Jim - W6VAR wrote:
I have K3 #1644 with all hardware mods except the negative ALC and
firmware 2.82.
We have a local 6 meter repeater that I can hit from my house with my
handheld on a J-Pole or via my car with an IC-7000. The repeater frequency
is 52.900 with a -500 offset for
Hi Gang
Well, I took the plungeagain!! My third K2 has been orderedand
is nearing my location via UPS. My first K2 was serial number 242 (I
think).I think the second was around 4500 (I'm not sure)it'll be
interesting to see what serial number they are up to now!! I keep them
David,
Double shielded coax would certainly reduce leakage from the coax, and is a
good investment in my opinion. However its use might not have too much
impact on the receiver's birdie problem, because many of the rogue signals
involved are probably flowing on the outside of the coax's braid,
Hello all
I think it may be useful to tackle this problem from the other direction,
and try ferrite rings or chokes on all the connections to your router.
Regards
John G4ZTR
-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
So, could we use the good old methods of wrapping the coax around a suitable
toroid. That would mean a longer cable at which point I would invest in a
better quality cable if I were doing it and I'm tempted to do so to get the
best chance of cracking the main issues we are addressing.
David
Hello John,
That could reduce any trash from a router is , but it would not remove any
of the receiver's self inflicted birdies.
73,
Geoff
GM4ESD
John Lemay wrote on Thursday, March 05, 2009 10:28 AM
Hello all
I think it may be useful to tackle this problem from the other direction,
and
It might help, but it might not, because until such time as the source of a
particular birdie is contained or removed, it will remain to be a source of
a birdie. If you block one route, these birds have a habit of finding
another, especially if the layout is open plan.
73,
Geoff
GM4ESD
A few years back in our little farming community, there was a fellow
whose name was Francis.
Francis was an avid hunter.
At this time, the rumor went around the community that
Francis had been fined for deer jacking.
Out of his truck one night, with a spot light, he took a shot at a
plastic deer
I wonder if anyone can help me find a TA7089M regulator IC, please? I haven't
found a source online.
My K2's linear PSU has been a Yaesu FP107, which has worked well for some time,
but whilst adding overvoltage circuitry ton the PSU to provide additional
protection, I made an error and zapped
Group,
This is off topic and I would deeply appreciate any responses to be
sent to me off list. I am posting here because I respect the
knowledge and experience of the people who are members of this
reflector.
This may sound stupid but I have not had experience with this before,
so I ask before
Yes - to be specific - there are no *physical* connections between the two
and no changes should be made to your MicroKeyer configuration - it stays
as-is.
LP Bridge will be configured to talk to the virtual com port set up for
the K3 in your MicroKeyer router configuration and LP Bridge will
Bob, does it mean that the USB sound card built into MicrokeyerII cannot be
utilized by LP-PAN? Why?
73, Igor UA9CDC
Jim,
Your LP Pan system should not be connected to, or interact with your
MicroKeyer whatsoever. You will need a sound card (or external USB sound
unit like the EMU 0202)
Hi Greg,
I have that arrangement here, with dual switching.. I don't run the amount of
power you do, but have tested the isolation... of the switches, and am
concerned about the amount of power that is allowed into the rx of the unused
stations... I cured part of that with the grounded
I am just a LP-Pan user and not an expert in this area, bit the sound card
in the MicroKeyer II is not listed as a supported sound card by LP-Pan.
See here: http://www.telepostinc.com/soundcards.html
N8LP would have to answer the why question for certain, but I suspect that
it may not have
Greg,
Theory says you should not have any problem. With 60 dB isolation and
1000 watts, there may be as much as 1 mW at the input of each receiver -
that is 223.6 mV, which is a large signal, but still within the power
handling capability of most receivers.
In the practical world, if there
g3ymc wrote:
Well I certainly noticed the change and at the moment am not that
convinced it is for me. But maybe time will tell. Is there any way to set
up my preferences so it opens in the old style directly instead of having
to click the 'Topics View' button?
Yes, I'd prefer to have
Hi Greg,
This might be a good question to post on the contest reflector. Stations
like KC1XX, K1TTT, W3LPL, etc all deal with such issues with their
Multi-Multi stations.
I like Alpha Delta switches and don't think you'll have a problem with them.
You could look for Bird switches with higher
On Mar 5, 2009, at 3/55:26 AM, Igor Sokolov wrote:
Bob, does it mean that the USB sound card built into MicrokeyerII
cannot be
utilized by LP-PAN? Why?
Not that you cannot use just any garden variety sound cards, but there
are at least two reasons to use a better sound card with an
Life is too short for QRP
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Obviously a troll.
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- Original Message -
From: dw bw...@fastmail.fm
To: Elecraft_List elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:34 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Your Opinion: The realities of QRP vs. QRO
A few years back in our little
Chen's explanation is quite accurate. I think I did try the MK2 sound card
and it works, but not ideal for this application. Besides, unless you ONLY
use LP-PAN, you will need another sound card for PSK, voice keyers, etc. You
can use multiple sound cards... I have 6 on my system currently,
The world is too small for QRO...
Hans / LA2MOA
QRP-ARCI #11898
2009/3/5 Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.com
Obviously a troll.
Steve Ellington
n...@carolina.rr.com
- Original Message -
From: dw bw...@fastmail.fm
To: Elecraft_List elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, March
Having read the article in March QST by Leo Shoemaker, K4KIO, about the
hexagonal beam, and meeting and seeing the fine work of the inventor of the
predecessor Hexbeam at Orlando, I decided to roll my own using Leo's website as
a guide.
Construction is straightforward and fun. I ordered the
I'd say on 160m that although DXCC is possible (or was possible in the past)
on 160m, a high percentage of the contacts I have made on that band are not
possible with QRP. If there is a relatively common DXCC entity (who needs
another DL?) the odds are good for QRP given good conditions. If it's
Couldn't let this slide.. please forgive, but QRP with the K2 + 9 years come
April 4, 2009 equals:
Mixed: 328 (one shy of the HR)
SSB: 307
CW:322
160: 60
80: 118
40: 251
30: 250
20: 306
17: 301
15: 296
12: 266
10: 253
Band countries: 2101
Total DX Qs: 3327
- Original Message -
From: Wes Stewart n...@yahoo.com
Life is too short for QRP
Yes, obviously a troll, but a QRP QSO starts on the receiving end. Without
the ears on the distant end, a QRP rig just transmits another noise lost to
ground absorbtion and spatial dispersion. If there
Lynn,
I'm curious.
Would you mind revealing the modest antennas you've used over 9 years to
achieve your amazing feat?
Dick, K2ZR
Lynn Lamb, W4NL wrote:
Couldn't let this slide.. please forgive, but QRP with the K2 + 9 years come
April 4, 2009 equals:
Mixed: 328 (one shy of the HR)
SSB: 307
I have a Mosley Pro 67B-3 at 73 ft but I want to install a vertical, self
supporting, on the water line of the lake for switching back and forth for
best conditions. Many out there to purchase. Any strong recommendations?
Phil
Philip LaMarche
LaMarche Enterprises, Inc.
DW and all:
A slightly different hunting analogy might be more illuminating. Here in
Maine, bear hunting is very popular. There are two ways to go about it.
If you're a local, you learn the bears habits and habitats, and you go
out and stalk the bear, and if you are very much smarter than the
Hi DW et al,
I am sure it is quite different on HF, but on 6m EME (where I spend most of my
time), I must agree with the slogan that Life is too short of QRP. No matter
how much power you run on 6m EME, it almost always seems like it is not quite
enough, and most every contact requires
I would suggest that you have a 'dry' on one (or more) components, the
banging on the side makes another temporary good joint. The only thing
you can do is to go over the board checking all soldered joints and/or
tap individual components with a plastic stick to find the area with a
problem. I
I can't get any transmit audio via the Line-In connector.
Connecting the Mic cable to the rear panel MIC connection produces good
transmit power and audio.
I know audio is coming from the sound card output because it also drives the
computer speaker via its line in
connection.
I tried moving
While doing the KPA100MDK to my K2 I noticed R13 on the KPA100 board has a
chip in it like the one in the picture (instruction sheet) for R22. R22 on
mine looked to be ok and was removed and replaced per the instructions.
My question: Can/should I use the removed R22 to replace the chiped
I would estimate that 90% of my QRO contacts would have not been possible with
QRP. 98% would not have been enjoyable because I don't particularly enjoy
contacts where repeats are required to exchange any info. I would guess that
if only QRP to QRP were legal the QRP stations would lose 80%
great explanations...
i use a MK2+ also...for the K3 an ICOM. works great !
but for the lpPan I use the Roland Edirol FA66sound card
the SDR IQ has it's own ...
I also happen to use a emu 202 for feeding the station's stereo system.
much better than the resident motherboard sound
There are so many variables contributing to the thrill. The hunter may
have gone for the target efficiently because he may have been jazzed
about testing a new ammo load he'd developed, and picked the easy
target to try it on first. Or he may merely be trying to feed himself
and his family, and
Most of my contacts are QRP, despite having a 100W PA available. I
was taught a long time ago to use only (about) as much power as was
needed to establish and maintain contact. The operating method
usually entails starting at 2W and working up through 5W to see if the
contact will work out if
I couldn't agree more. I had the linear and all the power for years. DXCC in
the 275 range. Now I'm starting over and it's much more fun with the K2 and
now the K3/10 and my trusty G5RV.
73,72
Mike, W9QS
EX: KN6TBP (1956), K1DGQ, DL4KM, K5LJN, W9FRR, W9KVF
K3, K2, OHR500, Norcal 20, SP1
Is it just me or have there been far too many off topic posts here?
Towertalk is all abou antennas and towers
A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may
never get over. Ben Franklin
-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
Did you set the Line In gain control to a value 0?
on 09 Mar 05 10:43 Bud Governale, W3LL said the following:
I can't get any transmit audio via the Line-In connector.
Connecting the Mic cable to the rear panel MIC connection produces good
transmit power and audio.
I know audio is coming
I had the very set-up you are considering building - also using the 4 position
Alpha Delta switch. I am now converting back to a modified manual set-up.
Why? the Alpha Delta switch developed a fault -- if you open it up you will
find that the mechanism is a thin strip of metal which is pressed
Bud,
I suspect your Line In level control may be set to zero. This cannot be
adjusted while MIC+LIN is on. In order to adjust the Line In level, you have
to set MAIN:MIC SEL to LINE IN. Then adjust the LINE IN level using the MIC
control. After the Line In level is set to an appropriate level,
Damon,
The resistor *may* be OK, often the ceramic coating gets chipped and the
resistor is still intact.
OTOH, you can certainly replace it with the one you removed.
As a suggestion - since you are working on the KPA100, why not get the
KPA100UPKT and install all the current changes.
Thanks for the reply Don.
I wish I would have seen the mod you suggest. I must have overlooked that
one. This rig was so behind on the updates I don't think I will ever catch
up! HA
Well for now .. On to theK2 A to B mod!
Thanks again!
73
Damon
W4HDM
From: Don
Life is too short for QRP.
This may prove true in my case (just ask my wife; I used up several of
my lives designing the NC40A, Sierra, SST, Safari-4, KX1, K1, and K2).
But sometimes, the neighbors are too close for QRO. No matter how clean
your transmitter is, if your antenna is practically
I have a K3 and that antenna will be used with a K3. Why would that be off
topic? If it is, I'm sorry.
Phil
Philip LaMarche
LaMarche Enterprises, Inc.
www.instantgourmetspices.com
www.w9dvm.com
800-395-7795 pin 02
727-944-3226
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NASFT 30210
K3 #1605
W9DVM
Phil LaMarche wrote:
I have a K3 and that antenna will be used with a K3. Why would that
be off
topic? If it is, I'm sorry.
That is not off-topic. The K3 interacts with antennas in many ways (RX
antennas, isolation, diversity, grounding, etc.).
On the other hand, discussion of what is
To the many of you who took the time to give me excellent advice,
confirmations of my ideas and things to consider and think about,
thank you, thank you very much.
I have sent emails to each of you who sent me private emails and would
like to say thank you here as well to the folks who responded
Don,
Does it matter if the rigs not in use are turned off? I assumed that
they would have more immunity to overload if the unused rig was not
turned on. The Alpha Delta instructions says the switches are meant
to be used for switching multi antennas and one rig or multi
receivers. They
Wayne,
Our niche in this fabulous hobby of ours is chasing DX (new entities-DXCC) and
don't really
care about QRP per/se as our radio location is marginal at best here in ant.
un-friendly
Concord, Ca. so most of the stuff that I work is worked using 100w., but if
band conditions
dictate
QSL, Jim, and I can empathize (Belmont, CA is not exactly a hot-bed of
RF activity either).
But I will lay down the following challenge for you: Next time you hear
an S9+20 station calling CQ, try turning the K3 down to 1 watt and
calling him, just for grins. All other things being equal, if
Rick,
I do not believe it makes much difference whether the rigs not in use
are turned on or off. Any damage would occur in the preamp or mixer
stages in most cases, and the devices are sitting there with their
inputs connected whether power is on or off, but there also may be some
T/R
Is anyone using their K3 with the 1K-FA amp?
If so, comments pro and con appreciated.
I understand that the previous US rep recently passed away and they are
seeking a new rep but the amp is available for purchase directly from SPE in
Italia.
Jim
N1NK
K3/100 S/N 2295
Dont bother with the line in unless you plan to use DATA mode. The jack
doesn't seem to activate unless you're in the data mode. Or at least that's
what I've found. Turn your gain back up, switch to data mode, then put the VOX
on, and try again. I think that you'll find it works just fine.
wayne burdick wrote:
But I will lay down the following challenge for you: Next time you hear
an S9+20 station calling CQ, try turning the K3 down to 1 watt and
calling him, just for grins. All other things being equal, if he's
running a KW, you should be about S7 at his QTH.
I'm on
Having just completed a home brew 144MHz - 28MHz transverter, I
thought that I would set the K3 scanning to monitor repeater
output frequencies.
Although I have used scanning successfully on other bands, all I
get is Scan N/A.
What am I doing wrong ?
73
Stewart G3RXQ
That doesn't sound right, Michael.
I'm using N1MM Logger in my laptop for
SSB contests so I can use the voice keying
feature. I have the laptop output going into
the Line In jack on the K3 rear panel. Has
been working just fine for me. I do have
the VOX selected for keying the radio when
voice
Boy, that is certainly true, Bill.
I'm a full time QRPer and avid contester.
It's fairly easy to tell the alligators from
those with jackrabbit ears.
I never ID as QRP in contests. The regulars
know me and that I'm QRP. When necessary,
they make the extra effort to complete the
QSO. Those that
I am accessing Nabble with Firefox 3.07.
Since a couple of days the page is totally unreadable.
All topics titles are shown as Nabble, and none of the links works.
Any workarounds (except using another browser)?
Markus
--
View this message in context:
I like watching birds, but I don't tick 'em off in a book, and I don't drive
hundreds of miles just to spot a rarity.
Same with radio. It's nice to work something unusual but if I can't do it
with moderate power and antennas I'm not bothered about it.
Anyone can work a long distance with high
Stewart Baker wrote:
Having just completed a home brew 144MHz - 28MHz transverter, I
thought that I would set the K3 scanning to monitor repeater
output frequencies.
Although I have used scanning successfully on other bands, all I
get is Scan N/A.
What am I doing wrong ?
How
I have enjoyed very much all the comments on the subject of QRP and the rigs
(Wayne mentioned), K1s, K2s, K3s. etc. There are others of course and bet
many started with that 6L6 and thought it was the most powerful station on
earth. Many of us old timers are reliving and with the good
Huh? Line in works just fine for voice modes, as it's supposed to.
You just have to select it and turn up the gain.
Grant/NQ5T
On Mar 5, 2009, at 11:58 AM, The Smiths wrote:
Dont bother with the line in unless you plan to use DATA mode. The
jack doesn't seem to activate unless you're
Jim and All,
Conditions currently are a bit shakey. Accordingly,
operating QRP can be a tad more frustrating than when we are
in a better part of the cycle. However, openings still are
happening, and QRP is very often sufficient. I have found,
over many years of QRP operating, that more
I received several replies to my question about an alternate knob for
VFO B on the K3. It appears that quite a few people have switched out
that knob ... some with a K2 knob, others with one of the larger Yaesu
knobs, a few with varying military or commercial surplus knobs they were
able to
A larger knob at VFO B would make it a little harder to use the switch
above it and the RIT offset knob to the right of it. That's what
determined the knob's size. To make up for the medium-ish size, we
included a brass insert in the VFO B knob to give it some heft. It does
spin, and you can
hb9brj wrote:
I am accessing Nabble with Firefox 3.07.
Since a couple of days the page is totally unreadable.
All topics titles are shown as Nabble, and none of the links works.
Any workarounds (except using another browser)?
Markus
Also using Firefox 3.07. No such problem here.
BigIR from SteppIR.
http://www.steppir.com
and
http://www.steppir.com/files/vertical%20brochure.pdf
I have both the BigIR Vertical and the STeppIR 4 EL 20-6M yagi. They are
excellent, well engineered products.
73,
Eric WA6HHQ
Phil LaMarche wrote:
I have a Mosley Pro 67B-3 at 73 ft but
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!
Hi Bob,
You may want to qualify that with depending on your QTH and antenna system.
Well and goal...
One often hears how impossible it is to be competitive or even work anyone
on 160 without power. Power may make some things easier, but even that won't
help without a decent antenna, skill,
Hi Mike,
As per our list guidelines, Phil's posting was perfectly acceptable. We
encourage non-elecraft related ham radio postings, as long as they are
reasonable and do not morph into huge threads. We want to provide a
resource for ham radio topics the Elecraft community is interested in.
ab2tc wrote:
Also using Firefox 3.07. No such problem here. Maybe it's a localization
problem; with US-English settings everything is fine.
Found the culprit: Firefox add-on NoScript was blocking some of the code
of the Nabble page.
After allowing all scripts on this page to run,
Hi Mike:
LINE-IN with or without VOX works fine here in DATA mode or SSB. But the
level settings are not the same between AFSK in DATA (from MixW) and voice
in SSB (from WriteLog).
The Smiths
Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:58:35 -0800
Dont bother with the line in unless you plan to use DATA mode. The
Willis and All,
I very much respect your opinion, but I reject much of it
from my point of view. In particular, your assertion that
80% of the contacts would be lost at QRP levels. I feel
much of the problem of operating at QRP levels is the QRM
from QRO stations! A CW or PSK31 op, in
I apologize for taking so long to conduct the LED experiment and get
back with everyone interested. I had some lead times on parts I ordered
not to mention getting some time to run everything through. I must
mention first that I had to do numerous swaps of different LEDs and
resistor packs and
On Mar 5, 2009, at 1:35 PM, David Yarnes wrote:
I also personally feel that your suggestion that big
antennas and power is what we need to impress new hams just
might be 180 degrees out of phase.
Spot on. New hams need to see what kind of experience they can have
with low power, old(er)
David, this conversation upsets me a great deal. I am a member of SKCC and I
see the QRP thing tearing it up at the moment. That the conversation is coming
to the Elecraft reflector as well is doubly upsetting.
I am not totally against QRP, but the bragado that is taking place here and
-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-
boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Grant Youngman
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 11:56 AM
To: Elecraft Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Your Opinion: The realities of QRP vs. QRO
Spot on. New hams
Dave Bob,
Both of you guys have very valid points, there's no doubt about that BUT,
what's really key or the
real crux of the debate in our humble opinion would be Do you have the
PATIENCE? and being the
honest individual that I pride myself on being, in all honesty I personally
DON'T! :-)
I'm wondering, what percentage of contacts you've made QRO, that you
would estimate as not attainable QRP.
--
dw
d...@sover.net
-
To answer your question, very few.
Isn't the important question, what's fun for *you*?
Ron AC7AC
Things really don't change that much. First contact in 1956 with AT1 and ARC 5
was a great feeling and it's still there.
73,72
Mike, W9QS
EX: KN6TBP (1956), K1DGQ, DL4KM, K5LJN, W9FRR, W9KVF
K3, K2, OHR500, Norcal 20, SP1
Fists #12327, FP #268, OOTC #4423, QRPARCI #9521
--- On Thu,
I second Cookies comments.
The self righteous of the comments from some QRP advocates is a continual
annoyance. I have seen these same comments time and time again on the
reflector. Let it go!
Why do the QRP fanatics have to lobby so hard for thier cause? Can't they
let people make thier own
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
I'm wondering, what percentage of contacts you've made QRO, that you
would estimate as not attainable QRP.
To answer your question, very few.
Isn't the important question, what's fun for you?
Ron AC7AC
Ron is exactly right. That's the bottom line. We all do this
Oh, Oh. Someone using geek language :-).
Steve Ellington wrote:
Obviously a troll.
Steve Ellington
n...@carolina.rr.com
- Original Message -
From: dw bw...@fastmail.fm
To: Elecraft_List elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 7:34 AM
Subject: [Elecraft]
They work easy together.
Minimum connection is TX coaxial and Key out.
Look at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Expertamp
files section for full interconnections.
About 15W drives it to full kW.
I personally prefer semi-BK in CW with this amplifier.
BK-relays are fixed to printed board and not
I think its time for me to apologize to the group.
I posed the question concerning personal experiences in the use of QRP
vs QRO.
I did so sincerely anticipating the high level of experience and
expertise within the group would be informative. It is an area of
experience unknown to me.
I want
Duane,
I too responded and thought it was a good subject since Elecraft has been
one of the leaders in recent times for lower power technology and equipment.
QRP or lower levels of power are not for everyone which is fine and as
someone said this is a broad hobby and many ways of enjoying it
Has anyone else tried high intensity leds in their W1? I replaced the leds
in my W1 with high intensity red, yellow (amber), and green leds from
Sparkfun Electronics. A pic can drive them to a much higher light output
without any other changes to the W1 circuit board. The light output from
the
DW:
If you're new to QRP, there is nothing offensive in asking more
experienced hams if it really works. As you can see from the many posts
that your question attracted, the answer to your question is that QRP is
effective a lot more often than most people would expect. If your
question is
To Mike and all,
We're SOO diverse of a group that whatever anybody does, as long as they're
licensed and keep
their operations within FCC Part 97 they CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT!
Thanks for the internet bandwidth!
Jim/nn6ee
__
Hi Joel,
That sounds like just what we're looking for. I found the hi-intensity
leds only in red from Digi-Key and Mouser. Nothing in green or yellow.
And if we can leave the 2.0k resistor packs in there, that's even better.
Thanks for the tip.
73,
Dave W8FGU
Joel Curneal wrote:
Has anyone
I am fairly new to HF, and never thought I'd want to try QRP. But I'm
fascinated by it now. I just finished building a K2 a couple weeks ago and
was thrilled to get K5D as my first contact on the radio. 10 watts into a
67' dipole barely 20 feet off the ground. I know that K5D isn't halfway
around
You may want to check out the products from TopTen. They are a little
pricey, but they are what are used by many of the Multi-Multi contest
stations to share six antennas with 6 high power operator stations. I just
purchased one of their A/B switches to switch a single antenna between my K2
and
Don wrote:
Point of information - the QRP crowd got me back into the area of ham
radio that I enjoy the most, and that is experimenting and homebrewing.
--
That's been what kept me active among the QRP crowd too. And I felt
disappointed one time when a very nice fellow with
The QRP/QRO thread (like the CW vs No-Code thread, contesting vs
non-contesting etc.) appears here and on other lists periodically and
certainly generates a lot of enthusiastic (and sometimes over
enthusiastic) opinions and replies ;-) I'm OK with the thread
continuing a little longer with
They had me Jatz Cracker ed
Gary
VK4WT
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-Original Message-
From: John N1JM jlmerr...@cox.net
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 13:35:13
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Your Opinion: The realities of QRP vs. QRO
Oh, Oh. Someone using geek
Thanks to both Eric K3NA and Rich VE3KI, I now have Line-In working.
That leads to a new related issue:
When MIC + LIN is turned ON I get feedback from somewhere when I key with the
foot switch in SSB without saying
anything.
If I turn MIC + LIN to OFF the feedback is gone.
I closed N1MM just
When MIC + LIN is turned ON I get feedback from somewhere when I key with the
foot switch in SSB without saying
anything.
If I turn MIC + LIN to OFF the feedback is gone.
I am not sure why you have MIC+LIN turned ON, but I suspect you are
getting noise pickup from the microphone. Perhaps
--- On Thu, 3/5/09, Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz wrote:
From: Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] I think its time for me to apologize to the group.
To: 'Elecraft_List' elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 5:55 PM
Don wrote:
Point of information
Many eons ago, I got intensely interested in QRP. This was the era of the
bantam 1 watter made from a BC-746 tuning unit. The ones that were used
in the early horsy talkies or pogo stick transceivers. Forget the SCR
number! My first fun QRP 'fone rig was a slightly modified BC-611 Handy
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