I enjoyed SS this year. Operated about 10 hours and didn't run into any of
those top ten items listed. Did get a lot of 73s and GLs.
The K2/100 and dipoles were a great combination. I set the CW filter as narrow
as possible and did the same with the KDSP2 filter. Also used the KDSP2 noise
Ed,
The most widely used program is Spectrogram. The last freeware version is
more than adequate for the job and is available for download from Tom
Hamond's website www.n0ss.net and he has several documents on how to use it.
I can email you the program if you have difficulty downloading it (send
The audio of my K2 (#4137) crackles when I turn it off. I always
thought this was normal until a friend of mine told me that his
doesn't do this. Is this crackle/static noise I get when I turn my K2
off normal? If not, what could the source of the problem be?
Thanks, Michael N9BDF, K2 #4137
Hi Mark:
This ARRL November Sweepstakes CW was anything but enjoyable. The
poor operators were out in force this year. Here is my top-10 list of poor
operating exhibited during the 2005 ARRL November Sweepstakes CW.
10. Sending CQ without enough time between for a station to answer.
How
At 10:25 PM 11/6/2005, KJ7BS wrote:
This ARRL November Sweepstakes CW was anything but enjoyable. The
poor operators were out in force this year.
That's why I have pretty much given up on the big contests and just
operate QRP contests.
L.
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Enjoyed reading of Elecraft owners experiences during the contest. I can
offer a historical perspective. This used to be my favorite contest, as I
was a CW geek (W2BHP, K2RE) and really enjoyed it even with my limited
antenna setup. Got out of ham radio about 20 years ago, but am starting to
Craig D. Smith wrote:
difference, both positively and negatively. The item that I noticed most is
the continual CQ calling with limited listening by many many stations.
Ditto - I heard 3 or 4 cases where the station (note I didn't say
operator, 'cause I'm not sure there was one at the
Hmm, mine does as well. I thought it was normal, or at least it didn't bother
me much. If it isn't normal, I'd be curious what causes it and if it can be
fixed as well.
Mark, NK8Q
K2 4786
From: Linden, Mike (BRC-Hes) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon Nov 07 08:12:42 CST 2005
To:
Hi All:
Moderate effort from Rhode Island this year... about 16 hours.
K3IU operated SOAB QRP with K2 #3756, and a CF 88 ft doublet up about 30
feet or so. Certainly not my best ever, but all things considered, I am
pleased.
405 Qs / 75 Secs / 60,750 score
Who knows... maybe I'll get first
On all of those I assume it's because their receiver isn't as good as my K2.
It's the Elecraft curse: You can often hear people who can't hear you.
In fact, bad receivers account for about half the things on the top-10 list.
Craig
NZ0R
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8. Stations tuning up on your frequency for several minutes and then
starting to call CQ SS on the frequency you are working.
Unfortunately, a fact of contest life... and (again, unfortunately) not
limited to contest times.
One notices this also in DX pileups. The DX is working split
Ed wrote:
I need a visual program to align my K1 (s/n 31) ...
Hi Ed,
Be careful about using Spectrogram for the K1 alignment except (maybe) for
determining the proper BFO frequency setting (and even there it's not at all
necessary).
If you optimize the K1 filter board adjustments in receive
I didn't notice any occurences of the top 10 that Mark mentioned, but
then I didn't put in that much time in the SS.
My forte is DX and 160-meter contesting, but I always try to put in a
little time in the CW SS each year to hone my CW skills (and that contest
does require more CW skill than most
In a message dated 11/7/05 7:39:51 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
40+ Years of CW SSing and still LOVING IT!
I am a newcomer to all of this, and I am wondering if there is any place
left in contesting for those of us who choose not to have a computer send
KJ7BS wrote:
Here is my top-10 list of poor
operating exhibited during the 2005 ARRL November Sweepstakes CW.
I have just two:
2. The guys who called me several hundred Hz. off my frequency and then
got clobbered by the superstation running 600 Hz. away. Lots of QRP
stations are guilty of
Craig NZ0R wrote:
On all of those I assume it's because their receiver isn't as good as my K2.
It's the Elecraft curse: You can often hear people who can't hear you.
In fact, bad receivers account for about half the things on the top-10 list.
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Bad ears too, or untrained
Larry East wrote:
That's why I have pretty much given up on the big contests and just
operate QRP contests.
Actually, the ARRL Sweepstakes can be a great deal of fun and practice
for the little pistol or QRP operator (at least for those in the US
and Canada!).
You must work a station only
Hi fellows. Can't manage to communicate between computer and K2.
Through control program or HyperTerminal verified that serial port is
functional on the computer ( Win XP ).
Can hear Q1s signal loud.
Here are some voltage measurements made this morning.
U1-1 14.12
--- Vic K2VCO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, the ARRL Sweepstakes can be a great deal
of fun and practice
for the little pistol or QRP operator (at least
for those in the US
and Canada!).
I agree! This was my first quasi-serious (more than
10 contacts) contest attempt with my K1 and
I have just posted to my webpage a new program, K2Keyboard written by
yours truly. This program was developed as an add-in for K2Comm, also by
yours truly(also freeware), and will be included in the next release of
K2Comm.
Being only 7 days younger than dirt, I have some
Hi Craig
We sure welcome you back to the fold. Please post your call when you get
it.
I heartily recommend the K2 if you have any expectiations of getting back
into
contesting. It really is a kick butt radio, whether at QRP or 100w
levels.
I think you will get more bang for your buck out of
Hello all,
I'm a pretty new operator (a few months), and I was
really put off this weekend by the sweepstakes.
Noise from one side of the band to the other...not a
ragchew to be found. I'm very glad it doesn't happen
that often...or I probably would have found a
different hobby...really.
Is
There are many aspects of the ham radio hobby. Most contests (other
than SS) are either phone or CW and one can often find contacts on
the other mode. The WARC bands (30, 17 and 12 meters) do not have
any contest activity and are often more heavily occupied during
contests by those
In a message dated 11/7/05 11:19 A.M. EST,
WU7R wrote:
I am a newcomer to all of this, and I am wondering if there is any place
left in contesting for those of us who choose not to have a computer send
code
or receive code--ie just used for logging. I am working on getting my speed
up,
Kurt, AE6UJ wrote:
I'm a pretty new operator (a few months), and I was
really put off this weekend by the sweepstakes.
Noise from one side of the band to the other...not a
ragchew to be found. I'm very glad it doesn't happen
that often...or I probably would have found a
different
Following the advice of Dick, W0NTA, I resoldered all the RF Detector
components (D9, R66-69, and C77). Doing the same measurements as before the
resoldering showed that the large power variations are now gone. All sets
of measurements were within the 0.5W spec.
73,
Randy, K7TQ
I am a newcomer to all of this, and I am wondering if there is any place
left in contesting for those of us who choose not to have a computer send
code or receive code
Actually I was daydreaming about the opposite and was wondering if anyone is
working on this: There's no reason a program
Why not go one step further and remove the radio all together? Just send
the QSO's over the internet!
Craig Rairdin wrote:
I am a newcomer to all of this, and I am wondering if there is any place
left in contesting for those of us who choose not to have a computer send
code or receive code
On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Craig Rairdin wrote:
I am a newcomer to all of this, and I am wondering if there is any place
left in contesting for those of us who choose not to have a computer send
code or receive code
Actually I was daydreaming about the opposite and was wondering if anyone is
working
Hello all,
I just aligned my filters in my K2 using Spectrogram on my laptop. It
works so cool! Yes, I know it has been around for a few years now, but
all good things take time - right? Anyway, my K2 has never worked so
great. I have to say thanks to N0SS for all the info and downloads on
his
To Craig and other potential contest operators,
Yes it is possible to do well with QRP in a mostly QRO contest such as the CW
SS. Here are my results in yesterday's SS contest. I operated on 14 MHZ only
with a frozen rotator and my 40 meter antenna was broken. I used my KX1 with
an output
Frederick Dwight wrote:
I believe a modestly
equipped QRPstation in the lower 48 states could make WELL OVER 300
QSO's in a QRO contest such as the CW SS.
I just looked at my log. Out of 700+ contacts, 9 of them were QRP with
numbers 300. One guy gave me number 556 at about 23:30Z on
Tom is a lot quicker than I am for getting out QSL cards! The QSL Card
from Frankenstein, MO for W0O sure is nice. I especially liked the
special cancellation stamp on the envelope with the Greta Garbo stamp.
Thanks Tom for organizing a fun QRP event!
73,
Mark, NK8Q
Information recieved from RD at K6KPH station for this coming weekend
(-)
We begin the NREN broadcast on the frequencies listed at 1300pst/2100Z.
NREN has requested us to do the broadcast again this weekend but I'm
Does anyone have any suggestions on where to buy a cw lock
indicator for my K1?
What is a cw lock indicator?
Mike / KK5F
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Hi Ci
To answer your question, sure, there is plenty of room
for those who want to do paper logging. I did that
myself up to two years ago when I was given an ancient
33MHZ Compac laptop. I added TRLOG to it and never
looked back.
When doing paper logging, you need to invent some shortcuts
to
CW Tuning Indicator. See N0SS.
Eric
KE6US
www.ke6us.com
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Morrow
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:32 PM
To: Edward R. Breneiser; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WA3WSJ: K2 Spectrogram
I bought a K2 because it is a great rig...
I joined the reflector
I am only at Assembly stage 2 due to Wilma.
Direct hit here.
And what happens the next week end? CQWWSSB...
Try passing HW during that.
I did not expect 30 emails in one day about contesting
I've been a ham 28
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Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 9:26 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Elecraft Reflector;
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Subject: [Elecraft] ARRL November Sweepstakes CW
- This ARRL November
Not at all, Bob. This is very definitely a technical reflector
with emphasis on the Elecraft radios. However, I might point out
that contesting is not just operating, it has a very technical
base. Many excellent contest operators operator from stations
that are very technically sound, even
To get back to the technical bit. Has anyone got K2s or K2/100s in
an SO2R combo? How are you switching? Has anyone tried with 2 K2s to
work split and same frequency on a band (like 40m)?
Tony, Ve3rz
K2/100 #2864
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Tom Hammond wrote:
2. Stations 'tail ending' your exchange with the station you just
worked
before you can call CQ SS again.
You gotta learn to be quick!
There is nothing like a good clean tail end. I've worked a lot of
stations who
pause between the TU (to signify that they copied the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am a newcomer to all of this, and I am wondering if there is any place
left in contesting for those of us who choose not to have a computer send code
or receive code--ie just used for logging. I am working on getting my speed up,
but I couldn't participate due
I think contesting with a K2 is great.
See my Elmers back in the 70's stressed use only the amount of power
necessary for the QSO. I think there is mention of that in Part 97.
Yes I have done some contesting, and enjoyed it.
I believe that now with all the new blood it should have limitations
I had my first full bore outing with my pair of K2/100s in SO2R mode. They
did an amazing job of not bothering each other when transmitting on adjacent
bands. I augment band separation with a pair of I.C.E. 419 automatic band
filters, but the K2s do most of the work themselves. It is
In a message dated 11/7/05 2:55:52 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The
presupposition is that if there's anybody left that does not use a computer
to send and receive code, then surely it must go without saying that
everybody uses a computer to keep logs, at least in
Howdy Folks,
Rest assured, we will have ECN this coming Sunday! Saturday and Sunday
this week were filled with other activities. One of them was a very
successful VE session. Each person who came in passed every element they
tried. It felt very nice to check the pass box so many times.
In contests, code speed is inversly proportional to how far you are
listening up from the bottom of the band.
Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw
Hank Kohl K8DD wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am a newcomer to all of this, and I am wondering if there is any
place left in contesting for those
Tony:
I have two K2/100s in SO2R using the two sound card setup of N1MM
logger. The sound cards handle all of the headphone and xmit audio
switching. The only thing I've added is a circuit in both K2s that dims
the display backlight when that K2 is not the active radio. I also
needed to
AC7AC commented:
There's no rules against nets like the ECN meeting on 30 meters either.
The 10, 18 24 Mc allocations to amateur service were originally
secondary.
Today, the 10 Mc allocation to the amateur service remains secondary.
There is no rule or anything of that nature to my
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