[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net pre-announcement

Howdy Folks, I am going to play things a little differently this coming Sunday. I've been invited down to Hillsboro for a picnic to fete the folks who worked comms at the local airshow. I wish to take my K2, some antenna wire, and the rest of my gear down to the park where they are

[Elecraft] KPA-100 Failed Power Supply Test

I have failed the power supply test on the KPA-100. I measure -0.33v across the aux power supply to the K2. Ah... I have confirmed that the reverse polarity protection in the KPA-100 works a treat. Just in case any of you were too scared to try :-P KPA-100 Power up test a success.

[Elecraft] For Sale K2/100 and accessories

I have for sale the following items. K2/100 (s/n 4028 fully upgraded) with KNB2, KDSP2, KSB2, K160RX KAT100 K2 Top Cover with KIO2. EC2 enclosure with KAT100 panels MFJ 1279 sound card interface This equipment has been in continuous use since

RE: [Elecraft] QSK

Raj, You were able to copy between the elements with the K2 at 35WPM? If so, I wonder what is different about your K2? Serial number? I have felt that the QSK was the one weak point of the K2. I can't hear between elements above about 16wpm. Yet when I played with Yaesu's 1K series I was able to

[Elecraft] Spam

Last night my personal e-mail in box was spammed by a purveyor of an after-market item for Elecraft radios...I strongly resent this intrusion... I am a listed Elecraft builder who specializes in service to those who cannot build their own radios, with particular attention given to the blind,

[Elecraft] K2 RF Board Test II

I've completed the tests and alignment in Part II of the RF board. All resistances and voltages are within given ranges. Everything seems to work except that when I tune through a signal (CW or BC) in CW mode on 40 meters, the pitch of the received signal doesn't change. The signal pops up when

RE: [Elecraft] K2 RF Board Test II

John, This is the normal behavior is the proper VCO values are not entered into the EEPROM. If you have not yet run the CAL PLL procedure, that is explaination enough. If you have run CAL PLL, put the bottom cover on and re-do it. If you then still have trouble, we can help with detailed

[Elecraft] hawking an outside vendor's product (Was Spam)

Someone recently posted ... ... I will not put myself in the position of hawking an outside vendor's product, for the vendor's profit, to my ham radio friends ... Our bulk mailing to all builders-for-hire was

[Elecraft] I'm Hooked!

I ordered the K2 noise blanker and a switchable balun from Elecraft Monday morning, received them Tuesday noon, and had both operational Wednesday. This is getting WAY too convenient! I'm wondering if Sacramento has a chapter of EAA (Elecrafter Addicts Anonymous). I've built the K1, KX1

[Elecraft] K2: KAT2 vs. T1

I am going to use an Elecraft antenna tuner with the K2, but I have not decided whether to go with the KAT2 or T1. There was only one review of the KAT2 on eham, but maany on the T1. many of the latter reviews pertained to the FT-817 rather than the K2, however.The few reviews of those

[Elecraft] Advice: Antenna tuner of K2

I was wondering if anyone has used both the KAT2 and T1 with the K2 and is willing to share the relative merits of each with me. Mni tnx Dick K8RBW ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the

RE: [Elecraft] Spam

Last night my personal e-mail in box was spammed by a purveyor of an after-market item for Elecraft radios...I strongly resent this intrusion... Gee Jerry, welcome to e-mail. Unwanted e-mail messages appear in everyone's in-box. That in itself should be no big deal. I am a listed Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Advice: Antenna tuner of K2

I was wondering if anyone has used both the KAT2 and T1 with the K2 and is willing to share the relative merits of each with me. I am using the T1 with a K1 and the only problem is that the K1 can not talk to the T1, i.e. I have to re-tune manually every time I change bands. I believe it is

RE: [Elecraft] Spam

I echo Keith's sentiment ... these 'after-market' announcements are welcome to at least some, if not many, readers of the site (myself included, obviously). It is very easy for those individuals not interested in these solicitations to ... delete ... one keystroke but if these types of

RE: [Elecraft] Spam

I received the same e-mail message. I was glad to see it and am considering doing the upgrade. To me it isn't spam at all. Fortunately, the definition of spam is not subjective. Spam is unsolicited commercial email, whether you appreciate receiving it or not. Harvesting names from Web sites,

Re: [Elecraft] Spam

I do not mind so much Elecraft builders advertising their wares via the list or even directly. What I do not like, although I accept it is an inevitable consequence of belonging to an email list, is getting spam from some organisation or individual hawking something which has nothing to do

Re: [Elecraft] QSK

N2TK, Tony wrote: You were able to copy between the elements with the K2 at 35WPM? If so, I wonder what is different about your K2? Serial number? I have felt that the QSK was the one weak point of the K2. I can't hear between elements above about 16wpm. Yet when I played with Yaesu's 1K series

[Elecraft] K2 Vs FT1000MP QSK

I will have to redo my tests. As I think about it, it may have been between letters that I was hearing rather than between elements. The thumping on the Yaesu with the delay setting of 0 certainly put me off the Yaesu as it got really tiring really fast. I will try to optimize the

[Elecraft] Conversions/calculator site extraordinaire

I use this site at work for converting various units into SI and I thought many here might find it useful. It’s pretty impressive… http://www.sengpielaudio.com/Calculations03.htm 73, steve, kx7r ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to:

Re: [Elecraft] Spam

Darwin, Keith wrote: I received the same e-mail message. I was glad to see it and am considering doing the upgrade. To me it isn't spam at all. One man's spam is another man's, er, you get the idea. I personally enjoy getting email advertising ham radio equipment. I do not care to get

Re: [Elecraft] KPA100 advice

I do believe that Don's rationale quoted below is well considered. I did it without first installing the KPA100 in the K2. Absolutely no problems. There were not any strange problems with putting it in the separate enclosure. There may be advantages to using the external amp box to reduce

Re: [Elecraft] Spam

One of the things many of us have that some do not, is a high speed connection; to those that are bound to a phone line and modem, wasting time just for downloading SPAM is irritating enough. Add to that the rest of the reasons why SPAM is illegal, and you have more irritation that those who

Re: [Elecraft] Spam

Sorry for not proof reading well enough... I have tried to correct it in this resend... One of the things many of us have that some do not, is a high speed connection; to those that are bound to a phone line and modem, wasting time just for downloading SPAM is irritating enough. Add to that

Re: [Elecraft] Conversions/calculator site extraordinaire

Steve Hostetler wrote: I use this site at work for converting various units into SI and I thought many here might find it useful. It’s pretty impressive… http://www.sengpielaudio.com/Calculations03.htm There's a great program for Linux (and probably many other OSes) called units, works like

[Elecraft] RE: K2 for sale and accessories

Nosey Nick wrote: Didn't you start an international incident last time you tried to sell this? :-) Gee-mny Christmas Nick, I had hoped everyone had forgotten that! Maybe things will go better with our VE friends this time as I have not excluded sales to Canada FB on looking forward to SDR.

RE: [Elecraft] Conversions/calculator site extraordinaire

Just type .1 million furlongs per fortnight in kph into Google and it will tell you the answer (59.8714286 kph). You can even text it to them (GOOGLE=466453) from your phone if you're not near a computer. Craig NZ0R -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Elecraft] K2 S/N 5501 Arrived is Alive and Well; Have Grounding Question

5601 arrived today at 1830 UTC 20Jul2006, a day earlier than UPS estimated, and is alive and well. Looks absolutely great. So far have only tested the KIO2, communicated with HamRadioDeluxe FB. I noticed there's a small hole on the back labeled GND, but nothing coming out of it to attach a

Re: [Elecraft] Conversions/calculator site extraordinaire

For a good time, try searching for the miles per watt award page. Google helfully reduces it to fundamental units. Speaking od which, the award is apprently venerable, though it has been pointed out the Friis equation is not linear. 73, Leigh/WA5ZNU On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 2:50 pm, Craig

[Elecraft] K2 S/N Error in Last Post -- Should be 5601

Ooopppsss!! S/N should have been 5601 in subject of my last post. Really have to send this keyboard back to keyboarding school! 72 de N8PVZ ---bernie __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around

Re: [Elecraft] Conversions/calculator site extraordinaire

Other handy conversions: 1. Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi 2. 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton 3. 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope 4. Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond 5. Weight an evangelist carries

[Elecraft] K2 S/N 5556 Low audio further PSU woes.

Hi Elecrafters, Hoping that some of you may be able to point me in the right direction. I'm not having much luck with power supplies! Although a suitable level of audio volume is a somewhat personal and subjective assessment I have spent some time now reading the list archives re 'low audio' and

RE: [Elecraft] dumb question

It's 20 watts regardless, Harlan. The KPA100 doesn't even come into the question. The transverter takes a very low level 28 MHz signal from the K2, up-converts it to 6 meters (or whatever band transverter you use), then amplifies that signal and sends it to the antenna. It's that power amplifier