On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, F and J wrote:
There seems to be no way of posting anything, or easily responding
to a previous post - short of sending that poster an email. How replies
get linked to previous posts isn't explained.
Mailing-lists are an older and, imho, far superior form of forum.
wayne burdick wrote:
Any input on such a product would be appreciated. If there were
significant interest, we'd try to have it ready early next year.
LiPo would be nice, for me: I am already using NiMH in the standard
cover and given my typical operating situation having 8 cells instead of
6
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The TV station's website currently has a write-up a video ---
http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3796401nav=Bsmge2gn
How to download video (tricky but doable):
-get Linux and mplayer ;-)
-click to open video
-save video file
-open nice video file (it's a text
EricJ wrote:
built some SMT kits that weren't significantly smaller than they would have
been using traditional 1/8 resistors mounted on end. And I've built some
Conversely, I have built an incredibly small adapter into a DB9
minishell using ordinary components, just for the sake of let's see
On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Brian Mury wrote:
On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 17:51 -0500, Stuart Rohre wrote:
It's a sideswiper.
No, it's a single lever paddle. Note the three wire connection (and you
can even see the cuts in the copper base that isolate the dit, dah, and
ground connections).
Actually,
... damned weird contraption (sans broccoli ;-) but, believe me, this
thing is just plain fun to send code with:
http://andrea.borgia.bo.it/amateur-radio/thx-cootiekey-dscn0022.jpg
(taken from http://andrea.borgia.bo.it/amateur-radio/index.shtml.en)
Ok, it'a lame attempt at diverting the
Hello folks!
I just got a reply from Gwen about my thank-you note for the nice Elecraft
article a few days ago: seems she got quite a few messages and she sounded
definitely pleased by the reaction of the Elecraft community.
Way to go! 8-)
B73,
Andrea.
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On Mon, May 23, 2005 17:07, Craig Rairdin said:
A little humility and accessibility goes an awful long way. You guys set a
high standard for yourself. It made me that much more proud to own an
Elecraft radio. Well done.
Should Wayne and Eric ever consider attending in person some trade show
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oddly enough, I've encountered many a cell phone that announces an incoming
text message by sending SMS - in Morse!
These phones are probably manufactured by a small unknown finnish
company ;-) where a rather well-known finnish ham (OH2BH) works.
Those same phones
Buddy Brannan wrote:
Gwen's on vacation, y'all...I just got an automatic notification from
her bot that she won't be back until after the 20th. So how about we
fill her mailbox with well-wishes and kudos and plaudettes for the
great article? :-)
Been there, done just that 8-)
Andrea.
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Hello.
Right now I am happily using a straight key with my KX1 as I can't seem
to get the hang of paddles (that and the fact that pounding brass feels
good ;-)
Since I found a single-lever paddle that may be used as a cootie-key
of sorts (see here: http://www.mtechnologies.com/cootie.htm), I was
EricJ wrote:
The KX1 would never know that you connected a single-lever paddle vs. a
dual-lever paddle.
Ah, good! I was worried about the squeeze being required to form some
characters.
BTW, you suggested you were having a little trouble with iambic keying.
trouble is quite an
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is a simple conversion of the KX1 iambic paddle (KXPD1) to a single
lever paddle.
Your suggestion is quite interesting indeed, but unfortunately I didn't
buy the KXPD1 so I can't try your idea.
I did test-drive one KXPD1, though, and I found it trickier to
Well, sort of, but the hotel was right opposite the historic Guzzi
factory in Mandello del Lario, on the Como lake in northern Italy.
For my first portable operation with the KX1 this past wednesday, I used
a 7m long wire hung from the window knob, going round a door frame and
ending on the bed.
On Thu, April 28, 2005 14:46, Nigel KC8NHF/G8IFF said:
My pooter doesn't have any serial ports so I use USB/serial adaptors.
Have you found any Linux (Fedora Core 3 but it shouldn't matter which
distro) drivers for there adaptors?
Much depends on the specific adaptors you got: I have a Xircom
On Thu, April 28, 2005 15:11, Mike Markowski said:
If you're using RTS/DTR for PTT, another option is to simply use VOX.
Yes, it's a possibility, though VOX is quite tricky to get right,
especially if you change modes often. Also, in the case of my rig (IC-736
for digimodes, I'm only rich
Bob Nielsen wrote:
Ah, if only some of the Linux logging/contesting programs would support
the printing of qsl labels!
Ho-uhm, xlog can export data to glabels so I guess you might try it out.
No idea whether tlf (Try Left Foot ;-) can do that as well, as it is
the only contest-level logger
On Fri, April 22, 2005 14:57, Mike Markowski said:
Does it work well or are the hamlib-supported features limited? When I
I do not (yet) own a K2, but I'm a rather happy camper as far as hamlib
and friends are concerned.
My recollections of the mailing-list are that it should work fine, but
James C. Hall, MD wrote:
Hmmm ... never seen square root as O with dot-dot on top.
Right, they should have printed it as dah-dah-dah-dit ;-P
Sorry, couldn't resist this one 8-)
B73,
Andrea.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd appreciate technical tips, but I'm also desperate for operating
advice.
For starters, here is a PDF document with the bandplan:
http://www.arimi.it/bandplan/BP5_0LHVU.pdf
(Please note this is _not_ an official document, rather a compilation of
regulations,
I0SKK - Alessandro Santucci wrote:
Let try to ask Oscar I7OHP, he made a CD with a course, he was a
professional military op, and sell at just 10 Euro. Try, the email is:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I second your advice, but it may be worth mentioning that the commentary
in Oscar's course cd is in
Paul - W8KC wrote:
The volume control needs to be *almost* fully clockwise before audio is
heard. I only get any volume above, say, the 3 o'clock position and fully
clockwise.
In my case, switching to a _stereo_plug_ headset first, then to one with
a different impedence made a dramatic
Hello.
Been playing around with my newly built ATU for the KX1 and I'm a bit
puzzled by a few minor things:
1) my G5RV, accidentally shortened because of a wind gust, cannot be
tuned by my IC-736 in 30m while the KXAT1 happily reports a perfect
match (r1.0). Is that plausible?
2) in
wayne burdick wrote:
Just tune up into a dummy load on any band you want to reset.
Ok, I'll try that asap, but I'm still curious as to why there's no relay
activity on 30m when forcing a tune operation: the antenna is not tuned
to 30m natively, only on 20m, but on 20m the atu clicks and on
Steve Jackson wrote:
it's OK. The Elecraft tuning algorithm is recursive,
passing the implicit null(s) and finding the real
one. Once you have this feature, you won't go back.
Could you elaborate on this point?
The only thing missing from the Elecraft tuners is a
bypass function.
Uhm,
Hello.
With today's additions of the KXB30 and the KXAT1, my KX1 is now
complete and, as an italian saying goes, full like an egg.
Bottom line is, it works. Long story, I had a few scary moments today,
especially with the 30m option. My last misc notesquestions wrt the KX1
follow:
On Sat, February 5, 2005 10:05, Rolf Moberg, OH6KXL said:
How you folks have managed with no-ESD-soldering stations?
Hello, Rolf, nice to see you here too! 8-)
I built my KX1 with a no-ESD Weller (can't remember model no.) on a wooden
table covered with a slightly damp flat sponge (sorry,
On Wed, February 2, 2005 17:21, Craig Rairdin said:
finding building is addictive -- they should call it Ele-crack) and I'm
LOOOL, that's why I'm building my KX1 one bit at a time and the last two
modules are slated for this sunday.
B73,
Andrea.
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Thomas Martin wrote:
At this time it is the first picture on top of my homepage
http://www.qsl.net/df7tv
Between a rock and a hard place, this time just quite literally so 8-)
B73,
Andrea.
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A: Because it messes up the
[CC'ing to Service(Gary) per Ron's suggestion]
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
About the yellow vs. orange color coding, I don't know if Elecraft even
stocks a 3.7 uH inductor in that size. If they do, I guess it's possible
there was a switch.
At last, I have compared L7 with L10 as you suggested
Hello everybody!
Bottom line is, KX1 #978 passed Alignment/TP III yesterday afternoon!
8-) As usual, some random thoughts on the last step:
-toroids are easy, if you only consider inductors: transformers are
altogether another beast! 8-)
-another tricky point is wiring the battery
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
L7 is a 4.7 uH inductor, so it is really Yellow! Orange-violet-gold would be
3.7 uH, not 4.7 uH. How does its color compare alongside L10, which is
orange-orange-black (33 uH)?
I don't have the KX1 here with me, so I asked my friend Nicola to check
this. In the
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
The KX1 is a really cute rig! I have serial number 0004 which I built while
writing the assembly instructions for the manual. It's a great rig that had
Now I got a DMM(*) on loan and I re-ran the checks: voltage only, not
the resistance checks because I didn't want to
Hello, everybody.
If you care about the impressions of a first-time builder, here are my
notes and questions regarding the receiver assembly part:
-page 30, finding inductors: all inductors' colors match, save for L7
that is really org-vio-gold (two people pronounced it definitely
orange)
Jean-François Ménard said:
I put some photos on my basic KX1 kit that was under construction until
tonight. Ready to go now !!!
Thank you for the pictures, they're really sharp, so much in fact that I
could check the orientation of D2 and D3 (the markings on the PCB are way
too small for my
Hello.
Hot on the heels of my previous report, here comes the next one relating
to the first test phase.
Executive summary: it works! Unit came up with E10 as expected, display
brightness and timeout setting are ok and led shines pretty brightly.
Digging a little deeper, however, there are
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005, Tom Harson wrote:
1. under what distribution of linux are you using?
Debian Sarge
2. when you installed it, did you get the dependency error Libexpat.so.1
missing.
Nope.
3. will it function properly if compiled with the -nodeps ?
I believe this kind of questions is
Dan Barker wrote:
onboard Video is probably fine for hi-res, non real-time applications.
The SC420 does have two PCI Express slots, whatever those areg.
Very briefly, ISA - PCI - AGP - PCIX. Basically, yet another even
faster interface for cards.
B73,
Andrea.
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Homepage:
Mike WA8BXN wrote:
easily copy SSB. The only way to get all the features of these radios is to
buy them all (K2 has many superior chracteristics over the others, and its
disadvantages too). Good luck!
Unfortunately, buying them all isn't an option and never was, though it
would probably
Hello.
I am considering the purchase of a full-option KX1 (or a K1, see later)
and have spent some time comparing the prices on the main Elecraft site
and on that of the German distributor at http://www.qrpproject.de/
Here comes the price breakdown:
US)
-base KX1: 279 USD
-ATU: 52.93 USD
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