[Elecraft] SSB 20M net for June 25, 2023

[Bill Frantz]

SSB Nets all are on Sundays, US timezones:

1800Z  14.303.5   Alternate 14.310
1900Z7.280
2000Z  Zoom meeting. Contact Carl K8NU for the link
 9:00 PM Eastern US time zone (follows US daylight savings) 3784 kHz

Everyone is welcome to join the nets
Hope to see you on one or more of the nets.

Somehow I ended up net control for the 20M SSB net. I was not able to find any 
relay stations, and many regular participants were recovering from field day, 
so attendance was “light”. Thanks to everyone who checked in.

AE6JV  NH Bill K3 6299
K8NU   IL Carl k4d 1228 kpa1500
W4DML  TN Doug k3 6433 
N7BDL  ID Terry k3s 10373
K5PD   TX Pete k4 1089
WY3T   FL Tim k3s 1165 
W1NGA  CO Al flex 6400
KK4ZWC WV Ed IC 7300
K6VWE  MI Stan k4 193
WM6P   GA Steve k4d  436

73 Bill AE6JV


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Re: [Elecraft] K4 Rx is awesome...

[john]

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, well, awesome.
If the other stations had better receivers, they might be able to hear me
calling them. 
They are obviously bogged down with on-site overload/spurii/phase noise etc.

What a pity. 
I gave up replying hopelessly to CQFD's from other 100W stations and went
and did some woodworking instead.
Much more satisfying. Oh well..

73, Dave AD6A

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[Elecraft] KNB2 module wanted

[W3AB/GEO]

I'm still looking for the above, either kit or assembled. My lead fell 
through.


Please contact me off list at w3ab at w3ab.org.

Thank you.

---
73 de W3AB/GEO
AFA9GB

WA2LSI, KE6RJW, W7B, AAR9AG
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Re: [Elecraft] Attempted KX2 purchase update!! False Alarm!!

[Douglas Hudson]

Thank you, Ken.  Apology accepted; all is well.

And for anyone who may be interested, I still have a K2/10 full of bells and 
whistles for sale.  Please contact me off list at d_hud...@outlook.com.

Hudson, K7CUU




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behalf of KJ 
Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2023 4:23:50 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net 
Subject: [Elecraft] Attempted KX2 purchase update!! False Alarm!!

Hi all,
Now that I've got all the facts..or most.Scam was much to strong a word 
in referencing why didn't receive a response from Doug, K7CUU, after I mailed 
and then emailed him a photo of my KX2 payment check on June 19th. The check 
still hadn't arrived at his location as of the 24th. He doesn't use PayPal.
Back and fourth emails were working fine last week. We had, at least, six 
overall amd stopped on June 19th.
During this "no contact" period, I felt I had no choice but to put a stop 
payment on the check.

I finally called him on the phone today. I didn't call earlier since I was very 
concerned that his health may have taken a turn for the worst and I didn't want 
to burden his wife with an additional problem if that were the case.

So, bottom line, my apologies to Doug, K7CUU for me thinking the worst.
Ken, W2GIW
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 Rx is awesome...

[Jim Brown]

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 pauses after a QSO, but 
that's the exception.


73, Jim K9YC
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Re: [Elecraft] K4 Rx is awesome...

[Al Lorona]

> 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 really poor 
operating habits.

The biggest problem this year, in my opinion, was not identifying at the end of 
each contact. Many ops who were running on a frequency simply would acknowledge 
receipt of the exchange, then just stop transmitting and listen for the next 
caller. Here's an example:

W4---: CQ Field Day, this is W4---.
W3--: This is W3--.
W4---: W3--, I'm 2A Georgia.
W3--:  Thanks, I'm 4A Western Pennsylvania.
W4---: Got your 4A Western Pennsylvania. Good luck in Field Day!


See the problem? This would sometimes continue for 5, 6, or 7 contacts, with 
the W4 never sending his own call. So, be me for a minute: there I am, waiting 
to call the W4, except I don't know he's a W4 because he hasn't said so, and 
neither has anybody else. After the first 20 or 30 times this happened, I 
stopped waiting around for these stations to finally identify themselves.

Once, when this happened for about 6 contacts while I waited around to work a 
strong station in Georgia who refused to identify, I became frustrated and 
transmitted, "Hey, Old Man, you need to ID after each contact!"  The guy 
immediately came back, "Let me tell you, young man, that we're all Extra class 
operators here who finish in the Top 10 every year, so you're not going to 
lecture me on how I should operate!"

I went to CW after this and found the operating to be a lot better. I still 
heard the problem I just described, but not as frequently as on phone.
Another common malpractice was people who were calling CQ, and who would 
receive a response to their CQ, but then would tell the caller to send his 
exchange first. This isn't the way you do it. The CQing station always sends 
its exchange first, then turns it over to the calling station, so that the 
CQing station can acknowledge receipt, identify, and stand by for another 
caller.

I feel like we go over this after every Field Day, and nothing has ever 
changed. I feel like Get Off My Lawn Guy right now.

If you're in a club that's planning a Field Day operation, you need to take the 
April or May club meeting and help people practice the Field Day exchange 
protocol with mock QSOs. It's getting really bad on the phone bands during 
Field Day.
(I didn't mean to subtract from your enjoyment of your new K4. I hope it turns 
out to be a great rig for you for many years.)

Regards,

Al  W6LX



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Re: [Elecraft] AX1 on tripod

[David Cripps]

Hi Julie and Jim

 

Many thanks for the comments on tripod adapter. The one at the show was a lot 
simpler (sorry I didn’t take a photo).

 

Rather than explain, I’ve made a very crude version with plasticine to show the 
concept – 

 

images at 
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4ic1v5pzqe8dqx8/wh5Ms0AGEvrmluNFvLmna?dl=0

 

It simply had the BNC T piece, the ¼ socket, and a 4mm hole for the radial.  As 
I mentioned, I think this was 3D printed (and a lot neater than my plasticine!).

 

73s

 

David

 

 

From: Julia Tuttle 
Date: Saturday, 24 June 2023 at 18:49
To: 
Cc: Elecraft 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] AX1 on tripod

 

Is this perhaps what you saw?

 

https://elecraft.com/products/axt1_axt1-tripod-adapter

 

On Sat, Jun 24, 2023, 13:24 David  wrote:

Hi
I’ve just been to the Friedrichshaven radio show and the Elecraft stand was 
demonstrating the AX1 mounted on a tripod. Unfortunately they only sell it as a 
kit.

Does anybody know of a camera tripod screw (1/4-20) to BNC adapter? 

It looked like a 3d printed plastic connector with a BNC “T” connector and a 
4mm hole for a banana plug for a radial.

Thanks and 73s

David G7IDB



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[Elecraft] Attempted KX2 purchase update!! False Alarm!!

[KJ]

Hi all,
Now that I've got all the facts..or most.Scam was much to strong a word 
in referencing why didn't receive a response from Doug, K7CUU, after I mailed 
and then emailed him a photo of my KX2 payment check on June 19th. The check 
still hadn't arrived at his location as of the 24th. He doesn't use PayPal.
Back and fourth emails were working fine last week. We had, at least, six 
overall amd stopped on June 19th.
During this "no contact" period, I felt I had no choice but to put a stop 
payment on the check.

I finally called him on the phone today. I didn't call earlier since I was very 
concerned that his health may have taken a turn for the worst and I didn't want 
to burden his wife with an additional problem if that were the case.

So, bottom line, my apologies to Doug, K7CUU for me thinking the worst.
Ken, W2GIW
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[Elecraft] Friedrichshafen

[Alan Bloom]

Since I found  myself less than a 6-hour drive away from 
Friedrichshafen, Germany this weekend, I decided to cross something off 
my bucket list and attend the world-famous amateur radio convention.


Several people told me that the event was smaller than in previous 
years, but it still was impressive.  The Elecraft booth seemed to have a 
constant crowd around it.  Eric and the others manning the booth were 
busy all weekend.


Eric's Elecraft update presentation Friday at noon was standing-room 
only.  He reviewed the K4 and upcoming new firmware and products.  I 
should have taken notes.  I remember him discussing the VHF/UHF module 
and several firmware enhancements.


The flea market filled a large hall.  I am told that last year is was a 
hall and a half.  It took me almost two hours to go through it  The 
items on display were mostly familiar from US ham flea markets I have 
attended.  I was surprised to see a fair amount of old Collins gear - 
e.g. a complete Collins S-line in very good condition for 1600 Euros.  I 
noticed a lot more microwave equipment and parts than is usual in the 
US.  I think that microwave operation is more common in EU.


Alan N1AL




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Re: [Elecraft] K3S, N1MM and DTR/RTS to send CW

[Dave]

Many of us moved to using a Winkey to make logbook contest keying less
troublesome.

https://www.k1elsystems.com/keyers.html

73 Dave G4AON
-- 
Sent from my iPhone SE
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