In a message dated 3/7/2005 7:31:45 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I do have to wonder about anyone sniffing spray paint by spraying it up
their nose. I bet that would be easy to catch... ;-)
From Los Angeles: I have personally observed someone spraying white paint
Thanks for the tip. This worked great for me also. I used 47K 1/4 watt
resistors available at local RS.
73,
Niel
K1 #750
http://www.io.com/~nielw/qrp/QRP_Stn.htm
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:38:52 +0100
From: Gerhard Schwanz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Elecraft] K1 RIT Mod!!!
To:
I knew it would happen one day. The way it went
was: I agreed to build a KAT2 for a friend, and she
shipped her K2 to me for installation. Once I got it,
turned it on, pushed a few buttons, opened it up...I
was a goner. So my new K2 will be on its way soon.
The serial number, I think, is
My last proficient operating time was in 1958 at the North Pole on a IGY
expedition, Drift Station Alpha. Haven't used CW since. I have a K2 and
KX-1. Have been listening and attempting to get the CW back. Biggest
problem is concentration at age 67. It will come, I'm sure. Are there
tapes at
Gents,
I don't quite understand why someone would want to change the RIT/XIT range of
the K1.
Since the K1 does not have dual VFO's if you want to work split the RIT/XIT is all you've
got. Seems to me that the capability to work split is more important than having a narrow
RIT range.
Each
Congratulations, Martin!
I like to tell people, and there's *some* truth to the story, that the
reason that I've worked 99.9% CW for 50+ years now is that I put so much
time and energy into learning the code I wanted to get my money's worth out
of it!
A lot of people have trouble with hand
Actually - if you have internet access - the easiest and cheapest way to
practice might be going right to the ARRL and downloading the most recent MP3
audio file of W1AW.
http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/morse.html
73,
Daniel AA0NI
Oklahoma City
--- Phil LaMarche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My last
Heh, heh... I never said I wasn't dyslexic either. We write from left to
right in English G
Ron AC7AC
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Phil LaMarche wrote:
My last proficient operating time was in 1958 at the North Pole on a IGY
expedition, Drift Station Alpha. Haven't used CW since. I have a K2 and
KX-1. Have been listening and attempting to get the CW back. Biggest
problem is concentration at age 67. It will come, I'm
It's been a long time since I did any serious CW work. I hit the wall at
about 17 wpm 15 years ago and with more kids, etc. never continued. I'm
going to get back into CW and besides copying CW on the air I'd like to
consider some training tapes/CDs.
So - two questions: 1) what training tapes
what about war peace and raise the speed with each chapter
- Original Message -
From: W3FPR - Don Wilhelm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:12 AM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] CW
There is also a free program that I like called WinMorse
Two comments - see below
73,
Don W3FPR
-Original Message-
One could even rip a CD and put the contents on a tiny MP3 player
and carry
it around with you all the time.
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Good idea, but test it first - some MP3 encoding formats do not do code
well, I prefer to
Martin,
Keep up the great work. Please write an article about learning CW too and get
it circulated around. You can be an inspiration
After 40 years of CW as a ham, I find that sometimes I can have a QSO, read QST
or Watch TV at the same time. It just takes practice.
I still thing
I have just bought a 4 band K1 used. I saw a picture of a K1 with a paddle
attached to the front of the cabinet. Can some one enlighten me on what it
is, is it made for just the K1 ?
I'm looing to some traveling with it, what is the standard paddle most
people use with it, I use a bencher
Hello Martin,
Sincere congratulations, fantastic!!!. Many thanks for the inspiration and
kick-start as well. The local CW has drifted from reasonable down to
pathetic due to a long absence.
Nice to see you again.
73,
Geoff.
GM4ESD
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Phil,
Go here http://www.g4fon.co.uk/ and have a look at the Koch CW Trainer.
Trevor G0KTN
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For someone new to K2 building - like, say, someone who just ordered his
first one yesterday :-) - would you recommend building the K2 as
directed and then desoldering parts to add additional boards? The
directions seem to recommend that after a quick skim. But it seems to
me it'd be much
Greetings, Fellow Elecrafters:
Just wanted to publicly acknowledge the excellent Elecraft service and say
THANKS for the recent shipment I received. The brand spanking new Elecraft
special edition Bencher hexkey I just received is gorgeous. I had requested a
serial number ending in 0, and I
Mike,
I'd say its better to build the K2 as-is first, then add the modules one at a
time. It's far easier to trouble shoot if you have any problems going along
without the otherstuff already changed. With a good solder sucker it doesn't
take long at all to remove whatever components necessary.
Howdy Lloyd,
I use AFIL most of the time. One of these days I am going to change
the board to start in AFIL 2 since that is the one which works best for
me. Seems to make the signal pop out of the noise so copy gets much
easier. Makes the foxes much easier to catch and those folks out on
Bob,
There are quite a few small paddles. Some are made from binder clips or
plastic boxes and brass spacers while others are finely crafted instruments.
Since they are all small and lightweight, you usually end up with one hand
holding the paddle while you send with the other. Some do have
I am some what embarrassed to say this but the fastest CW speed I ever
attained was 13wpm in 1980 when I passed my General exams. I worked
three years to obtain this speed. I passed my Advanced exam later that
year. My abilities suffered from lack of use because of pressing family
matters in
Our KXPD1 paddle for the KX1 would work very well with the K2 if it
could be directly attached to one of the vertical arms of the K2's tilt
stand. This would eliminate the need for a paddle with a heavy base
during lightweight portable operation.
What we'd need is a very stable bracket that
I'm using an old DSP-59+ with my K2 with good results. I'm curious -
anybody else trying this?
Mike
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I0SKK - Alessandro Santucci wrote:
Let try to ask Oscar I7OHP, he made a CD with a course, he was a
professional military op, and sell at just 10 Euro. Try, the email is:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I second your advice, but it may be worth mentioning that the commentary
in Oscar's course cd is in
I've used a Timewave DSP-59+ with a variety of radios from something as
basic as a RockMite-40 to Kenwood TS-820 TS-940 and Yaesu FT-100, all
with good success. I haven't started building my K2 yet (it just
arrived yesterday) but plan to use the DSP-59+ with it initially as
well, and maybe
I'm using a good ole DSP-59+ with one of my K2's - the one that does not
have the KDSP in it.
They both have benefits and shortcomings . or . I'm not about to
part with either!
73 HankK8DD
Mike,W8KRR wrote:
I'm using an old DSP-59+ with my K2 with good results. I'm curious -
From the OPDX Bulletin #700:
ZB2, GIBRALTAR. Tom/GM4FDM and Ronald/PA3EWP will be staying in the
Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar from March 21-28th. They will operate as
ZB2/GM4FDM and ZB2/PA3EWP, respectively. Plans are to have antennas for
80-10 meters and possibly 160 meters. Look for activity on
Hello all,
I have some great news. It seems like the Polar Bear Event will be a
multi-state event!
Yes we now have a bunch of operators from Lewis Clark Country or at
the monument that will participate in the event! To date seven ops will
be at Pulpit Rock on the AT in Pennsylvania and at least
Hi Mike
Yes, I too have the DSP 59+, and use it all the time.
Partly to supplement the K2DSP denoiser, partly to add
some degree of filtering, but not much, and partly for
an additional audio amplifier to drive my acoustic
filter speaker. The speaker isn't real efficient, and
takes more drive
Wayne wrote ...
Our KXPD1 paddle for the KX1 would work very well with the K2 if it could be
directly attached to one of the vertical arms of the K2's tilt stand. This
would eliminate the need for a paddle with a heavy base during lightweight
portable operation.
What we'd need is a very stable
On Mar 8, 2005, at 4:16 PM, Gary Hvizdak wrote:
What we'd need is a very stable bracket that grips the K2's tilt
stand and
acts as a physical and electrical dock for the KXPD1.
What a neat idea! By when must designs be submitted in order for them
to be considered?
Gary, KI4GGX
K2
Mike and All,
Yes. Works well and it's nice fit on top. I'm using an isolation
transformer into the speaker jack and an external speaker on the 59+
At 03:01 PM 3/8/2005, Mike,W8KRR wrote:
I'm using an old DSP-59+ with my K2 with good results. I'm curious -
anybody else trying this?
Mike
Hello everyone:
Came home from work and found that my new K2 had been delivered by UPS.
Thanks for all the encouragement I have received so far because I probably
would never have ordered it if it had not been for the cool folks here.
I will let everyone know how the build is coming along.
Do I remember correctly that there is/was a free use version of
Spectrogram for aligning the K2? If so, where can I download the program?
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73 God Bless,
Ken/NO4D
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Ambassadors For Christ Net +/- 7.280
M-F at 2:00 EST Sat at 3:00 EST
Go to google and do a search for Spectrogram. I found the free version
on some German site and it matches the version that is used in the
instructions on the Elecraft web site. The new version I could not
figure out!
73 de Neal
On Mar 8, 2005, at 9:56 PM, Ken Kirkley wrote:
Do I remember
So has anyone using the k2/100 to drive a heathkit sb-200 linear? If so can
you give me some pointers on the interface to the amp? Still being new to
the hobby would like some advice on the subject...
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Ken,
You will find the last free version of Spectrogram on Tom Hammond's website
www.n0ss.net. The later 'pay-for' versions have lots of extra goodies, but
if all you wnat to do is align your K2, the free version has all the
capibility that is needed.
73,
Don W3FPR
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Dwight,
I am going to use my SB-200 with the Elecraft. I have purchased an
item called a softkey from Harbach Electronics. It is a board that mounts
inside the SB-200 and essentially converts the high voltage keying line down
to something the K2 can safely key. I haven't installed it
Thanks guys for all of the quick responses in regard to the free version
of Spectrogram. In case others are interested, it can be found on Tom
Hammond's /N0SS) website at http://www.n0ss.net/
73 God Bless,
Ken/NO4D
http://webpages.charter.net/kgk
Ambassadors For Christ Net +/- 7.280
M-F at
I have not seen much in the way of promotion for the Elecraft QSO Party, 2005.
In January, Wayne mention a date of 12 March. Anymore info? Is it really gonna
happen? Writelog has updated the EQP module for the 2005 rules (Where are
they posted?). So WL users will want to down load WL1053e
Make sure the keying circuit is for positive voltage. Some of the keying
circuits I've seen for K2 are designed for negative voltage keying...
the SB-200 is positive I believe.
Larry N8LP
Stan Rife wrote:
Dwight,
I am going to use my SB-200 with the Elecraft. I have purchased an
The Elecraft QSO Party -- pre-announced in January -- will indeed be
happening this weekend from 1500 UTC Saturday (March 12) to 1500
Sunday. We'll have the rules page updated by tomorrow, along with an
official and final announcement. The basic rules have not changed, but
we'll add links to
On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 21:40 -0800, wayne burdick wrote:
The Elecraft QSO Party -- pre-announced in January -- will indeed be
happening this weekend from 1500 UTC Saturday (March 12) to 1500
Sunday.
If anyone in the southeastern NH area -- say within 20 miles of
Portsmouth NH -- will be
Mike asked:
The build for K2 #4661 continues...
I am doing the final resistance check on p. 71 of the K2 manual (the RF
board is basically complete now), and I am getting unstable readings on
the Q7 collector. The readings are all above 500 ohms, as they should
be, but they are constantly
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