May I suggest that we try to make the EQP contest unique among current
contests by attempting to give actual (meaningful) signal reports.
Because of the association of this content with QRP, the wholesale use
of 5nn seems really quite out of place. It will also be good practice
to those who
trying to save the amount of time it takes to sent a K.
Having said that, hope to see you on the air. K
72,
Mike, NJ2OM
From: David A.Belsley [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/03/10 Thu AM 07:47:37 CST
To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] suggestions for EQP practice
Jason: You've already gotten some good comments. Don is right to ask
if you're getting problems with the dummy load. The fact that you are
bouncing your tv around sounds like you've got a somewhat makeshift,
and possibly unstable, antenna. That could be causing the problem.
One thing that
That dedicated 220 VAC line is likely not all that dedicated, unless
you have absolutely separate 220 VAC service coming into your shack.
Under typical home circumstances, the 110 VAC is simply on one side of
the 220 VAC line. So your 110 shares a buss with the 220 VAC.
LIkewise, two
I'll go with an alley of zero width.
best wishes,
dave belsley, w1euy
On Mar 30, 2005, at 3:22 PM, Dan Barker wrote:
I ran into a brain-teaser once, that had me baffled for hours (I won't
say
how many). Finally, I called my sister, the Rocket Scientist
(actually,
we're not _Rocket_
Well, Bill, my first answer of zero feet width is, in fact, a correct
answer, albeit rather degenerate. It was an answer that came
immediately to mind. However, there is a nondegenerate answer, which
is
approximately 12.3119 feet.
best wishes,
dave belsley, w1euy
That can't be right.
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I have been asked by several how I arrived at the answer to the SLP
(silly
Wonder what he'd do to my call?
Mark AD5SS
That's simple, Mark: A6(error)H5, will probably do the trick.
best wishes,
dave belsley, w1euy
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On Apr 6, 2005, at 10:11 AM, R. Kevin Stover wrote:
Jeremiah McCarthy wrote:
There are a lot of bad fists out there, but there is NO excuse for
what I heard on 40 meters one day last week while I was at the work
bench...
A station in Canton, Ohio was working 7.037...He got a straight key
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
This radio shack number comes up blank on the RS web page. Is it
correct?
best,
dave belsley, w1euy
On Apr 15, 2005, at 8:34 PM, n9pt wrote:
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The KSB2 firmware revision can be obtained by first setting the SSBA
menu entry to BAL, then holding the VOX switch. (Return the SSBA menu
entry to its normal setting after checking the firmware revision.)
Well, I had never read this procedure before, so I gave it a try. SSBA
entry to BAL,
On Apr 17, 2005, at 6:04 PM, Kevin Rock wrote:
My current OS is Win2K.
Boy, Kevin, you'd think in all those years you could have gotten
further than that.
best wishes,
dave belsley, w1euy
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I understand, for safety reasons, the Farragut Amateur Radio
Transmitting Society was forbidden using spark equipment.
dave belsley, w1euy
On Apr 17, 2005, at 10:16 PM, Stephen W. Kercel wrote:
Craig:
Funny you should mention that. In Tennessee, between Knoxville and Oak
Ridge there is a
Check with Fair Electronics http://www2.wcoil.com/~fairadio/. I
suspect you'll have to get their phone number from the web page an call
'em.
best wishes,
dave belsley, w1euy
On Apr 24, 2005, at 2:12 PM, Larry - WA2DGD wrote:
Hello all,
I'm looking to buy a 110 vac Dow Key antenna relay
Tom: You're never going to get rid of some small pitch change: 10-20Hz
is within the resolution of the D2A conversion. It is something you
can learn quite easily to live with, if you will allow yourself. It is
something that will drive you crazy if you won't allow yourself.
Because the
Mike:
This issue comes up with some regularity on this reflector. Allow
me to repeat a message I sent on this matter some time back:
Iambic modes A vs. B:
The difference has to do with what happens after you release an iambic
condition. An iambic condition is where the dot and dash
On Apr 28, 2005, at 4:28 PM, LA2MOA wrote:
I just came home to Lillehammer from 4 days of work in Sweden. I found
a note from the local Post Office, saying that they have a parcel from
Elecraft waiting for me. I bet it´s the K2...
Don't count on it Hans. Elecraft is well known for
On May 4, 2005, at 2:26 PM, Dan Barker wrote:
Ron forgot to mention that the only fix for the deaf on 80 is to
spin the
VFO back down into band (or a reset - arrrgh).
I could be wrong, but I suspect you could fix it by using direct
entry rather than spinning it back down.
best wishes,
You simply had to send a given amount of material within a given time.
best,
dave belsley, w1euy
On May 10, 2005, at 11:23 AM, Jeff Rosenberger wrote:
Mike wrote:
When I took my Extra exam 25 years ago, they had already eliminated
the
Morse sending test. Too bad, I thought. When I took
Side note: I dimly recall that there is an outfit in Germany that has
been making balanced tuners since before balanced became cool.
Balanced didn't become cool; balanced always was cool. Balanced is
only being rediscovered by the generation (or two (or three)) that
thought that coax was the
Vic: You are right. The URL for the brief version of W7EL's paper is
http://eznec.com/misc/ibalbrf.txt
and a more detailed version is at
http://eznec.com/misc/ibalun.txt.
It's not clear to me why one would want to hang on to a balun in a
balanced tuner. A simple L-C network on the input
Winchell didn't send code (or, at least if he did, it was in code). He
had a bug next to his right hand, and he would, for dramatic effect,
slap it around a bit.
best wishes,
dave belsley, w1euy
On May 14, 2005, at 12:33 PM, Bob - W5BIG wrote:
The costumes were a brilliant idea! Really
You guys are missing something in the timing. Sending an SMS message
requires far more than just keying in the receiver's phone number and
the text itself. Once all this is keyed in and the send button is
pressed, the cell system takes over. Much like the email system we are
now using, the SMS
Lyle:
As a matter of interest, what are the possible advantages of such a
solder that would warrant such special, unusual, and awkward attention?
thanks,
dave, w1euy
On May 14, 2005, at 6:26 PM, Lyle Johnson wrote:
First of all, you are correct, it is corrosion. I have used plenty of
I recently saw comments somewhere about
K7JA slapping' the dual lever paddle during the
Jay Leno show indicating he had learned on a
single lever.
I think I have been following this thread pretty closely, and I don't
recall anyone saying K7JA was slapping the paddle. I think you may
I just got back from my annual trek to Martha's Vineyard, but operating
the K2 was a bit different this year. My home qth situation does not
accommodate an ATU very well, so I avoided getting the KAT2. And, of
course, once I added the KPA100, that issue seemed to become moot.
However, when
I just received a message from earl bailley @centurytel.net, subject
test, touting an anti-spam program and having no other
reflector-related content. I am not replying directly to earl bailley
for obvious reasons, but I want him, and anyone else on the reflector
who is interested, to know
Darrell:
Much in the world that is truly good is lost in the search for the
optimal.
best wishes,
dave belsley, w1euy
On Aug 28, 2005, at 7:25 PM, Darrell Bellerive wrote:
I'm about to build my second K2. Stupid me, sold the first one. But
then again
I really like building.
Being a
Paul:
Way back, in the early days of the K2, there was a young chap who
detached the front of the K2 from the body in order to mount it on a
bicycle. He did a nice job. I believe there were a number of pictures
of his arrangement on the Elecraft site.
best wishes,
dave belsley, w1euy
On Mar 21, 2005, at 4:27 PM, Don wrote:
About rechargable lithium batteries in general
Many folks do not know this and I had to find it out the hard way when
I bought some rechargable lithium batteries for my camera.
Rechargable (Lithium ion) batteries decline in quality with age. It
What is the link to the K3 pricing information?
thanks,
dave belsley, w1euy
david a belsley
professor emeritus at boston college
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addresses have been altered. I've never gotten this second message
before, and I suspect it is a form of spam (or scam), but I am not
sure
test message, please forget
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boston college
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Bill:
You don't tell us where the MFJ is going into the line. Is the
same coax that feeds the antenna being plugged into the MFJ? or is it
reading from a different point?
dave belsley, w1euy
My K2/100 is indicating high current draw on a portion of 40 meters
but only on the
Joseph:
Genetic Algorithms would be an extremely inefficient method for
solving such a problem where the objective value is so easily measured
and the direct effects of the arguments of the objective function
(capacitance and inductance) are so easily determined. Wayne's
solution is
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