Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 Faulting for High SWR inappropriately

2022-12-20 Thread Hal Massey
Merry Christmas! Make sure it is not a transient antenna condition. A solid state amp is going to detect faults rather quickly. A lot of a log SWR/Wattmeters may not see these same faults…. > On Dec 19, 2022, at 8:51 PM, Jack Brindle via Elecraft > wrote: > > What is the fault? We see a lot

Re: [Elecraft] Cleaning solder flux

2022-01-02 Thread Hal Massey
In an SMT production facility that was in the home city of Elecraft (Watsonville, CA) we went to aqueous wash very early on. I was on the design engineering side in Cupertino, CA but I can probably connect with some of those Manufacturing Engineers. I remember it well because the design side

Re: [Elecraft] Strange Voltage check for Extended Power Supply Leads to Elecraft K3s

2021-07-24 Thread Hal Massey
Your power supply isn’t regulating very well. Could be the power supply is having an issue. Or it is too small for the task. In tbe USA it is not uncommon for ham supplies to be somewhat overrated. For example many Astron 35A supplies are really the equivalent of a commercial 25A supply. > On

Re: [Elecraft] SDR filter improvement

2021-07-02 Thread Hal Massey
g for a very long while. > > Regards, > > William Abernathy > (513) 368-8276 > waber...@gmail.com > > >> On Jul 1, 2021, at 6:11 PM, Hal Massey wrote: >> >>  >> Try the receive equalizer… kill the high frequencies… >> >>>

Re: [Elecraft] SDR filter improvement

2021-07-01 Thread Hal Massey
or light. I used to sell machine vision. > Erode, dilate, clip and stretch were my favorite filters. > > Regards, > > William Abernathy > (513) 368-8276 > waber...@gmail.com > > >>> On Jul 1, 2021, at 12:01 PM, Hal Massey wrote: >>> >> You are

Re: [Elecraft] SDR filter improvement

2021-07-01 Thread Hal Massey
I do hope for more improvements. Still can hear the QRM ringing in my head > after Field Day > > 73 > > William Abernathy > > >> On Jun 30, 2021, at 10:44 PM, Hal Massey wrote: >> >> Digital Signal Processing is a field all unto itself. They are definitely >&

Re: [Elecraft] Temperature or Warmth of KPA500 when "Off" ?

2021-07-01 Thread Hal Massey
Maybe so. But this is an old design. > On Jul 1, 2021, at 04:50, David Woolley wrote: > > I don't think this design would be acceptable in modern consumer equipment, > at least not in Europe. Typically they would have an auxiliary power supply > for the microcontroller, to reduce power

Re: [Elecraft] SDR filter improvement

2021-06-30 Thread Hal Massey
Digital Signal Processing is a field all unto itself. They are definitely *not* emulating mechanical filters. If they were they would be ringing like a mechanical filter. A great text is, "Discrete-Time Signal Processing

Re: [Elecraft] HOA Crap

2021-06-29 Thread Hal Massey
The rant was great comedy. Everyone needs to find their niche in ham radio. Be it ‘remote ham’ or any other variant. > On Jun 28, 2021, at 11:53 PM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP > wrote: > >  > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Pin 1 and Grounding Post on the K3s

2021-06-24 Thread Hal Massey
Fixing a common misconception about grounding… Grounding does not get all the devices at the same potential. It just minimizes the potential difference among them. “Where there is metal there is resistance and if there is any current there will be a voltage (period). This is one of the

Re: [Elecraft] Are there any "bad radios"?

2021-06-14 Thread Hal Massey
n, or > operator in isolation, and it's not generally helpful anyway. > > "What constitutes a problem?" is still a pretty open question though. > > 73, > > Julie > > On Mon, Jun 14, 2021, 18:01 Hal Massey <mailto:haljr.mas...@gmail.com>> wrote

Re: [Elecraft] Are there any "bad radios"?

2021-06-14 Thread Hal Massey
retty poor transmitters out there that were purchased by > people who either didn't know it or didn't care. > > Dave AB7E > > > > On 6/14/2021 8:46 AM, Hal Massey wrote: >> You may be ignoring the fact that there are far more bad operators than bad >>

Re: [Elecraft] Are there any "bad radios"?

2021-06-14 Thread Hal Massey
You may be ignoring the fact that there are far more bad operators than bad radios... > On Jun 13, 2021, at 14:26, David Gilbert wrote: > > > I think you're ignoring that what might not be "bad" for the user could still > be bad for everyone else. > > In my opinion, poorly designed radios

Re: [Elecraft] Giving Up

2021-06-08 Thread Hal Massey
This is not like a departure in a plane from O’Hare airport. You do not have to announce your intentions before leaving here. Thank You. > On Jun 8, 2021, at 11:47, Jim Brown wrote: > > On 6/8/2021 3:00 AM, Igor Sokolov wrote: >> FTDX10 which sounds like a good value for money. > > Except

Re: [Elecraft] OT: High school drafting class,

2021-04-25 Thread Hal Massey
This turned out to be a popular subject line. Here goes... I was too busy with AP classes to take drafting in high school. But I had to take it when I went off to the College of Engineering to be an Electrical Engineer. And I am glad I did take it. Of course, now it is all CAD systems… Regards

Re: [Elecraft] Controlling KAT500/KPA500 with Icom 7610

2021-04-19 Thread Hal Massey
Hi Buck, I appreciate the continuity tests you did on your cable. Can you functionally test the cable? With the cable connected to the 7610 are the correct signals at the cable outputs? Regards -Hal / WB6NNR > On Apr 19, 2021, at 1:06 PM, Buck wrote: > > Auto-sense works. I just don't

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 204, Issue 6

2021-04-13 Thread Hal Massey
If you have any of the remaining screws then take one to the hardware store when you go. They will do a perfect match for you. They use an aluminum template folds referred to as a Screw Checker to make sure it is correct. The sis not an “eyeball exercise.” There is nothing about that screw

Re: [Elecraft] KXPA100 MOUNTING SCREWS

2021-03-31 Thread Hal Massey
Make a run to the hardware store. They have a screw template that they can instantly use to confirm or deny the existence of 8-32 screws. It looks like a 5 x 7 “ thin aluminum plate with a bunch of holes in it. It is free to use. They are also inexpensive to buy if you want to own one. If you

Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Expo - Estimated K4 related shipping schedule

2021-03-31 Thread Hal Massey
gt; website would also be nice. > > On Wed, Mar 31, 2021, 14:33 Hal Massey <mailto:haljr.mas...@gmail.com>> wrote: > What do you have in mind? I liked the event video. > > The most customer oriented thing they could do is fedex a letter overnight > with your radio status ev

Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Expo - Estimated K4 related shipping schedule

2021-03-31 Thread Hal Massey
What do you have in mind? I liked the event video. The most customer oriented thing they could do is fedex a letter overnight with your radio status every day. But that gets expensive. You might feel great about it. You say that is hyperbolic? True. But even a weekly email with status is not

Re: [Elecraft] QSO Today Expo - Estimated K4 related shipping schedule

2021-03-31 Thread Hal Massey
They did communicate and recently. Did you miss that? I also cracked up at the word investor. Customer and investor are worlds apart. Are you an actual stake holder in this conversation? I am. I paid in advance for my K4. I don’t feel like I need anymore communications than I have already

Re: [Elecraft] Where are the K4 reviews?

2021-03-30 Thread Hal Massey
he dark ask for your > money back" to be sound business practice. It certainly wouldn't have been > tolerated in the large business I ran for several years. > > Dave AB7E > > > > On 3/30/2021 1:18 PM, Hal Massey wrote: >> David, >> >> Is the c

Re: [Elecraft] Where are the K4 reviews?

2021-03-30 Thread Hal Massey
can afford to chase off a portion of their > business. It cost far more to bring in new customers than it does to keep > old ones. > > W0MU > > > > > > On 3/30/2021 2:18 PM, Hal Massey wrote: >> David, >> >> Is the customer set you are referring to and

Re: [Elecraft] Where are the K4 reviews?

2021-03-30 Thread Hal Massey
David, Is the customer set you are referring to and claiming to be sympathetic too even in existence? Elecraft will refund money to anyone that asks. Wouldn’t those that can’t have their money tied up have pulled out by now? Wouldn’t those that are upset with the communications be gone by

Re: [Elecraft] Why is my K3 off frequency?

2021-03-24 Thread Hal Massey
It’s not off frequency enough to care about it. > On Mar 24, 2021, at 9:56 AM, Wes wrote: > > Took the words right out of my mouth. And how does a NCS know check-ins are > off frequency, especially if it's a YL? > > Wes N7WS > > On 3/24/2021 8:24 AM, Andy Durbin wrote: >> "Calibration