Re: [Elecraft] Advice on K3 versus KX3

Much better BDR on K3. KX3 switches preamp off at 59+20db automatically. KX3 is really for travelling and receiver is not as good as one in K3. I have early SN KX3 (051) and K3 and plan to continue keeping both. 73, Igor UA9CDC 23.05.2021 2:16, Jim Brown пишет: On 5/22/2021 1:57 PM, Phil

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on K3 versus KX3

Thanks for all the replies — both online and off. Looks like everyone suggests keeping the K3+P3. Since I have no plans to get rid of the KX3+ I will let the issue quietly drop into the back ground and revisit in another six months. 73, phil, K7PEH > On May 22, 2021, at 7:36 PM, Roger

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on K3 versus KX3

Or you can just program a macro to do all that. On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 10:34 PM Bill Frantz wrote: > On 5/23/21 at 7:01 PM, jh3...@sumaq.jp (Keith Onishi) wrote: > > >Listening CW in crowded situation like contesting. K3 is much better > than KX3. > >Operating in digital mode, you can neither

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on K3 versus KX3

On 5/23/21 at 7:01 PM, jh3...@sumaq.jp (Keith Onishi) wrote: Listening CW in crowded situation like contesting. K3 is much better than KX3. Operating in digital mode, you can neither listen to receiving signals nor monitor your own transmitting audio with KX3. (No operating session is

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on K3 versus KX3

Hi Phil IMO the only reason to prefer the KX3 is compactness and light weight for portable operations. 73, Carl WS7L On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 1:59 PM Phil Hystad via Elecraft < elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > Looking for advice… > > I am considering which of my two rigs to keep, the K3+P3 or

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on K3 versus KX3

It is unto your operation preferences. Listening CW in crowded situation like contesting. K3 is much better than KX3. Operating in digital mode, you can neither listen to receiving signals nor monitor your own transmitting audio with KX3. I have both K3+P3 as my main TRX and KX3 + KXPA100 as my

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on K3 versus KX3

The question is: If I sold off the K3+P3, what would I be missing > with keeping just the KX3? Significantly lower composite noise even with the original synthesizer in the K3 (in addition to those items referenced by K9YC). 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 2021-05-22 4:57 PM, Phil Hystad via

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on K3 versus KX3

On 5/22/2021 1:57 PM, Phil Hystad via Elecraft wrote: The question is: If I sold off the K3+P3, what would I be missing with keeping just the KX3? Operating convenience in the shack if you do digital modes, ability to use narrower roofing filters, louder audio output. 73, Jim K9YC

[Elecraft] Advice on K3 versus KX3

Looking for advice… I am considering which of my two rigs to keep, the K3+P3 or the KX3+PX3+KXPA100. My K3 is serial number 3799 and it has not been upgraded with the new hardware developed for the K3S and I have no interest in upgrading the K3. Sherwood engineering ranks (with its default

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on selling K3s/10

Also consider eHam and the swapmeet forum on qrz.com. Both of those also have older ads archived where you can search for prior sales of k3’s in their numerous configurations and figure out your asking price. If you post on qrz.com, pay attention to the posting guidelines. Other places to

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on selling K3s/10

Duane,  other than installing the Elecraft 100 watt internal amp, no! ;-) — 73 de Carl N8VZ Sent from my iPhoneCarl Jón Denbow, Ph.D. Director of Communication Emeritus Ohio University Heritage College of

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on selling K3s/10

Thanks Carl! I'll take a look at that. BTW: Do you know of anyone who has been able to modify the K3/10 to get a few more watts out of it? Thanks Duane On Tue, Jan 21, 2020, at 10:02 PM, Carl Jón Denbow wrote: > > I’d recommend the QTH.com swap shop. 73 de Carl N8VZ > > Sent from my iPhone

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on selling K3s/10

I’d recommend the QTH.com swap shop.  73 de Carl N8VZ Sent from my iPhoneCarl Jón Denbow, Ph.D. Director of Communication Emeritus Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine Athens, Ohio (740)

[Elecraft] Advice on selling K3s/10

Hi Gang, I hope its ok for me to ask this here I am thinking about selling the K3s/10 - w/K3FLA-400 400hz 8 pole roofing filter Purchased in 2015 and in excellent condition with original shipping box etc. Your advice on best platform to post it - and a fair asking price. Thanks in advance N1BBR

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

I do miscellaneous switching chores at my remote station with two devices: a remotely-controlled AC power strip and a remotely-controlled DC relay board. Either could be adapted to your requirements IF your switch has digital inputs such as four independent control lines. I don't know if either of

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

Hi Dennis. Have you checked what is available here: http://www.remoterig.com/wp/ 73, Yngvi TF3Y On Wed, Mar 7, 2018 at 1:30 AM, Dennis Ashworth wrote: > My original post (below) morphed into a thread on standards, etc ... the > discussion was insightful and useful

[Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

My original post (below) morphed into a thread on standards, etc ... the discussion was insightful and useful in defining my solution to question #1 below. Thanks. Question #2 remains. How do I remotely switch between 4 positions on an RX antenna switch (e.g. K9AY switch box) via some kind of

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

It's great to say what should have been done, particularly when the original design is 35+ years old (Yaesu transceiver/FL-7000). It is not practical to make a change to all the legacy hardware so any equipment supporting Yaesu format "Band Data" needs to be designed to be +12V tolerant and any

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

Right on Don. 73, Fred KE7X From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Don Wilhelm <donw...@embarqmail.com> Sent: Friday, March 2, 2018 5:19 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] A

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

I believe that logic can quickly merge into the idea that "the first to introduce BCD Band Data" will "set the standard". I for one do not believe that is the best approach, and certainly not sufficient to 'set a standard', which may have serious flaws when extended beyond that manufacturer's

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

As far as older Yaesu transceivers are concerned, their design is proprietary and cannot be brought into the mold without serious converters (which should frankly be easily constructed by the serious amateur). Yaesu's transceivers were the *first* to use BCD "band data". As such, it should

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

Actually, we're talking about exactly the same thing. I should have included tags. Sorry for the omission. On 3/2/2018 2:03 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 3/2/2018 1:48 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from. Actually, what we're

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

On 3/2/2018 1:48 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from. Actually, what we're describing here is the LACK of a Standard -- each company decided in isolation how to implement things like this. I serve on the Standards

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from. 73 -- Lynn On 3/2/2018 1:43 PM, ab2tc wrote: My main point is that the amateur community should move towards following the "standard". If all devices followed that "standard" they would all work together and there would

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

Hi all, Of course this assumes that the sole transmitter on the bus obeys the rules as well, which is to be an open collector or open drain (or relay contact to ground). I am sorry if I omitted that point. As far as older Yaesu transceivers are concerned, their design is proprietary and cannot

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

If all receivers on the bus (yes, it is a bus) were to obey the rules to have a pullup resistor and a steering diode we would not have the problem of "false power" to devices on the bus. Of course, they would fail to work with older Yaesu transceivers that source voltage for a logic high and

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

Knut, This has been a "corruption" of the RS-232 environment. RS-232 is a point to point protocol, and too many ham applications have tried to turn it into a multi-point communication. It just does not work. Multiple receivers will work, but multiple drivers will not. It all boils down to

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

Hi all, I was reluctant to respond again to this long thread, but I will. If all receivers on the bus (yes, it is a bus) were to obey the rules to have a pullup resistor and a steering diode we would not have the problem of "false power" to devices on the bus. This would be proper engineering

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

With todays microelectronics, false powering can occur with little current, perhaps a milliamp or less, definitely less than that required to drive the LED of an optoisolator. Voltage levels required are quite low, depending on the design. As low as 2 volts can do the trick, and at that level

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

On 2/28/2018 8:19 PM, Jack Brindle wrote: It makes me wonder if perhaps the old Yaesu method should be retired > and no longer used. If you're willing to purchase/replace all the pre-1990 Yaesu transceivers still in use . Either they get frustrated because the connection doesn’t work and no

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

There is a big problem with this, one that was unusual when Yaesu first created this setup, but very common now. The issue is that of false powering of receiving devices. In this day of low power micro controllers and other digital devices, the device can actually be powered through the I/O

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

On 2/28/2018 12:42 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: So are you advocating that all manufacturers of ham gear should adopt the Yaesu implementation as a "standard"?  Icom, Kenwood, Flex and Elecraft may have other thoughts. Yes, if another transceiver manufacturer chooses to emulate Yaesu's protocol

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

So are you advocating that all manufacturers of ham gear should adopt the Yaesu implementation as a "standard"?  Icom, Kenwood, Flex and Elecraft may have other thoughts. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/28/2018 11:15 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: > THe point is that the two do not work together. The

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

> THe point is that the two do not work together. The point is that the devices don't work together because the third party manufacturers did not bother to understand the Yaesu design and take the necessary steps to be compatible. Yaesu's only purpose was to provide band switching data from

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

Joe, You do admit that many amateur products do not conform to typical communications standards in the digital world. My experience does go back to my design and evaluation of IBM terminal communication between a DCE and a DTE device.  Although this was not necessarily RS-232 levels, the

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

You're dealing with a "standard" that was originally developed for use only within one company's products - much like Elecraft's Aux Bus. As such, any "industry standard" is moot. The design is for active high/voltage source (to +12V originally) and was not intended for any purpose than

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

The problem is that most devices (in the ham world) expect the driver device to provide voltage. In the communications (non-ham) world, the expectation is that the driver device produces either a logic low (short to common) or a logic high ( open circuit). Look at the data sheets for "line

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

> But many (most) ham devices do not do it that way, they expect the > pullup resistors will be provided by the driver gear. Actually, most devices that use BCD "band data" expect an open emitter driver not an open collector driver. Open emitter will *source* voltage for logic high and be open

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

Knut, That is the way it *should* be, and was that way in the K3 originally. But many (most) ham devices do not do it that way, they expect the pullup resistors will be provided by the driver gear. So, because of that, Elecraft added pullup resistors to the band data outputs of the K3 long

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

Hi Don and all, Hear,hear, Don. The receivers should have the pullup resistor to whatever the appropriate voltage needed (within reason) *and* a steering diode in series with the input. This will prevent another device with a higher voltage from feeding current back into the device which could

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

John and all, This is a problem caused by the "way things work". The original K3 did not have pullup resistors on the band data lines (correct by engineering practices, the pullup resistors should be in the receiving device). BUT as a concession to those band decoders did not implement pullup

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

I had difficulty with the Unified Microsystems BCD-14, i.e. the CMOS inverter IC was overheating. I eventually received the following advice from AB3CV, which I found to work. -John AC6SL From: Jim Miller Date: Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 and

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

you need their high side driver board also. Ken K6MR From: Jack Brindle Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2018 14:42 To: Reflector Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement Interesting idea, but I would talk to N6TV before going too far down this path. The reason

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

ys, with ground/signal on each twisted pair. > > > Dave Hachadorian, K6LL > Yuma, AZ > > > -Original Message- > From: Dennis Ashworth > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2018 2:50 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Sta

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

, with ground/signal on each twisted pair. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL Yuma, AZ -Original Message- From: Dennis Ashworth Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2018 2:50 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement I’ve been remoting my K3, KPA500, KAT500

Re: [Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

Are you sure the KPA1500 will not be able to tune your antennas? It includes a tuner, and I would expect it to be capable. I have been using Arduinos to control things, as they have lots of I/O and appear to the computer as a USB serial port. Those serial ports can be remoted via software,

[Elecraft] Advice needed: Remote Station Enhancement

I’ve been remoting my K3, KPA500, KAT500 station via the RemoteRig boxes and K3/0 mini for two years with solid results. Later this year, I want to make several enhancements, including the replacement of the KPA500 and KAT500 with a KPA1500. The amp/tuner should be a fairly straightforward

Re: [Elecraft] advice please

Back in the good old days, when the Internet was an academic toy, and the users were friends, the standard was, "Please reply directly to me and I'll summarize for the list." This approach should work nicely on this list as well. I've used it once or twice myself. 73 Bill AE6JV On 6/29/17

Re: [Elecraft] advice please

Could not have said it better myself. I realize that a lot of us get tired of the especially long, uninteresting threads, especially if we don't own a Silverado or somesuch. The flipside is that really good information is lost forever when replies go off-list. 73 -- Lynn On 6/29/2017 8:09

Re: [Elecraft] advice please

Sadly, this query and the associated replies were handled outside of this resource - thwarting the purpose of this mail list. A point of learning lost. Bill W2BLC K-Line -- Many of life's problems can be solved by simply deciding what we can do without. - John Dolan

Re: [Elecraft] advice please

Thank you to those that emailed me directly. Thanks for your help. Gerald - KC6CNN - Gerald K1 # 0014 K3 # 6294 KX3 # 757 -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/advice-please-tp7632164p7632165.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

[Elecraft] advice please

I have been trouble shooting a problem that arose in the shack. The problem is that while in a qso my kat500 will start rising in SWR's. I decided to check the system out by hooking a dummy load to the coax connector at the tower. The K Line performs as expected. SWR are 1:1 and it sits there

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

This is a very broad question! If I had no limitations, financial or regulatory, I would probably get a large Steppir beam on a tower at least 70' tall. But that is probably not what you are thinking of. A simple, cheap antenna is a dipole up as high as possible -- no less than 30 feet in the

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Lot's of good info, but let's end this thread now in the interest of reducing email overload for others, as it has certainly exceeded the near term posting volume limit for a single topic. 73, Eric Moderate Moderator /elecraft.com/

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

com> To:"elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna Message-ID:<01dc4aef-3cde-46a6-802f-50e1cd517...@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I am pretty new ham and a brand new KX3/PX3 owner excited to try my h

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

I think that should be 65 feet. 73 -- Lynn On 12/7/2015 9:22 PM, Edward R Cole wrote: How long is a half-wave dipole? L = 468/F, where L is in inches and F is in MHz 40m band F=7.2 MHz, L = 65 inches __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

I am pretty new ham and a brand new KX3/PX3 owner excited to try my hand at DX'ing! If you were buying your first HF base antenna, primarily looking for performance on 20 and 40 meters, what would you recommend? Also, what do you suggest as a high performance field antenna for QRP? Thank

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Craig Do you have the real estate to have dipoles up or are you limited in space? Tnx Gerald KC6CNN __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

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[Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Craig, For a first HF antenna, I would suggest not buying but building your basic antenna. A Half-Wave wire antenna (made from stranded copper wire from a "big box" store) that is resonant (trimmed to the right length) at the frequency you want to operate is both fundamental and highly effective.

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Message -- From: "CRAIG SCHROEDER" <craigschroe...@mac.com> To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: 12/7/2015 5:13:22 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna I am pretty new ham and a brand new KX3/PX3 owner excited to try my han

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

. Best of luck, and WELCOME to Ham Radio and Elecraft. 73 Milverton / W9MMS. From: CRAIG SCHROEDER <craigschroe...@mac.com> To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 4:13 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Advice on Fir

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Wire antennas are flexible, work well and are incredibly inexpensive. Put up as many as you can as big as you can. If they stay up, they were too small. 73 -- Lynn On 12/7/2015 2:13 PM, CRAIG SCHROEDER wrote: I am pretty new ham and a brand new KX3/PX3 owner excited to try my hand at

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Hi Gerald, I own a large lot with 2 tall trees that could accommodate an 80 meter dipole, and with the cooperation of a friendly neighbor, I could fit 160 meters using his large tree across the back of his property. My trees run east to west and using the neighbors tree I can run north to

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

I can suggest an antenna by www.myantennas.com Look for their antenna called an EFHW 80-10. It will take 1 KW, and has a low SWR on all bands 80/40/30/20/17/15/12/10 bands. It is a half wave design, that I have had tremendous success with as a second antenna to my SteppIR beams. It is easy and

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

cember 7, 2015 4:13 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna I am pretty new ham and a brand new KX3/PX3 owner excited to try my hand at DX'ing!  If you were buying your first HF base antenna, primarily looking for performance on 20 and 40 meters, what would you recommend?  Also

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Craig, For the home station, your first consideration is build or buy. It is quite easy to build a pair of dipoles, one for 40 and one for 20 if those are your most desirable bands. Get some wire, and some good coax and a good common mode choke for each antenna and use the ARRL handbook

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

On 12/7/2015 3:41 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: Wire antennas are flexible, work well and are incredibly inexpensive. Agreed - you can afford to experiment and learn a lot about antennas by building simple wire dipoles and loops before investing big money in towers and aluminum. And

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

craft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Mon, Dec 7, 2015 6:41 pm Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna Craig, For the home station, your first consideration is build or buy. It is quite easy to build a pair of dipoles, one for 40 and one for 20 if those are your most desirable

[Elecraft] Advice on first HF Antenna

204sm.pdf >> I have separate antennas for both bands. The 6 meter antenna is on #2 and >> the 2 meter antenna is on #3. >> Has anyone been able to do this and how. Thanks! >> 73 Alan N3ALN >> __ >> Elecraft mail

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

On Mon,12/7/2015 2:13 PM, CRAIG SCHROEDER wrote: I am pretty new ham and a brand new KX3/PX3 owner excited to try my hand at DX'ing! If you were buying your first HF base antenna, primarily looking for performance on 20 and 40 meters, what would you recommend? Real hams don't BUY antennas,

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Craig and all, You have received a lot of advice, and most of it was probably pretty good advice. I would want to know a few more things about your situation if I were to make any recommendations which I thought were very precise. Of the responses I read, I think the best ones (my opinion)

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on First HF Antenna

Simplest first HF antenna is a half-wave dipole. My first antenna was a 40m dipole hung from trees with lead in run in thru an upstairs window to my radio. Actually this was in 1958 and I was 14 years old so had no money. Back in those years there was something called twin-lead which was

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on software

/I want to operate psk with the kx2 using a computer./ I'd be happy with just CW ...if only that radio existed. :) 73, Dave - Dave My Web Site -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Advice-on-software-tp7603589p7603603.html Sent from the Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on software

- Original Message - From: Michael Rudolph mrudo...@therabbi.com To: elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 8:00:25 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Advice on software I want to operate psk with the kx2 using a computer. What is good psk software? Also, what

[Elecraft] Advice on software

I want to operate psk with the kx2 using a computer. What is good psk software? Also, what software can I use to turn my computer into a panadapter? If I always have my computer, is there any reason to purchase the panadapter accessory? Michael Rudolph N3IRT

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on software

* On 2015 28 May 19:01 -0500, Michael Rudolph wrote: I want to operate psk with the kx2 using a computer. What is good psk software? Fldigi. It doesn't matter which of the major operating systems you use, Fldigi is built for them all. 73, Nate -- The optimist proclaims that we live in

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on software

. There's nothing really wrong with DM780; I'm just accustomed to using FLDIGI. 73, Barry K3NDM - Original Message - From: Michael Rudolph mrudo...@therabbi.com To: elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 8:00:25 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Advice on software I

[Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters...

I have seen some comments recently about six meters and I have never operated six meters. I don't really have a descent antenna for six meters, just my 80-meter (ladder line fed) dipole or my hex beam that I can at least tune to six meters. The band is always dead quiet with the small

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters...

Phil, You'll probably get a ton of replies from the 6-meter / VHF aficionados, but unless you have some means of monitoring the band, either with your radio, or some web site, I think you'll may be disappointed. I've been licensed for 50 years and have made only 20 QSO's on that band; 19 SSB

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters...

N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart From: Phil Hystad phys...@mac.com To: elecraft Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:08 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters... I have seen some comments recently about six meters and I have never

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters...

Hi Phil, tune up your hex beam and start listening on 50.125. Also there are beacons between 50.060 and 50.080. Also watch for spots on your favorite cluster. But most importantly call CQ once in a while on 50.125 ssb. Sometimes you'll find a dead band is really open. You can also try CW around

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters...

Jim, you have several CA neighbors who worked me from Ecuador last year. Yes, they all have very good antenna systems but when 6 is open you can work many stations, including DX, with a wet noodle. I have been on 6, intermittently, since 1961 and I *know* you have to be listening to catch the

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters...

Ps. Regarding the availability of CW, I think that depends on the time you spend on the band and the nature of the opening. When the dx is afoot from outside the us there can be as much CW as ssb. In fact my main motivation to upgrade from tech was to be able to work dx CW on six meters. But as

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters...

To: elecraft Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:08 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters... I have seen some comments recently about six meters and I have never operated six meters. I don't really have a descent antenna for six meters, just my 80-meter (ladder

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters...

Bill, six is a very interesting band. Are you familiar with the phrase, hurry up and wait? That describes six meters as it relates to CW and/or SSB. Generally there is no activity on six, except in major cities where there are some six meter FM repeaters. Other than I know that they exist,

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters...

Stewart From: Jack vhfp...@gmail.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:58 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters... Sorry, Willis, but the beacons are operated in a narrow range of frequencies well below the normal CW DX

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters...

Wow. Lots of opinions on-line and those I received off-line on 6 meters and the span from forget that wasted band to those who have DXCC and WAS on six meters. Not sure yet if I learned anything specific or if I learned everything with no peaks in the information signal. But, thanks for the

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters...

I am a huge fan of 6m and 6m DXing but the fact is that a lot depends on geography where you live like on top of a mountain or in a valley, antenna and QTH. On the west coast we have far fewer openings than elsewhere in the US especially east and southeast coasts. PNW and north Midwest even

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters...

I live in an HOA infested area, my mistake. Six meters is a LOT of fun now that the concerns over channel two interference are gone. When it is open, it's 'magic' to the point that almost anything works well. I intend to put up a 'TV' beam antenna (not allowed by the HOA but others are

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters...

My 2 cents: I am on the West Coast, and I have a 3-element beam at about 18 feet for 6 meters. I run 100w from my K3, CW only. During the summer when there are sporadic E openings, I have worked stations all over the US, including the East Coast. VHF contests are also an excellent time to get

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Rick, Be careful who you call ignorant. HDTV is NOT UHF only. After the digital transition most stations went to UHF. However, there are still a lot digital stations in the high VHF range (channels 7-13). I can receive 4 high VHF stations in my area (Fort Collins, north of Denver CO).

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I’ve enjoyed 6-meters since I was introduced to it in high school in the mid-60s. All I used for many years was a Squalo antenna mounted on my Dad’s chimney on our house in Maryland. With that and a 1-watt crystal controlled AM transceiver (Lafayette HA-650), I had a ball working across the

Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters

Go for a 6 el one wavelength Yagi, LFA is superior because the clean pattern. Noise is your worst enemy. Good luck, Peter PA2V Message: 4 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:08:46 -0800 From: Phil Hystad phys...@mac.com To: elecraft Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters

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I have a friend that loads his G5RV for 6m but his signal is always about 20-dB weaker than mine. I have a 3-element yagi that I converted from a Decibel-Products 73-MHz yagi that I scrounged up from pile of surplus stuff. The elements were 3/8-inch aluminum tubing so I added some tubing

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@mailman.qth.net *Sent:* Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:58 PM *Subject:* Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters... Sorry, Willis, but the beacons are operated in a narrow range of frequencies well below the normal CW DX frequencies of 50.080-50.100MHz. From Ecuador I heard many beacons from South and Central

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bands. Dave (G0DJA) - Original Message - Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 6:08 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters... I have seen some comments recently about six meters and I have never operated six meters. I don't really have a descent antenna for six meters, just my 80

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters... Jack, your idea of lots of CW and mine differ quite a bit. If your CW is concentrated in the top 3 Khz of the CW band and you willingly give up most of the band to beacons and don't even miss the bandwidth you are not my kind of CW affecionado. I

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(only available in some countries) can really get under your skin. Like I said, like Marmite, you either love it or hate it... Dave - Original Message - Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 7:49 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Advice on 6 meters... Is the band worth investing in? The answer

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On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:08:46 -0800, Phil Hystad wrote: I have seen some comments recently about six meters and I have never operated six meters. I don't really have a descent antenna for six meters, just my 80-meter (ladder line fed) dipole or my hex beam that I can at least tune to six

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