I can recommend the pole in www.spiderbeam.co.
I have had some of this kind, even so-called strong.
Normally they are limited to 10m(33ft).
In practise you have to take out 1 or 2 topmost parts. So you end
somewhere to 8m (27ft).
But now: this pole is solid enough for wires up to 12m (40ft).
Guy's...
Here we are again...hours after my last post to the group...! Well.. would
just like to say a BIG Thankyou to all of
you who replied to my previous e-mail...regarding the screws n things, that
seemed to be fitted in the wrong orientation,..
on my Baby K2 here...
I took the advice
The T1 specification sheet makes no mention of insertion loss, so I
thought I would try to measure it. I used the FT-817 as an exciter, and
measured the output power using the Elecraft DL1 dummy load and my DMM.
The FT-817 produced a consistent power output to within 0.01W each time
it was
I noticed the ham who took pictures for the site build his add-ons first.
Should I be doing that?
Or is it OK to build the kit and then the Antenna tuner?
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Cheers,
Alan
From the Mandrake Linux ver 9.2 system of Alan, VY2WU
A Windoze free zone.
Alan,
The normal way is to build the K2 first and then do the options.
There is no way to properly test the options until after the K2 is up and
running.
You MAY do it the other way 'round, but you have been informed of the
consequences.
73,
Don W3FPR
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I noticed the
What a *great* group of suggestions!
Thanks much for the ideas. Thanks to you all, I'm armed and dangerous as
I go explore the RF capabilities of the new QTH. My K1-4 will be happy
as a clam ... and the 706MkIIG won't mind either. They were sad to leave
the 180' long wire. I was sad to leave
Thanks to all who responded. The tuner has been sold.
72, Dick, W0NTA
Greeley, CO
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Andy
I know it is working now but might be worth mentioning what the problem was
as its an easy one to do ;-)
I will pop in later with a counter to get you started on Part II
John
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Guy's..
Just to let everyone who WILL see my e-mail on the reflector soon from this
morning...
To IGNORE...the plea for help...! Time has passed today, since posting
that e-mail to the reflector...
the day is nearing closure... ONCE AGAIN..! My well respected
.Elecraft K2 Elmer
Andy GM0NWI wrote:
Guy's..
Just to let everyone who WILL see my e-mail on the reflector soon from
this morning...
To IGNORE...the plea for help...! Time has passed today, since
posting that e-mail to the reflector...
the day is nearing closure... ONCE AGAIN..! My well respected
Hi,
I am wondering about heat, I am using the mid-range you suggest of 750F for my
soldering station.
It is hard to get the solder to wick straight through to the other side of the
board.
I know there is a connection through the hole.
In your notes, I don't see any suggestions on how much to
My earlier question about power output from the K2 being somewhat
variable seems to have been answered. When I just the K2's keyer to
send some CW during the measurements, the reading are consistent. For
some reason, use of a straight key did not lead to consistent output
measurement.
I have a coax-fed multiband dipole (for 40m and up) swung over a 80 ft
Platanus acerifolia (what a luck !).
For 80m and top band, I use a switch (found in Hints an kinks many years
ago) to make it a LW.
My shack is upstairs, and I don't want to use the poor AC ground for many
reasons.
So I
I have a K1 which I purchased all built. It has the 40 and 20 mtr filter
board in it. I purchased and built the ATU and noise blanker. I haven't used
my
other HF rigs since I started using this radio. Now I wish I had more bands
to operate on with it. Does anyone have a four band filter
I have an application that involves remotely locating the K2's shaft
encoder (Z1) and liquid crystal display components (the backlit LEDs D2
and D3, and the 8 digit LCD, DS1). The extension length is roughly 10
or 15 feet. Are the signals likely to degrade much? I'd plan on using
shielded wires
I need a counterpoise (maybe I'm wrong). It will be short and T shaped to
minimize radiation, as shown in Moxon's book (that's my bible). In a
previous location I had successfully tuned an upstairs ground lead for top
band : it was very pleasant to see the antenna current increase (with a home
twisted pair, KIO2 and a laptop.
Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456
snip
I have an application that involves remotely locating the K2's shaft
encoder (Z1) and liquid crystal display components (the backlit LEDs D2
and D3, and the 8 digit LCD, DS1).
/snip
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In a plated thru hole, you only have to solder one side, and the conduction
is made to the trace on other, as there is already solder in the hole.
Stuart
K5KVH
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I just received the following e-mail about a toroid winding machine.
Perhaps it may interest some of you Elecrafters. It was spam, so take it
for what it's worth.
73, de Earl, K6SE
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From: Jack Feng [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 13 Apr
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Earl W Cunningham wrote:
I just received the following e-mail about a toroid winding machine.
Perhaps it may interest some of you Elecrafters. It was spam, so take it
for what it's worth.
Thanksmy local ISP traps these as spam...never figured it would get sent via
For the Elecraft Event Calendar.
Museum Ships from around the world invite any and all Hams, especially
Elecraft users to get on the air July 16-17 to work stations operating
from onboard over 100 restored museum ships in the US and around the
world. Some of these ships like the Lightship
Good people: After all these years I have decided that I may add the
KAT2 to my K2 lid. Although I have the KPA100, I use the K2 barefoot
when travelling and feel the KAT2 would be of use. A quick perusal of
the KAT2 manual suggests that, once the modifications to the K2 have
been made for
DO NOT forward spam to a list. Most certainly DO NOT - NEVER, EVER - buy a
product advertised via spam. To do so is the act of a naif, as it only
encourages more spam. I'm trying to think of any reasonable criteria by which
you shouldn't be immediately dispelled from the list for spamming
Gang,
One of the insturments I always wanted for home use was a spectrum
analyzer. Nice to have sound card analyzers with software and all, but a real
rf analyzer in a small, functional package would be so great. With some
careful trade off decisions it might even be affordable! The
Fortunately, cooler heads than Mike S are in charge here.
I hope.
I find the concept of a toroid-winding machine intriguing, and now it's got me
wondering just how it works.
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72, Ron McDowell - W5RCM / ZS1MCD
w5rcm at volente dot us
Austin TX / Hermanus ZA
On 12 Apr 2005 20:39:09 -0400,
Shouldn't be too hard to even have it use a PC as a display, much like the
sound card analyzers and PC-based oscilloscopes do, and that should help keep
costs down.
Count me in!
--
72, Ron McDowell - W5RCM / ZS1MCD
w5rcm at volente dot us
Austin TX / Hermanus ZA
On 12 Apr 2005 19:43:35 -0500,
Alan,
Modern components will handle normal heat of soldering for a short period of
time - up to 5 seconds at 750 degrees F. The reality is that it takes both
time and temperature to destroy a component, and more components are damaged
by 'heat soaking' at a low soldering temperature than are
Wanted to Buy: KAT100-2 external antenna tuner.
73, Don, K8DJ
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On Tuesday 12 April 2005 17:49, Ron McDowell - W5RCM / ZS1MCD wrote:
Fortunately, cooler heads than Mike S are in charge here.
I hope.
I find the concept of a toroid-winding machine intriguing, and now it's got
me wondering just how it works.
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72, Ron McDowell - W5RCM / ZS1MCD
w5rcm
Gene: Hello. I'll relay some of my experiences, since I've been limited
to attic antennas, due to living in a townhouse. I have about 20 X 25
ft. of useable attic space. I've probably built about 30 different
antennas in the last 4 years, based on about a dozen different basic
styles. I use
David,
Good choice - but next you will be needing an EC2 enclosure to mount the
KPA100 so you can have a 'pick up and go' station.
The changes you have already made for the KPA100 will work fine with the
KAT2. Actually, fewer changes need to be made on the base K2 to install the
KAT2 (I am
Hi Wayne,
That's sounds very interesting.
What frequency range and resolution would you like to have in the spectrum
analyzer?
What dynamic range is required for it to be useful?
Other specification?
73/ Bob - W5BIG
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There are a couple sources for boards for the W7ZOI spectrum analyzer
project that ran in QST some years back. Also, for about $500-700 on
eBay you can get a used HP or Tek SA that will blow the doors off an
inexpensive kit version. If you do a lot of RF design work, it's a must.
The two most
passed align test part 2
hop the rest goes as easy as the first 2 parts
ron , kc0tdj
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I just finished the kpa100/kat100 in the ec2. Somewhere along the line
I've lost the rf output reading on 160/12/10 meters. All the other bands
are ok and rf output looks fine.
Anybody have any insight into what the check?
73 n8vw
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Shook down my new KX1 in the QRP ARCI Spring QSO party - 15 qso's and 11
SPC - most on 20 meters and off the end of my dipole. During the lulls,
I also worked HA, OM and a few JA's. This is a nice rig, and very much
up to my expectation, although the temptation to lie on the couch with a
wire
There are always mean, bossy, overreacting people who want to be the
police of the world. Don't let them ruin your day, Earl.
On Apr 12, 2005, at 8:39 PM, Mike S wrote:
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buy a product advertised via spam. To do so is the act
Hi Lynn,
Glad you like the KX1.
A bit of opposite-sideband leak-through is typical for a 3-crystal I.F.
filter. But I think you'll find that this rarely gets in the way of
operating. When necessary you can increase the amount of
opposite-sideband rejection by using a narrower setting of the
W8UR (Mike S) wrote:
DO NOT forward spam to a list. Most certainly DO NOT - NEVER, EVER - buy
a product advertised via spam. To do so is the act of a naif, as it only
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which you shouldn't be immediately dispelled from the list
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Thanks for beinging that type of machine to light for me.
I had never considered that such a machine would exist
(don't know why, I guess I never really thought about it)
That is quite a machine to watch go
(found a site with a video on it showing
Leigh,
You've already figured it out. If you have the FT-817 set for very low
power output (0.5 watts), you'll be right on the borderline of what the
T1 requires in order to tune accurately. Anything lower than this and
tuning won't even start. If the present LC settings present a severe
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