Although smaller than most of the other dxpeditions, our trip to Tiree
(Inner Hebrides, MS0WRC) last October used 4 K3's (all owned by team
members) and one FT2K. We made 12500 Q's in the week on SSB and CW and
continually got unsolicited complimentary audio reports from them. There
was one
I have been using MFJ tuners remotely for several years without too many
problems. I believe any remote tuner released by Elecraft will be superior.
The world of tuners has lots of opportunity, IMO, to improve remote use. I
currently use MFJ 998 siting in a patio box ~ 75' from the house in
I am setting up a Field Day expedition to a local peak here in southern
Oregon and will be taking along my K2 as the
main radio. I am looking for field experience as to whether there are
issues in having two K2s operating in close proximity.
That is, are there any radiated phase noise issues,
Undoubtedly the sub-rcvr is a lot more convenient for this purpose,
but you can follow the split action pretty well using dual VFO and REV
button on a single receiver. With a little practice you can spin the
VFO with your thumb while momentarily depressing the REV button with
the middle or index
Hi to Ron VE8RT and the group.
I have used a MFJ-927 remote tuner for the last three years with my
HY-Tower vertical about 20 feet from my house. The power for the tuner
is added to the transmit coax here in the shack and the tuner is at the
base of my antenna. We have long cold winters here
Allan,
Go to the following URL http://eaars.com/fd7qpstats.pdf and look at the FD
scores for years 2000 through 2005.
All of those operations were with Elecraft K-2 transceivers. External band
pass filters were used at all operating positions.
There is absolutely NO problem with the radios
Allan,
Go to the following URL http://eaars.com/fd7qpstats.pdf and look at the FD
scores for years 2000 through 2005.
All of those operations were with SOLAR POWERED Elecraft K-2 transceivers.
External band
pass filters were used at all operating positions.
There is absolutely NO problem with
Just built my KPA500 and cannot find any info in manuals about the *AUX*
button (in band selection area just below *1.8* and to left of *5*). I am
guessing it is for a future band or function. Anyone know for sure?
Also, there is an RJ-45 jack at bottom of front panel at right side, aligned
about
I've had my ticket since 1974 (WN4IKG) I have owned over 25 rigs but never had
one with two receivers. I 've always worked split with two VFOs but after a few
emails from you guys and thinking about it (brain taxing) I can see where the
second receiver would be useful. When I was working the
You probably have noticed, there are a lot of Elecraft missionaries lurking
in the weeds here.
73 Joe K2UF
I'm one of them. I have built and operated a K1 and two K2s and I'm really
looking forward to the K3.
Oh yeah, I also have a KPA500.
John KE4D
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The Elecraft T-1 tuner if you need an external tuner that will work with
many
I can't speak to the future plans for the AUX band switch position, but
that RJ-45 connector is for the factory to program the processor on the
front panel board. There's one on the bottom of the K3 for the same reason.
Ron AC7AC
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Just built my KPA500 and cannot find
Kevin, KD5ONS, Nice pic, common sight up here (AK).
Regarding QSB, I would like to relate an extreme case that occurred
last night on 144-eme. My station is a decent sized 2m-eme station
with four 10-element yagis and 1200w, so not surprising to get good
signal reports (-16 is very strong for
As I noted in an email to Bruce, the only current use for the AUX
button is to tell the K3 that the button has been pushed. The K3
firmware currently then selects the 2 meter transverter.
As on the K3, the RJ-45 is used for factory testing and development.
Jack B, W6FB
On Feb 9, 2012, at
Hi All,
I just purchased another K3 from an individual and I'm looking for the 400Hz, 8
pole filter. If you have one and no longer have a need for it, please contact
me off line; KE8G at cox dot net.
If I don't hear from anyone in the next week or so, I'll order it directly from
Elecraft.
Back in the days when I had a TS-940 I made a very handy mod. Since I used a
headset
and didn't need the up/dwn connections on the microphone jack, I brought out
the
REV
and A/B VFO lines. I had a small minibox with three nice big pushbuttons
attached to a
three foot cord that was connected
John,
That's one of the great things about the K3. If you decide later on a Sub
Receiver would be nice you can always add it then.
Rick
K6LE
On 2/9/2012, at 9:40 , k...@att.net k...@att.net wrote:
I've had my ticket since 1974 (WN4IKG) I have owned over 25 rigs but never
had one with two
snip
The K3 is a fabulous dxpedition radio, we only had one KPA500 and that was
on the CW station. That is one very boring amplifier, it just sat in the
corner and worked its socks off ;)
end snip
But, Ian, isn't this one of those rare cases when boring is good? No
breakdowns, no spurrious
Hi Eric,
I make one out of clear polycarbonate sheet. I only expose the BNC
connectors though, but provide a sliding top to access the switches.
It is part of a line of enclosures for what I call the Test Bench line
of mini-modules i.e. AT1, NGen, XG2 etc. With suggestions from Don
Wilhelm,
On 2/9/2012 11:23 AM, Dave Van Wallaghen wrote:
Hi Eric,
I make one out of clear polycarbonate sheet. I only expose the BNC
connectors though, but provide a sliding top to access the switches.
I have two of Dave's enclosures ... HexKey and W1. They are great!
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern
All,
I have 3 of Dave's Test Bench enclosures and they have really helped
the organization at the test bench. Previously the bare mini-modules
were just laying on the workbench shelf, and I had to sort through them
to get the one I wanted - Thanks to Dave, that has been solved, the
For sale: my P3 in very good to excellent shape and working perfectly.
I have the original cables and documentation. $620 shipped and
insured CONUS. Please email me directly off-list with any questions.
Gus, N1CCW
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Absolutely, my point exactly! :)
73 Ian
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SysOp GB7MBC HB9DRV-9 DX Clusters
If you feel you would like to donate to help the running of the cluster,
please visit
http://www.gb7mbc.net. My thanks in advance :)
On 9 February 2012 19:20, Ian Kahn km4ik@gmail.com wrote:
Dear OMs;
It is probably good practice to remove the transformer when shipping a
KPA500 or for that matter most other amplifiers.
73 Doug EI2CN
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I am a new person in this group and I will admit that I have not looked at many
of the hundreds of previous posts so I will apologize in advance for being a
bit lazy if this topic has been dealt with before.
I have a home assembled K3 SN 4210 that has developed a most annoying problem.
I have
On 2/9/2012 4:07 PM, Tom Kramer wrote:
I have exchanged a number of emails with Gary Surrency about
this with basically no conclusion and an apparent lack of desire to
solve it.
That would be a first for this group.
I discovered that when attempting to transmit between 24,910.0 and
The feedback here has been a great help. And input from the list
members who also operate with similar winter conditions to ours is very
helpful.
Before I spend any money on something new I must ask. Does Elecraft
have anything on the drawing board that will work with non-Elecraft
radios and
You've never said whether or not you can receive OK in those band
segments. If so, I doubt that the synth board would be the problem.
Dave AB7E
On 2/9/2012 5:07 PM, Tom Kramer wrote:
I am a new person in this group and I will admit that I have not looked at
many of the hundreds of
Hi Doug,
It wasn't the big toroid transformer that let loose. It was one mounted
on a PC Board (Triad part).
See: http://www.mdxc.org/5v7v/good-news-from-5v-land-soon-on-air/
But you are correct...big heavy transformers in amps don't mix well with
shipping amplifiers. I have an Alpha amp
When it comes to amplifiers, boring is definitely good.
A long time ago I was operating a DX contest at a multi-op. One of the
amplifier power supplies was in a heavy steel cabinet on casters
underneath the operating table about 4 feet away. It was about 3 am and
very quiet in the shack (CW
Hi,
I bought a kit in October last year and only assembled it recently.
Assembly procedure is straight forward as described in manual.
The first thing I noticed was that the amp was not always amplifying
properly while the transceiver was in transmit mode. '*' sign was always
visible when
So, I get my Hammarlund HQ-170A out of the storage garage because I got a
re-tubing kit and I am finally going to replace some or all of the tubes. The
HQ-170A works but audio is a little on the weak side and sensitivity could be
improved. I will do the tube thing first and then maybe
I downloaded the HQ-170A schematic and took a look at the schematic. It
looks like the 455 kc output is taken directly from the plate of the
second mixer through a 10 pF (oops, I mean 10 mmF :=) capacitor.
Since 10 pF has 35 kohms reactance at 455 kHz, you'll probably need a
buffer to drive the
Alan,
Thanks. Looks like I might do some experimenting later but probably won't have
the time until Summer.
73, phil, K7PEH
On Feb 9, 2012, at 10:11 PM, Alan Bloom wrote:
I downloaded the HQ-170A schematic and took a look at the schematic. It
looks like the 455 kc output is taken
Hi Bernd
Are you sure you didn't push the On button by mistake ? The two are not
very far apart.
I have been using my KPA500 since September last year and have had no
problems.
73
Barry Simpson VK2BJ
2012/2/10 Bernd Länger vk...@vkcc.com
Hi,
I bought a kit in October last year and only
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