I use fixed rack shelves that have an inside dimension of 17.5". At
several Denver-area swap meets I have displayed the Elecraft banner with
the K-Line in a short rack cabinet. The K3(S) + P3 (on the right side)
fit on one shelf with the feet and the handle in place. No need to
remove
On 2/18/2013 9:54 AM, Terry Schieler wrote:
Yesterday, during the CW contest, I noticed that my K3-100 (#474)
suddenly began to stutter during CW transmissions on the low end of 40
meters. I hadn't noticed this before, including Saturday, the first day
of the contest. My CW transmission had a
On 1/29/2013 4:23 PM, Eric Buggee wrote:
Hi Tom,
I have a KAT500-K and have had it operational since
building it end of December. I have read the manual from front to back
and it does mention that very fact:
When using the KAT500 with the K3 and the two are interconnected using
On 1/25/2013 1:30 PM, Richard Fjeld wrote:
Rather then bend the pins on the socket, I applied a little solder to
the plug's center conductor and then filed the solder down until it
slid into the socket with some friction. I have no doubts now.
You have solved a problem in the short term, but
Hi Mike,
CW in SSB mode is a feature I hoped to have available for the coming
ARRL VHF contest (19 Jan), but is one of the four documented features
not yet ready for prime time. These features are enumerated in the KX3
Rev B-4 manual errata:
On 1/1/2013 9:47 PM, GDR wrote:
...
To clarify a couple of earlier issues, my iPad is the latest version
which Apple calls the new iPad, not the iPad 3 or 4. It has the new
lightning connector (tiny) that can be used with the latest iPhone5.
I just purchased a new iPad and has the tiny
The KPA500 here produces 13-14 dB gain on most bands. 13 dB is a factor
of 20, so 10 watts from the KX3 results in about 200 watts out to the
antenna system.
Gus Hansen
KB0YH
On 12/28/2012 9:33 AM, Doug Person wrote:
Can the KX-3 drive the KPA-500 directly? I would think it might result
in
On 4/12/2010 11:28 AM, Hector Padron wrote:
... I run every night a net on 7130 Khz and I do have a russian guy who likes
to be at 2 Khz below us
Most of the SSB signals that I hear these days are in the range of 2.5
to 3 kHz wide. Using LSB as we do on 40m means a reasonable carrier
I've received two corrections to the results summary for the
21 March 2010 Elecraft SSB Net.
The first corrects the spelling of Rodger's name:
N4NRW,Rodger,SC,K3,1318,M17 C10
The second corrects Arnie's callsign and adds his microphone settings.
I don't know whether the problem was with my
Today the net ran about 48 minutes with 23 participants making it into
the log.
I know we missed several callers, mostly due to S5 noise at my location
and lack of propagation to Roger, N4NRW, in SC. Thanks for your help
Roger, and my apologies to those who weren't able to connect with us
My apologies for a late announcement. I actually took some time away
from the computer this afternoon and just got 'round to checking email.
While Phil is otherwise occupied I'll act as third string NCS for this
week's Elecraft SSB Net. Assistance from ops on either or both coasts
will be
Thanks to all who participated in today's post EQP SSB net. We had a
total of 26 check-ins with reasonably good conditions (A=5, K=0, and
SF=89). As is often the case, EI6IZ held the honors for the lowest S/N
and the greatest distance from the NCS. And NU4C had the highest S/N
during the net
Given that the EQP event will be finishing just as the usually scheduled
Elecraft SSB is to begin, there may be little interest. However, I'll
kick the power up from 5w to about 500w and give it a try as fill-in NCS
while Phil is away.
Frequency: 14.314MHz (+/- a few kHz if necessary)
Start
Wes Stewart wrote:
After sending this, I seem to recall another message, that I can't find at
the moment, wherein it was suggested that there are a couple of other
contests with similar formats that can be used for EQP.
Perhaps the author could repost it.
The last QA in the EQP 2010 rules
Roger Stein wrote:
Nothing but DX contest participants heard at this QTH at net time. Copy
conditions just too difficult to try and run the net.
There will be other days!!
Hi Roger,
I sent an email message on this topic on 3/3 to your email address, but
perhaps it was blocked. The text of
Tom wrote:
...
I just purchased a k2/100.I have been just turning down the power till it
says 10 I assume this is 10watts.I have been getting repeated reports that
they can't believe I'm running 10watts QRP. 1 guy just called me a liar all
together!
For the sake of this discussion let's
W4GRJ wrote:
Just change CONFIG Spkrs to 2 .. No change, the left volume still approx 50%
of the right
Swap the 'phones on your head. If still 50% down on the left the problem
is with your hearing, not the radio.
Gus Hansen
KB0YH
Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
Guys - We originally updated the elecraft main web page Net Times with a
change in time to PST, leaving the Zulu times the same. Please email me
with what reality is now. we're confused/ :-)
Following the pattern use by the Icom net, which has for many
Stan Jacox wrote:
...
I found a small plumbing shop open late and bought 4 meters of 1/2in copper
tubing and made a loop this evening. I had no high voltage capacitors so cut
various lengths of RG-58A to use as coax caps and kluged a Faraday shielded
loop coupling system to drive the main
Don Rasmussen wrote:
Can anyone suggest a compact balanced line that can handle 1000 watts? I like
the size of that Radio Shack 300 ohm TV line, but 100 watts is likely the
maximum. I'd like to build a stealthy KW antenna. The 20m dipole radiating
elements are so low to the ground that 3:1
Hi Fred,
Help. WriteLog ver. 10.70 will not create a Cabrillo file for Field Day. I
tried using both the Contest menu and the File export menu in WriteLog. Both
have Cabrillo grayed-out! Am I missing something?
A Cabrillo file is not required for Field Day, although one can be
submitted in
Tom Hammond wrote:
A while back, maybe 2-3 weeks ago anyway, someone (in EU, if I recall) posted
a link to a headphone amp/splitter box which they're recently purchased.
I visited the link, but seem to have lost it in the hubbub of getting ready
for Field Day 2009... BUT I's really like to
Allan Taylor wrote:
Reflector folks.
I am currently using a Tentec Hercules II amp with my K3. I would like
to check out options for a solid state amp of
1000W or more and QSK capable. I have a Quadra but it pairs nicely
with the MP and I wish to keep it separate from
the K3 setup.
I have
Guy, K2AV wrote:
The way the regulation reads, hams are being told they can put 50 watts PEP
on an antenna, up to the gain of a dipole, and call that 50 watts ERP.
Higher gain must be referenced to the dipole and the 50 watts reduced
accordingly.
For mobile stations there is no mention of
Dave G4AON wrote:
I assume by after I tune you mean pressing the XMIT/TUNE button to
create a CW carrier at some level between 20 Watts and 100 Watts. I've
tried various combinations of power and both the actual measured output
and the indicated output on the K3 are both fine. No problem here
Jim - W6VAR wrote:
I updated the firmware to 3.04 last night. Today, after I tune, I get no or
low power out indicated on the RF meter in SSB. Keying down momentarily
restores power in SSB.
Are others experiencing this?
Yes, I've had the same problem, especially when operating split on 40
The rules show a Send To field without a name and address, but with an
April 10 deadline. I'm sending this to the list now 'cause otherwise
I'll forget about it. If these submissions need to be sent elsewhere
please let us know.
-
Call: KB0YH
S/P/C = 37
QSO Points = 372 (15*5 + 99*3)
Low
Lance Collister wrote:
I also am quite interested in learning what the maximum recommended supply
voltage
is for the K3. I recall some discussion indicating that it was advisable to
have
higher voltage rather than lower, but I don't recall what the maximum was. I
have
just ordered a
K4GM-George wrote:
This weekend I hope to hook up my PW-1 now that its back from Icom
again. Is there any real need to use a keying buffer between the two
? Based on the specs of the two units I would think a direct
connection between the two would work fine.
Direct connection is fine -
Bob Serwy wrote:
I use my K3 often on 6 meters. I have no problem hearing stations on 6
meters. I can hear the noise increase when I connect my 4 element 6 meter
beam to the radio. So at my QTH, I do not need any additional receive gain.
Also the dynamic range is much better on 6 meters then
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
sorry, found it - thanks for the heads up - ordered mine to ship with
KDVR3 - hell, no 6M until next May anyway!
The 6m band often has great single and double hop E skip during late
November and most of December here in the USA. My European 6m DX
contacts were
Jim Brown wrote:
...
Hold on a minute. We cannot sit over in our little corner and pretend
that the rest of the world does not exist. That's how we got into
trouble with the KIO3.
dBV is a voltage measure with a reference of 1V RMS. It's an
international standard. If a K3 function does
Jon Perelstein wrote:
I think that I received a full-sized 100 microH RF choke instead of a miniature.
I have four green-bodied brown-black-brown RF chokes and a tan-bodied brown-black-brown RF choke -- all the same physical size. Actually, I'm can't tell for sure if the tan-bodied is a
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
Today, 2008 September 3, finished building. Can't get the KPA3 to
play. It keeps saying 5.0 and I can't seem to get it to 50... what am I
missing?
Have you enabled the KPA3 in the CONFIG menu? Physical installation of
the unit is only half of the required
Todd Ruby wrote:
I just got my k3 back from a friend who used the radio for a couple
of weeks and what is happening is that when i turn the large VFO knob
both A and B freqs change together. the smaller knob controls the B
VFO as it should.
any ideas why this is happening
The VFOs are
Hi Ralph,
So any comments from Kent single lever key owners?
Does anyone want to sell one?
Does anyone in the US sell them?
I bought the Kent Single-Level paddle ($140) from HRO here in Denver a
few months ago. Having seen some discussion on this reflector I thought
I'd give it a try. I've
alsopb wrote:
With all due respect, you QRP guys need to be praising the rigs of the people
who pulled your 5 watt rig out of the noise.
5 watts is 5 watts, independent of rig.
You are correct, of course. I run QRP on 160m in the Stew Perry Topband
Challenge, which rewards the stations
Roger wrote:
Group,
What haven't I done? My KRX3 is deaf!
Here is the story. After installing the KRX3 and checking to see if all pins and cables were properly seated, I went thru the CONFIG steps and downloaded the latest firmware, FPF and DSP1 DSP2. Loading was
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
You will be happy to hear that the Gang at Elecraft have solved component
procreation issue with the release of the K3. However, they seem to have
created a new time dimension that causes delivery of the K3 to take light years!
We get your intent Roger, but a
Guy, K2AV wrote:
I'm still showing 2.19 at the beta site. What am I doing wrong?
Beta version 2.22 came up fine here. Most likely your browser is using a
previously cached page. Try forcing your browser to load the page from
the Elecraft web site.
Gus Hansen
KB0YH
...
... The only one I had trouble with was the WIDTH control. For some
reason I
kept expecting the filter b/w to become narrower as I turned it
clockwise...
I agree It seems strange that the WIDTH control turns to the left
for
narrower when the Filter display goes right I
Lee Buller wrote:
...
Now thenON4UN is a nice guy, great ham, etcbut I don't care if he has
one or not.
I paid attention when John replaced his FT1000D transceivers with
Ten-Tec Orions. He claimed that the improvement in receiver performance
was reason enough to make a change in
AE4CW wrote:
I can't find the two most recent betas. Only 2.00 is visible in the FTP beta
directory dated 06/06. Is anyone else having this problem or just me? Tnx.
The following URL should take you to the beta firmware folder:
ftp://ftp.elecraft.com/K3/firmware/beta
It's the one
K9ZTV wrote:
I don't have the lightness problem. But . . .
Testing just now shows that with the bail extended to raise the front of
the rig it doesn't slide around. With the rig resting flat on all four
feet it is fairly easy to make it slide, especially when pushing buttons
on the left
K9ZTV wrote:
For the life of me I can't figure out why you guys are having this
problem unless you are using stripped-down versions of the K3 sans
amplifier, ATU, etc. which would mean a lighter rig, I suppose. Or
else the surface your K3s are sitting on have been waxed or polished.
My K3
Joseph M. Durnal wrote:
If I get rid of my FT-2000D I'm going to miss monitoring 10 meters no
matter what band I'm on. So, the KRX3 will be on my shopping list.
Does it come with the 2.7 kHz roofing filter like the K3, or will I
need add an SSB filter? If it does come with a 2.7, can the 2.8
Manuel Maseda wrote:
...
Anyone have any experience with Ethernet to serial adapters? Would it be
possible to connect one to the K3 serial port?
Lantronix and other manufacturers make some very nice Ethernet-to-serial
modules. My experience developing firmware for a security system
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
Problem:
Cannot get any transmit power out.
...
Receiver is OK and receives on all bands
No error messages displayed on either RX or TX
I can hear weak signal from K3 on other ham
transceiver.
Hi Jim,
You didn't say that you have run the TX gain setting
Lyle Johnson wrote:
...
Instead of a Noise Gate with two or three variables, I've implemented
an *experimental* Downward Expander with a single variable
(threshold). It certainly kills the background noise here! ...
We're listening...
This would be welcome addition to the K3. Noise gates
...
Yes, some people would prefer to wait till they can buy one without
waiting...
Am I the only one who finds the concept of waiting to avoid waiting a
bit silly?
Gus Hansen
KB0YH
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Hi Cookie,
...
If you are not yet convinced that the K3 is the rig
you want and can afford you should wait until this is
so. If you are convinced, then you should consider
ordering it now. If you order it today, you will get
it sooner than if you order it tomorrow or next week,
or six months
John wrote:
There has been some chatter here lately about 6 meters not working. I
thought I would try and duplicate some of the problems. Well I
couldn't. However, I did find a problem with my K3 #501 on 6 meters.
I don't have power pwr output on 6M. Perhaps I didn't check before,
or maybe
charles wrote:
ERR TXF error message received when attempting low power calibration.
No power out on CW or SSB.
I have studied the trouble shooting pages in the Owner's manual but cannot
find the answer.
Any suggestions please?
ERR TXF is a recently added error code (see the errata
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
Now, you have complained about having to button-push through every
intermediate band to get to a desired ham band. Could this be
alleviated somewhat using the VFO knob as a ham band only switch? Say,
by holding the FINE button you could step through the ham bands
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
No, I meant a tuning rate of 5 MHz per full turn of the VFO knob...
but it WOULD increment the frequency readout in 1 MHz steps, as you
suggest.
5 MHz per one full turn would, for instance, let you go from 7.0xx MHz
to 15.1xx MHz in about one and a half turns of
HI Brian,
And what success do you expect in hitting 10.101 or 18.068?
None.
Unfortunately the ham bands don't all start with .000 lower limits.
We're addressing two different issues. I'm responding to the original
statement about achieving 1 MHz steps as in general coverage. For
example,
wayne burdick wrote:
...
4. CONFIG:TXG VCE menu entry appears to be non-functional. This menu
entry is needed to establish a higher drive level for voice vs. CW modes.
I installed the firmware updates and appreciate the improvements and new
features. Thanks.
Here are a couple of
DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote:
Okay, I just don't get it.
DJ8ZJ sez he ordered on Nov 26 and got SN 800
KG4LCF sez he ordered on Nov 18 and got SN 799
Huh?
Possible reasons:
- One was assembled and tested, the other a kit.
- One may have requested a hold until a particular S/N
(match a K2 S/N).
Hi Keith,
...
* Cushcraft AR6 - 1/2 wave vertical
* Diamond 2 ele yagi
What do you suggest?
For many years I have used a set of home made antennas for 6m work. I
use a 4-element Yagi and a J-Pole that provide good performance under a
variety of conditions. The J-Pole is
Brian Lloyd wrote:
...
I know everyone is dumping their K2s so they can get a K3 but,
gee-whiz, the K2 is some good receiver. I *love* this radio!
Everyone? If you compare the number of K2s purchased to the number being
offered for sale you will see that nearly everyone is keeping their
How about 14.329 1800 utc?
...
Icom is 1700 typically not long
Flex is 1900
TenTec is 2130
The Icom User's Net time is correct, but the frequency is 14.316 MHz.
The net usually wraps up with an hour, often less. Is there another Icom
net running Sundays at 1700Z on a
We must have had different economics courses. As I understand it, the
weaker dollar makes American goods more attractive to overseas buyers,
not less attractive. Elecraft and other companies that price their
rigs in dollars receive the same income in dollars when they sell a
rig overseas as
Windy Dankoff KM5Q wrote:
I've gotten favorable replies from a few people. Bob VE3UK suggested a
frequency for the 40m net. I inserted it in the schedule below.
...
Any other suggestions?
...
PROCEDURE:
Listen +/- 5 kHz. If nobody's there, call CQ K3 Users Group. When
identifying, add in the K3
Hi David,
Go to Rob's talk and make a video for the rest of us to enjoy and
learn. Have someone else drive while you sit in the back seat doing
the assembly ; o )
I chose to attend the Boulder Amateur Radio Club (BARC) meeting.
Couldn't get a chauffeur so had to postpone the assembly,
AD6XY - Mike wrote:
Is there a radio club in the Boulder area then? I am visiting this summer.
Depending on timing, I may have a K3 and it would be great to visit.
Yes, a very active one at that. Check out the the BARC web site:
http://www.qsl.net/w0dk/
They also run a BARC Jrs. youth
...
I just see a lot of QRPers post comments who think their DX
QSOs are due to their abilities. I've been on both sides of
QRP contacts, copying QRP stations as well as being QRP myself.
I always take great pride in being able to hear them and I'm
also absolutely amazed when someone can copy
From my posting from last week:
- Ordered (with 50% deposit) 6 June 2007 with subsequent modifications.
- Received and responded to Lisagram late Tuesday, 12 Feb 2008.
- Called by Madeline for final payment info on Thursday, 14 Feb.
- Received UPS shipping notice late that same day. Scheduled
Lee Buller wrote:
I received notice yesterday - February 15th, 2008 - I will have a unit
shipped in 5 to 7 days. Ordered - June 9, 2007. Lets seeThat could
be as late as February 22nd and delivered the mid-week of the
following week. Does Lisa send out tracking number emails? I bet she
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
...
What's the correct name for these mic connectors?
Foster connector.
Gus Hansen
KB0YH
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Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
...
That is not an application software matter - it is something the
radio manufacturers will need to fix in their CAT implementations.
There is not a single radio that is capable- in either hardware
or software - of reliably servicing two different radio control
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
...
Even though I write many of the Elecraft assembly manuals, I never write
RTFM. Here in the colonies it tends to be associated with a somewhat more
vulgar term.
Mind you, I might THINK it some times, but I'd never SAY it, not because I'm
so polite but because I've
David Yarnes wrote:
Well, maybe he did mean 50 KW, but then again there are (were)
stations like good ole' XERF, Del Rio, Texas! That station (and a
bunch of others from south of the border, ran a heck of a lot more
than 50 KW.
I used to listen to XERF, XEG, and several other south of the
Hi Joe,
...
Practically since the introduction of ALC (Collins?)
in transmitter systems and external amplifiers, ALC was negative
and modern solid state transceivers have maintained compatibility
with that standard even though it would have been easier if the
(external) ALC was positive.
Dick Roth wrote:
I've sent a message twice but haven't seen it on the reflector.
ka1oz
You might want to adjust your computer system clock to the current date
and time. Your messages are getting through but appearing a couple of
days in the past, so you might not be seeing them where you
Don Rasmussen wrote:
Forward by DC0ZO
Dear all,
I want to order a Heil Proset. Which mircophone ist
th e best one for the k2? You can buy the Prosets
with HC4, HC5, ICOM or elecraft mic. Where is the
difference?
I use a two-lead electret element (Radio Shack) wired for Icom . My K2
mic
I'd like to see a Orion II manual. I do some tech writing from time and
would like to see the manual as i set my standards high. Would you please post
the URL for that manual?
Not elegant, but gets the job done. The download entry is about 1/3 the
way down the page.
Tony Martin W4FOA wrote:
...
My K2 has been sitting idle for several weeks. Fired it up this morning and
all seemed just fine except that I note there is no LED power indication on the
meter. All else seems to be just fine and dandy. The power level control
shows the varying power level
Brett gazdzinski wrote:
...
Can anyone match terms, or would Sherwood have to test a K3
their way?
I talked with Rob at a recent ham radio swap meet here in Colorado. He
is currently testing the latest SDR offering from FlexRadio Systems, and
he will be getting a K3 to test as soon as
K2ZR wrote:
Please ID the power consumption meter you purchased.
I don't know which unit Lyle is using, but I bought a model P4400 KILL A
WATT tester at Radio Shack. It works well. The only inconvenience is
that the three-prong connector is on the back of the box (no cord or
pigtail). It
Correction to my previous post: It was Ralph, not Lyle, who reported
buying a meter.
Gus Hansen
KB0YH
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Don Wilhelm wrote:
No wonder I was being confused by all this - HEY, if you can access
any of the 4 memories randomly, then it is no longer a 'stack'!
From what little programming I learned, a 'stack' is accessed only
from the top - you stuff things into it, and then remove the topmost
one,
Craig Rairdin wrote:
If you ordered at or after Dayton you're in the third run. That was almost
two months ago, so that sounds like when you ordered.
Are you basing this statement on hard evidence, or is it perhaps
speculation? I ask because I ordered on line and received a confirmation
via
remember, not too many years ago (88),
having a meeting in a room at Bell Lab's Allentown
facility (or was it NJ) - and behind me on
the wall of that lab - which had a brass plaque
which read ... in this lab in 1953 (or whatever
the correct year was), the first transistor
IC was invented.
... which had a brass plaque
which read ... in this lab in 1953 (or whatever
the correct year was), the first transistor
IC was invented. Wow - time marches on!
1959, IIRC.
Actually, the transistor was born in the Labs in late 1947. It
became available at an affordable price to kids like
AB7R wrote:
...
Of the four knobs to the left of the main tuning knob, the lower right one
has a HOLD function of MON (Monitor). This adjusts both the sidetone level
and monitor level in other modes.
Hi Greg,
Thanks to both you and Lyle for the timely responses.
I had assumed there is a way
Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
The monitor levels are independent of and not changed by the main and
sub volume controls.
Thanks Eric,
That's music to my ears, so to speak.
Gus
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Will the K3 DSP software include a delay in the transmit audio chain to
prevent the missing first syllable issue that is common with other VOX
systems?
That is our intent.
One rig that uses a fixed audio delay effectively to avoid the missing
first syllable problem is the Kenwood TS-870.
Ken Kopp wrote:
...
Along the same line ... if someone has a Hex Key, please look
closely at he top surface of the large square post and see if you
can see file-like marks in the metal that appear in/through the chrome
... especially at each corner. Mine has these, but they are fine
enough
...
You are right on both. I have missed HamRadio .. it
died when it was sold to 73 ... a no technology
booklet...
If memory serves, sometime after Jim Fisk's death, Ham Radio was
obtained by CQ Communications and became the basis of Communications
Quarterly. More recently, I believe, what
I'm surprised that no one has commented on the use of flathead screws to
secure the cabinet panels. There were many complaints about the use of
the tacky looking pan head screws on the K2. The K3 looks great.
Professional.
Gus Hansen
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David Cutter wrote:
It sounds like a malfunction in the start-up circuit. How is the psu
switched off? My guess is it is not an isolating switch on the
supply input, but some low power circuit that sends a signal to the
start-up circuit. This is not an area to be tackled lightly, as it is
I have been using a Radio Shack switching power supply (part number RS
22-507), which is a 13.8 volt, 3 amp supply both to power my K2 and to
power a test setup for a microcontroller project. The output is clean
and stable when the unit is powered on.
However, the supply is exhibiting a
Bob Tellefsen wrote:
Gus
I remember reading somewhere that switching supplies
require some minimum load to be stable. You could
try putting a small resistive load, maybe 50 mA, on the
P/S and see if it calms down.
Good luck and 73
Bob N6WG
Hi Bob,
The loads on the supply are greater than
On 8/5/05 9:26 AM, Roland Elvie Whitsitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Probably re-hashing an old subject here. I need a hand held microphone for
the K2 and Elecraft dosn't have them anymore. What's everybody else doing?
I can't picture myself with a desk mic in the tent. And for sideband don't
On 7/20/05 3:44 PM, Stuart Rohre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You can either use a high impedance to low transformer for the D104 mike, or
get one of the D104 amplified mikes which has a impedance converting
transistor circuit in its base, able to drive low impedance modern
microphone inputs.
does anybody knows the MFJ magnetic loop antenna MFJ 1788?
Hello Martin,
I have the MFJ 1786, which is the same antenna as the 1788 except that the
range is 10-30m. The range of the 1788 is 15-40m.
The loop is formed from heavy-walled aluminum tubing and is welded to the
butterfly tuning
On 6/20/05 10:40 AM, Thom R LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Charles B. Wilber wrote:
Could someone point me to a MARS mod for the K2? I am contemplating trying my
K2
out on the MARS frequencies to see if its excellent receiver would be helpful
at
my very noisy QTH.
Hi Ron,
You gave a nice summary of the antennas used on boats and aircraft in
response to the question asked by mc. I especially enjoyed your
description of the Zepp, an excellent but often misunderstood antenna.
There are a few other antennas that have been and are used on airplanes that
I have
To Elecraft owners in the Aurora/Denver area,
I have offered to set up and man an Elecraft table at the ARA Swapfest in
February. If any of you in the area are planning to attend, I could use a
little help. It would be especially helpful if you have a VHF or UHF
transverter to show off. I'm
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