Re: [Elecraft] LED bulbs

2015-05-12 Thread Bayard Coolidge, N1HO via Elecraft
Please forgive a really stupid question, but woulda High Hat fixture (like the ones that were justinstalled in the ceiling of our recently renovatedkitchen) be considered an enclosed luminary in this context? My XYL and I considered putting in LED lamps/bulbsat that time, but when I went

Re: [Elecraft] Anyone using a DESpole?

2015-05-12 Thread Walter Underwood
I can’t tell whether it is a coupled-resonator dipole or a fan dipole. I’m betting on the latter. I don’t think you could cover that much bandwidth with a coupled-resonator design. The drooping ends are a reasonable choice for a limited space dipole. wunder K6WRU CM87wj

Re: [Elecraft] MFJ's new Internal K3 Tuner, anyone tried one yet?

2015-05-12 Thread Phil Wheeler
Joe, Re perhaps loser cost parts: A Freudian typo? :-) Phil W7OX On 5/12/15 4:25 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: On 2015-05-12 5:45 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: I believe the KAT3 tuning algorithms are contained in the K3 firmware which Elecraft does not disclose, so the MFJ gizmo must have begun

[Elecraft] powermeter

2015-05-12 Thread Ross Biggar
This is probably a very naive question, but where should a powermeter that measures Forward and reflected power be positioned? Should it be between the Amplifier and the Tuner, which could safeguard the amplifier if there was a high SWR, or after the tuner, (ie, between the tuner and the

Re: [Elecraft] Introduction

2015-05-12 Thread Mike Reublin NF4L
Ken - I agree that you'll most likely relegate the Eagle to second status. If you hook the K3 up to the Centurion, be sure to follow the instructions for the K3. It's different. Fred Cady's (KE7X) book on the K3 is well worth having also. I bought it on CD so I can search it, and I took the

Re: [Elecraft] K3STFNR on K3 Parts and Mod Kits Web Page

2015-05-12 Thread Wayne Burdick
Thanks for catching this, Paul. Wayne N6KR On May 12, 2015, at 6:03 AM, Paul Kirley pkir...@fuse.net wrote: Today I happened to look down the K3 Parts and Mod Kits web page and noticed that the description of the K3STFNR reads as follows: K3STFNR New K3 Synthesizer Stiffener Plate Kit