Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
nor, as it is sometimes rumored, did I go to grade school with
Gugliemo Marconi...
and Jim KL7CC wrote:
Yeah, but we heard you used to date his sister! grin
Hmmm, wasn't her name Maria Olivia Ramona Silvia Elena? 8-)
Keep clam,
Terry N6RY
LDG Electronics Z-100
Perhaps Dwayne might be persuaded to get back into the kit business with
this one.
Cheers, and Merry Xmas.
Alan 8P9BM
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leigh L Klotz, Jr.
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005
Have been pleased with mine since I had it! I do HOPE you installed the
LCD backlight kit? I just did an outdoor contest since I put mine in and
it is REALLY nice. No more squinting or flashlights to read the dial at
night or poor light! The receiver noise floor is Way down there!
Sounds
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, another SKN will be upon us soon. While they've taken to allowing
bugs as straight keys, that makes me rather sad. Here's why:
I agree 100%. Straight Key Night shoukld be for straight keys. I once told Ed
Hare W1RFI that I thought that, and received a
Of course John. Do you expect any better than the man who tries to
rewrite ham radio history and tradition! Since its inception SKN
was for using Straight Keys. A bug is NOT a straight key. But some
primadonas who crave control and like telling others how it is to be
done insist having their way.
Hi
I have a new version of my Solar Controller Kit for low to medium power
systems. The new version uses the same circuit and PC board as my high power
kit but replaces the more expensive 75 amp FET and two 8 amp shottkey diodes
with a less expensive 12 amp FET and a 3 amp shottkey diode. This
Kevin, any sign of the Kent-Two yet? When did you order? I ordered one
as well and am hoping it will be here in time for SKN!
- Keith -
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Kevin Shaw said:
*snip* ... Kent makes a combo unit exclusively for a dealer in the UK
... *snip* ... I went ahead and ordered
This is a joke, right? I didn't see the g.
Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456
snip
I got a peek at the SKN 2007 rules. Electronic keyers are OK, but no
keyboards. In 2008, all SKN exchanges will have to be handled via Winlink
and confirmed via LOTW.
SKN is for straight keys.
Eric
KE6US
/snip
Keith,
I hadn't received it yet so I fired off an e-mail. Here is the response:
Thank you for your enquiry.
We can confirm the card transaction for your order has
been authorised.
Your required KENT-II key is currently on back order with
the suppplier.
All,
I need to order a set of headphones. They'll be used on my K2 for CW
primarily. A set with a boom mic may be more useful long term. I did some
searching and a ran across a review by someone with a K2 and he was negative
on using 8 ohm headphones with his K2 (but he wasn't real specific on
When I ordered mine it took six days to arrive. Fine key and paddle. I am
pleased with it.
Ed Findley WB2KUI
Kevin, any sign of the Kent-Two yet? When did you order? I ordered one
as well and am hoping it will be here in time for SKN!
- Keith -
Well, I'm glad I still have my Nye Master Key. I just sold my other
straight key (Speed-x). Rather than buying a cheapie new from AES, you
might consider a used Speed-x or J-38 off e-bay.
Or, a couple of hack-saw blades, a ball point pen spring, some wood and
a nail ...
:-)
- Keith -
Can you believe it? In the midst of asking about the Kent Two I get
this mysterious e-mail message ...
Yippie!
- Keith -
From: Simon Wilkinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 11:10
EricJ wrote:
I got a peek at the SKN 2007 rules. Electronic keyers are OK, but no
keyboards. In 2008, all SKN exchanges will have to be handled via Winlink
and confirmed via LOTW.
SKN is for straight keys.
Eric
KE6US
LOL! Unfortunately, could be true.
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There is one very simple solution to greatly improve the stability of
any VFO: blowing air over the equipment case. It's not obvious, but
by keeping the case cool, you keep air inside the case close to
ambient temperature. The stability gain can be incredible--around
an order of
So here's what we all do:
1) Operate SKN using straight keys only
2) Send in detailed reports of our operations to ARRL, with pics if possible,
listing QSOs, rigs/keys used, best fist, most interesting QSO, etc. (Something
ironic about using a $250 2004 digital camera to take pics of my 1945
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, EricJ wrote:
I got a peek at the SKN 2007 rules. Electronic keyers are OK, but no
keyboards. In 2008, all SKN exchanges will have to be handled via Winlink
and confirmed via LOTW.
But you didn't tell everyone that SKN will mean Sailboat Keeper Night.
SKN is for
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Darwin, Keith wrote:
Well, I'm glad I still have my Nye Master Key. I just sold my other
straight key (Speed-x). Rather than buying a cheapie new from AES, you
might consider a used Speed-x or J-38 off e-bay.
Or, a couple of hack-saw blades, a ball point pen spring, some
What's needed is a Mechanical Key Night (bugs and straight keys) versus an
Electronic Key Night (keyers and keyboards) to go along with Straight Key
Night (straight keys only). And for those who don't like CW, a VOX Night
and a PTT Night. And then, considering the season and the condition of the
Kevin,
I took the plunge and bought the Heil Pro-Set Plus headphones / boom mic
(HC4 HC5 elements switchable) some time back, and have been very pleased.
The headphones are very comfortable indeed, and no bent /sore ears-head
after wearing them for hours at a time e.g.dabbling in a CW or SSB
Funny, I use my LEFT hand for the paddles and RIGHT for straight key. I
hesitated on buying the twin because I figured I'd be swapping back
forth.
But, if I set the thing on the left and just lay my arm across the table
in front of me I think I can reach the straight key without having to
move
Since the second evening of the ARRL 160m Contest I've been plagued by
line noise so horrible it's made operating impossible except during wet
weather, which isn't very common in Reno.
The KNB2 noise blanker was added to K2/100 S/N 5023 last night.
Preliminary tests show the KNB2 is doing an
What's the term firewire mean?
I keep seeing this word when referring to video.
Do you think that if I record from my camcorder into
an external dvd recorder it will work? I plan to just
go out and buy a dvd recorder and input the video and
sound onto a dvd from my camcorder. Then buy a
With the long (and somewhat forked) thread on SKN, I'm hoping someone
can lay a small uncertainty in my mind to rest:
Many years ago, around the time that Marconi was still in short pants,
and I was about 15 (I did not ever date Marconi's sister since radio
nerds didn't do much dating), I
Using the camera's digital to analog curcuitry will work, if quality and
editing are not factors. Usually, one buys a firewire card (or has firewire
built in to the computer), and downloads the video as a digital file (Huge,
about 15G/hour) to the workstation. Then, all the NLE (Non Linear
Fred Jensen wrote:
Someone in the SKN thread mentioned the J-36 as a straight key and I'm
wondering if anyone knows what the nomenclature for my Lionel bug was. I
wouldn't mind finding one to buy too.
The J-36 *is* a bug. Many were manufactured by Lionel during WWII, and
several other
You might want to get the Sony DV Direct unit. Fry's sell them for $229 and
it comes with all the software you might need. I assume you have a digital
camcorder but even if you don't the Sony unit has analog to Digital
conversion built it so you can even transfer vcr tapes to dvd. Overall
(God rest ye merry) Gentlemen-
I want to wire an excess Yeasu MH-31 mic to my rapidly getting
finished K2.
I have the pin-outs for P1 from the KSB2 manual and have the correct
8-pin
plug from RS on order.
Before I clip off the MH-31 connector looking from the bottom I can
see the
Geoffrey,
Your comments pretty well mimic mine I made privately to Kevin as well.
However, I found that I had to increase the mic gain on the K2 slightly by
changing R14 on the SSB module to 10K (from 1k originally) and now my K2 works
great with my Heil headset. Did yours work as is without
Ok...I'm scratching my head. The last resistor on the tape never got called
for duriing the assembly of my K1 over the weekend. My eyes are not as good as
they once were and today's resistors I swear use PASTEL colors but this seems
to be a RED-RED-BROWN and measures 221 ohms.
I don't see a
Maybe this means that mine is about to ship :)
Kevin
N8IQ/4
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darwin, Keith
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 11:20 AM
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Kent Straight Key and Paddle - On
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From: Vic K2VCO [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:25:39 -0800
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Bug ID
the J-36 and Vibroplex Lightning Bug and Champion all have the same
construction and are
PLease remove N2DH @rcn.com
tnx
73
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Firewire, also known as IEEE 1394, is just a port--like USB--that's
on most new computers. If your computer doesn't have one, you can
buy a card with the port on it to put in your PC. You can get them
for around $20 to $30, although it's possible to pay a lot more.
You'll also need
Group,
Jim is the ONLY technical expert recognized by the ARRL. He can
detail the actual QST issue which details this fact as well as the
issue that his article on Field Day appeared (published author).
Jim, you should research back to when there were multiple Field Days
Hi
Tom Hammond suggested I mention that my solar controller does not really
need a solar panel to work as a battery charge controller. Any power supply
that can be current limited in the 16 to 24 volt range can be used as well.
A 18 volt transformer, rectifier and filter cap and large limiting
Evening Mark,
Yes my K2/100 #3255 delivers as is without any mods, but it is good to know
about R14 in case something gets tired, thanks. When there was the
discussion about the effect of inductive resistors on the KPA100's gain, I
dug into mine. Although its power output on CW and SSB was
Does anyone have a experience with the Sony VRD-VC20 DVD recording Unit?
It looks like it would work great and I don't have to tie up
my computer to burn video dvds. The price is just over $215
or so for a new oneand it comes with Nero Software to edit with a
computer or something like that. It
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If anyone wants to know what a straight key is traditionally
go to these two sites. This should put an end to the current
discussion. It even has pictures for the mentally challenged.
If one still does not understand what the difference is
between a straight key and a bug, well , there is
I'm very glad to see and hear that there are those of u out there that agree
that SKN is for straight keys ! I know that there are also those among us that
would try to dilute this most pure fun by using other than a straight key, and
that is their perogative, but SKN only comes once a year,
Here's my wish list for Elecraft.
Larger case
Analog meter(s)
100 watts
Internal power supply (with aux 13.8V, 3A powerpole output on back of rig)
2nd internal gen coverage receiver
IF DSP
IF shift
2 manual notch filters
twin pass band tuning
TX dsp filters
LCD (similar to Jupiter)
Dedicated
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