Re: [Elecraft] Your Opinion: The realit..

2009-03-05 Thread dlajr
During the last sunspot cycle, I was experimenting (playing around) with my K2 (S/N 1757). I heard a CQ with an F call sign. I gave him a call from here in South Carolina, and had a long and enjoyable QSO with him. He was at a police department's amateur radio club in the south of France!

Re: [Elecraft] Best way to secure RF ground from 2nd floor?

2008-02-19 Thread dlajr
Here is a solution from a very old QST, It's not from QST. and all I can say is it works for me. My shack is on the 2nd floor and I run several rigs w/ amps . I was having RF everywhere until I tried this: - Run coax ( RG-8 or similar) from rig to a real good ground . Put

Re: [Elecraft] OT: removing smoke smell from electronics

2007-10-02 Thread dlajr
I have a kit which I picked up from a ham who must've been quite a smoker. I was wondering if anyone has any tips as to how to eradicate the cigarette smell from the parts. Several years ago, I purchased a WM-2 QRP Wattmeter kit from Oak Hills Research. When I opened the box, I was floored

Re: Re: [Elecraft] ground static elec

2006-06-08 Thread dlajr
Quite a few years ago, I bought (I think from Jameco) one of those yellow, plastic plugs with the three lights that tells you if an outlet is wired correctly and safely. However, this one had a female receptacle for the banana plug on the end of the wire from an anti-static mat/wrist strap.