[Elecraft] Elecraft balun

I want to use my Elecraft BL-1 1:1 balun on field day. The balun would serve as center insulator, but the coax line plugged into it is a phasing line. Here is my question: Will the windings on the balun, introduced between the antenna and the phasing line, effectively increase the length of

[Elecraft] relayremoval

Yes, I removed seven of them. I dunno if I can explain how I did it, but I will try if you still want me too! I still have the tool I used, and if you are pateint enough and would return it, I could mail it to you, but with no gaurantees you can pull off what I did!!! 73, Fred - kt5x K2 #

[Elecraft] relay removal...

OK, HOW I DID IT !!! First, I made a tool, a heat shield. I made this out of a piece of tin from an Altoids box. I used a set of relay holes on the circuit board to mark on this piece of tin the precise location of all ten holes with a needle. Then I put the piece of tin on a piece of wood,

[Elecraft] BUG NIGHT

New Year's Eve is traditionally is a time to review the year past, and wax nostalgic. For some years amateur radio ops have dusted off their straight key and put it on the air. But what about other, perhaps more challenging antique keys of historic and nostalgic value? Semi-automatic keys,

[Elecraft] 8R

Please forgive my ignorance... question about the 8R line: What voltage is high? In rcv, is 8R high or low? 72, Fred ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr.

[Elecraft] 8R - TNX replies!

TNX info! 73 Fred ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

[Elecraft] KPA power out

Had never checked the power out for my KPA-100, so did so. Took the KAT-100 out of the chain for the test, using dummy load. Startled by the results: band K2 KPA-100KPA-100 thru ATU no ATU 160 --- 10.7 -100 -

[Elecraft] 255 with K2

255 countries with the K2, DXCC on 10 through 40, 38 on 80, a dozen including intercontinental on 160... many of them were during the sunspot peak in 2000 which does make it easier! I think W9KNI's efforts are quite a bit higher. Mojo to all ! and 72, Fred KT5X K2 # 700 aka W5YA on QRP

[Elecraft] K2 CW speed

I enjoy copying CW up to about 60 wpm, then problems. And I can offer a theory for why. The mind, not the ear, has a built in echo suppressor. When the ear hears the same sound soon again, it sends its message to the brain, but the brain interprets it, if the time between sounds is very

[Elecraft] QSK CLICK

Seems like everyone's radio is a little different. I have done the sidetone mods on my K2 and the tone quality is nice. When I added the DSP a nasty pin-prick click occurred at the MAKE of QSK keying. This is in monitoring only, it is not on the air. This is much more pronounced with a pair

[Elecraft] wireless headfones?

Has anyone tried wireless headfones such as these with their K2? http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLGproduct%5Fid=33-1219 I am curious how they handle being around a transmitting ham radio. The idea of being able to walk into the kitchen to refill a cup of coffee without

[Elecraft] bug posting

Story of the four-leaf clover, meant to say N6WU whose name was KR and who is (SK), accidently said N6KR in QSO and sk, not so) SRI any confusion, consternation, 73 Fred KT5X ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a

[Elecraft] torid winding

I've never gotten so organized as to make a jig for winding toroids. Fred, you may have talked me into it, Hi! Ron AC7AC __ Ron, OT, I was amazed how easy this approach makes the process. It becomes hands free at any moment you want to stop and do something else, too. 73 FD kt5x aka

[Elecraft] K2 160 M test

It is astonishing to me that the K2 with the teeny-tiny 160 mtr board can do what it does on this band. It hears so well, and is so immune to IMD from strong stations sometimes encountered on top-band... Friday night I operated K2 QRP as W5YA, High Desert QRP Club.. operated only fifty

[Elecraft] things to sort kit parts

I sort kit parts completely differently. I group parts, and tape one lead, bunches of capacitors of the same value all together, I scotch tape them to a piece of paper. Then I write the value and the part numbers on the piece of paper next to them. I put the same type of part on the same

[Elecraft] external keyer

This is the external keyer I have chosen, and very pleased with it... http://jacksonharbor.home.att.net/ik2.htm More features, more memory, and lower cost than anything coming close to it. I have no financial relationship with them. 72 Fred kt5x ___

[Elecraft] tone

Does anyone else notice that many CW signals these days are somewhat less than T9. I was beginning to believe it was to do with the DSP but a tune up the band would find another similarly strong signal singing pure. Yes, I am currently working the WAE contest and hearing a fair number of T6

[Elecraft] directional diodes 1N5711

First, thank you to those who responded and taught me the difference between these several types of diodes. Now, to share an experience, actually, several. three times in five years have had my radio go awry on transmit, and all three times the cause was the same; directional diodes in the

[Elecraft] carrying cases and ESD

My ESD problem with the K2 and KPA followed a severe shaking over washboard roads on a voyage to remote Chaco Canyon. The K2 was riding in a Lowes foam surround carrying case. I can not prove, but I do not think the ESD that zapped the directional couplers came from an antenna. It happened

[Elecraft] 1N5711 diodes in directional coupler

These are used in the directional coupler of the K2, KPA, and KAT-100. I have lost these to ESD more than once. Several questions; Gary says that 1N5711's give more accurate readings than lessor diodes such as the 1N4148... question; how much more accurate, and how critical is this accuracy?

[Elecraft] Field Day W5YA

Why subjecting oneself to such exhaustion is fun, I don't know, but it IS !!! first, thanks for QSO's from so many of you guys, and the many greetings and good wishes. W5YA, High Desert Wireless QRP Club is a small New Mexico club of a coupla OT's dedicated to helping new comers learn and use

[Elecraft] G4ZPY paddle and another

Yes, Gordon is producing keys again. They are very nice for sure. I had a VHS for 15 years, but recently sold it. I bought a hand made key by Alberto Frattini, I1QOD, for about the same price and like it better. Alberto, I understand is the European High Speed champ and a retired machinest.