Given the specification and market position the K3 is aimed at, I
would have thought a Peter Hart review, putting a fully fitted out K3
through the same lab tests as the other top rigs, would be essential,
as well as a great marketing opportunity for Elecraft. A user review
is not going to be able
Just a couple of historical notes:
In a message dated 10/1/07 11:10:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
T he Novice class in the US was
invented in the very early 50's,
Novice was created as part of the 1951 license restructuring that replaced
the old ABC system with
Having built a number of Heath products, especially the SB line, I can tell
you they were quality pieces of equipment for their day. I have built a couple
of E products too. They're very much state of the art, quality engineering
and supported! One more point: Heath is no more. There
160-10 m are mapped sequentially starting at 0001. 60 m is
not mapped and will show up as and 6 m is above 10 m.
The outputs are open-drain and thus may require pull-ups to
an external supply in some applications.
Is this the same as the band data output of my FT1000MP ?
Yes.
K2 s/n 4276
Original Issue: Reported in March 2003.
VCO Alignment (p61)
VFO set at 4000 kHz
@R30 left side = 0.018 vdc
L30 verified as a 4.7 uH T005Z
C72 verified as a 270 pF 271
Rewound T5
verified primary = 16 turns
verified secondary = 4
Adjusting L30 has no effect on R30 voltage reading.
Well, I AM old enough to remember the Heath era, here's my take. [{n}
refers to notes at the bottom]. In at least two respects, Heath and
Elecraft are very similar ... they both sell radio gear as kits, and
their offerings are inexpensive vs the other non-kit stuff out there.
In my view
Hi Dave,
Very nicely put. I would also add that the internet and reflectors themselves
also add greatly to the development of and modifications to new, well
engineered products that fit the requirements of the many facets of our great
hobby. I still find it somewhat amazing to see posts from
I notice, every 10th or so Reflector POST, the
sender somehow - posts a single line god-awful
long 1-line message? Almost like there are
CR/LF characters missing?
What results are these 1-line 700 character
messages, very difficult to read.
Hit the ENTER button guys! Often. Or your
email
Doesn't happen here.
de Joe, aa4nn
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What results are these 1-line 700 character
messages, very difficult to read.
Hit the ENTER button guys! Often. Or your
email client, whatever, is messed up.
Fred, de N3CSY
Hello Wayne.
Fifty is nifty! Clean living will help keep it that way.
Regards,
Dick - KA5KKT/4
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From: Dave Van Wallaghen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There are some basic similarities,
but certainly different times and technology.
Yep. Here's another difference: advertising.
In the bad old days, if a company wanted to sell to hams,
they pretty much had to advertise in
Do you guys think it is feasible to design / build a basic 100 watt HF
transceiver kit that would sell for $600? Something that would give
basic SSB / CW / Data modes, 10-80, with good (not great) performance.
And would such a kit sell, or have people moved past that sort of rig?
I think the
There seem to be two issues here, both connected to the email clients in
use on both sides.
On the send side, many email clients can be set to start a new line at
some arbitrary line length - say 60 characters, or 72, or whatever, and
then they auto-insert the CR / LF or ENTER key for you.
Sure, imagine a K2 with knobs and switches and without computer control.
Then mass produce it, and away you go.
Just your basic CW/SSB 80 to 10 meter rig without an antenna tuner, keyer,
precise frequency readout, passband tuning, filters, maybe some vfo drift,
etc.
Part of the key is the
I had a Heath HW-32 1-band SSB transceiver, in like
1964. Sun spot was good. This rig got out like
gang busters, very readable. Only SSB. I had a
6 foot tube type slidable vertical on the back
of the Chevy II. For what is was - it was a very
good 1-band SSB rig. I suspect it was much more
Thanks, Dick. I'm trying to ignore the whole age thing :)
Wayne
N6KR
On Oct 2, 2007, at 8:51 AM, Edward Dickinson, III wrote:
Hello Wayne.
Fifty is nifty! Clean living will help keep it that way.
Regards,
Dick - KA5KKT/4
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From: Darwin, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Do you guys think it is feasible to design / build a basic 100 watt HF
transceiver kit that would sell for $600? Something that would give
basic SSB / CW / Data modes, 10-80, with good (not great) performance.
The main problem
On 10/2/07, Darwin, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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I don't think the rig you describe (hw101 specs) would sell at all,
unless it was a kit maybe.
Sorry, I wasn't clear. I'm not suggesting HW-101 specs, but a rig
that would occupy the
I think a no frills K2 would fit the bill, its
the only kit that does 80 to 10 and 100 watts that I know about.
If elecraft sold zillions of them, the price could likely get to
$600.00.
Brett
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darwin,
On 10/2/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IIRC, an HW-101 with sharp filter but no power supply cost about $280
in 1968 or so.
Run that price through an inflation-adjustment calculator and see how
it compares
to the cost of a basic K2 with SSB and KPA100.
What cost $280 in 1968
Hi Wayne,
I turned 50 in January. It's great! Besides, age is just a concept, right?
It's all in how you feel. Don't let these old farts around here rub off on
you. Oops, I probably shouldn't have said that. Oh well, we are now the
young guys in this hobby. :-)
Gary, N7HTS
On Tue, 2
We've placed a picture of part of our Aptos crew wishing Wayne a happy
birthday at:
http://www.elecraft.com/images/Wayne_50.jpg
It also shows several K3s and a batch of K3 front panels in our test
lab.. :-)
73, Eric
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From: Brett gazdzinski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
S
heathkit sold a lot of gear, and
a lot of it was the same, the DX100/DX100b ran a while, as the HW100,
HW101,
and the (almost the same) SB101.
The DX-100/B was on the market for less time than the K2, and there are
no
Please contact me off-list.
Thanks.
-john W4PAH
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I have a kit which I picked up from a ham who must've been quite a smoker.
I was wondering if anyone has any tips as to how to eradicate the
cigarette smell from the parts. Luckily, lots of stuff was still in
plastic bags...but the PCBs were not. :-(
Thanks.
-john W4PAH
I've heard quite a few say you can use Febreze sprayed into a plastic
bag, then place the parts (or radio) into the bag and close it up for a
day or so.
I know it works on smoke and other smells in fabrics and rooms
David King
KE7EKA
john shadle wrote:
I have a kit which I picked up from a
Hi Wayne
My turn to wish you Many Happy Returns and don't worry, you're still very
young.
All hams are young in their heads, even if their bones are somehow stiff !
Best wishes from France, then, and continue your outstanding achievements.
73 to you and to all the Elecraft gang
Jacques from
I began wondering what the Aptos Wonders would have engineered with Heath era
technology...
Probably the HW-101.
More than anything else, Elecraft understands the marketplace, and is very
adept at meeting
its needs. Heath did too, which is why they sold so many tens of thousands of
pieces
John,
If the PCBs are bare, you can wash them in alcohol or even with soap and
water. Even if some components are mounted, that may still be a
solution - but do *not* wash them if there are components like relays,
inductors, switches, control pots, and other similar components already
One of the best deodorizers for all sorts of smoke/QRM are Dryer
Softener Sheets like Bounce(tm). I know a lot of boaranchor guys
use Bounce(tm) in their rigs to get rid of the old-time smells and
mold.
de ken n9vv
Don Wilhelm wrote:
John,
If the PCBs are bare, you can wash them in alcohol
How about (a radio opened up and) exposed to direct sunlight and outside air
as much as practical for a while? ...perhaps a day of sun for each side of
a board...assume appropriate precautions.
Regards,
Dick - KA5KKT/4
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Fred (FL) wrote:
I notice, every 10th or so Reflector POST, the
sender somehow - posts a single line god-awful
long 1-line message? Almost like there are
CR/LF characters missing?
It's basically the consequence of early Windows email programs being
written by people who didn't understand
Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is a wonderful deodorizer and much cheaper
than those commercial products that are supposed to drive people into an
orgy of wanton sniffing.
The most effective way is to dump the baking soda all over it, leave it for
a bit and then vacuum it off again, just as
Edward Dickinson, III wrote:
How about (a radio opened up and) exposed to direct sunlight and outside air
as much as practical for a while? ...perhaps a day of sun for each side of
a board...assume appropriate precaution.
This is not a recommendation, just a data point: We had lots of
Removing cigarette smoke residue, is tough. This
is because it is made up of an oily deposit -
which is very sticky, and does not remove easily.
WALMART - sells a powder cleaner, that is used in
the cleaning of smoke-filled homes. For walls
and ceilings, etc. - homes with big time smokers.
Hi everybody!
I am in the second run. If I ask Elecraft to send my K3 to my friend in Dubai
who lives there, to pick it up from him later on, can he get it into Dubai
without any trouble?
Customs duties are zero in Dubai, but I don't know is there any restriction to
get radio
In the circumstance below, relative humidity might be a consideration.
de Dick - KA5KKT/4
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Dickinson, III
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 4:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'john shadle'
Cc:
I have a kit which I picked up from a ham who must've been quite a smoker.
I was wondering if anyone has any tips as to how to eradicate the
cigarette smell from the parts.
Several years ago, I purchased a WM-2 QRP Wattmeter kit from Oak Hills Research.
When I opened the box, I was floored
Who's who in the photo ?!
YOU know who they are ... (most) of us don't ... (:-)
Oddly, I was day dreaming about my 1st-batch K3 while driving
on a long trip today and thinking of the several folks that I've talked
with on the phone. The idea of Elecraft posting an all-hands photo
on the
Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
We've placed a picture of part of our Aptos crew wishing Wayne a happy
birthday at:
http://www.elecraft.com/images/Wayne_50.jpg
It also shows several K3s and a batch of K3 front panels in our test
lab.. :-)
73, Eric
I hope I'm doing as well when I
Left to right:
Scott, Rene ('Happy'), Lisa, Madelyn, Christina ('50th'), Eric, Val,
Ruben ('B-Day'), Paul ('Wayne'), Brian (holding K3).
A couple of other notes:
Wayne and I are both 50 and were both first licensed in 1971.
My novice call was WN6HHQ, Wayne's was WN6HQH.
(No, we didn't know
Some of us will be taking our new K3's to demonstrate at our local
clubs. Often it is not possible to use an outside antenna. So what is
the best way to provide usable signals for the demonstration?
It will be relatively easy to feed the 8.12MHz IF of the K3 to a SDR
quadrature detector
...Is there a program and hardware available that is capable of this
wideband QRPpp transmission?
URL:http://www.expandedspectrumsystems.com/prod2.html
73,
Lyle KK7P
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Don,
Thanks for the reply
I'm also assuming that leaving the 'ring' connection open will not cause a
problem with the MCU --- I had a slight concern that it might leave pin 24 in
an indeterminate state when transmitting...
Dave KK7SS
On 30 Sep 2007 at 23:31, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Wire it
Fred Jensen wrote:
This is not a recommendation, just a data point: We had lots of
problems with fungus in our KWM-2A's in SE Asia. It would grow on the
chassis, and was apparently mildly conductive. Our solution was to hose
them out with a plain soap solution, rinse, and let them dry in
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