Hi Glenn,
I would not suggest to buy your Elecraft in Europe, the prices are very
much higher then when you buy direct form Elecraft USA. The procedure is
very simple, I used it several times. Just fill in the on-line form at
the Elecraft site, pay by credit card and after about 2 weeks the
Hi Folks, I've a couple of spare FIL-2 revD boards that I want to reload for
fun. Put one on 40/80 and the other on 80m/160m(?).
Here's my Qs:
1. Will the ATU handle 80m? ...and what about 160M? assuming I'm not trying
to load a 'coat hanger' on 160!
2. Where can I get the info on putting K1 FIL
Steve,
Putting a K1 on 160 can be done easily (see instructions below for one
method). Not too much effort.
The KAT1 will tune OK, but the range will not be as great as on higher
bands.
In my opinion, it is a pain to have 2 40 meter boards and keep track of
which is what. Note that the K1 will
That's what I did is make a 160/80 meter board. Had a ton of fun
over the weekend on 160. Managed to work almost 150 QSO's with only
8 hours operating time. Used the K1 and 5 watts out. Worked 38 USA/Canada
sections and two DX QSO's. Heard lots of DX but really hammering QRM
for this power
Sandy,
What antenna did you use on 160? It must have beeen pretty good to have
worked that many stations. I ran 100W(TenTec Omni VI+) for the contest
and worked 397 Qs and 80 multipliers, many of which were DX. But my
antenna is a full quarterwave elevated groundplane. I have found that
Hello Luc
As a quick test, don't adjust C22 or L30, just verify the tests on page
60 and 61 of manual F still give reasonable values:
Do the PLL Reference Oscillator Range Test to make sure the PLL still works.
Do the VCO Test to make sure the VCO still works.
If both of those are working,
Don wrote:
Note that the K1 will remember 6 bands...
It is my understanding that the K1 will store *one* display calibration
correction for each of the HF bands that can be assigned to a K1 band. Since
each K1 band can be assigned to any of the nine HF bands, I believe that the K1
can
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From: Simon Brown (HB9DRV) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm thinking about an Elecraft software-related presentation at the RSGB
HF Convention but this is very much in the vapourware stage at the moment.
One day later - a slot is reserved at the RSGB HF Convention for an
When I did Alignment and Test Part II the first time, my BFO low frequency
was slightly too high: 4912.85 kHz, which is not = 4912.7 kHz (the
official specification). After having done Assembly Part III and having
checked the calibration of the master oscillator using WWV, I know that
the
Rob,
It might be a problem with the alignment of the SSB filter, especially if
you choose to install the capacitors for the 2.6 kHz filter width. It could
also be a problem if you activate the RTTY filters - but the real answer
depends on your particular crystal set and the filter width you
Mike,
Unless it was expanded recently, the K1 can be set to any of the 9 HF bands,
but it only has memory slots for 6 of them - one can choose any 6 of the 9
available bands.
You are correct that only one correction factor for any one band is
available.
73,
Don W3FPR
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Luc,
The steps in Appendix F (Troubleshooting) of the manual that are listed
under 'Receiver Signal Tracing' should identify the failing stage - once you
have identified that, we can help further should you not be able to locate
the failing component.
Initially, it would seem that your VCO is
The subject line says it all. If you have one that is just gathering
dust I would like to buy it. I already have a Vibroplex Vari-Speed.
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Bob Baxter AA7EQ
Walnut Ridge, Ar.
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You must be a
It's not very pretty, but a great way to slow down your bug is to clip an
old-fashioned spring-type clothespin to the thumbscrews of the weights. You
can wrap solder around the ears of the clothespin to add more weight and slow
those dits down to match your dahs!
73,
Chuck NI0C
Don wrote:
Unless it was expanded recently, the K1 can be set to any of the 9 HF bands,
but it only has memory slots for 6 of them - one can choose any 6 of the 9
available bands.
Thanks. I've made the one calibration correction per each of nine bands
statement many times before and never had
I just picked up a 1923 Vibroplex Original. I haven't used a bug in 40 years
so I have about 25 years of electronic keyer to unlearn. Maybe only 12.5
years because I only have to unlearn the dah side.
I was looking all over the house for a clothespin. No luck. But I did find
some brass tuning
Chuck, NI0C wrote:
It's not very pretty, but a great way to slow down your bug is to clip an
old-fashioned spring-type clothespin to the thumbscrews of the weights. You
can wrap solder around the ears of the clothespin to add more weight and
slow those dits down to match your dahs!
Ron and Group,
I tried the alligator clip with a few wraps of .050 solder and it
works great. You have bailed me out again. I have put the Vari-Speed
in the drawer. I enjoyed the pictures, especially the second
gentleman--no relation g. I have one out of focus picture of me, in
1946, sitting
Hi
A few days ago someone was asking about a firmware change to make the K2
keyer work like a bug. It seems you should be able to do this using the auto
hand key mode and a diode from the dah line to the dit line. With this
wiring keying a dah would work like a hand key and you could hold the
If you slap it, it should [work like a bug]. If you squeeze, all bets are
off. Element insertion, and all that.
VERY interesting idea, tho. Someone should try this and report back. (I
can't - I have no idea how a bug should act). I've squeezed since before my
first license (N4GMN, a Technician if
Don Brown wrote:
This should make the K2
keyer work exactly like a bug. Just a thought. I have not tried it but it
looks like it would work.
I've never tried this sort of thing, although some other keyers have an
explictly selectable 'bug mode'. However, I doubt that it would sound
like a
Don and all,
Yes, that is possible electrically, and it will work, BUT - it will drive
you nuts unless you have perfect timing with the dashes with respect to the
start and end of the automatically generated dits - I have tried it with
several keyers including the K2 just for fun. Mechanical
Here is a point of experience for this situation: I operated FB like
this, using the Rev F filter width. Below 15m RTTY worked fine because
of the default sideband placement, and on all bands in other modes it
also worked fine. I saw no other effects. I fixed only when I decided
I needed
Antenna was an 80 meter dipole at 50' with 100' of 450 ohm line sloping north.
I short the feeder and feed it as a Marconi against a 6 radial ground system,
radials being 150' long. I use a simple L section matching network. Series
L
and shunt C on antenna side of the network.
I too use the
Stephanie, All
Here's my suggestion for a 10 M beacon. If you homebrew currently
with modest success you can probably build it...
Mix a 24.0 mHz crystal and a 4.194 crystal with a 612 mixer...yup,
no expensive custom-cut crystals, just a couple of half-buck uP
crystals. That will
I have a question :)
I only ask it here because its the best place for all my technical questions.
OK, enough sucking up.
I just built a new Elecraft directional coupler with the intent of using it for
a station monitor.
I have a Tektronix 475a that seems to work OK for what I play with.
I
I tried this several years ago. It worked for a while, but at times it went
into keyer mode. Don't remember exactly what I got, or why, but I couldn't
use it. I havn't had trouble switching from bug to keyer because the bug
has a much heavier action and that acts as a tell to get me in the
I have a photo of a commercial operator at KPH in northern California with a
heavy cable clamp attached to the arm of his bug. When working ships, they
often keep the speed under 20 WPM. Rick - K7MW
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I have a photo of a commercial operator at KPH in northern California with a
heavy cable clamp attached to the arm of his bug. When working ships, they
often keep the speed under 20 WPM. Rick - K7MW
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That's my old buddy, LR, Rick. I now
Hi
Many scopes will indicate quite a bit above the bandwidth. They just will
not be usable for accurate measurement. The usual spec on the vertical
amplifier is, the scope will measure 3 db down at the specified bandwidth.
The rise time relates to bandwidth as BW/.35 for example a 100 MHz
Ron - Sometimes I think there must have been real compitions between
operators. Maybe in the military. No firsthand experience here. I put in
for radio school in 1964 but they sent me to cook and baker school. I
worked with a guy who had been on a ship. He said that when someone
challanged
On Jan 31, 2006, at 12:13 PM, Chuck Guenther wrote:
It's not very pretty, but a great way to slow down your bug is to
clip an old-fashioned spring-type clothespin to the thumbscrews of
the weights. You can wrap solder around the ears of the clothespin
to add more weight and slow those
Thanks Don
One other thing to consider the lower bandwidth scopes may not have a fast
enough time base to display individual cycles or the trigger circuits may
not work much above the bandwidth.
Uuuh, I think I know what you mean. I bought a Velleman PC scope thinking
the shack computer would
Ron - Sometimes I think there must have been real compitions between
operators. Maybe in the military. No firsthand experience here. I put in
for radio school in 1964 but they sent me to cook and baker school. I
worked with a guy who had been on a ship. He said that when someone
challanged
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
I can hold a conversation with the XYL while in a CW QSO, although I might
tell the XYL that I'm running an Elecraft K2 and tell the guy in the air
that I'll pick up milk next time I go to the store...
That's funny. I can copy or send CW while listening to someone
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