[Elecraft] Will begin KX1 build aboard sailboat Tue

2006-05-15 Thread Bob
Look forward to starting my KX1 build aboard my sailboat(not underway). Will report on outcome soon. Wonder if it will be the first built aboard a small vessel?Can't wait to get on the air with it. Bob (WA4MQW) s/v Journey Westsail 32

[Elecraft] re: my KXB30 module ...

2006-05-15 Thread Weymouth Walker
The KXB-30 module has been sold ... 73, Wey ... K8EAB ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.):

[Elecraft] WANTED: Hand Mic

2006-05-15 Thread Curt
Anyone have a hand mic that is wired for the Kenwood that will work on a K2. I am looking for one. I have a vision problem right now so soldering and changing jumpers around is out of the question, looking for a plug and play hand mic. Thanks k3ey

Re: [Elecraft] WANTED: Hand Mic

2006-05-15 Thread Martin DD4UKP
Hi Curt, just go to your next ham shop and get a Kenwood MC-43 S. It's plug and play and goes for about 40 EUR in Europe (about $55 i guessà=). Reports are excellent on SSB. Martin DD4UKP Curt wrote: Anyone have a hand mic that is wired for the Kenwood that will work on a K2. I am looking

[Elecraft] T1 ATU

2006-05-15 Thread Kenneth Moorman
I tried to use my Elecraft T1 ATU this weekend at a special event station outing on Jamestown Island, VA as an adjunct to the main station. I used my NC2030 on 20 mtrs, and ATS-3 on 40 Mtrs, both about 5 watts output, or that was to be the plan. The antenna was pretty poor, an end fed wire of

[Elecraft] Antenna feedline question

2006-05-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I use 450 ohm ladder line to feed a 130 ft inverted vee. But, I don't bring the 450 ohm line into the shack. I stop it at the eave of my roof, where it is terminated in a 4:1 balun. From the balun to my homebrew tuner, I use a piece of RG 213, which is approx 10 ft long. In other words,

[Elecraft] K2 3842 Calibration Blues

2006-05-15 Thread William Moore
Hi all, This posting (appears below) may be recalled from last week. Boy is my face red! It turns out that Dan Barker, WG4S, was right. There was no problem with the K2, just the builder. Thanks to Dan's reminder, I have finally realized the K2 Calibration imperative If the reference

[Elecraft] K2 intermittent CW fault - help!

2006-05-15 Thread Solosko, Robert B (Bob)
Hi All, I have an intermittent problem with CW on my K2 (ser 5309). My K2s been on the air for several months now on SSB and everything works fine. Several weeks ago, I attempted CW (not having had a CW QSO in 40 or so years), and it work OK for a few minutes -- then when I

[Elecraft] QRP Antenna anyone?

2006-05-15 Thread J F
Backpackable, easy to setup ;o) http://www.pannondxc.hu/hamnews/hu/csoda/yagi80m5ele.jpg 73, Julius n2wn ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub

RE: [Elecraft] Antenna feedline question

2006-05-15 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
George, N4WM wrote: I use 450 ohm ladder line to feed a 130 ft inverted vee. But, I don't bring the 450 ohm line into the shack. I stop it at the eave of my roof, where it is terminated in a 4:1 balun. From the balun to my homebrew tuner, I use a piece of RG 213, which is approx 10 ft long.

Re: [Elecraft] QRP Antenna anyone?

2006-05-15 Thread Tom McCulloch
This is one guy who lives by the saying Less is more - In conversation Lady Astor once said to Sir Winston Churchill, Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your tea. Whereupon Sir Winston replied,Madam, if you

[Elecraft] Power Pole connectors

2006-05-15 Thread Phillip Buckholdt
Hi All I am finishing a XV-50 transverter. Down to making the power cord. How is it supposed to plug on to the XV-50?? have 2 red and 2 black connectors and 4 crimp pins. I had no problem mounting the PCB connectors. H ow are they supposed to plug together since these are the sane size? I

[Elecraft] Re: QRP Antenna anyone?

2006-05-15 Thread Tony Morgan
I use one for mobile work on my Sonoma pu with a KX1. Works quite well. ;-) 73 Tony W7GO J F wrote: Backpackable, easy to setup ;o) http://www.pannondxc.hu/hamnews/hu/csoda/yagi80m5ele.jpg 73, Julius n2wn ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to:

[Elecraft] digital modes on KX1

2006-05-15 Thread Vojtěch Bubník
Hi Eric and Wayne, and other Elecraft fans. I am working on a digital teletype program for PocketPC. The software could be downloaded from http://pocketdigi.sourceforge.net including sources. I am porting GMFSK by Toni Maninnen to Win32 and optimizing it for fixed point arithmetic - ARMs do

Re: [Elecraft] QRP Antenna anyone?

2006-05-15 Thread ron
he loses either way, unh?? Bummer Ron, wb1hga Tom McCulloch wrote: In conversation Lady Astor once said to Sir Winston Churchill, Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your tea. Whereupon Sir Winston replied,Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it!

RE: [Elecraft] Power Pole connectors

2006-05-15 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
To follow up on Don's description, if you mount them as shown in the manual, you'll have the same orientation as needed for other transverters, the KPA100, etc. That's why the very detailed description in figures 26, 27, 28 and 29 on pages 36 and 37 of the manual XV50, XV144, and XV222 Assembly

[Elecraft] Power pole

2006-05-15 Thread Phillip Buckholdt
Thanks to all who responded Don, Tom, Jim and John. THE LIGHT CAME ON!! The pictures did it. Thanks for the assist. 73 de Phil ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list.

[Elecraft] May NAQCC Sprint

2006-05-15 Thread Larry Makoski W2LJ
The NAQCC QRP CW Sprint for May is this coming Wednesday night May 17th (Thursday morning, May 18th UTC time). This month, there will be two time periods open for the contest to benefit Amateurs on the West coast. The available time periods are 8:30 to 10.30 PM EDT or 8:30 to 10:30 PDT

[Elecraft] My Tuner Problems

2006-05-15 Thread Paul Gates, KD3JF
A word of thanks to everyone who offered suggestions for how to load the antenna for 17 meters and have the tuner happy! I really did not change anything. Could it be that the problem was with the operator? How could I think such a thought!! Anyway right now the tuner is acting very nice for

[Elecraft] Cal PLL Problem

2006-05-15 Thread Harvey Howell
Hello everyone. I'm having a problem calibrating the dial on my K2. I followed the procedure by Wayne to set the master oscillator with C22 on the control board. I am able to use the signal at 10 MHz an get the readings to match up at TP1 and TP2. However when I run CAL PLL the dial is off by

RE: [Elecraft] My Tuner Problems

2006-05-15 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Paul wrote: It could be an intermittant problem with the tuner or coax. But, let's hope not!! A good thing to do is to hook the tuner up to your dummy load and note the control settings. If things go sour again, put the dummy load back on and see if you get a

Re: [Elecraft] QRP Antenna anyone?

2006-05-15 Thread Sandy W5TVW
Must be nice to have the change to spend on THAT kind of antenna!!!. 73, Sandy W5TVW - Original Message - From: J F [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 12:54 PM Subject: [Elecraft] QRP Antenna anyone? | Backpackable, easy to setup ;o) | |

Re: [Elecraft] digital modes on KX1

2006-05-15 Thread Leigh L Klotz, Jr.
Vojtěch, Please joins us at gmfsk-devel, a Yahoo group for gmfsk development. Your project sounds exciting. Leigh/WA5ZNU On Mon, 15 May 2006 12:40 pm, Vojtěch Bubník wrote: I am porting GMFSK by Toni Maninnen to Win32 and optimizing it for fixed point

[Elecraft] KXB30

2006-05-15 Thread a.yoshida
Hello Just finished assembling KX1/KXAT1. It works great for 7 and 14MHz. Now looking for KXB30 module. Is there anyone who have unused KXB30 (suppose you might change KXB30 to KXB3080) and can give me the module with reasonable price ? Please give me a direct e-mail, Thanks 73 de aki, ja1nlx

[Elecraft] Free to a good home!

2006-05-15 Thread Ken Alexander
Hi Everyone, Following a series of miscommunications, which I'm afraid I caused, I am in posession of an extra Rework Eliminators Deluxe Upgrade Combo courtesy of Gary and Ken, the Rework Eliminator guys. I was confused about what to order, and once I received it I was confused about what I'd

Re: [Elecraft] Free to a good home! - GONE!!

2006-05-15 Thread Ken Alexander
Hi everyone, The free giveaway is gone already! It took less than 10 minutes! 73 - Ken --- Ken Alexander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone, Following a series of miscommunications, which I'm afraid I caused, I am in posession of an extra Rework Eliminators Deluxe Upgrade Combo

[Elecraft] Re: KXB30

2006-05-15 Thread a.yoshida
Hello Thanks to all who sent me direct e-mail. I have already found it. Thanks 73 de aki, ja1nlx [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~yy7a-ysd/ http://ja1nlx.exblog.jp/ - Original Message - From: a.yoshida [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, May 16,

Re: CW Speed (RE: [Elecraft] QSK Redux)

2006-05-15 Thread Bill Coleman
On May 14, 2006, at 10:38 PM, Dale Putnam wrote: This brings to the forefront, the question of what is the bandwidth of a cw signal, that is keyed at 35 wpm, and one that is keyed at 99 wpm?? Good question. While the signaling rate of a CW signal does have an affect on bandwidth, the