Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Shipping time to UK

2007-06-27 Thread John GM4SLV
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: Can anyone give me an idea of the time is takes for goods to reach the UK? I'm away most of August and if Elecraft ship my K3 at end of July, it might just sit in Royal mail for 5 days, before I can get it - they will then return it to

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Questions

2007-06-27 Thread John GM4SLV
for digital voice on the HF bands. I think the same about analogue voice modes ;-) Cheers, John GM4SLV -- G-GRP-Club 2377, QRP-ARCI 12384, SKCC 3214 Member : RSGB, ARRL Shetland Islands (EU-012) IP90GG Lerwick Radio Club : http://www.gm3zet.org ___ Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft]Elecraft Shipping time to UK

2007-06-20 Thread John GM4SLV
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:40:44 +0100 Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi David, Shipping times vary, but Elecraft give you a tracking number that is useful. Usually less than a week in my experience to clear Pacelforce etc. 73 Bryan GM3AKF Recently ParcelFarce have started to crack down

Re: [Elecraft] Signing /QRP

2007-06-12 Thread John GM4SLV
, if they can hear me. Cheers John GM4SLV Shetland Isles UK ___ 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

Re: [OT] Re: [Elecraft] English

2007-06-09 Thread John GM4SLV
here--- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conker I live in the Shetland Islands, where there are no trees to speak of, and no conkers, so haven't been able to play for some years! Cheers, John GM4SLV ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] OT: What's this data mode?

2007-06-09 Thread John GM4SLV
On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 23:06:31 +0100 Julian G4ILO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry for an off-topic posting, but I've been hearing a strange data mode lately, like someone playing a slow tune on about 4 notes. It sounds like a slow version of Olivia, but none of the settings in my MixW can decode

Re: [Elecraft] New Elecraft Message Board?

2007-06-04 Thread John GM4SLV
for quick easy navigation/reading/replying/filtering/ignoring threads/following threads YMMV... Cheers, John GM4SLV ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr

Re: [Elecraft] spectrogram for mac or linux?

2007-06-03 Thread John GM4SLV
/ more complex than Spectrogram - but more fun things to tweak!! Cheers, John Gm4SLV ___ 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

Re: [Elecraft] REAL CW!!

2007-06-03 Thread John GM4SLV
at 1.5KHz so I can re-create the wide open - hear everything feel! It's HF CW field day in Europe and sitting on 20m (albeit not in great shape propagation wise) with a wide filter is great fun... Cheers, John GM4SLV ___ Elecraft mailing list Post

Re: [Elecraft] The K3 and homebrew: view from the E-lab

2007-05-01 Thread John GM4SLV
it may be oh - it's still quite a bit of work, you'll enjoy the build process and learn a lot in the process, _and_ get a great rig at the end Cheers, John GM4SLV ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber

Re: [Elecraft] K3 announcement

2007-04-30 Thread John GM4SLV
I ever heard of a K3. John GM4SLV ___ 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: http

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and K2

2007-04-30 Thread John GM4SLV
. I'd say it was pretty mandatory to build a K2. Nice as the K3 is (and it _is_ nice!!) I don't think you can beat the sheer pleasure of building and using a K2. John GM4SLV ps did I say the K3 was nice? I really wish I wasn't still subscribed to this list, then I'd have been protected from

Re: [Elecraft] ELECRAFT K3

2007-04-30 Thread John GM4SLV
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:21:09 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 4/28/07 2:15:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This is going to be costly. First the K3 and then the divorce lawyer :O) There are ways around that. Here are some ideas I read about,

Re: [Elecraft] Type N connectors

2007-04-21 Thread John GM4SLV
surprises me. They use BNCs on the rigs...why not continue that to the PA? Even a BNC is adequate for the power levels involved and anyone with a K2 must be happy with working with BNCs already /hobby horse Cheers, John GM4SLV ___ Elecraft mailing

Re: [Elecraft] Type N connectors

2007-04-21 Thread John GM4SLV
work with, and if I can't get hold of one then I use a 295 to N or BNC adaptor and a properly terminated cable. Any (tiny) loss in the adaptor is more than offset by the satisfaction of knowing the connector/cable termination is right. Cheers, John GM4SLV

Re: [Elecraft] Type N connectors

2007-04-21 Thread John GM4SLV
On Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:06:08 -0400 Jack Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also, MIL-C-39012 has many qualified N crimp connectors. http://www.dscc.dla.mil/Downloads/MilSpec/Docs/MIL-PRF-39012/prf39012ss1.pdf for your reading pleasure. Further these crimp RF connectors appear to be qualified

Re: [Elecraft] k2 antenna connector

2006-11-21 Thread John GM4SLV
://docs-europe.electrocomponents.com/webdocs/0267/0900766b80267ed1.pdf but I find it a bit awkward - RG213/214 is a quite heavy and must put quite a bit of stress on a BNC. That's what C connectors are for... Cheers, John GM4SLV ___ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft]linux and elecraft

2006-06-28 Thread John GM4SLV
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Nick Waterman wrote: Many fields have their own sets of jargon, none of them seem that bad to insiders, most of them sound pointless to outsiders. AUTOEXEC.BAT, boot.ini, ntldr, regedit, pagefile.sys, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, Macafee, Symantec, C-colon-backslash, DLL, EXE,

Re: [Elecraft] Frankly...

2006-06-27 Thread John GM4SLV
just that! If I want xenophobic rants, and The US is best sentiments I'll hang out in the seedier back-waters of the net. This list has always struck me as one of the friendliest and on-topic places. Let's hope we can return to normal business. John GM4SLV Shetland Islands, UK

Re: [Elecraft] Spectrogram / Xoscope

2006-06-22 Thread John GM4SLV
://www.baudline.com/ The only thing missing is user-settable frequency markers. It has waterfall, spectrum and oscilloscope displays. Give it a try. If you have trouble let me know and I'll try to point you at the setting I used. Cheers, John GM4SLV K2 #5542 - alive for 5 days now and best DX = FG5FR on 18MHz

Re: [Elecraft] K1 # 2208

2006-06-20 Thread John GM4SLV
, but always remember that the K2 is within your ability John GM4SLV 7 ___ 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

[Elecraft] K2 #5542 is alive

2006-06-17 Thread John GM4SLV
it in anger over the next few days, Cheers, John GM4SLV K1 : 1672 K2 : 5542 ___ 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

Re: [Elecraft] UK import duty (fwd)

2006-06-14 Thread John GM4SLV
David et al, It's a mystery to me too. I received a K2 kit on Thursday which is now sitting on the bench, tuned to 7040.00 having passed all tests at Alignment stage II, has had the filters aligned with noise gen/AF spectrum analyser and the MDS estimated with a XG1 on 1uV at -138dBm

[Elecraft] K2 #5542 Has entered the building

2006-06-08 Thread John GM4SLV
I love the smell of solder in the morning. Cheers from Shetland, John GM4SLV ___ 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

Re: [Elecraft] WB3AAL on the AT working TAC Sprint

2006-06-03 Thread John GM4SLV
James T. Jim Rogers, W4ATK wrote: Caught Ron up on 14059.9 a few minutes ago. Nice signal here in Alabama. 73 Jim Have just copied him at RST 229 in the Shetland Islands, UK on a K1 and Inv Vee dipole with apex at 15 feet! Don't think I could work him though John GM4SLV G-QRP