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Re: [Elecraft] Is the K3 have low sensitivity on 10 M and 6 M

2016-10-12 Thread Bill Frantz

If you are hearing static, then you have enough sensitivity. It 
sounds like the problem may be a very local source of noise 
which is drowning out the signals at your QTH, while your friend 
is far enough away from that source to not be bothered by it. 
Try using a portable radio to search for the static source.


73 Bill AE6JV

On 10/12/16 at 5:46 PM, kc6...@gmail.com (KC6CNN) wrote:


I am curious why a fellow ham and I who both live within two blocks of each
other and have the same wire antenna, Except mine is a little higher. I have
the K3 and he has a Kenwood and Yaesu and he is working people on 10 meters
while I can only hear static. The same goes for 6 meters. I think I have
worked maybe two stations on 10 meters. Those were the ones I heard. It the
stock K3 sensitivity that far behind the others on 10 meters?

Thanks in advance
Gerald - KC6CNN

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[Elecraft] K3S QST Article

2016-10-12 Thread Dauer, Edward

The November issue of QST arrived in the mail today.  Nice article about the 
K3S, in case anyone hasn’t yet seen it.

Ted, KN1CBR

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Re: [Elecraft] Tuneup, Rescue, Build your K2, K1, KX1, others

2016-10-12 Thread KD6QZX

Alan, please email me at kd6...@sbcglobal.net    I have a question on KX2's 
for you   73 Scott AKQ
 

On Monday, October 10, 2016 1:35 PM, "Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX [via Elecraft]" 
 wrote:
 

  Hello,

Have you always wanted an Elecraft? A KX1, K1, K2, K3, whatever? 
Does your K2 need a tuneup?

I build and service them all!

See what my clients have said about my construction and service work at 
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6768 

Photos of the popular "Twins" -- the KPA100 and KAT100 in EC2 enclosure --  are 
at
http://wilcoxengineering.com/kpa100-in-ec2/ 

In addition to tuning your rig, I can also rescue a building project you might 
have started some time ago.

Cheers,
Alan

Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX (K2-5373, K3-40)
570-478-0736 (cell, text)
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Re: [Elecraft] Is the K3 have low sensitivity on 10 M and 6 M

2016-10-12 Thread Wayne Burdick

Gerald,

The K3's original preamp provides an MDS of about -135 to -136 dBm on 10 and 6 
meters. This should suffice unless you have an extremely low noise floor. If 
you do, then you can install the KXV3B option, which has a second preamp that 
has a much better MDS -- around -144 to -145 dBm. 

The K3S comes with the KXV3B option.

73,
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N6KR


On Oct 12, 2016, at 5:46 PM, KC6CNN  wrote:

> I am curious why a fellow ham and I who both live within two blocks of each
> other and have the same wire antenna, Except mine is a little higher. I have
> the K3 and he has a Kenwood and Yaesu and he is working people on 10 meters
> while I can only hear static. The same goes for 6 meters. I think I have
> worked maybe two stations on 10 meters. Those were the ones I heard. It the
> stock K3 sensitivity that far behind the others on 10 meters?
> 
> Thanks in advance
> Gerald - KC6CNN
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -
> KC6CNN - Gerald
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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread a45wg

Ted,
Firstly as others have said “do not give up”

I too use professionally (for testing) Oracles excellent VirtualBox - 
it is decent VM which for home use will allow you to try almost any OS you wish 
to dabble in.
VMWares’s products are also excellent - but are generally tailored for 
commercial/large scale VM applications. 
There are others KVM, MVS, Hyper-V etc  

Do not stress about hypervisor 1 or 2 - You will use a level 2 
hypervisor - just accept that and carry on forwards.

The only caveat with home VM’s are these
a)  You are always running 2 machines - you have the 
physical machine which requires resources such as CPU, memory and disk - plus 
you have the VM which also needs the same. So you need to make sure you balance 
the load between the two.
b)  If you “host” i.e. the machine where the VM software is 
installed can not see the device on a USB etc because there is no driver etc - 
then you will not be able to utilize this device inside the VM software.
c)  You often get what is termed ‘VM-bloat’ as you create a 
machine to run a skimmer, then another for Product-X - oh and another for 
product-Y  - so keep an eye on your disk utilization - I used a separate 1Tb 
drive just to handle the 30+ VM’s I use !! 

So what have you got to loose - except a little disk space and time

Best regards

Tim - A45WG

> On Oct 12, 2016, at 8:20 PM, Dauer, Edward  wrote:
> 
> I give up.
> 
> I have tried to be faithful to my decision of a few years ago, to swear off 
> Windows and work exclusively with Mac OS.  But there’s just too much that I 
> want that isn’t available in OS – Spectrogram, for example, and any number of 
> logging programs I’d like to try.
> 
> It’s not time yet for a new computer, and I want to keep all of my Mac apps 
> and files intact; so the question is what sort of Windows emulator would be 
> best to install in the Mac computers.  I use a 4-year old MacBook Air as a 
> laptop and an even older iMac on my desk.  Both now run OS X Yosemite and I 
> will not upgrade to Sierra, in case that matters.
> 
> Advice?  Thanks in advance,
> 
> Ted, KN1CBR
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[Elecraft] K3 SWR/Tuner Utility

2016-10-12 Thread Doug Ellmore

Thanks to Barry K3NDM, I found a nice K3 utility to scan swr of a band and
then do a KAT3 setup (tuner setup) so you can have instant tuned stacks on
each band.

http://www.na6m.com/EZ-K3/K3_EZ_V2008.zip

The first time I used it to tune my Inverted L for 160m, it yielded the
following results.

SWR:|

4.0
+


|

3.8
+


|

3.6
+


|

3.4
+


|

3.2
+


|

3.0
+


|

2.8
+


|

2.6
+


|

2.4
+


|

2.2
+


|

2.0
+


|

1.8
+


|

1.6
+


|

1.4 +
*

|   *   *
*
1.2 +   *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
*   *
|   *   *
*   *
1.0 +   *
*   *

|---|---+---+---+---+---|---+---+---+---+---|---+---+---+---+---|---+---+---+---+---|
MHz:   1.801.851.90
1.952.00

10/12/2016 9:04:25 PM NOTES:

Frequency SWR
- ---
00180 1.4
00181 1.3
00182 1.3
00183 1.2
00184 1.2
00185 1.1
00186 1.2
00187 1.2
00188 1.2
00189 1.2
00190 1.3
00191 1.2
00192 1.2
00193 1.1
00194 1.1
00195 1.2
00196 1.0
00197 1.0
00198 1.2
00199 1.1
00200 1.0





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[Elecraft] Is the K3 have low sensitivity on 10 M and 6 M

2016-10-12 Thread KC6CNN

I am curious why a fellow ham and I who both live within two blocks of each
other and have the same wire antenna, Except mine is a little higher. I have
the K3 and he has a Kenwood and Yaesu and he is working people on 10 meters
while I can only hear static. The same goes for 6 meters. I think I have
worked maybe two stations on 10 meters. Those were the ones I heard. It the
stock K3 sensitivity that far behind the others on 10 meters?

Thanks in advance
Gerald - KC6CNN





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Re: [Elecraft] PL259s

2016-10-12 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft


Cut and paste got me - corrected text below.

On 10/12/2016 3:55 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
In the interest of reducing list email overload for others, let's wind down 
the OT 'PL-259' posts now and close the thread.


73,
Eric
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On 10/12/2016 11:05 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
The Amphenol part number is 83-1SP (with nothing after that part number) for 
silver plated, not gold center (for which I see no value). I buy in 100-piece 
quantity from industrial vendors like Newark and Allied, sharing my order 
with other hams. The last time I bought (a year or two ago) I paid a bit more 
than $3.




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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread Bill Conkling

I used BOOTCAMP to set aside a portion of my hard drive for Windows and 
installed Win8.1 (now upgraded to 10).  Now I can boot into either OS and use 
it.  Works great.  MAC hardware runs windows better than my old HP laptop.

I also purchased VMWare Fusion and used the Bootcamp partition as my virrtual 
machine,

Now I have the best of both worlds,

…bill nr4c



> On Oct 12, 2016, at 12:47 PM, Richard Fjeld  wrote:
> 
> Just a suggestion;
> 
> I don't know what all this would cost you, but $350 can buy a very 
> decent Windows laptop.  I bought a Lenovo with an i5 cpu and 8 Gb of ram 
> plus an optical drive and more,  from the Microsoft store for that 
> amount. You have to watch for good offers.
> 
> Dick, n0ce
> 
> 
> On 10/12/2016 11:20 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
>> I give up.
>> 
>> I have tried to be faithful to my decision of a few years ago, to swear off 
>> Windows and work exclusively with Mac OS.  But there’s just too much that I 
>> want that isn’t available in OS – Spectrogram, for example, and any number 
>> of logging programs I’d like to try.
>> 
>> It’s not time yet for a new computer, and I want to keep all of my Mac apps 
>> and files intact; so the question is what sort of Windows emulator would be 
>> best to install in the Mac computers.  I use a 4-year old MacBook Air as a 
>> laptop and an even older iMac on my desk.  Both now run OS X Yosemite and I 
>> will not upgrade to Sierra, in case that matters.
>> 
>> Advice?  Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Ted, KN1CBR
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Re: [Elecraft] PL259s

2016-10-12 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft

In the interest of reducing list email overload for others, let's wind down the 
OT 'Windows Emulator' posts now and close the thread.


73,
Eric
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On 10/12/2016 11:05 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
The Amphenol part number is 83-1SP (with nothing after that part number) for 
silver plated, not gold center (for which I see no value). I buy in 100-piece 
quantity from industrial vendors like Newark and Allied, sharing my order with 
other hams. The last time I bought (a year or two ago) I paid a bit more than $3.


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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft

In the interest of reducing list email overload for others, let's wind down the 
OT 'Windows Emulator' posts and close the thread within an hour of this post. 
(Its now 2249 Z)


Eric
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On 10/12/2016 2:02 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote:
Same here, Eric.  And my clock is always OK when rebooting into Windows, 
though it may be off some integral number of hours for a minute or two.


Phil W7OX

On 10/12/16 1:13 PM, Elecraft K3 wrote:

Hello All,

I didn’t read through all the responses, so apologies if this is duplicated.

After running several emulators and not liking them much, I went with Apple’s 
Boot Camp and prefer it over anything else I’ve tried.  It has been much more 
reliable for me.  I use both OSs almost every day on the shack computer.  
Windows for amateur radio and the Mac OS for all my weather station data.


The only problem is that the clock needs to be reset every time I launch 
Windows after the Mac OS.  I know it is something in the registry but I am 
too Windows ignorant to fix it.


HTH,

73 de Eric, KG6MZS


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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread Phil Wheeler

Same here, Eric.  And my clock is always OK when 
rebooting into Windows, though it may be off some 
integral number of hours for a minute or two.


Phil W7OX

On 10/12/16 1:13 PM, Elecraft K3 wrote:

Hello All,

I didn’t read through all the responses, so apologies if this is duplicated.

After running several emulators and not liking them much, I went with Apple’s 
Boot Camp and prefer it over anything else I’ve tried.  It has been much more 
reliable for me.  I use both OSs almost every day on the shack computer.  
Windows for amateur radio and the Mac OS for all my weather station data.

The only problem is that the clock needs to be reset every time I launch 
Windows after the Mac OS.  I know it is something in the registry but I am too 
Windows ignorant to fix it.

HTH,

73 de Eric, KG6MZS


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[Elecraft] Setting Windows Clock

2016-10-12 Thread Don Wilhelm


Eric,

Atomic Clock Sync will allow you to set the clock easily in Windows.
Check out http://www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/

73,
Don W3FPR

On 10/12/2016 4:13 PM, Elecraft K3 wrote:

Hello All,

I didn’t read through all the responses, so apologies if this is duplicated.

After running several emulators and not liking them much, I went with Apple’s 
Boot Camp and prefer it over anything else I’ve tried.  It has been much more 
reliable for me.  I use both OSs almost every day on the shack computer.  
Windows for amateur radio and the Mac OS for all my weather station data.

The only problem is that the clock needs to be reset every time I launch 
Windows after the Mac OS.  I know it is something in the registry but I am too 
Windows ignorant to fix it.

HTH,


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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread Elecraft K3

Hello All,

I didn’t read through all the responses, so apologies if this is duplicated.

After running several emulators and not liking them much, I went with Apple’s 
Boot Camp and prefer it over anything else I’ve tried.  It has been much more 
reliable for me.  I use both OSs almost every day on the shack computer.  
Windows for amateur radio and the Mac OS for all my weather station data.

The only problem is that the clock needs to be reset every time I launch 
Windows after the Mac OS.  I know it is something in the registry but I am too 
Windows ignorant to fix it.

HTH,

73 de Eric, KG6MZS
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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread Cameron Francey

Another option is Wine, I use that on my laptop running Ubuntu for a few 
programs that I used to use on Windows.  Its a windows compatibility layer that 
runs on your host OS, Mac or Linux based.

I tried it on my Mac (work computer) but didn't get it to work fully, however, 
that was more my dislike for Mac/Apple OS and also more likely my inexperience 
using Mac OS.


https://www.winehq.org/


As others suggested, virtual VM's on one of the hypervisors mentioned would be 
fine too, but they have pluses and minuses as others have already pointed out, 
so I wont repeat again.



Best regards,

Cameron, - AF7DK/GM7LQR



From: Elecraft  on behalf of Peter 
LaBissoniere 
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 11:41 AM
To: Michael Wong
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

I run Windows 10 under the most recent version of VMWare Fusion on a late 2012 
Mac Mini running MacOS 10.12 (Sierra) with 16Gb of RAM. So far it can easily 
run any Windows ham software I have thrown at it. I can remote into the Mac 
with VNC and control my Kenwood TS-590S with Kenwood's rig control software 
running on the VMWare Windows client, while running WSJT-X or WSPR-X, and 
MacLoggerDX under MacOS. For remote rig control of my KX2 or KX3 I run 
Wizkers:Radio under Chrome on MacOS but I have not done much with Wizkers yet. 
For contesting, I run N1MM+ on VMWare but I don't have voice keying set up on 
N1MM+

73

Pete - KW9E

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 12, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Michael Wong  wrote:
>
> At the risk of starting a religious thread, I never said Macs were more 
> secure than PCs. On my Mac, I simply have more control of my security and 
> credentials than on a Windows computer from 20 years of deep Mac experience. 
> On Windows, I simply don’t have the deep knowledge of how to restrict my 
> usage to protect myself. Whatever the platform, careful computing habits are 
> the best defense from malware.
>
> Also, Microsoft is close to ending free Windows 10 updates (or may have 
> already ended that program.) VMs are a good compromise and others have 
> commented on those virtues.
>
>> On Oct 12, 2016, at 10:02 AM, John  wrote:
>>
>> Michael,
>>
>> I'd be very wary of your last statement there. Your Mac is no more secure 
>> than a Windows computer (and in fact Apple collect a lot of data and hide 
>> the fact that they're collecting it, they just manage to hide it better than 
>> Microsoft do). Your assertion that you're safe just because you use a Mac 
>> is, at best, a false belief.
>>
>> I, and many other people, use a Windows PC on a daily basis, do all my 
>> online shopping on it etc, and I've not been a victim of any of the things 
>> you suggested will happen. Sure, I'm a careful user (by which I mean I apply 
>> common sense when browsing etc), but I'm at no more risk on my Windows PC 
>> than you are on your Mac.
>>
>> In response to Dick's question about cost, the only cost would be a Windows 
>> licence. With Windows 10 being free for a long time, you may still find that 
>> your VM can install, and be activated with, that for free. YMMV. Virtualbox 
>> is completely free to individual users (and I suspect other VM hypervisors 
>> mentioned in the thread such as Parallels and VMware Fusion are the same).
>>
>> 73, and a firm left handshake,
>> John (XLX)
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of 
>> Michael Wong
>> Sent: 12 October 2016 17:56
>> To: Richard Fjeld 
>> Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator
>>
>> I second that. Lifelong Mac user. I have a cheap Windows laptop I only use 
>> for ham and games. I nuked the drive, installed a fresh, legal copy of 
>> Windows 10 and don’t use that computer to surf or watch videos or music. I 
>> don't download ANYTHING other than ham stuff, OS updates, and games from 
>> Steam or Blizzard, and simply haven’t entered my credit card information on 
>> anything on that PC. I purchase on the web on my Mac where I have control 
>> over my credentials and security. I also restrict my Windows PC to only my 
>> Gmail account. I’m not going to let my hobby computer be the vector of 
>> identity theft or ransomware.
>>
>> Michael, K2MAW
>>
>>> On Oct 12, 2016, at 9:47 AM, Richard Fjeld  wrote:
>>>
>>> Just a suggestion;
>>>
>>> I don't know what all this would cost you, but $350 can buy a very
>>> decent Windows laptop.  I bought a Lenovo with an i5 cpu and 8 Gb of
>>> ram plus an optical drive and more,  from the Microsoft store for that
>>> amount. You have to watch for good offers.
>>>
>>> Dick, n0ce
>>>
>>>
 On 10/12/2016 11:20 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
 I give up.

 I have tried to be faithful to my decision of a few years ago, to swear 
 off Windows and work

Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread Peter LaBissoniere

I run Windows 10 under the most recent version of VMWare Fusion on a late 2012 
Mac Mini running MacOS 10.12 (Sierra) with 16Gb of RAM. So far it can easily 
run any Windows ham software I have thrown at it. I can remote into the Mac 
with VNC and control my Kenwood TS-590S with Kenwood's rig control software 
running on the VMWare Windows client, while running WSJT-X or WSPR-X, and 
MacLoggerDX under MacOS. For remote rig control of my KX2 or KX3 I run 
Wizkers:Radio under Chrome on MacOS but I have not done much with Wizkers yet. 
For contesting, I run N1MM+ on VMWare but I don't have voice keying set up on 
N1MM+

73

Pete - KW9E

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 12, 2016, at 12:43 PM, Michael Wong  wrote:
> 
> At the risk of starting a religious thread, I never said Macs were more 
> secure than PCs. On my Mac, I simply have more control of my security and 
> credentials than on a Windows computer from 20 years of deep Mac experience. 
> On Windows, I simply don’t have the deep knowledge of how to restrict my 
> usage to protect myself. Whatever the platform, careful computing habits are 
> the best defense from malware. 
> 
> Also, Microsoft is close to ending free Windows 10 updates (or may have 
> already ended that program.) VMs are a good compromise and others have 
> commented on those virtues.   
> 
>> On Oct 12, 2016, at 10:02 AM, John  wrote:
>> 
>> Michael,
>> 
>> I'd be very wary of your last statement there. Your Mac is no more secure 
>> than a Windows computer (and in fact Apple collect a lot of data and hide 
>> the fact that they're collecting it, they just manage to hide it better than 
>> Microsoft do). Your assertion that you're safe just because you use a Mac 
>> is, at best, a false belief.
>> 
>> I, and many other people, use a Windows PC on a daily basis, do all my 
>> online shopping on it etc, and I've not been a victim of any of the things 
>> you suggested will happen. Sure, I'm a careful user (by which I mean I apply 
>> common sense when browsing etc), but I'm at no more risk on my Windows PC 
>> than you are on your Mac.
>> 
>> In response to Dick's question about cost, the only cost would be a Windows 
>> licence. With Windows 10 being free for a long time, you may still find that 
>> your VM can install, and be activated with, that for free. YMMV. Virtualbox 
>> is completely free to individual users (and I suspect other VM hypervisors 
>> mentioned in the thread such as Parallels and VMware Fusion are the same).
>> 
>> 73, and a firm left handshake,
>> John (XLX)
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of 
>> Michael Wong
>> Sent: 12 October 2016 17:56
>> To: Richard Fjeld 
>> Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator
>> 
>> I second that. Lifelong Mac user. I have a cheap Windows laptop I only use 
>> for ham and games. I nuked the drive, installed a fresh, legal copy of 
>> Windows 10 and don’t use that computer to surf or watch videos or music. I 
>> don't download ANYTHING other than ham stuff, OS updates, and games from 
>> Steam or Blizzard, and simply haven’t entered my credit card information on 
>> anything on that PC. I purchase on the web on my Mac where I have control 
>> over my credentials and security. I also restrict my Windows PC to only my 
>> Gmail account. I’m not going to let my hobby computer be the vector of 
>> identity theft or ransomware.
>> 
>> Michael, K2MAW 
>> 
>>> On Oct 12, 2016, at 9:47 AM, Richard Fjeld  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Just a suggestion;
>>> 
>>> I don't know what all this would cost you, but $350 can buy a very 
>>> decent Windows laptop.  I bought a Lenovo with an i5 cpu and 8 Gb of 
>>> ram plus an optical drive and more,  from the Microsoft store for that 
>>> amount. You have to watch for good offers.
>>> 
>>> Dick, n0ce
>>> 
>>> 
 On 10/12/2016 11:20 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
 I give up.
 
 I have tried to be faithful to my decision of a few years ago, to swear 
 off Windows and work exclusively with Mac OS.  But there’s just too much 
 that I want that isn’t available in OS – Spectrogram, for example, and any 
 number of logging programs I’d like to try.
 
 It’s not time yet for a new computer, and I want to keep all of my Mac 
 apps and files intact; so the question is what sort of Windows emulator 
 would be best to install in the Mac computers.  I use a 4-year old MacBook 
 Air as a laptop and an even older iMac on my desk.  Both now run OS X 
 Yosemite and I will not upgrade to Sierra, in case that matters.
 
 Advice?  Thanks in advance,
 
 Ted, KN1CBR
 
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Re: [Elecraft] PL259s

2016-10-12 Thread Jim Brown

The Amphenol part number is 83-1SP (with nothing after that part number) 
for silver plated, not gold center (for which I see no value). I buy in 
100-piece quantity from industrial vendors like Newark and Allied, 
sharing my order with other hams. The last time I bought (a year or two 
ago) I paid a bit more than $3.


73, Jim K9YC

On Wed,10/12/2016 10:27 AM, Edward R Cole wrote:
I now use Amphenol PL-259's or "UHF male" sliver-plated connectors 
with gold-plated center pins and PFTE insulation from "Dave's Hobby 
Shop" #721405422210 ...$4.95.


I am buying almost all my connectors from Dave's: 
http://www.daveshobbyshop.com/
Quite often at a savings in price and very rapid shipping. 



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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT


Virtualization is the way to go.

I've not used VirtualBox, but have friends who have great success.

Virtualization has some big advantages:

You can isolate different things you do to different virtual machines.  
Probably the best example of that is to keep your financials away from 
general browsing and E-Mail where you might encounter viruses or trojans.


You can always experiment with downloaded software in a VM and destroy 
the VM if you think the download did more than you expect.


When you replace a computer, all of the VMs are just a set of files that 
can be copied to your new computer.


73 -- Lynn

On 10/12/2016 9:50 AM, James Bennett wrote:

Ted, John, et al -

Don’t give up! As John said, there are several options. I’ve never used the 
Oracle product, but for quite a few years I’ve been running the VMWare product 
called Fusion. Currently running on a 27” late 2012 iMac with 8GB RAM. I have 
several Ubuntu Linux guests in addition to a Windows 10 guest that run on this 
setup. I’ve got quite a few Windows-only applications that I use the Win10 
guest for. In all these years I’ve never come across an application that would 
not run as a guest under Fusion. I’ve got the applications on the ARRL Handbook 
and Antenna book, EZnec, and the software that controls my AIM-4170 antenna 
analyzer, in addition to other applications - all work fine.

My logging is done on the Mac OS side - I use MacLoggerDX. Several months back 
I built a couple little SDR rigs and drove them with software running on both 
Windows and Linux. I used a logging program called CQRlog for logging those 
QSO’s. It was a simple matter to export the ADIF records from CQRlog and put 
them into MLDX when I was done operating the SDR.

Give Fusion a shot - works great!

73, Jim / W6JHB
Folsom, CA



On   Wednesday, Oct 12, 2016, at  Wednesday, 9:30 AM, John  
wrote:

Hi Ted,

I wouldn't bother with an 'emulator' as such, instead what I'd do is go and 
grab some virtualisation software (personally I use Oracle's Virtualbox), and 
install a full copy of Windows inside that. You can then install whatever apps 
you like (as long as they aren't too graphics-hungry), and give that machine 
'direct access' to whatever hardware devices you need to - serial ports, USB 
ports etc.

I'm not, as it happens, aware of any 'emulators' that let you run individual 
apps as if they were running in Windows, but a VM is cleaner (and you'll not 
have issues with drivers because every device becomes a generic device once the 
VM hypervisor starts passing it through).

73, and a firm left handshake,
John (XLX)

-Original Message-
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dauer, 
Edward
Sent: 12 October 2016 17:21
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

I give up.

I have tried to be faithful to my decision of a few years ago, to swear off 
Windows and work exclusively with Mac OS.  But there’s just too much that I 
want that isn’t available in OS – Spectrogram, for example, and any number of 
logging programs I’d like to try.

It’s not time yet for a new computer, and I want to keep all of my Mac apps and 
files intact; so the question is what sort of Windows emulator would be best to 
install in the Mac computers.  I use a 4-year old MacBook Air as a laptop and 
an even older iMac on my desk.  Both now run OS X Yosemite and I will not 
upgrade to Sierra, in case that matters.

Advice?  Thanks in advance,

Ted, KN1CBR

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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread Michael Wong

At the risk of starting a religious thread, I never said Macs were more secure 
than PCs. On my Mac, I simply have more control of my security and credentials 
than on a Windows computer from 20 years of deep Mac experience. On Windows, I 
simply don’t have the deep knowledge of how to restrict my usage to protect 
myself. Whatever the platform, careful computing habits are the best defense 
from malware. 

Also, Microsoft is close to ending free Windows 10 updates (or may have already 
ended that program.) VMs are a good compromise and others have commented on 
those virtues.   

> On Oct 12, 2016, at 10:02 AM, John  wrote:
> 
> Michael,
> 
> I'd be very wary of your last statement there. Your Mac is no more secure 
> than a Windows computer (and in fact Apple collect a lot of data and hide the 
> fact that they're collecting it, they just manage to hide it better than 
> Microsoft do). Your assertion that you're safe just because you use a Mac is, 
> at best, a false belief.
> 
> I, and many other people, use a Windows PC on a daily basis, do all my online 
> shopping on it etc, and I've not been a victim of any of the things you 
> suggested will happen. Sure, I'm a careful user (by which I mean I apply 
> common sense when browsing etc), but I'm at no more risk on my Windows PC 
> than you are on your Mac.
> 
> In response to Dick's question about cost, the only cost would be a Windows 
> licence. With Windows 10 being free for a long time, you may still find that 
> your VM can install, and be activated with, that for free. YMMV. Virtualbox 
> is completely free to individual users (and I suspect other VM hypervisors 
> mentioned in the thread such as Parallels and VMware Fusion are the same).
> 
> 73, and a firm left handshake,
> John (XLX)
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Michael 
> Wong
> Sent: 12 October 2016 17:56
> To: Richard Fjeld 
> Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator
> 
> I second that. Lifelong Mac user. I have a cheap Windows laptop I only use 
> for ham and games. I nuked the drive, installed a fresh, legal copy of 
> Windows 10 and don’t use that computer to surf or watch videos or music. I 
> don't download ANYTHING other than ham stuff, OS updates, and games from 
> Steam or Blizzard, and simply haven’t entered my credit card information on 
> anything on that PC. I purchase on the web on my Mac where I have control 
> over my credentials and security. I also restrict my Windows PC to only my 
> Gmail account. I’m not going to let my hobby computer be the vector of 
> identity theft or ransomware.
> 
> Michael, K2MAW 
> 
>> On Oct 12, 2016, at 9:47 AM, Richard Fjeld  wrote:
>> 
>> Just a suggestion;
>> 
>> I don't know what all this would cost you, but $350 can buy a very 
>> decent Windows laptop.  I bought a Lenovo with an i5 cpu and 8 Gb of 
>> ram plus an optical drive and more,  from the Microsoft store for that 
>> amount. You have to watch for good offers.
>> 
>> Dick, n0ce
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/12/2016 11:20 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
>>> I give up.
>>> 
>>> I have tried to be faithful to my decision of a few years ago, to swear off 
>>> Windows and work exclusively with Mac OS.  But there’s just too much that I 
>>> want that isn’t available in OS – Spectrogram, for example, and any number 
>>> of logging programs I’d like to try.
>>> 
>>> It’s not time yet for a new computer, and I want to keep all of my Mac apps 
>>> and files intact; so the question is what sort of Windows emulator would be 
>>> best to install in the Mac computers.  I use a 4-year old MacBook Air as a 
>>> laptop and an even older iMac on my desk.  Both now run OS X Yosemite and I 
>>> will not upgrade to Sierra, in case that matters.
>>> 
>>> Advice?  Thanks in advance,
>>> 
>>> Ted, KN1CBR
>>> 
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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread John Evans

What VMs did you 'test' that had bad performance?

72 - john - n0hj

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Fred Moore  wrote:

> 
> I tested some VM that wasn't cusomized for the OSX and performance was
> horrible, slow and cranky..
>
> Regards.. Fred
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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread Fred Moore

I would not hesitate to go the Fusion or Parallels route..  While
parallels allows you to run each individual program inside a mac window,
fusion does not.. it runs on a separate desktop. however Fusion has many
fewer paid upgrades than parallels.  I currently run parallels, it works
very well, but have not upgraded for the last 3 OS upgrades.. because I
run windows7 for my ham programs..

I tested some VM that wasn't cusomized for the OSX and performance was
horrible, slow and cranky..

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Re: [Elecraft] PL259s

2016-10-12 Thread Edward R Cole

I now use Amphenol PL-259's or "UHF male" sliver-plated connectors 
with gold-plated center pins and PFTE insulation from "Dave's Hobby 
Shop" #721405422210 ...$4.95.


I am buying almost all my connectors from Dave's: 
http://www.daveshobbyshop.com/

Quite often at a savings in price and very rapid shipping.

Another comment on elbow adapters:  I initially used a gold-plated 
sma male elbow on the 2m connection for my KX3 wondering why output 
was low.  I switched to using a short run of .141 rigid coax with sma 
connectors and get less loss.  Elbow adaptors of any type (even 
N-connectors) can be lossy.


73, Ed - KL7UW
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Re: [Elecraft] SOLD! KX1 For Sale, NEW ASKING PRICE!

2016-10-12 Thread Richard Phelps

The KX1 has been sold.  Thanks for the interest!

Dick Phelps,
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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread John

Michael,

I'd be very wary of your last statement there. Your Mac is no more secure than 
a Windows computer (and in fact Apple collect a lot of data and hide the fact 
that they're collecting it, they just manage to hide it better than Microsoft 
do). Your assertion that you're safe just because you use a Mac is, at best, a 
false belief.

I, and many other people, use a Windows PC on a daily basis, do all my online 
shopping on it etc, and I've not been a victim of any of the things you 
suggested will happen. Sure, I'm a careful user (by which I mean I apply common 
sense when browsing etc), but I'm at no more risk on my Windows PC than you are 
on your Mac.

In response to Dick's question about cost, the only cost would be a Windows 
licence. With Windows 10 being free for a long time, you may still find that 
your VM can install, and be activated with, that for free. YMMV. Virtualbox is 
completely free to individual users (and I suspect other VM hypervisors 
mentioned in the thread such as Parallels and VMware Fusion are the same).

73, and a firm left handshake,
John (XLX)

-Original Message-
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Michael 
Wong
Sent: 12 October 2016 17:56
To: Richard Fjeld 
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

I second that. Lifelong Mac user. I have a cheap Windows laptop I only use for 
ham and games. I nuked the drive, installed a fresh, legal copy of Windows 10 
and don’t use that computer to surf or watch videos or music. I don't download 
ANYTHING other than ham stuff, OS updates, and games from Steam or Blizzard, 
and simply haven’t entered my credit card information on anything on that PC. I 
purchase on the web on my Mac where I have control over my credentials and 
security. I also restrict my Windows PC to only my Gmail account. I’m not going 
to let my hobby computer be the vector of identity theft or ransomware.

Michael, K2MAW 

> On Oct 12, 2016, at 9:47 AM, Richard Fjeld  wrote:
> 
> Just a suggestion;
> 
> I don't know what all this would cost you, but $350 can buy a very 
> decent Windows laptop.  I bought a Lenovo with an i5 cpu and 8 Gb of 
> ram plus an optical drive and more,  from the Microsoft store for that 
> amount. You have to watch for good offers.
> 
> Dick, n0ce
> 
> 
> On 10/12/2016 11:20 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
>> I give up.
>> 
>> I have tried to be faithful to my decision of a few years ago, to swear off 
>> Windows and work exclusively with Mac OS.  But there’s just too much that I 
>> want that isn’t available in OS – Spectrogram, for example, and any number 
>> of logging programs I’d like to try.
>> 
>> It’s not time yet for a new computer, and I want to keep all of my Mac apps 
>> and files intact; so the question is what sort of Windows emulator would be 
>> best to install in the Mac computers.  I use a 4-year old MacBook Air as a 
>> laptop and an even older iMac on my desk.  Both now run OS X Yosemite and I 
>> will not upgrade to Sierra, in case that matters.
>> 
>> Advice?  Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Ted, KN1CBR
>> 
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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread Michael Wong

I second that. Lifelong Mac user. I have a cheap Windows laptop I only use for 
ham and games. I nuked the drive, installed a fresh, legal copy of Windows 10 
and don’t use that computer to surf or watch videos or music. I don't download 
ANYTHING other than ham stuff, OS updates, and games from Steam or Blizzard, 
and simply haven’t entered my credit card information on anything on that PC. I 
purchase on the web on my Mac where I have control over my credentials and 
security. I also restrict my Windows PC to only my Gmail account. I’m not going 
to let my hobby computer be the vector of identity theft or ransomware.

Michael, K2MAW 

> On Oct 12, 2016, at 9:47 AM, Richard Fjeld  wrote:
> 
> Just a suggestion;
> 
> I don't know what all this would cost you, but $350 can buy a very 
> decent Windows laptop.  I bought a Lenovo with an i5 cpu and 8 Gb of ram 
> plus an optical drive and more,  from the Microsoft store for that 
> amount. You have to watch for good offers.
> 
> Dick, n0ce
> 
> 
> On 10/12/2016 11:20 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
>> I give up.
>> 
>> I have tried to be faithful to my decision of a few years ago, to swear off 
>> Windows and work exclusively with Mac OS.  But there’s just too much that I 
>> want that isn’t available in OS – Spectrogram, for example, and any number 
>> of logging programs I’d like to try.
>> 
>> It’s not time yet for a new computer, and I want to keep all of my Mac apps 
>> and files intact; so the question is what sort of Windows emulator would be 
>> best to install in the Mac computers.  I use a 4-year old MacBook Air as a 
>> laptop and an even older iMac on my desk.  Both now run OS X Yosemite and I 
>> will not upgrade to Sierra, in case that matters.
>> 
>> Advice?  Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Ted, KN1CBR
>> 
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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread James Bennett

Ted, John, et al -

Don’t give up! As John said, there are several options. I’ve never used the 
Oracle product, but for quite a few years I’ve been running the VMWare product 
called Fusion. Currently running on a 27” late 2012 iMac with 8GB RAM. I have 
several Ubuntu Linux guests in addition to a Windows 10 guest that run on this 
setup. I’ve got quite a few Windows-only applications that I use the Win10 
guest for. In all these years I’ve never come across an application that would 
not run as a guest under Fusion. I’ve got the applications on the ARRL Handbook 
and Antenna book, EZnec, and the software that controls my AIM-4170 antenna 
analyzer, in addition to other applications - all work fine.

My logging is done on the Mac OS side - I use MacLoggerDX. Several months back 
I built a couple little SDR rigs and drove them with software running on both 
Windows and Linux. I used a logging program called CQRlog for logging those 
QSO’s. It was a simple matter to export the ADIF records from CQRlog and put 
them into MLDX when I was done operating the SDR.

Give Fusion a shot - works great!

73, Jim / W6JHB
Folsom, CA


> On   Wednesday, Oct 12, 2016, at  Wednesday, 9:30 AM, John  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ted,
> 
> I wouldn't bother with an 'emulator' as such, instead what I'd do is go and 
> grab some virtualisation software (personally I use Oracle's Virtualbox), and 
> install a full copy of Windows inside that. You can then install whatever 
> apps you like (as long as they aren't too graphics-hungry), and give that 
> machine 'direct access' to whatever hardware devices you need to - serial 
> ports, USB ports etc.
> 
> I'm not, as it happens, aware of any 'emulators' that let you run individual 
> apps as if they were running in Windows, but a VM is cleaner (and you'll not 
> have issues with drivers because every device becomes a generic device once 
> the VM hypervisor starts passing it through).
> 
> 73, and a firm left handshake,
> John (XLX)
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dauer, 
> Edward
> Sent: 12 October 2016 17:21
> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator
> 
> I give up.
> 
> I have tried to be faithful to my decision of a few years ago, to swear off 
> Windows and work exclusively with Mac OS.  But there’s just too much that I 
> want that isn’t available in OS – Spectrogram, for example, and any number of 
> logging programs I’d like to try.
> 
> It’s not time yet for a new computer, and I want to keep all of my Mac apps 
> and files intact; so the question is what sort of Windows emulator would be 
> best to install in the Mac computers.  I use a 4-year old MacBook Air as a 
> laptop and an even older iMac on my desk.  Both now run OS X Yosemite and I 
> will not upgrade to Sierra, in case that matters.
> 
> Advice?  Thanks in advance,
> 
> Ted, KN1CBR
> 
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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread Richard Fjeld

Just a suggestion;

I don't know what all this would cost you, but $350 can buy a very 
decent Windows laptop.  I bought a Lenovo with an i5 cpu and 8 Gb of ram 
plus an optical drive and more,  from the Microsoft store for that 
amount. You have to watch for good offers.

Dick, n0ce


On 10/12/2016 11:20 AM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
> I give up.
>
> I have tried to be faithful to my decision of a few years ago, to swear off 
> Windows and work exclusively with Mac OS.  But there’s just too much that I 
> want that isn’t available in OS – Spectrogram, for example, and any number of 
> logging programs I’d like to try.
>
> It’s not time yet for a new computer, and I want to keep all of my Mac apps 
> and files intact; so the question is what sort of Windows emulator would be 
> best to install in the Mac computers.  I use a 4-year old MacBook Air as a 
> laptop and an even older iMac on my desk.  Both now run OS X Yosemite and I 
> will not upgrade to Sierra, in case that matters.
>
> Advice?  Thanks in advance,
>
> Ted, KN1CBR
>
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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread Tom

Hi Ted,
I tried to make the same move with the Mac but ended up going back to a
dedicated Windows machine.   I use Parallels as the virtual machine.  It
works fine.  It allows you to run each Window's program in a separate
window on the Mac screen or you can run all Windows programs under one
window.  If you are just running one Window's program it works fine but
once you start multi-tasking it can be a problem particularly if the
programs are graphic intensive or memory hungry.  I often found the
computer slowed up too much and gave up on the idea hence the stand alone
computer.

73,
Tom
KQ5S

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Dauer, Edward  wrote:

> I give up.
>
> I have tried to be faithful to my decision of a few years ago, to swear
> off Windows and work exclusively with Mac OS.  But there’s just too much
> that I want that isn’t available in OS – Spectrogram, for example, and any
> number of logging programs I’d like to try.
>
> It’s not time yet for a new computer, and I want to keep all of my Mac
> apps and files intact; so the question is what sort of Windows emulator
> would be best to install in the Mac computers.  I use a 4-year old MacBook
> Air as a laptop and an even older iMac on my desk.  Both now run OS X
> Yosemite and I will not upgrade to Sierra, in case that matters.
>
> Advice?  Thanks in advance,
>
> Ted, KN1CBR
>
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Re: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread John

Hi Ted,

I wouldn't bother with an 'emulator' as such, instead what I'd do is go and 
grab some virtualisation software (personally I use Oracle's Virtualbox), and 
install a full copy of Windows inside that. You can then install whatever apps 
you like (as long as they aren't too graphics-hungry), and give that machine 
'direct access' to whatever hardware devices you need to - serial ports, USB 
ports etc.

I'm not, as it happens, aware of any 'emulators' that let you run individual 
apps as if they were running in Windows, but a VM is cleaner (and you'll not 
have issues with drivers because every device becomes a generic device once the 
VM hypervisor starts passing it through).

73, and a firm left handshake,
John (XLX)

-Original Message-
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dauer, 
Edward
Sent: 12 October 2016 17:21
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Windows Emulator

I give up.

I have tried to be faithful to my decision of a few years ago, to swear off 
Windows and work exclusively with Mac OS.  But there’s just too much that I 
want that isn’t available in OS – Spectrogram, for example, and any number of 
logging programs I’d like to try.

It’s not time yet for a new computer, and I want to keep all of my Mac apps and 
files intact; so the question is what sort of Windows emulator would be best to 
install in the Mac computers.  I use a 4-year old MacBook Air as a laptop and 
an even older iMac on my desk.  Both now run OS X Yosemite and I will not 
upgrade to Sierra, in case that matters.

Advice?  Thanks in advance,

Ted, KN1CBR

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[Elecraft] Windows Emulator

2016-10-12 Thread Dauer, Edward

I give up.

I have tried to be faithful to my decision of a few years ago, to swear off 
Windows and work exclusively with Mac OS.  But there’s just too much that I 
want that isn’t available in OS – Spectrogram, for example, and any number of 
logging programs I’d like to try.

It’s not time yet for a new computer, and I want to keep all of my Mac apps and 
files intact; so the question is what sort of Windows emulator would be best to 
install in the Mac computers.  I use a 4-year old MacBook Air as a laptop and 
an even older iMac on my desk.  Both now run OS X Yosemite and I will not 
upgrade to Sierra, in case that matters.

Advice?  Thanks in advance,

Ted, KN1CBR

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Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Question

2016-10-12 Thread Richard Fjeld

(I am trying to get caught up on my email. Forgive me if this has been closed.)

This caught my eye, and I agree.  I have found when buying PL-259's that are 
made in a 'metric' country, there can be slight problems converting to the 
dimensions used in North America.

I have chased SWR troubles almost in circles only to find the tip of an 
imported PL-259 was making intermittent contact with the SO-239 socket.  A 
simple fix was to apply a bit of solder to the tip and then file it down until 
I could feel a gentle friction as I plugged it into the socket.

Another important item in a PL-259 is a good tinned surface for soldering.  I 
like the so called 'silver plated' plugs when I can find them.  I don't know if 
they are truly silver plated, but they do take solder beautifully.

Dick, n0ce


On 10/11/2016 11:36 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
On Tue,10/11/2016 6:29 AM, Charlie T, K3ICH wrote:
I'm curious as to exactly why a "junk" connector supposedly has so much more 
loss than a "good" connector?

Junk connectors have several issues. One of the issues is control of dimensions 
-- the diameter of the tip must be "right" to make a solid and reliable 
connection to the mating connector. I've seen junk barrels, tees, and elbows 
that had a tiny spring between the ends of the connector.

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Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Question

2016-10-12 Thread CUTTER DAVID

I bought a batch of Barenco 259s amongst others and I am mightily impressed,
very chunky, very smooth and not expensive.

David, G3UNA

> 
> On 11 October 2016 at 22:50 Dave G3WGN M6O  wrote:
> 
> 
> Not oddball in EU, nor expensive. Good quality ones are available from
> Kabel-Kusch in Germany and Barenco in UK:
> 
>
> http://www.barenco.co.uk/uhf-line-socket-so239-jacks-rg213-clamp-top-hat-compression-body-solder-pin-165425.
> China RF do some good ones via Fleabay too.
> We use these extensively in our 6Gs DXpeditions, together with compression
> type PL259s. A side benefit is that it's easy to terminate the coax feed
> from multiple station in female connectors (forming a 'patch panel' in
> effect) so there is zero risk of cross-coupling 2 stations.
> My own station has mostly been converted to compression types; but there
> are
> Amphenols in there too. Motivation to change? Ease of waterproofing the
> compression types.
> Just my 2 pence/2c,
> 73, David G3WGN M6O WJ6O
> 
> 
> 
> Josh Fiden wrote
> > Cable mount female UHF is an oddball and expensive. To avoid barrels, I
> > use type N female cable mount which are common.
> >
> > 73,
> > Josh W6XU
> >
> > On 10/11/2016 3:52 AM, Nr4c wrote:
> >> Why use barrels? Doesn't Amphenol or Pastornack make a female UHF
> >> connector to put on cable end. For this specific use, a custom built
> >> cable seems appropriate.
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