Julian wrote:
I don't need to own one to know that I get far more pleasure using a radio
I built myself than operating some ready-made box of tricks packed with
unnecessary bells and whistles. That, for me, is the only comparison that
really matters.
Jim responds:
AMEN, AMEN! Ham radio
Hi All,
I've just done the Mod as suggested by LA3ZA to get a fixed audio output via
pin 8 of the Mic socket on my K2. I'd originally built a little amp for this
but found that I didn't need it, and there was sufficient audio output
direct to the soundcard for the few digital programs I have
The AF pot from Elecraft parts department costs $1.00. Jump on it.
de Joe, aa4nn
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K2 #2636 has finally developed enough irregular operation of the audio gain
pot that I'll be doing the AF gain pot mod soon. It's become so erratic
that I'm wondering if I should actually
When I use headphones I have a thumping sound everytime I key the rig.
(seems worse on wide range headphones, lots of bass response really
shows this thumping sound) Is this common and what is the fix?
Thanks,
Jimmy, AE4DT
K2 #2832
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Hmmm ... $10,000 would buy a lot of fully loaded K2s ;-)
Michael VE3WMB
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One of the two CW rigs at K9OR was my K2/100 with KAT100. That rig made 1072
QSO's.
We ran 100 watts for all of the contest, with the exception of the time it took
to make the five
QRP QSO's needed to qualify for the alternative power bonus. To do this, we
simply
disconnected the rig from
I hope many of you who did Field Day worked us at W2GD.
We had Elecraft K2's on the 2A and a IC-703 on the
GOTA station (N4HY). We had a Steppir Beam on 10-20
(15 meters surprised us with a nice opening and accounted
for 1/7 of our QSO's). We had a Steppir Vertical on
the GOTA station to aid
I second this one. It took me a minute to figure this one out. I did put the
4.7pf cap in right, but the interpretationi of the
outer edge pads threw me at first, and I almost put it in pins 2 and 3 rather
than 1 and 3. That's the only really ambiguous thing
I found in the otherwise EXCELLENT
I'm pretty sure I've made the same mistake during my build process. Thanks
for the tip!
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David M. Katinsky
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Do you have the KDSP2 in your K2?
There is an issue with it that gives a pop as you change to rx.
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Sverre
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Sent: 28. juni
Hi All,
The IC-7800 is a beautiful radio--no question. I saw one at Dayton this
year, and it will charm your socks off! I saw the new Yaesu there also, but
no
touchee--they had it in a glass case! It's beautiful too, but costs even
more.
To me, there are (at least) two words that
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
Hello Doc!
Is this an issue with earlier versions of the KDSP2? I hear
no thump with either the KDSP2 or KAF2.or with out either
installed
With some K2s operating QSK there have been reports of a pop or click at the
switchover to receive. It is related to the different delay
Lyle and all others,
I have done a poor job of explaining my problem. There is a low frequency
sound just as the key is closed on ever single sound that is keyed. Does
not seem to be related to QSK.
Thanks,
Jimmy
Lyle Johnson wrote:
Hello Doc!
Is this an issue with earlier versions of the
Philippe,
Check that you have soldered all the pins for the socket of U1, the LCD
driver on the Front Panel Board. I missed soldering pin #1 on this and the
result was no display also.
A real problem to cure that mistake!
Another item to check could be the LCD display itself. Mine was
Hello Jimmy,
I know exactly what you're referring to, and it is not due to the KDSP2,
or the KAF2. It is there on the bare-bones K2, although it is primarily
audible when using headphones capable of very wide frequency response. I
have several pairs of various models of Grado headphones, as
On Jun 27, 2004, at 1:57 PM, Tom Bosscher wrote:
10 watts into 20 feet of wire on the ground! ...
I double-dare you to model this antenna in EZ-NEC, Tom ;)
Congrats on your daring effort.
Wayne
N6KR
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Exactly correct:
Red on LEFT looking *into* the connectors (from the pluggable side), or
Red on RIGHT looking down the wire *at* the connectors.
Tonuge down in either case.
These are known as California Reverse Anderson Polarity compliant ARES
connectors (since CA chose to use ahem a different
In a message dated 6/28/2004 1:33:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL
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I double-dare you to model this antenna in EZ-NEC, Tom ;)
I triple-dog-dare you! ;-) [1]
Congrats on your daring effort.
He who dares, wins. [2]
73 de Jim, N2EY
[1] Reference to K2ORS's classic A
Hear Hear. I just cannot understand what is going on in the ICOM
engineering labs. If you are an ARRL member, go the product review
pages. Look at the dynamics numbers for:
IC746
IC756
IC756Pro
IC746Pro
IC756ProII
The packaging and the features became richer but the receivers get
WORSE as
Buy a flat screen monitor, and not plasma.
Really, a CRT monitor radiates from cabling and from the screen tube itself.
You might have to slide the ferrite choke along the cables to find optimum
effect from it.
GL,
Stuart
K5KVH
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Unfortunately this is becoming more and more of a common practice. Bells
and whistles are demanded by the marketing folks, low manufacturing
costs are demanded by the accountants, and a copy of what the most
successful competitors product is demanded by the executive. Engineering
and quality
I took my K1 to Strawberry Fields in Central Park here in New York City. Set it
up for 40 meters. We found a nice quiet spot with a few trees with low lying
branches and lots of bushes. Threw a 25 foot wire over one branch and strung
another 30 or so odd foot wire over the bushes. Clipped each
If California is different than the standard, then why is it the same as the
Rig Runner? Also Isn't Aptos in CA? Then why did he chose not to follow
the CA standard? Also, why doesn't Rig Runner sell different versions for
CA?
Now that you are thoroughly confused I think you will realize
1500 QSO's sorry ;-)
Bob
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Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 2:02 PM
To: Elecraft Mail
Subject: [Elecraft] Field Day report
I hope many of you who did Field Day worked us at W2GD.
We had Elecraft
SORRY! to all for the confusion:
The way RigRunner, ARES, and everyone else does it *IS* the (new)
standard -- red-on-right looking down the wire towards the connector
(tongue down), or tongue-top-red-right looking at the connectors
(another mnemonic I was recently given).
What I was saying
Naaa, the thanks all go to you guys at Elecraft. This is one
great kit and radio. I love the size and plan on using two
of them at the 160 meter contest season during Winter at W2GD
(we won Multi-Multi CQ WW this past year). The way we use them,
the simplicity and lack of extras is a plus. I
NC0B of Sherwood Engineering gave a great presentation on contest receivers
during the Dayton 2004 Contest Forum. The data from the presentation is
here.
http://www.sherweng.com/presentation.html
He shows the 20 KHz and 2 KHz Dynamic Range Numbers for a variety of
receivers. He said the
Greetings Elecrafters:
I' m Joe, K4NVJ and currently in the process of constructing K2 #4155.
Everything is going smoothly so far. Just one quick question.
Installation of RFC13 calls for mounting the first color band to the
left. Are they referring to the first band of the value designator, in
Hi
The side tone level is controlled by U8 and Q6. I would look around U8 for a
missed solder joint or perhaps Q6 is bad. 2N7000 are fairly easy to blow with
static when not installed. You may have zapped it.
Don Brown
KD5NDB
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From: Art Pattersonmailto:[EMAIL
First, my hat is off to all you guys who use QRP all the time!
I normally run full legal power in contests to large antennas (180'
vertical on 160 and an 18 element stack on 10). Rather than running
stations, I would guess all but a handful of my QSO's were SP, and
I quickly got
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:16:52 -0400, Jerry wrote:
I was wondering what kind of antenna you were running?
The CW stations used all dipoles, average height about 30-35 ft. The phone
station had
a dipole for 80 and 40, and a monster Delta beam for 20/15/10. The SSB station
made
786 contacts,
I did some experimenting. Here are my results.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Obtain a male to male 1/8 stereo cable. And a jumper clip cable.
2. Plug one end of stereo cable into the KX1. Make sure KX1 is in hand key
mode.
3. On the other end of the stereo cable, short the center of a stereo plug
On Jun 28, 2004, at 11:55 AM, Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. wrote:
Wayne,
What radial did you use on 40m for the 50ft random wire? 33ft, 33ft
shortened for ground coupling, or random length?
Background: I have tried using your recommendation of 28ft for the
center conductor and band-switching with
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