[Elecraft] K2 battery leak warning

I just replaced the battery in my K2 yesterday. I am pretty sure that the last time I replaced it was spring/summer of 2007 so I expected to get more life from it. When I removed the battery I discovered that the negative terminal and crimp on connector were badly corroded. After removing the

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Experience with SM-8 and Heil HM-I Microphones

Doug - I just configured my K2 for a Heil HM-iC. I bought the Heil Kenwood adapter cable for the mic. On the mic configuration header: connect AF to mic pin 1 and install a 5.6K resistor from AF to 5V connect PTT to mic pin 2 connect GND to mic pins 7 and 8 I left all other mic pins

Fwd: [Elecraft] KXB3080 current darw

Jim - Yes, I waited for the display to go off before taking the current measurement. 73 Bob On 5/25/06, k4zm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bob: Did you measure the current with the display lit? Also the level of brightness you have the display adjusted for will vary the current drain. The

[Elecraft] Nice article about Wayne and Elecraft in the latest Electronic Design

See http://www.elecdesign.com/Articles/ArticleID/10751/10751.html or the last page of the print version. Nice article Wayne! 73 Bob Boehmer, WB3FXC KX1 SN 664 K2 SN 3278 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must

RE: [Elecraft] (no subject)

Don - The Soloman 4449 is listed as having an isolated tip. Am I correct in thinking that this would not be an ESD safe iron? 73, Bob Boehmer, WB3FXC KX1, K2 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of W3FPR - Don Wilhelm Sent: Thursday

RE: [Elecraft] Filter alignment

details on how to set your SSB filters. (IMHO). 73, Bob Boehmer WB3FXC I've been to the Tech Notes page and saw Tom Hammond's updated procedures, as well as the one using a spreadsheet. So I'm asking you guys that have done this a lot and those who have done it recently

RE: [Elecraft] key down voltage drop

Reggie - That is really dependent on two things: the power supply design and the current you are drawing. Are you using the same power supply for both the ts570 measurement and the k2 measurement? (Also if you have a light gauge wire between the power supply and the k2 and are using the K2

[Elecraft] K2 L25 and L26

Hello. I am building K2 SN3278 and am about to install L25 and L26 (40m low pass filter). I have pre-wound toroids BUT the pre-wound toroids both have 16 turns. The manual says L25 should be 14 turns and L26 should be 12 turns. I assume that the manual is correct but wanted to double check.