This Tuesday evening, the North American QRP CW Club will be holding its
monthly sprint.
Here are the particulars:
Date and time:
Wednesday, Feb 14, 0130-0330 UTC
(Remember that's Tuesday evening here in the USA) That's 8:30 - 10:30
EST, 7:30 - 9:30 CST, 6:30 - 8:30 MST and 5:30 - 7:30 PST.
Hmm, interesting to note about the every 10 kHz. I have no such
problems here and wonder if others have noted the same that Jim has. I'd
be happy to conclude that my radio isn't broken if it doesn't pick up
those carriers, though, HI HI! I'll check it out again tonight but this
morning I did
It could be an American frequency designation, just as 7040 kHz was
the American QRP frequency as well while the rest of the world was 7030
kHz (although according to QRP ARCI the transition has begun to 7030,
but I still find plenty of activity around 7040 anyway, at least when
there isn't
Hmm, interesting to note about the every 10 kHz. I have no such
problems here and wonder if others have noted the same that Jim has. I'd
be happy to conclude that my radio isn't broken if it doesn't pick up
those carriers, though, HI HI! I'll check it out again tonight but this
morning I did
I have the KBT2 battery mounting hardware for my K2, but so far no battery.
The Elecraft 2.9 AH gel-cel battery costs $30.00. Unless someone convinces
me, I don't see any point in transporting a battery across 9 time-zones,
when similar batteries seem to be available locally.
But that's the
Interesting that you mention the FM Broadcast band predominance of
commercials. They irritate me too, but I have settled on a local
non-commercial FM station here. They broadcast only classical music, but it
is listener supported and NO commercials and is available 24 hours a day.
BTW, if
This speaker jack problem applies only to basic K-2's...I assumed that Dohn was
talking about a basic K-2...The basic K-2 cover is not installed in a KPA-100
so the external speaker jack cannot cause a problem...I always use the external
speaker jack to obtain output to the computer sound card
Thanks for all the input on 160m operation! FWIW, the antenna I'm trying to
use is an 88 foot dipole in the inverted vee configuration with the apex at
about 45 feet. I know it's a pip-squeek of an antenna for the top band, but
I thought I'd give it a try.
73,
Randy, KS4L
Dave:
Do the crystals, X7-X11 NEED to be grounded on both sides? I see
the concern about heat and will comply, but I have VERY large hands
and do not want to attempt to ground both sides if it is not needed. Thanks
I've found it to be much more difficult to ground the xtals AFTER THE
The two classical stations that I listen to over the Internet are:
1. KWAX (www.kwax.com) from the University of Oregon. The UofO mascot
is the duck, so I love the play on words in their choice of callsign.
2. WKAR (www.wkar.org) from Michigan State University.
These two feeds are both 128
I kind of figured that. However, I think the problem lies in the front
headphone jack anyway. At least I can receive some audio for now by wearing
my headphones. If I unplug them though, there is no audio through the
speaker.
I think a swap out of the headphone jack is going to solve the
Hey, Mark.
I also hear a very weak carrier around 1830. There is a South American AM
station at 1820 that I hear when the band is open to my south. Other than
that, no birdies or other stuff.
73,
Jim, K4ZMV
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From: Mark J. Schreiner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Jerry,
I could be wrong but I think Dohn's problem is due to a faulty switch in the
headphone jack which if stuck 'open' prevents audio getting to the speaker
circuits.
73
Geoff
GM4ESD
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From: Jeremiah McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Hello Sverre,
But that's the question, is a battery a battery? I can get a 2.6 Ah battery
with the same measurements for about $15.00 (NOK 90) from one vendor and I
can get another one for about $40.00 (NOK 260 - Asahi, Made in China). I
would guess that these batteries may have different life
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 08:51:02 -0600, Randy Moore wrote:
FWIW, the antenna I'm trying to use is an 88 foot dipole in
the inverted vee configuration with the apex at about 45 feet.
That's part of your problem -- it's a lousy 160 antenna. 160 is a
band that sort of forces you to take antennas
Hi Don, others
XM satellite radio is the answer for us. Great while
soldering on the K2 project.
Have a (tiny) receiver with a built-in transmitter installed
in the car and it rebroadcasts to all the FM receivers
in the house when we're home. Also serves the neighbors
if they so choose.
Mark,
If you're not hearing BC TX haronics perhaps you have
location noise problem and don't realize what you're
missing. Some better RX antennas might be of help.
I use a 6' hardline loop with a pre-amp.
73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
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or
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There´s been a discussion lately here about good headphones and I´like to know
if the K2 can drive the JRC-ST3 headphones.
At the moment I´m using a Sennheiser HD 410 with the IC 761, but this one
doesn´t work very well with my K2.I´d like try out the JRC headphones(they are
a bit pricey- about
Sadly, I must agree with Jim Brown, K9YC.
By the way Jim, it was a pleasure working you the other day. With a
two letter call and a big signal like your's I mistakenly had you
pegged as another DX-Snob. Randy, you might keep an ear open for
Jim, he's a very nice guy with an excellent
For those hams that help with emergency communications, an XM satellite
radio can be a great help whether or not your subscribe to their
service. Channel 247 is a free channel and is always on. If you are
have local emergencies (weather, natural, or man made) there will be
useful information
Sverre,
The only thing I can say is that the battery used in the K2 is a Panasonic
(1229 I recall), and would be built to whatever quality standards and
considerations that are characteristic of that manufacturer and battery
line.
Certainly with any battery there is a risk of leakage, explosion,
CW ops,
Arie, pa3a, has pointed out an error in my qst re: the
cw net update. I reversed the meaning of KA and [EMAIL PROTECTED]@
Here is the corrected version
I have updated the Code Warriors web page,
www.jackandginger.com.
I have simplified things, made aesthetic changes and
added some
Hear YE, Hear Ye!
This is to send Great Huzzahs to Val, Parts Packer Extraordinary.
Best regards, Bob, K7HBG
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On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, David Wilburn wrote:
For those hams that help with emergency communications, an XM satellite radio
can be a great help whether or not your subscribe to their service.
Somehow I can't imagine too many folks having an XM radio who don'st subscribe
to the serviceunless
Larry Makoski wrote:
This Tuesday evening, the North American QRP CW Club will be holding its
monthly sprint.
Here are the particulars:
Date and time:
Wednesday, Feb 14, 0130-0330 UTC
(Remember that's Tuesday evening here in the USA) That's 8:30 - 10:30
EST, 7:30 - 9:30 CST, 6:30 - 8:30
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, Phil Kane wrote:
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:34:58 -0500 (EST), Thom LaCosta wrote:
iBiquity has a proprietary lock on the encoding and decoding
systems and they aren't letting go. They sweetheart dealed
the NPR-affiliated stations into a loss leader early adoption
Gentlemen,
I'm at the first alignment stage and I've run into a problem. I was able
to get the INFO 201 message upon first power-up, but I haven't gotten
anything to display other than ELE on subsequent power-ups. Also, I have
to look at the display at an angle to see that. Any ideas on what
Check the soldering very carefully - especially the pins of the LCD display
and the pins of the socket (which are unfortunately under the LCD now) -
check especially pin 1 of the socket, many times that pin does not get
soldered.
If you do find unsoldered or poorly soldered socket pins, you can
Check your display installation and the display driver (the big chip on
the back) installation. Make sure there were no bent pins when you
pushed that thing in. I know I was sweating bullets during that. I
assume all your other resistance checks on that chip were fine? Did you
check them
good eve, In the process of installing the back light for my K1 # 1848, The
instructions stated to remove the clear plastic that covers the front of the
back light. I don't see this clear plastic sheet?
Thanks
Worked W5ESE on 1015 last night on 160! Scott was running 5 watts. If it
hadn't been for the building QRN, I'd have copied him solid. Not to mention
DXers who ignored us and QRMed us as well. Until recently 1800-1820 was
fairly free from DXing. Some of the newbies are beginning to remind
Hi,
I was tuning around on 40M this evening and noticed
some clicks when I tuned from 7119.82 to 7120.00. I
started checking and I noticed this behavior from
about 7050 through 7320...every 10 KHz. If I
disconnect my antenna this problem goes away. The
problem remains if I use the attenuator or
Hey all, I'm assembling my KPA100, and the book says to install some
pins in the ribbon cable connectors at Pin 4, keying inserts.
I'll be darned if I can find anything remotely close to these that
would have a chance of fitting in those holes. Anyone have a picture
handy, or any help in finding
Tom,
Is one end of the white plastic free to move upward? If so, you do not have
the clear plastic sheet.
That 'plastic sheet' can be as simple as a piece of clear tape used to hold
the end of the white plastic in place during packing and shipping.
If it is not present, just install the
With the help of Charles, N3EJS, I realized that it's been a long day
of building...I see the picture now.
Cheers,
-J
On 2/11/07, Jeff Kinzli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey all, I'm assembling my KPA100, and the book says to install some
pins in the ribbon cable connectors at Pin 4, keying
Jeff, look in the bag with the thermal pads.
73,
Don W3FPR
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Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 9:11 PM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Re: KPA100 - ribbon cable lockout pins?
Good Evening,
Two very good nets. I wish I could have worked everyone I heard but
some of you were very far down below the noise. I did get TF but there
was one very, very weak signal on 40 meters which I simply could not get a
letter. However, it appears the hail signs along with
Don,
Cold solder joints galore; it's working now, though the display still
isn't viewable from head-on. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but I
can work with it and go on to the next step.
Don Wilhelm wrote:
Check the soldering very carefully - especially the pins of the LCD display
and
I have heard that one thing about satellite radio is that only sometimes
is the reception from satellites...the rest of the time it is repeated
from terrestrial stations, especially in dense urban areas, which might
be more pront to disruption during emergencies.
Leigh/WA5ZNU
On Sun, 11 Feb
In conducting the Bargraph Current Test on Page 47 of K2 manual, step 4 of the
test, my reading
was E15.3, 0.08 and the raading on step 6 was E14.3, 0.02. Step 6 reading
says it should be higher
than the step 4 reading 0.16 to 0.18 amps. Iv'e conducted the test multiple
times and cant
This failure occurred about a year ago. My fix was to
put a jumper on the ear phone jack to turn on the
speaker at all times.
Don't like this fix but it works for now.
Part nr for this jack is E620028
The K2 manual I have (I do not have a K2, but I do
want one.) shows the same part nr.
Sure wish
By any chance did you remove the polarizing strip instead of just the
thin protective strip on the LCD module?
I did that and ordered a new one. I dug the old strip out of the
trash, cleaned it off and stuck it back on so I could continue
building--it's still there working just fine.
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