“Am I making sense?”
Absolutely. The last new product I was involved with at HP had an Intel based
PC motherboard, and the instrument ran Windows. The instrument software was
just a Windows app. I thought then it was a terrible idea and still do. PCs
are commodities, their lifespan is
I have an early production KX3 (#3084) built as a kit. (I also own a KX2).
I don't know of any currently available transceiver that has all of the
features of the KX3 which is now nearly 7 years old. Since my KX3
purchase, I have upgraded my computer at least four times.
What is the usable life
I will be attending.
Paul Gacek
W6PNG
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> On May 7, 2019, at 2:50 AM, ALAN WONG wrote:
>
> Hello everyone. I was just wondering if anyone on the list will be attending
> Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen, Germany this year.
>
> Alan Wong
>
> KK6WA
>
This post just made my memory flash on a movie quote: "Meet me at the Cafe
Friedrichstrasse."
It's from an 80's era movie called "Gotcha!"
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089222/
It was the code phrase set up between the main characters to tell one of
them to get out of East Berlin right away.
Hello everyone. I was just wondering if anyone on the list will be attending
Ham Radio in Friedrichshafen, Germany this year.
Alan Wong
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On 5/6/2019 1:59 PM, Bill Rowlett wrote:
Both of your wives could be making money through their art which is more than
any of us hams can do.
Yeh -- working for free, she might sell enough stuff to pay off the cost
of only one of the looms in 20 years.
73, Jim
This OT thread was closed almost an hour ago.
In the interest of relieving reader overload in the face of the very high number
of postings on this topic today, please move it off list if you want to keep
discussing it.
73,
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On 5/6/2019 2:02 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On
On 5/6/2019 12:43 PM, Barry Baines via Elecraft wrote:
Are there currently any new make/model ‘ham friendly' vehicles that would be
appropriate to install amateur radio equipment such as VHF/UHF mobile rigs?
I've never had RFI issue with VHF/UHF gear in any car that I've owned.
Max power
Both of your wives could be making money through their art which is more than
any of us hams can do.
Bill KC4IM
> On May 6, 2019, at 4:51 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>
> On 5/6/2019 1:11 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
>> My wife can't say anything about my radio gear because I can take a look
>> at her art
I always tell people the best thing I ever got for making my hobby
purchases simple was a really nice sewing machine.
Tim N9PUZ
On 5/6/2019 3:51 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 5/6/2019 1:11 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
My wife can't say anything about my radio gear because I can take a look
at her art
On 5/6/2019 1:11 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
My wife can't say anything about my radio gear because I can take a look
at her art studio and see how many brushes, sheets of canvas and paper,
and jars of paint she has
My XYL has more sewing machines and looms than I have radio gear, so I
never get any
It has been brought up before ... limited market vs return ... as I type
this, I'll watch and they will bring one out.
Paul KB9AVO (See ya at the Hamvention) (AND 4 days in May)
On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 4:19 PM wrote:
> Will there ever be a VHF/UHF radio? I'm sure because of the cost factor
>
Will there ever be a VHF/UHF radio? I'm sure because of the cost factor
there would a limitation. The interest would be the next question. Had to
ask...
Brian
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Folks - we are way over the OT posting limit for this topic. Over 35-40 since
earlier this morning.
Let's close the Mobile high Power thread now. (Before many other reader's delete
keys wear out ;-)
73,
Eric
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On 5/6/2019 12:59 PM, allen Montoye wrote:
> It has taken me years to convince the XYL that buying ham gear was
> bolstering our retirement portfolio!!
My wife can't say anything about my radio gear because I can take a look
at her art studio and see how many brushes, sheets of canvas and paper,
On 5/6/2019 12:41 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote:
> Nope not out of service here. The 40 MHz band is used in Tennessee
> today by the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Department of Safety. Look
> at any of the TN black and whites and notice the 5 ft whip with the
> spring and ball at the base. All
Sh... quiet please. You guys need to cool it on the “radios are not an
investment “ talk. Loose lips like that could cause all manner of marital
strife. It has taken me years to convince the XYL that buying ham gear was
bolstering our retirement portfolio!! Please don’t let the cat out
Wayne:
> On May 6, 2019, at 11:31 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
>
> My Prius is so dependent on embedded processors that I take no chances -- I
> run only 10 W mobile. Yes, it's harder to make contacts, but my car doesn't
> have E-peleptic seizures.
Your comment about the Prius raises a broader
Nope not out of service here. The 40 MHz band is used in Tennessee
today by the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Department of Safety. Look
at any of the TN black and whites and notice the 5 ft whip with the
spring and ball at the base. All of those radios are 100 watt
mobiles. And when
I worked in the 2-way radio business for 30-years here in AK; did a
lot of mobile installs.
Typical police/ambulance radios ran 110w MOT stuff. Some commercial
ran 25-50w with smaller footprint sized radios. Nearly all is either
high-band VHF 150-174 MHz) or UHF (450+). All were wired with
OEMs have gone back and forth over the years with the "one true ground"
vs completely distributed grounding via the chassis. They seem to
currently be in the phase of using distributed localized grounding
points (with several ground return wires per location), a kind of hybrid
grounding system, if
OEMs have gone back and forth over the years with the "one true ground"
vs completely distributed grounding via the chassis. They seem to
currently be in the phase of using distributed localized grounding
points (with several ground return wires per location), a kind of hybrid
grounding system, if
On 5/6/2019 11:44 AM, donov...@starpower.net wrote:
> The 1955 WWV site you remember was in Greenbelt, NASA's
> Visitor Center is now in that location.
Thanks for the correction having been there only once, I could easily
get confused on the name. I figured that NASA would have taken over the
This information is now 20+ years out of date, so I don't know what the
car companies do any more about HF EMI testing (if anything). Some of my
radio buddies were employees of Ford, and they would arrange to drive
new/developmental cars around under the antenna field at the old VOA
relay site
It doesn't take a KW. During the run-up to Cycle 19, Dad let me put a 10
meter 40 W AM rig in the family car. Gonset converter on steering
column, TX in trunk with PE-103, 8 ft whip on a bumper chain mount. 10
meters was open pretty much 24/7 then. The corona ball had been knocked
off by a
CHP mobile in your and my area (Golden Gate Division) is licensed for 100 W.
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?fccCallsign=KA4993
Frequencies are from 39 to 46 MHz.
https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?aid=995
wunder
K6WRU
Walter Underwood
CM87wj
http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my
Hi Phil,
The 1955 WWV site you remember was in Greenbelt, NASA's
Visitor Center is now in that location.
But that wasn't the oldest WWV site. The original 1919 site was at the
Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. WWV moved to College Park
MD in 1931 then to Beltsville in 1932.
There
They still use 45/46mHz in my area for fire, EMS, and other services but I'm
not sure of the power levels. I've been out of EMS for years. Years ago in my
mobile I ran 100 watts on VHF FM. In recent years I ran 50W VHF FM and 100W on
HF/50mHz SSB w/o issue.Ken WA2LBI LG G6 -- Original
On May 6, 2019, at 00:11, John Marvin wrote:
> Just a quick note, WWV is celebrating 100 years on the air this
> October, and NCARC (I'm a member) is sponsoring an event with NIST on
> the WWV property from 9/28 - 10/2. More information can be found at
> http://wwv100.com.
This sounds yummy.
On 5/6/2019 10:23 AM, Dave New, N8SBE wrote:
The other unfortunate effect of designing for police/fire/ambulance
service, is that all those radios are now VHF/UHF and up. No more HF
radios. They went out with the state-wide sheriff's networks of old
that ran on 40 MHz or so.
One exception
On 5/6/2019 10:12 AM, Ken Winterling wrote:
are used in services that use
transmitters such as police, fire, ambulance, taxi, etc.
Because of the wavelengths involved, RFI coupling into circuitry at HF
is VERY different from VHF/UHF, which is used by these services. Also, I
don't know
On 5/5/2019 5:21 PM, EricJ KE6US wrote:
> Wait til you find out your kids usually throw all your ham gear in a
> dumpster when you go permanent QRT.
My instructions to my wife, kids, and executors direct that that the
second call that they make (after the funeral home) is to my ham club
that has
Wayne, Would you consider a dedicated band stack with maybe the most recent 4
or 6 frequencies and modes for each band. The Orion 2 did a nice job of
this. I know it can be managed on the K3 but for me it was always a bit
awkward. A small point but useful facility to consider. 73
I should note that the ribbon cable was not loose. It was fully
inserted when I pulled it out and pushed it back in and things
started working.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 5/6/19 at 7:46 AM, elecraft@mailman.qth.net (David Thompson
via Elecraft) wrote:
Good morning reflector peeps…
As a new
The widow of a amateur approached our club asking for someone to
help her test and sell her husband's amateur radio gear. I
stepped forward and had the privilege of firing up a lot of old
Collins and Drake radios and preparing them for her to sell on
eBay. The process was fun for me and worked
Thank you, Jim. I'll keep that in mind re. the bonding. The antenna mount is
likewise grounded to the vehicle chassis and the power is indeed run directly
from the vehicle battery.
Vy 73 de Bert
WA2SI
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So you want a new radio?
So do a survey.
Remotehamradio.com is running a network of radio stations for their users.
Flex is growing their remote system but they still haven't got a turn the
antenna rotator macro built in. You can band switch between your yagis you
just can't turn them.
Pointing on
For Sale RRC 1258 MKII Elecraft twin set with cables. Everything works
great $500. The Elecraft RRK0CBL cable is included
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On 5/6/2019 9:14 AM, Bert Craig wrote:
I run approx. 200 watts from my mobile. It's been trouble free over the last
four or five years. To the best of my knowledge, no adverse effects on other
vehicles either. I do use LMR-240uf throughout and employ numerous snap-on
ferrites as well as a
I took delivery of my 2006 Toyota Sequoia SUV in time to make multiple
trips moving from Chicago to NorCal, carrying stuff like master tapes,
tech equipment, and other things I didn't want to fight with the moving
company about their losing it or breaking it. Prior to the first trip, a
ham
Most modern vehicles are tested for EMC in large chambers, where they
are bombarded by high-power frequencies that extend up into the
microwave range. So, they are relatively immune to external RF fields.
On the other hand, they are frequently not designed to withstand a
powerful onboard
You see lots of mobile radios out in rural areas. Volunteer fire
departments. This need won't go away soon.
Vehicle electronic sensitivity is nothing new. At least 20 years ago I
recall keying 100 watts in traffic on my morning commute and seeing the
trunk of the Lexus in front of me pop right
On 5/6/2019 8:39 AM, Mike Flowers wrote:
> What implications might there be for mobile Amateur Radio operation
> when autonomous vehicles are in wide-spread use?
"I have been told" (by folks who work in the field) that the Society of
Automotive Engineers (SAE) does have RFI immunity standards
I believe all of the vehicles I've owned have had a statement in their
manuals about transmitters. Despite that, vehicles from many
manufacturers, domestic and foreign, are used in services that use
transmitters such as police, fire, ambulance, taxi, etc. Some services use
multiple radios in
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My Sprinter is rated by Mercedes to handle 100W at HF. I'm pushing that a
little, but that is another reason I am satisfied with 250W. Sprinters are
used a lot for ambulances, work trucks, and government vehicles, all with
radios, so I figure if they had RF problems, they would have to fix them. I
My 2014 Honda Insight includes an almost identical statement in its manual.
I've only dared operate HTs with magmounts in this car, so far with
impunity.
On 5/6/19 9:45 AM, Phil Hystad via Elecraft wrote:
> My 2018 Toyota RAV4/Hybrid has a warranty statement saying “Do not operate
> mobile
I ran mobile CW with my Begali Paddle sitting on the middle console of my 2004
Chevy HD2500 4x4 pickup. I had a Hi-Q antenna on the rear top mounted on the
side panel making use of one of the stake holes to feed coax. Operated like
that for about 10 years. 100 watts from an Icom 706 MkIIG.
Hi,
What about a satellite option for a K4?
TX via TRV1 on e.g. 28MHz and RX on TRV2 on e.g. 14MHz - and both, RX
AND TX, are active at the same time. So you can hear your own signal via
satellite !
I know, QO-100 is not available for US operators, but Elecraft equipment
is used all over
Back in 1995 during the Nordic Games here in Thunder Bay I was using my parents
Ford SUV and using a 2 meter handheld and the vehicle was surging faster as I
talked. When I would unkey the vehicle would go back to normal.
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Fred VE3FAL/CIW649
> On May 6, 2019, at 12:21,
Right. But it's the electromagnetically underachieving cars a foot away from
you, on four sides, that might suffer.
Yet another challenge in the era of technology that doesn't gracefully degrade.
Wayne
> On May 6, 2019, at 9:14 AM, Bert Craig wrote:
>
> I run approx. 200 watts from my
Tire sensors are wireless, and the protocol has been reverse engineered.
Interesting reading in the early articles.
On Mon, May 6, 2019, 9:06 AM Wayne Burdick wrote:
> Ham radio as stealth EMP weapon. Not good.
>
> Wayne
>
>
> > On May 6, 2019, at 9:02 AM, Bayard Coolidge, N1HO via Elecraft <
>
I run approx. 200 watts from my mobile. It's been trouble free over the last
four or five years. To the best of my knowledge, no adverse effects on other
vehicles either. I do use LMR-240uf throughout and employ numerous snap-on
ferrites as well as a full toroidal RF choke between the output of
Normally when you buy a used, tube-type kilowatt amplifier you don't
think to ask if it has been used mobile.
I once bought a used (actually VERY used) Drake L4B amplifier that had
been owned by Frank W6HWL "Highway Louie". He had a big old Cadillac
that had been fitted with the extra-large
Ham radio as stealth EMP weapon. Not good.
Wayne
> On May 6, 2019, at 9:02 AM, Bayard Coolidge, N1HO via Elecraft
> wrote:
>
> There are implications for fixed-location operators as well. I can only run
> about 175W into my (very) shortinverted-L on 630m - above that, I trip the
> car
There are implications for fixed-location operators as well. I can only run
about 175W into my (very) shortinverted-L on 630m - above that, I trip the car
alarm on my upscale European-made SUV parked in the driveway.I'm in a fairly
crowded neighborhood - house lots are on the order of 1/5th of
I think there is the possibility of great mischief if autonomous vehicles lack
sufficient RFI protection.
What implications might there be for mobile Amateur Radio operation when
autonomous vehicles are in wide-spread use?
-- 73 de Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!"
> On May 6,
More likely you would fry his cars computer and he would be dead in the
water. But with electronics and RFI anything could happen. With my luck
it would be my brakes that locked and I'd be rear ended.?? Steve kb1chu
On 5/6/2019 10:22 AM, Charlie T wrote:
Has anyone considered the liability of
Many of today's vehicles rely on an internal wireless network for
communications from various components in a vehicle. My truck has a
network that communicates from the rear end to the computer up front.
There are no wires or cables in that regard. Although it seems immune
to most RF I can
My Prius is so dependent on embedded processors that I take no chances -- I run
only 10 W mobile. Yes, it's harder to make contacts, but my car doesn't have
E-peleptic seizures.
Computers in general are not very RFI-proof. I discovered this the hard way
when I was running 100 W to an end-fed
Has anyone considered the liability of running very high power mobile?
What if you're running a KW, and gave a call on 20M. Suddenly, the guys
brakes in the vehicle next to you locked up causing a multiple vehicle
crash?
I realize this is an extremely hypothetical and unlikely case, but these
Good morning John…
I cannot yet tell what my schedule will be the end of September/first of
October. My middle child and his wife live in Denver and I am wanting to make a
trip that way sometime this year. I cannot think of more fun than to bring the
kids to the event and spend a few minutes
Good morning reflector peeps…
As a new operator and a relatively new owner of a new-to-me KX3, this was a
good thing to read. No, I do not have problems with any of the buttons of my
KX3. But, that little radio goes a lot of places with me and this will be
something I remember should the need
Now THAT would be a fine job! Is that the position that pays only in
Quatloos? I've heard of that one...
73,
Gwen, NG3P
On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 10:31 AM Wayne Burdick wrote:
> Gwen,
>
> You should apply for our open Fiction Tech Writer position. Looking for
> someone with imagination to write
I am certainly aware of this, Don, but that is not what I am seeking.?? I
wish to have tuning rates selectable by mode, i.e. 2 kHz tuning rate for
CW and 4 kHz for SSB without making other changes than a mode change.
This was discussed years ago and I thought a commitment was made, but I
have
Is that the one with the little *i *next to the compensation?
Scott
AD6YT
On Mon, May 6, 2019, 7:32 AM Wayne Burdick wrote:
> Gwen,
>
> You should apply for our open Fiction Tech Writer position. Looking for
> someone with imagination to write manuals for mythical products.
>
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
Dan,
The K3 and K3S already have the separate tuning rates (sort of) - but
only when set to COURSE. See the VFO CRS menu description.
The other neat feature (which I use all the time) is to set VFO OFS to
ON which allows the VFO B knob to move VFO A in large steps (according
to VFO CRS)
Gwen,
You should apply for our open Fiction Tech Writer position. Looking for someone
with imagination to write manuals for mythical products.
Wayne
N6KR
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> On May 6, 2019, at 7:16 AM, Gwen Patton wrote:
>
> I'm holding out for the KX9, the one with noetic circuits printed
An update:
I got the PX3 utility communicating with the PX3 after rebooting
my Mac (which didn't help), and swapping the USB<--->RS232 cable
between the two USB ports on the Mac, which fixed the problem.
I have put screen shots from the PX3 on my DropBox
I'm holding out for the KX9, the one with noetic circuits printed directly
on the space-time continuum. It's fantastic, but the K9S has the
hyperspatial roofing filter system that filters out bad intent from a CW
sender's subconscious.
On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 10:14 AM Gwen Patton wrote:
> I'm
On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 12:12 AM John Marvin wrote:
>
> So, how is this Elecraft related you might ask? Well the club is still
> looking for operators, and Elecraft is a sponsor for the event,
> providing four KX3's and four KPA500 amplifiers for the event (Thanks
> Wayne and Eric!). So if you
Notch filter inside the IF
Separate tuning rates for CW and SSB
73,
Dan -- N3ND
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73, Bill KT5TE
On Sunday, May 5, 2019 7:46:34 PM CDT Bert wrote:
> There are dreamers and there are dreamers!
>
> Bert VE3NR
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Thanks. I unplugged and replugged the ribbon cable and the
buttons started working again.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 5/5/19 at 7:37 PM, wun...@wunderwood.org (Walter Underwood) wrote:
I would open it up and reseat the ribbon cable connectors. If
that doesn’t work, I’d save a config, EEINIT, and reload
Wayne and everybody else,
What I like best about my K3s (plural not S version K3) is that I have
been able to perform in-cabinet upgrades, e.g. synth, usb, xverter board
with VHF preamp...
I certainly hope we get a few more of those. Perhaps the DSP and maybe RF
power stages? How about
Bill,
I have exactly the same issue on my old KX3 for last few days.
I got the hint from VK5CP on groups.io to check that the ribbon connectors
are seated properly as he had the same fault and it resolved it.
I am going to do it also today evening after coming back from work.
Let me know if it
Hi all,
so another evening spent with K1...
As Don suggested we stepped back and revised the band module for correct
winding and resistance check. I found that all LPF cores are not correct.
L9-L10 with 22t instead of 21t and L11-L12 with 14t instead of 15t for
40/20m band. So I am going to
This is really funny I think:
Saturday we were sitting in a McDonalds waiting for a ham swap to open. Up
drove a large SUV pulling a 24’ trailer and then pulled in two very new Jeeps
all outfitted of off roading. I estimated that guys hobby (they were all alike
and traveling as a group)
One of the nicest and funny message i ever read from an OM. ;-)
Thanks Bob.
Graziano IW2NOY
Il 06/05/2019 03:37 Bob McGraw K4TAX ha scritto:
That's the reason I purchased my K3S, P3, KPA500 and KAT500 all within
the past 2 years. At 77 years young, I figure it will be my last ham
radio
Just a quick note, WWV is celebrating 100 years on the air this October,
and NCARC (I'm a member) is sponsoring an event with NIST on the WWV
property from 9/28 - 10/2. More information can be found at
http://wwv100.com.
So, how is this Elecraft related you might ask? Well the club is still
On 5/5/2019 2:54 PM, Frank O'Donnell wrote:
On the K3S or K3, what filter(s) are people finding optimal for FT8?
IF selectivity is provided in DSP, not with plug-in filters as with
older radios. Plug-in filters for these radios are ROOFING filters --
they protect the DSP from overload from
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