Kevin Rock wrote:
Submit the results? Probably not since I haven't a clue how to figure
out these fancy score thingies
Kevin, please submit your log. You don't need to know anything about
scoring, they do that for you. Try out the N1MM logger
pages.cthome.net/n1mm/ It is free and it'll
In contests, code speed is inversly proportional to how far you are
listening up from the bottom of the band.
Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw
Hank Kohl K8DD wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am a newcomer to all of this, and I am wondering if there is any
place left in contesting for those
My only complaint with my KX1 in the Spartan Sprint (if I could ever get
parts of the rest of my life to be still for 2 hrs, I'd get into
another one) is that it is a 1.5 hour contest for me. In the last 30
mins, nearly everyone is on 80m, and I'm still on 40 working the few who
haven't
One Ham's Experience: Good News: The LiPoly I got (local RC hobby
shop) was just great! I did not deplete it on our cruise thru the
Panama Canal, maybe 6 hours operating time (mostly listening and no
CQ's), but I did rag chew a bit with a number of SA stns. Ran a Spartan
Sprint after
As the CQWW rolled to a halt (OK, suddenly crashed at Z), the band
became very quiet, as in no signals between 14000 and 14070. Never
heard a peep from anyone on 14050. Checked tower ... still vertical ...
checked SWR -- normal, checked rotator and it was at 350. SFI was in
the 80's,
I find the KXPD1 to be just fine. For a lot of rag chewing, I prefer my
Benchers, but that really isn't what goes on (for me at least) with the
KX1. I tend to make QRP QSO's, maybe 3 or 4 exchanges, or do some QRP
contesting like the Spartan or FOBB. The KXPD1 doesn't offer much
tactile
FWIW: As a senior in HS in '56-'57, I got a job as a relief operator at
a coastal marine station. Everyone had their own bug with a wedge to
connect it to the company-provided straight key, and all but mine were
Vibroplex. I had acquired a very proletarian looking black-based bug
(J-36?)
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Egad! The ARRL did this a couple of years ago and I thought the firestorm it
kicked up would never stop! They finally took the poll off-line in the
middle of the run after it appeared that someone set up scripts to vote
automatically and stuff the ballot box endlessly!
I power my K2/100 with a Yaesu FP-1030A that also powers the FT-847.
Normally, it is on all the time. When leaving for an extended period a
week or so ago, I turned it off, forgetting that I had a 12V Gel Cell
floating on the output. When I got home, the voltmeter on the supply
was at about
Thanks for the inputs ... problem solved, and it turned out to be a
classic lesson in correlation does not imply cause. I had assumed
that the only thing that happened was that I turned off the supply while
the battery was still floating on the output. When we returned home,
turning on the
A little off topic but this is the battery I power my K2 and KX1 from so...
Without intending to, I allowed the 12V sealed gel cell 12 Ah battery to
dischage to about 6.2V when I finally discovered it after coming home
from a trip. It was slowly being discharged, not open circuited.
I
Thanks to all for both the posted and direct responses. I have the open
circuit terminal voltage up to 12.8V right now, and it drops to 12.1
when I power the K2 with it. It is a PowerSonic 12Ah battery, but I
will have to do some checking to see if its capacity is still up there.
FWIW: I
ECN today?
Fred K6DGW
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EricJ wrote:
In the 60's, I used to work QRP with my Meissner Signal Shifter (an
appropriate name if I ever heard one) loaded directly into an antenna.
Yes, it was appropriately named! My Elmer, Art W6RMK, had one that he
had worked a great deal on to get it compensated and stable.
Most of the parts on my bug are straight. Unfortunately, I can no
longer send readable CW with it (dits are easy to start, a bit hard to
stop, and my dahs are really long waiting for the electronics to make
them for me), but I do have a hand crafted real straight key made from
solid brass
With the long (and somewhat forked) thread on SKN, I'm hoping someone
can lay a small uncertainty in my mind to rest:
Many years ago, around the time that Marconi was still in short pants,
and I was about 15 (I did not ever date Marconi's sister since radio
nerds didn't do much dating), I
Well, I just hate it when I'm sure I have a truly obscure question that
maybe only one or two other people in the world can answer, and a great
number reply either:
1. Google 'Lionel' and 'J-36', or
2. Search eBay
or both. Why don't I ever think of that?
Thanks to all the replies, direct
unstated platinum?
Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw
tom.w3qs wrote:
Hello Folks,
This is probably a stupid question, and I guess I already know the answer,
but is this for real?
See GD907WS at http://www.mtech.whsites.net/ghd/
What could possibly make a key worth 1250 bucks?
Tom, W3QS
Ahh yes, I remember ES from a year as a costal marine relief operator at
16. What I have forgotten, and it's only been a year or so, is the new
prosign for @ that was invented.
Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw
Trivia item: probably 90% of the Hams know the Morse for the ampersand ()
and don't
In the prosign thread, it has been suggested that Morse Code (which,
if the world were even remotely fair, would be the Vail Code) is a
language. Fortuitously, I was about to have lunch with an old friend
who retired as a Professor of Linguistics, so I asked him over my patty
melt, Does Morse
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyone else experience the hole?
Yes, I have the same problem, I traced it to some body parts inside my
head (YMMV). I have a fairly large hole in my hearing spectrum that
extends from about 700 Hz to light. In fact most everything from 350 Hz
down to DC is also
FWIW: I've seen a number of test posts recently and a few comments
about blocked posts. About 3 weeks ago, my posts were returned as spam.
It took a little while, but my ISP finally found and got the problem
corrected, for me at least. They tell me that the host server for the
list
Rich Lentz wrote:
work out the molar equations
How did this thread morph into dentistry?
Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw
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My experience with bugs and commercial CW differs from the general
thread ... with a 2nd Telegraph, a friend got me a job as a relief
operator at a coastal marine station during my senior year in HS (1957).
I was 16 and breaking into the crew of OT's was somewhat daunting --
physically as
OK, I am sure the answer to this question is in the manuals. That said,
I haven't found it yet. I get a HiCurr warning on various bands at
powers between 75 and 100W. Rig performs perfectly otherwise, and the
HiCurr warnings don't seem to affect it's performance (worked 6N0F this
AM oon 40)
Thanks to all who replied ... I didn't build my KPA100, I got it from
this reflector and (of course, I'm male) just installed it and didn't
look at directions. CAL CUR at 3.5 has solved the problem.
Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw
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Today, I worked K6VVA/6 (IOTA NA-178 ... Farallon Is. off the coast of
CA and visible from SF on a good day) on 20m with my K2 @ 5W. I could
hear him but got no copy on my TS-850. He was 539 on the K2. Really
good ears out in the Pacific Ocean, but amazing how his signals just
popped out of
AC7AC wrote:
Good points. Hmmm... It brings to mind an image of a gentlemanly
barroom brawl, Hi!
Took up contesting when I retired. Intimidating at first, but now I
liken it to Snowboard Cross or Short Track in the Winter Olympics ...
'Physical contact' is permitted and there is no 'Kiss
Anyone know how safe these automatic Windoze updates my computer wants
to do are? This would be a GREAT one to respond to directly and not on
the reflector!
Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw
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Thanks to all who answered my question regarding Microsoft auto-updates
for Windows. The overwhelming opinion is that they are safe and should
be enabled, so I have done dat. Apparently, after the download, the
update actually happens when you shut your computer down.
Thanks again, hope to
Yes Steve, don't be alarmed. It is totally normal, you are not in
danger, only good will happen, although this is unknown to those devoid
of Elecraft radios. Since my learning curve on new radios is about one
button/knob/menu setting every six months or so, the K2 was great! Not
that I've
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
I'm rather more left than right-handed, so I thought doing it
backwards just came naturally to me G
OK, now I feel better. Non-technical right-handed wife can wind the
toroids every time ... electronic genius left-handed 53-year Ham can't.
I was beginning to think
Managed to work N7RV in the Seattle area, so I may manage a QNI to ECN
in about 10 mins. I'm getting 1.7 W into a 26' wire with the steel
fence around the pool as the ground plane.
I just noticed that everytime I turn the KX1 on, it come up on 14040.0
regardless of where I had it before. Is
Well, finally got home from the Cactus Intertie Annual Meeting. Kevin
was much stronger on 20 from Lake Havasu City than here in N. Cal. I
was at the pool at the Hampton Inn with my KX1 @ 1.7W (6 half-dead AA's
... I really need to prepare better for these events). 26' strung over
the
And use the finest size you can find. Makes control of the amount of
solder much easier. Mine is 63/37 0.010 and it works great. The only
problem is that the solder is fine enough that I sometimes lose the
piece on the workbench if I don't set it down in exactly the same place
everytime.
Kevin Rock wrote:
Before that I split and stacked over a rick of wood.
I know what a cord is (128 ft^3). Whatsa rick?
CU at 2300Z
SFI=72, A=2, K=17, Kp=4 ... who knows, it might work today.
Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw
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When I asked the question, whatsa rick?, I had no idea the thread
would morph into Haggis and arachnophobia.
Doing a define:rick on Google yields:
* pile in ricks; rick hay
* crick: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back
(`rick' and `wrick' are British)
*
When I asked the question, whatsa rick?, I had no idea the thread
would morph into Haggis and arachnophobia.
Doing a define:rick on Google yields:
* pile in ricks; rick hay
* crick: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back
(`rick' and `wrick' are British)
*
Ian Stirling wrote:
The most important step in my opinion is to
do a full inventory, at the same time partitioning
components that look similar to separate marked
locations.
I strongly second Ian's inventory comment, and his reasons for doing it.
It's a bit of a drag, and we all want to
ROBERT CARROLL wrote:
Is it true that the Pro III does not support Curtis Mode B? I have heard
90% of cw devotees use Mode B!
Bob W2WG
Hmmm ...
10% of the male population is left-handed, 10% of the general population
can sleep at-will, 10% of the male population has moderate to severe
Steve wrote:
No, I wrote correctly. 25 FARADS.
But, this is SMALL in comparison. Elna offers 600F @ 2.5V. About 5 long x
1.5 diameter!
YES, 600 Farads. I kid you not. I did a double-take on this one. Really!
See: http://www.elna.co.jp/en/ct/pdf/DPe.pdf
Hmmm ... I wonder what the
Gil Stacy wrote:
Here's a link to what really happened in Lakehurst NJ in
1937. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulrichp/1362599/
(courtesy of Lloyd Lachow).
A question about using a roof ridge-vent as an antenna morphs into a
large, somewhat sluggish shallow-water mammal on fire. Who'd of
Not complaining, just an observation. I think it's interesting how
these things happen. And, for me it's usually, FIRE Ready? Oh nuts,
there goes another pair of sneakers.
Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Fred, K6DGW wrote:
A question about using a roof ridge-vent as an
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Setting DST is not rocket science
Well, no, unless you live in Indiana, where it apparently depends on
street address. I actually have done rocket science during Apollo, and
I'll take that over street addresses anytime. Last I heard, they are
going to do DST
Kevin Rock wrote:
You skipped my favorite aircraft: the Blackbird.
I skipped a few other less well publicized ones too, for obvious
reasons. The original Lockheed Skunk Works occupied Bldg 357 (a hangar)
at the Burbank CA Airport, and the engineering offices were in Bldg 90,
which you could
There was a typo in my KSM/KPH post: My brain knew that they activate
the station on Sunday, but my fingers ran amok and typed Saturday.
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Fred wrote:
K6KPH DE yourcall QLB KSM 6474 QSA 5/KPH 426 QSA 4 K
Fred, you are sounding like a Ham contester!!
I am a
The version I heard had a staffer marking up a memo Winnie had written,
and noting that he had ended a sentence with a preposition. He
reportedly penciled in the margin, This is an insubordination up with
which I will not put.
Regarding the original subject of this thread, my wife knows nothing
N2TK, Tony wrote:
Why even send the call of the station you are calling, especially
if it is a contest? He knows his(her) call.
Months ago, I started the thread in the subject line, it got beat to
death, and I'm surprised it got resurrected. I'm not surprised, however
at how it has morphed.
Kevin was nil, except for a couple of peaks in the QSB. FWIW: I tried
you on long path which turned out to be a not very good joke. Very few
others readable, 8-land and KL7, the 4's I heard were weak. I've seen
the minimums after Cycle 19, 20, 21, and 22. This one seems to take the
cake.
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Many folks new to the K2 don't realize that what they see
on the frequency display is NOT the actual frequency. It's
the requested frequency chosen by either punching in a
frequency on the keypad or turning the dial.
So ... running my K2 is like flying an F-16 or
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Right, Fred, but notice that's what you did with your SX-28
too! You turned the dial to make a frequency mark line up
with the indicator. That was requesting a frequency.
Well, I was just sort of reflecting on our world. Wilbur and Orville
would be astounded.
Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
As don said, 3.99 is in just internal Alpha testing and will not be
released at that level. It will probably be 4.00 when the alpha test
issues are corrected and it is released for beta.
Do Elecraft firmware numbers simply count the versions
N1JM wrote:
In real world operating, has anyone really experienced a difference or could
tell a difference?
If AFSK is working right, I don't think it is possible to tell the
difference between it and FSK by listening [unless the two audio tones
aren't clean sine waves]. I think the real
WOW! I've never liked QSK on any rig, always seemed choppy to me, lots
of thunks and thuds, and the fact that the band noise was an inverted
copy of what I was sending didn't help either and I always have used
semi-QSK. No more! I'll have to try it with N1MM and the Winkeyer
tomorrow. Too
Bob Naumann wrote:
What this tells us is that while us K3 types are devoted and loyal, we're
just a drop in the bucket of the world-wide amateur market compared to the
big two. (Kenwood doesn't count until they come out with a real radio -
then it once again may be the 'big 3').
Actually, I
John Merrill wrote:
I have a ProSet and it is fine at around 10 o'clock. I wonder if it an
impedance thing?
Left most of my hearing on the other side of the planet one night nearly
a lifetime ago and I had the same problem, even with the menu set on HI.
I use the Heil from Elecraft and my
Alan D. Wilcox wrote:
Hello,
Fifty years ago I designed and built a tube keyer to replace my
Vibroplex. Then a transistor keyer. All this before the iambic keyers
came along ...
Left paddle = dots
Right = dashes
Squeeze both paddles = dashes only.
Somewhat over 50 years ago [1956] I
Greg - AB7R wrote:
Could you have selected ANT2 or the RX ANT on 20M? The K3 remembers
these by band so it could be set wrong on 20M and correct on the
other bands.
Early on, my K3 seemed to go deaf on 30m, and the tuner couldn't find a
match. Fine on all the other bands. After putting the
Pete N4RZ wrote : One thought that comes to mind - put a repair queue
length figure on the web-site and update it every day or two
The only problem with that Pete is that it would eat up resources that could
otherwise be used productively, thus slowing down actual work.
Actually, there's a
Dick,
My address book lost you. Can you reply to this?
Thanks
Fred K6DGW
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Don Wilhelm wrote:
I can vouch for the same thing as Lyle. Several years ago, I was
married to a British citizen. Not only were her words for things
slightly different, but I discovered when talking with her family and
others while visiting England, those things they found humorous and
juergen wrote:
As I see it the Kenwood has less knobs
QKB? How many knobs does your radio have?
QKK? How many of those do you know how to use?
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2010 Cal QSO Party 2-3 Oct 2010
- www.cqp.org
Phil Hystad wrote:
Excellent point. I am right handed but almost always use my left
hand for fiddling the knobs and buttons on my K3 (or, any other rig
with one exception). My right hand is either next to my Begali
paddle or it is holding a pencil/pen.
Several years ago, as an outgrowth of
Duncan Carter wrote:
I had a TR switch that I can't remember the name of that had a 6AH6 that
was coupled to the tube side of the out pi network of my DX-100 through
a small capacitor.
Hey, I had one of those, 1954 I think!
It also functioned as a good preamp and added input
selectivity
Hi,
I'll be in the Flight of the Bumblebees this coming Sunday, 25 Jul 2010.
I have a bee number but you have to work me to know it :-). I'll be
on Bald Mt, California [38+54+15N 120+42+14W 1,400m (4,592ft) AMSL] from
1700Z to 2100Z. Rig will be a K2 @ 5W, and a Buddipole in ground plane
Tom W8JI wrote:
insidebut I do think that the issue with standard mud type UHFs is
with the durability of the dielectric, not with the impedance bump, at
HF and even low VHF frequencies.
A long time ago, the USAF told me that N-connectors, when screwed down
tightly [with fingers, not
I have Phonak hearing aids. The audiologist at the VA had one of these
and let me try it out [it didn't look exactly the same as in the web
page, maybe an earlier model]. I fed the headphone out from my K3 to
it. It worked. Not fantastic however. My hearing aids were still on
and I got a
ussv dharma wrote:
IF you have 179 or more days of Honorable Service, retired or not,
you are entitled to two hearing aids (at VA expense) if your hearing
loss impacts on your daily living.
The VA has given me aids for years, and they replace them with new
technology ones periodically. For
I put the DVR into my radio for last year's SSB Nov Sweepstakes, and it
worked great with N1MM. Finally got around to trying the RX Audio
Record and Playback, and I'm not sure what is happening:
1. It records fine and will play back [so far only to the monitor], and
VFO B scrolls around just
Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
Don't forget the Mars Surveyor, that crashed because they got the
units of distance mixed up in the programming Stuff like that
happens.
Transformers [the electrical kind, not the toy kind] have software?
I got about 2 1/2 years at NASA Houston working on Apollo
Hi Ed,
QRP on 40 tends to run from about 7040-7060. There will be some
activity above 7100, but not a lot, I think that used to be the Novice
band. Lately, it seems some digital modes have moved into the 7030-7035
range. Most DX operations are below 7030. 7047.5 is the W1AW scheduled
ussv dharma wrote:
Gosh, I wish there were cw activity out here in KH6 land...I listen
every day and at different times in the nightonly hear the
russian K and M beacons.
The NAQP CW runs from 1800Z 7 Aug to 0600Z 8 Aug, as in tomorrow.
Multipliers are the 50 states [that includes KH6
Folks, Bob N6WG is not sending these, they're apparently coming from PY.
Do NOT open the link!! It appears that someone in Sao Paulo had
managed to harvest a number of address books, some pretty old, and is
sending these. We've got some fairly astute help in NCCC and Bob and
they are
W2XB wrote:
Hello Group,
Har! getting old is not for sissies!! I was coping cw with my new (first
ever) hearing aids. When they are out, rx is normal. With the aids in, its
picking up the high pitch. Sorry about the wasted bandwith.
I'd normally reply direct but there has been a sporadic K3
John Harper wrote:
Just worked (1908Z) Guy N7UN/5 who was atop Greenie Peak in NM on
14061 kHz with his K2. Good signal here - not sure how long he'll be
on the air.
http://www.mountainzone.com/mountains/detail.asp?fid=4384356
It was a SOTA activation of W5/SS-015, good for 10 SOTA points.
Hi,
I have three E-radios plus a few of their other smaller offerings. I
feel I need to be on this list, things do happen that affect me and my
radios [although not a lot lately, it seems :-) ]. The list is becoming
huge. There was at one time a list convention that you put the
primary
The Smiths wrote:
I can belive that, that's why you know it's Cyan, and not just
blue.. LOL. But for the rest of the people here that keep things
simple RED, GREEN, BLUE and YELLOW they just call it Blue..
Got to play with N6XI's new P3 this last weekend. Pretty cool!. I did
figure out
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Well Fred, I find the waterfall valuable for displaying the recent history
of signals, showing those that have stopped recently still travelling down
the screen.
More multi-tasking than I can handle anymore, but I see your point. I
probably won't be a P3
David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
I think I must be very fortunate, since I appear to be able to
determine many more colours than 16. Not having been able to build my
P3 yet (waiting for the nuts!), I can't be sure, but it looks like
the cursors are both U channels, what if one was an upside down
Gary Dezern wrote:
That worked... 3.995, tune, 3.505 and tune... and back to 3.995 with
a short ID and I saw the ATU icon flash. Strange that I don't see it
when changing bands, though.
You have to transmit once. Otherwise, you'd have relays clicking
constantly as you tune the band. Works
I'm revamping my wooden rack that used to hold a bunch of things, most
of which are gone now. I need some design info.
Is the form factor for the yet to be available KPA500 the same as my K3?
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2010 Cal QSO Party 2-3 Oct 2010
-
Thanks to all, I understand the KPA500 size now. Still working on the
design of my rack, I do well with 3-view drawings, not so much with 3D
visualization, so it's taking me awhile.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2010 Cal QSO Party 2-3 Oct 2010
- www.cqp.org
DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote:
Amazing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tIZUhu21sQ
I have nothing to do with product...just amazed and thought I would share.
Hey ... it's YouTube, you get to choose the believability index.
Reminds me of when some folks from the valley came up to visit when all
On 9/16/2010 4:35 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
From what I have read, this guy is nuts -
he was free-climbing - with no safety equipment.
If you want to know why these sites are being taken down, read the
information at
http://www.theonlineengineer.org/TheOLEBLOG/
Sounds like it wasn't a
On 9/17/2010 11:49 AM, Barry wrote:
I presume, historically, it was so there would be enough spacing to
prevent arcing for the 300VDC on the keying line, etc. Nowadays, most
headphones come with 1/8 inch plus, paddles/keyers are low voltage, etc.
I've wondered that myself. The phone and
On 9/20/2010 3:24 PM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote:
I agree with the comment about Iambic A vs B option. I really
couldn't stand the keyer (at first) until I swapped from A to B (or
was it from B to A?). Now, smooth as silk and nothing is every
missed. Of course, that was years ago now (one of my
On 9/22/2010 3:33 PM, W8JH wrote:
Any suggestions on an easy to use RTTY program for the K3? Very casual use
expected. I would like to spend my time on the air rather than reading a
huge pdf manual!
Either MMTTY [RTTY only but very good and it interfaces with several
popular logging
OK, this happens every time I set up my K3 for RTTY [CQ WW RTTY], even
though I've got two pages of stuff written in my station journal, it
still takes me a couple of hours to get it all right.
I'm in DATA AFSK A. Everything seems to finally be working. However,
it is stuck in FL1 which is
On 9/24/2010 4:59 PM, JAMES ROGERS wrote:
Here is what I think might be going on Fred. You have to set the roofing
filters ON for each mode in which they may be used. It sounds like you
have them setup for SSB but not for the modes you are using for RTTY.
The easiest way to do that is with
After quite a bit of thought, I worked up what I wanted and got Rose
Kopp to build me one of her carry cases for my K2 and all of it's
accessories. It came today, and I am a really happy ham right now!
I've gotten interested in [possibly that's addicted to] Summits On The
Air, and I really
On 9/27/2010 4:30 PM, Bill Myers wrote:
I'm trying to remember why I wanted a FSK-capable radio for RTTY. Before
(the K3), I have used sound-card programs (MMTTY, WriteLog) - now I have the
option. As I am a little short on serial ports, I initially set up the K3
using AFSK. Why should I
This was supposed to go to the reflector, sorry Joe.
I think top-post is the reflector standard, see below. I apologize, I
don't know who wrote what Joe quotes ...
I'm not sure I understand usage of the term clipping that has crept
into the where's the punch thread.
From my limited FM/AM/TV
I just installed Version 4.12, everything went as it should, I
power-cycled the K3. In CONFIG:TX DVR, I set it to IND. Holding the
CMP/PWR gives me the usual monitor tone [I'm on CW] adjustable by the
knob. Holding it a second time turns the tone off but leaves the MON 60
n the display.
On 10/14/2010 8:00 AM, Dana wrote:
As a post
script, because of my job, it was 4 weeks before I got to open the
boxes.
The solution to that is to retire :-)
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011
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Hi,
I'm planning to activate Little Bald Mtn [CA - SOTA W6/SN-046] this weekend.
PlanA: Sat 16 Oct 2010 1700Z to ~2000Z. 14.061 for the first couple
of hours, 10.116 for the last hour. I'll try to post to QRPSpots.com
with my phone but I don't know if I'll have service, and I'm not certain
With all the posts about what doesn't work, or doesn't seem to work, I
thought I'd make a short post on what did work. I took my K2, a
Chinese-made Li-Ion battery, my W1, Buddipole, and assorted accessories
to Little Bald Mt [SOTA W6/SN-046] in N. Cal today. There is a fire
lookout there,
On 10/19/2010 10:18 AM, Eugene Balinski wrote:
Has there been any thought about possibly providing DC
power and control signals for the new antenna tuner over
the cax interconnection cable?Might be nice to only
need one cable beween the radio/amp and the coupler.
This one gets a second
On 10/29/2010 1:36 PM, Ken Kopp wrote:
Like many of us, I have several of Dave's enclosures.
Yes, I also have some of Dave's enclosures and love them. They are very
well made and my W1 enclosure has gotten some non-ham interest when I'm
out in the field on a QRP expedition and visitors want
Maybe not Ron. This was happening to me, on my K2, K3, and TS-850 when
I still had it. The problem turned out to be a bad connection where the
feedline was connected to the radiator. It didn't happen all the time,
but when it did, a short burst of RF seemed to complete the connection.
If possible I'd like to slip a non-APF item into the stream:
I'm looking for a reference on how to *use* the NB and NR functions.
I've read the archive stuff about how they work, but I'm still not
able to get much benefit from either one, and Amazon doesn't seem to
carry K3 NB/NR For Dummies.
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