mention that pilots call them David "Clamp" Clarks. Aviation headsets
in general are not the epitome of comfort.
Small airplanes are like sit
Not to mention that pilots call them David "Clamp" Clarks. Aviation
headsets in general are not the epitome of comfort.
Small airplanes are like sitting in a steel garbage can
while people pound on it with hammers.
- Jerry, KF6VB
On 2022-12-17 12:33, Gil Drynan wrote:
I
I had a problem with a David Clark as it emphases certian frequencies.
When I was moderating a net on the intertie it would disconnect the link
to Scapouse (sp). Had to use a different headset.
GIL
W7Gil
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Wayne,
You and your crew at Elecraft are champions. Thank you.
73 Doug EI2CN
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On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick
Sent: Wednesday 14 December 2022 20:59
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] K4 production software re
Hi Ken,
Have you joined the Elecraft-K4 groups.io reflector?
This is the place to get your K4 questions answered.
In the files section of the reflector there are files for setting the K4 up for
digital modes and setting the K4's various parameters.
Bob, N6TV, one of the K4 testers is there to answ
How utterly childish.
There is no “fight”. We have different opinions, that’s what discussion is all
about. Something you usually learn just after leaving the school playground. 🙂
73,
Alan - G4GNX
> On 3 Sep 2022, at 02:06, Richard Isaacs wrote:
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> Cat fight!
>
>> On Sep 2, 2022, at 6:07
Diversity is not needed by everyone, but I would agree that there are probably
more that use it than don’t, hence the larger number shipped.
73,
Alan - G4GNX
> On 2 Sep 2022, at 19:22, Jim Brown wrote:
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> On 9/2/2022 9:15 AM, Hunsdon Cary III wrote:
>> I’ve been following the “Shipping Sta
On 9/2/2022 9:15 AM, Hunsdon Cary III wrote:
I’ve been following the “Shipping Status” page for the K4. It’s readily
apparent that the K4D is being shipped at a faster rate than the “basic” K4 -
no doubt because it sells for a lot more 💰!
Yours is the cynical view. I view it as more likely th
DUH! Just found the front panel sub audio knob.
> On Aug 25, 2022, at 12:26 PM, Douglas Speer wrote:
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> Just got my K4 back from Elecraft after having the tip of my Paddle plug
> breaking off inside the socket. So I’ll just now learning the rig.
>
> Question on audio adjustments while op
Hi Wayne,
I appreciate that update. The latest I heard is maybe 18 months old or
so, so already this is significant update for me.
Updates will be appreciated as they come. Just seeing progress on the
items needed to be complete is encouragement and progress, even if it
does not give a date
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