We mostly live in high rise multi-storey condominium in Hong Kong. Outdoor
huge antennas are definitely out of question. While most of the time using
QRP, QRO is not a sin especially in some marginal and difficult situation.
In case necessary, I use my K2 to drive my ICOM ICPW-1 to get about
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, W2AGN wrote:
Seeing all the discussion on the possible new amp, as in 800 watts or 1500
watts, $1500 or $2800...
All I can say is, Sure hate to see so many going over to the Dark Side (QRO).
What's next? A new Elecraft Echolink Computer?
But...before that, you can build
I have a K1 for CW and a Icom 706 for SSB. I live in an apt above a church I
pastored for 9 years before I retired. Antenna wise I have a G5RV from
TenTec and a Gap Challenger Vertical. The ground below the antennas was all
swamp and it was filled in in the 50s and am not sure it gives me any
So far I have not heard anyone mention the BEST amps made in Colorado. At
2:55AM in the morning I can't recall the name but they are commercial grade.
Ten Tec manufactures some very good amps as well
pearly
Paul Gates
Elecraft K1 #231
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$2800 (if that's a true figure) is quite inexpensive when you
compare the KPA800 (if that's the correct model designator) with the
closest competition on the market: the Icom PW-1 and the Yaesu
Quadra.
Don't forget the Tokyo HyPower HL-2KFX (Solid-State 1kW Linear Amp for
All HF Bands including
As a relative newcomer to ham radio (been licensed for 2 years and SWL for
many years) I can't get too excited about the QRO/QRP debate. I spent my
first year and a half with QRP only on my precious K1 and knocked up
hundreds of contacts including a bit of DX with 5 W and low dipoles, lots
of fun
Vic,
I love your arguments:
Suppose you have a couple of hundred watts and you are trying
to work DX on 160 meters. There will be lots of times that
you call a station and he simply doesn't hear you. If you
are just below the noise level at his location, a couple of
DB may put you just
I agree with this Dave. Like many other things, it is
easy whereas antenna improvements generally require
thought and work.
Some wish every edge they can get and a some folks are
antenna limited, we need to remember one other factor:
age. The ham population is aging and many are unable
or
Well let's see. My first rig was a Collins S-line in the 1960s. It cost
about $1700 then. What would that money buy me now as far as radios go? Oh
yes, the Piper Comanche B was less than $50,000 and a car was around $2500.
As I recall not seeing, it hasn't been announced yet. Isn't everyone
J F wrote:
I agree with this Dave. Like many other things, it is
easy whereas antenna improvements generally require
thought and work.
But remember that, you spending a fortune on a big amplifier isn't going
to help you to hear the other weak station.
It just frustrates the other station
Hi All,
Just to say I've qsyed to Bonny Scotland, and I am now GM3AKF. Hope it won't
be too long before I am back on the bands.
73, Bryan GM3AKF
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My 75S-3B cost about 1/8th of what my 1969 Corvette cost. So, I should be
able to buy a nice receiver today for about $6,000. A 30S-1 cost about 1/3
of what the Corvette cost, so I should be able to buy a new amplifier today
for about $17,000. However, getting this approved by the family CFO is
Anyone who needs to work Sweden 2xQRP? I will be QRV as SM/LA2MOA
tonight from abt 1600 UTC to 2200 UTC and the same times also
tomorrow, on 20, 30 and 40M. Frequencys will be 14060, 10116 and 7030
(+/- QRM of course). If 17M is open I will have a try there between
16-17 UTC today and tomorrow.
I see the time has come, after over 5 years, for me to unsubscribe from this
list.
72,
Randy, KS4L
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Leigh L Klotz, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote :
The Maldol 20M whip is fine with a radial 10-16ft and a 1ft or so
piece
of bus wire clipped to the top with an alligator clip, at any angle.
I
worked Florida from Toronto on vacation twice with that antenna,
acting
on Wayne N6KR's lead.
Can someone point me to a web page or enlighten me as to what are iambic
modes A and B, as shown on the K2 menus? A google search brings up
keyers, but I haven't found a page with definitions yet. Contrary to
what the K2 manual says, I find the timing on mode A to be much tighter
than mode B.
Mike:
This issue comes up with some regularity on this reflector. Allow
me to repeat a message I sent on this matter some time back:
Iambic modes A vs. B:
The difference has to do with what happens after you release an iambic
condition. An iambic condition is where the dot and dash
Hi all,
As long as we are all pre-supposing this thing because we can't _wait_ for
the official announcement...
Perhaps Elecraft is producing this for International Repsect. QRP'rs all
recognized early on that Elecraft products were the best. When the K2/100
came along, some, but not all,
David A. Belsley wrote on 04/26/05 09:28 ET:
Mike:
This issue comes up with some regularity on this reflector. Allow me
to repeat a message I sent on this matter some time back: [...]
Thanks very much, Dave!
I forgot to ask one more question, this one more about the keyer than
the modes.
I sent a check to Puerto Rico for a Hex Key cover and never received it.
Does anyone have his email? Unfortunately I lost it in a computer crash.
Thanks.
Philip LaMarche
Instant Gourmet
LaMarche Enterprises, Inc.
www.instantgourmetspices.com
727-944-3226
727-937-8834 Fax
727-510-5038 Cell
NASFT
I also have found that the Maldol whip is capable of making contacts. What I
have done to solve the problem of possibly breaking the BNC from the board
is to use a auto window mount I bought at HRO. I attach this either by a
vice grip or clamp to the deck or table and run the coax to the KX1.
I am always looking at alternative ways to haul my k2/pelican around
I have been using the internal battery, tuner qrp 15 watts...
However, last trip on a boat, I encountered a guy with a 706 and the small
MFJ switcher PS. He DID have AC available and with questionable band
Philip, WD8QWR wrote:
As I recall not seeing, it hasn't been announced yet. Isn't everyone
(including me) jumping the gun a little?
==
No one is jumping the gun (except for price speculation). It was
announced and shown by Eric at the Elecraft booth in Visalia during the
weekend of the
Let's end the thread of QRO vs QRP and whether amps (at any price) are
necessary. We're taking up way too much list bandwidth on this topic and several
posts have bordered on attacking other posters, which is outside the list
guidelines..
There are good arguments for each type of operation
I have set the wide CW-Filter (Fil1) to 1,5 and aligned the BFO to a
pitch of 700 Hz. I applied HF of constant frequency to the
receiver-input with a signal strength that generated S9+10 db max. and
plotted the S-meter versus variation of the VFO from high pitch to low
pitch in 100 hz-steps.
SMT soldering was designed to obtain high volume and high quality solder
joints with great uniformity so that detailed inspection and rework are not
necessary. It does this at considerable investment expense up front.
The paste solder must be applied in a precise amount. This means a
I haven't lost faith yet. You might try this [EMAIL PROTECTED] which
is the address he used when he sent me an update (4/15) that my order
was about to ship. He indicated he does them in batches. Based on his
notes it sounds like the turnaround is about 4 weeks and my order
happened to arrive
On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Nigel KC8NHF/G8IFF wrote:
J F wrote:
I agree with this Dave. Like many other things, it is
easy whereas antenna improvements generally require
thought and work.
But remember that, you spending a fortune on a big amplifier isn't going to
help you to hear the other weak
Well, whether I would buy the KPA800 for $2.8K depends
on the bells and whistles list. And, whether there
are toroids to wind and prep.my eyes and nose is
still trying to recover from the burning enamel
insulation from over a month ago. The winding wasn't
bad just the fumes...anyone have an
Brad.
I don't know if you are a member of this reflector, but you recently
sent me three emails asking questions about K2Net, so it's possible. I
tried to reply, but my messages were bounced with the error: 550 You
are not permitted to send mail so I guess that, as in real QRP life, I
am
Karsten Eppert(DK4AS) wrote:
I have set the wide CW-Filter (Fil1) to 1,5 and aligned the BFO to a
pitch of 700 Hz. I applied HF of constant frequency to the
receiver-input with a signal strength that generated S9+10 db max. and
plotted the S-meter versus variation of the VFO from high pitch
He told me he required a postal money order, no checks. I'll probably
go ahead and send him one the next time I have more urgent need to
stand in the endless line at the PO.
/Rick N6XI
I sent a check to Puerto Rico for a Hex Key cover and never received
it.
Does anyone have his email?
...and comes higher resale value for us. Pictures in QST of the latest high
buck Dxpedition running Elecraft K2's and KAMPS on the beaches of
Kantgettherefromhea Island will sell a lot of Elecraft gear and make my K1
and K2 more valuable.
It's all about generating a buzz...Marketing 101.
Eric
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Unless you want to buy good equipment, you will be inspecting every
joint, doing a lot of touch up and replacing fried components. You'll have
a lot of field failures from intermittent joints. Toaster ovens don't make
sense. Single cavity ovens could be made to
Look at it this way. You're using a 700 Hz pitch with a 1.5 kHz wide filter.
If you center the 700 Hz in the filter bandpass, the bandpass will extend
750 Hz above and 750 Hz below the 700 Hz beat frequency. That puts your
carrier zero beat 50 Hz inside the bandpass so you can hear a beat note on
I think the folks at Aptos are responding to the
market.
What's APTOS?
Aptos, CA is a small town on the pacific coast just south
of Santa Cruz, CA. Elecraft is located there.
~Don
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I MUJST agree with you Mike! My K1 had been a wonderful box! It has even
amazed me more since I built a 160/80 meter board for it!
If the MUF EVER goes up again, I'd like to build a 17/10 meter board for it,
10 meters not being a standard K1 band!
73,
Sandy W5TVW
K1 #1178 (After having been
I have been patiently waiting 2 months for my HexKey cover from Ernesto. He
just told me that he will ship it out this week. I hope so!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (email)
www dot cwkeysdustcovers dot com
73,
John W2XS
HexKey #113
KX1 #15
Balun (2)
XG1
N-gen
BL1
DL1
Mike, here's the low down on A vs B modes. 73 Fraser G4BJM
http://jacksonharbor.home.att.net/modeab.pdf
From: Mike Markowski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Iambic mode A vs B?
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:20:26 -0400
Can someone point me to a web page or
N6XI added:
I don't think the Elecraft amp is targetting the budget end of the
market. You can't do that with a solid state amp - tubes are still a
decidedly cheaper way to go high power. This amp is really two
separate products - a very light, yet high quality expedition amp and
a
Well, lets see...I never had a Corvette, a Collins or a Piper
Comanche, and I've only owned one new car in my lifetime.
My first rig was a Tempo One that was a few years old when I bought
it for around 200 bucks in 1976. I bought a used NCL-2000 for 400 bucks a
year or so later,
Hey Guy's...
I'm looking for a spare copy of the Norcal Cascade manual... if anyone has
a copy that they could snail mail... or .pdf for meI'd be real
pleased,..also can pay for any copying and postage...
Anyone who can help...e-mail to address below... TIA..!
Andy
GM0NWI
[EMAIL
Hi folks:
I'm going to build the 100w amp this summer, and need to get my Bird 43
wattmeter working. Its intermittent on the pickup--I've tried cleaning all
surfaces and plugs with alcohol. Perhaps the pickup element (I think it has
one) is faulty? Any suggestions as to servicing this unit, or
A while back there was a discussion on resistor color coding,
Ran across this link. A freeware program, it's kind of neat. Win XP
would not run it but it ran on my Win 98 machine.
Check it out at:
www.schematica.com
Tony W7GO
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I just down loaded it and worked fine on my Win XP system
rc kc5wa
Tony Morgan wrote:
A while back there was a discussion on resistor color coding,
Ran across this link. A freeware program, it's kind of neat. Win XP
would not run it but it ran on my Win 98 machine.
Check it out at:
I worked Hans a short while ago on 20m. He was using his KX1 and I was
mobile (but parked) with my DSW and hamstick whip. We exchanged 539 reports.
Continually amazed by QRP,
John Harper AE5X
Portable QRP: http://www.ae5x.com
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From: LA2MOA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I debated whether to wade into this thread I started, since it's not really an
Elecraft-related item, but then after thinking about the Elecraft culture and
mindset, and one of the main concepts that's made the company prosper on many
levels... bucking conventional wisdom... I just had to
OK,
Now runs on my XP machine also, just had to re-boot it.
: )
Tony W7GO
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To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 6:51 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Resistor Color Coder
A while back there was a discussion on
When I was in the USAF electronics school, we memorized
a limrick in about 2 minutes having to do with a girl named
Violet (7 on the color code). Unfortunately, it is now politically
incorrect to repeat this limrick here, but that 2 minute lesson
has stayed with me for over 40 years. Takes about 5
Black Brown R O Y G B V Gray White
I just recognized soil on the bottom with a rainbow in the middle and
clouds on top.
Then Silver Gold for variance measures.
Kevin. KD5ONS
On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:44:03 -0700 (PDT), Art - W6KY
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I was in the USAF
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