While running in Field Day a number of years ago with Rich, NU6T, I had
my K2/10 and he had his K1. Part way through the day, we exchanged
radios since I'd never seen a K1 and I found out what a really cool
little radio that really is. Nothing digital except the display, it
just really
Hmmm ... I thought that the ALC started AT the 5th bar and the first 4
bars were sort of a VU-meter. Hence Don's occasional advice, "4 full
bars and the 5th occasionally flickering." I've been known to get things
wrong in the past however.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe
FWIW: I see that regularly, in short bursts. Midday, just watching 80
while otherwise occupied, those multiple very narrow carriers come up
for anywhere from a few seconds to a minute or two, and then disappear.
Oddly, but thankfully, I'm not plagued with SMPS type noise ... well,
except when
Timing is everything! The Earth-facing half of the sun is currently
extremely quiet, SFI is around 112, down from nearly 200. The sun
rotates in roughly 28 days [various latitudes do so at somewhat
different rates] so try again in about 14-20 days.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
It's the 5th button down in the Configuration tab on the K3 Utility.
Don't know if the K3s has a different utility however.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Doug Hensley wrote on 3/24/2024 1:10 PM:
Helping a friend with his new K3s. He wants to change the callsign
Make sure VOX is turned on in the K3 and that it is set for straight key
input ... i.e. internal keyer off. If your K3 is properly configured,
shorting the RCA Phono plug that goes into the Winkey should key the
K3. It is possible that you've got the Winkey configured for the second
[KEY2]
FWIW: I used to use the RRC1258 to access a remote station, and I had
this issue at times. The AF gain would go very low, any small movement
of the AF Gain control would restore it instantly. It's old info, I
don't use the 1258 anymore, but it was real for me when I did.
73,
Fred ["Skip"]
It's around 8.15 MHz. It's ahead of the ADC and 15 kHz 2nd IF, the RF is
over 200 kHz wide and is nominally there for connection to a P3.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Ed Parish wrote on 3/9/2024 12:57 PM:
IF means Intermediate Frequency. It is the result of mixing
Back in the point-to-point wiring days it was common to place a number
of components at once, folding the leads/wires over the terminals and
then soldering all of them. It was said to cut down on misplaced
components because you were focused on selecting the right components
and placing them
That's the connector where the K-POD connects in addition to whatever
Elecraft techs use it for
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Robert Brown via Elecraft wrote on 3/6/2024 6:34 PM:
Excellent condition P3 w/SVA option. Only “defect” is that a underbody
connector
The K3 very conveniently includes switch actions in its CAT vocabulary,
both TAP and HOLD [SWTnn and SWHnn]. I used N1MM+ to send them to
activate the K3 voice recorder memories back when I still knew how to
operate SSB. I recorded my messages using the same radio and microphone
that I used
The military isn't chasing DX or contesting ... They need enough
radiation for adequate operation in their networks. In the example, a
resistor in the folded dipole gives them that, they don't care about the
3dB, and a much easier radio system to set up. Little different for us
"Amateurs."
Can't speak to the K3s, but the K3 required a modification to the 1st IF
[8 MHz] gain for my P3 to show weaker signals. It was just a resistor
change.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Jim Murray via Elecraft wrote on 12/17/2023 12:05 PM:
Hello all, Having acquired a
Chopping out a part of the spectrum of a voice signal is fairly serious
"surgery," resulting in noticeable distortion products. The reverse [a
peaking filter like the Q-multipliers of yore] is also true. OTOH, the
notch filter, while adding a lot of distortion, may render a signal
covered by
ght about that, Fred, but my serial number is in the low 8000s.
I assembled the kit. It came with the gold pins.
Could still be a bad connection I suppose. I've found at least 4
different ways to trigger the behavior, but it doesn't seem to affect
any functionality.
On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at
Has your K3 received the coveted Golden Connector Pins? Mine [S/N 642]
began doing things like that, especially on the BAND+/- and MODE +/-
buttons. Pressing really hard would sometimes make it work. The K-POD
proved to be a work around, but the new connector pins on a trip to the
factory
Has your K3 received the coveted Golden Connector Pins? Mine [S/N 642]
began doing things like that, especially on the BAND+/- and MODE +/-
buttons. Pressing really hard would sometimes make it work. The K-POD
proved to be a work around, but the new connector pins on a trip to the
factory
FWIW: I use my K3/KAT3 at 100 W in RTTY contests with no issues. %
derating could be a function of the complex impedance at the end of your
transmission line ... my match on all bands is not terrible.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
ken.k...@gmail.com wrote on
Dogs are smart enough to not do that
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Jim Brown wrote on 8/9/2023 2:33 AM:
On 8/8/2023 10:32 PM, Victor Rosenthal wrote:
Back in the days that I operated SSB, I transmitted more than one
meow as a
result of using VOX.
I had a cat that
G4GNX wrote on 8/2/2023 4:40 PM:
"Supposing that USPS do their job correctly"
That might happen right after the pubs in the UK begin serving ice cold
Guiness in frozen mugs, Alan. The US Postal Service used to be the most
trusted agency of our government. Today, I put at least one and
th climate
change, that might be changing. There was quite a display once last
year.
- Jerry, KF6VB
On 2023-07-31 13:20, Fred Jensen wrote:
Be very careful of advice regarding lightning protection. There are
some very good sources, starting with the NEC and including material
Be very careful of advice regarding lightning protection. There are
some very good sources, starting with the NEC and including material
from ARRL. Some is somewhat non-intuitive. For example, the NEC
requires that any additional "earth electrodes" [aka ground rods] be
bonded to the service
And all other cables entering the house. Much of the damage caused by
lightning stems from currents induced in conductors entering the house
caused by the intense electromagnetic fields. Lightning is an RF event.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Ray Maxfield wrote
We're just a bit west of the approach to KRNO 17R. A/C normally land
south and I can just barely discern doppler spreading on 40 m on the P3
at 4 kHz span. Last winter when there was FTx on 10, the spreading was
more pronounced. I guess Christian Andreas Doppler would tell me ... "Duh!"
I have a variety of frequencies, both in and outside the ham bands [e.g.
KPH freqs] set up in my K3. The KPH freqs are set up with the "*" in
the name for channel hopping. Worked great for 10 years. This AM,
getting ready for the "Big Enigma Decryption Test" I tapped M->V,
selected memory
Pete:
The first 4 bars on the K3 ALC are just an audio level indication [i.e.
VU meter]. ALC action starts at the 5th bar, which you want to be just
flickering. Unless you have 4 solid bars, the K3 will keep trying to
adjust the TX gain to achieve the selected output power and it may not
A wise observation I learned during the Apollo missions in the late 60's
was, "Regardless of how reliable parts are, put enough on the rocket and
something will always be broken." You don't really need much of an
"interface" between computer and radio. In many cases, they're just
more black
Things become obsolete when replacement parts and/or service are no
longer available. It tends to happen suddenly, often accompanied by the
release of smoke.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Stephen Dubin via Elecraft wrote on 7/17/2023 8:21 AM:
I don't think an
Which begs the question(s), "Why would one engineer a radio that can be
'misadjusted' to create awful signals?" Adjustable keying rise/fall
times comes to mind first I guess since there is one optimal shape and
rise/fall times. All others are sub-optimal. "I want to generate
clicks today so
There are some things in a transmitter that just should never be
adjustable. There is an optimum rise time and waveshape for minimizing
clicks. It is what it is, it's the best you can get, and there is no
reason whatsoever to change it.
Nearly a lifetime ago at a college ham station, there
Some is because the Elecraft customer base is vastly larger than when
they were selling K1, KX1, and K2 kits.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Dave wrote on 6/24/2023 11:08 AM:
Some of it is due to the global parts shortages, parts that have gone up
considerably in
Life in the age of vacuum tubes [valves] and high voltages was much
simpler. Just take the bottom off and look for where the fire was in the
corner of the chassis.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Michael Carter wrote on 6/3/2023 3:43 PM:
Hi George,
Congratulations on
No. "Elecraft bias" is a low voltage applied to electret mics.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Alan Geller via Elecraft wrote on 5/16/2023 6:40 PM:
Is what Elecraft calls mike “bias” in the K3 and K3s Owners handbooks
Equivalent to the “48 volt ghost voltage” required
1AL
On 4/19/23 16:38, Fred Jensen wrote:
and I'd buy one if it would do a trapezoidal pattern. Judging TX
signal quality looking at the time-domain envelope is pretty hard,
but I can judge straight sides on the T-pattern
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe Count
and I'd buy one if it would do a trapezoidal pattern. Judging TX signal
quality looking at the time-domain envelope is pretty hard, but I can
judge straight sides on the T-pattern
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Jack Brindle via Elecraft wrote on 4/19/2023 1:06 PM:
It's always seemed to me that Poynting's Vector is the most aptly named
entity in mathematics.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Edward Mccann wrote on 4/7/2023 7:41 PM:
Dave:
You may have redefined Poynting’s Theorem!
Ed McCann
On Apr 7, 2023, at 6:23 PM, Dave New,
Clarence Tuska was the other founder and original owner of QST magazine,
but HPM always gets all the press.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Alan Bloom wrote on 3/19/2023 12:46 PM:
Hiram Maxim, inventor of the Maxim machine gun, was the father of
Hiram Percy Maxim, a
AF5LQ wrote, "Unable to call anyone, especially on Elecraft 80 m Sunday
nets."
In mild dissent to several of the replies ... from very savvy folks ...
one of the truly enlightening things that J. C. Maxwell worked out back
in the 19th century was, "If you can get alternating current to flow
Do I understand the K4 order page correctly that my KPOD currently on my
K3 will also plug into and work with a K4 ... should I decide to spring
for one?
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
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That's the method for aligning the K2 filters recommended by Don,
W3FPR. It works great for the K2, I don't see why it wouldn't work for
a K3 also. That's a cool pair of calls too!
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Jon Iza wrote on 3/2/2023 11:11 PM:
Folks,
some K3
So, is the cat 75% alive and 25% still unknown?
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Wayne Burdick wrote on 2/18/2023 10:53 AM:
This cat is is at least 75% of the way out of the bag :)
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Indeed, 3 was the magic number! Reads like a spec sheet or copy from an
Elecraft ad. Heard an interesting program on KUNR [Univ of NV Public
Radio] the other day interviewing 3 attorneys who specialize in
copyright/patent infringement cases. The basic question to them was,
"If ChatGPT is
Chances are high that they really weren't ASCII space characters.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Alan Bloom wrote on 2/17/2023 12:51 PM:
On 2/17/23 12:48, Dave New, N8SBE wrote:
Alan,
For starters where are all the spaces? :-) Makes it hard to read,
that's for
Ummm ... be careful to not overplay this. "Hacked your email" is
usually taken to mean "breaking into your email client." That's not
really what is going on. Our email addresses permeate the Internet and
are fairly easy to harvest. Likewise, forging a fake originator's
address when sending
Right on Dave, except that "simple" is a better term than "obvious." My
K3 is S/N 642 ... very long in the tooth now. Perhaps 8 or 9 years ago
30 m quit. Just internal noise and infinite SWR. All the other bands
were fine. After about 2 days of fooling with the myriad of connectors
and
The humongous signal is not there this afternoon and K3 tunes all the
way to 8 MHz just fine. I'll continue to check from time to time.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Fred Jensen wrote on 2/2/2023 4:59 PM:
OK, this one has me confused. I was looking for C
OK, this one has me confused. I was looking for CHU on 7850 or close,
and as I was tuning up from 40 m, I encountered a VERY strong signal
around 75xx or so which sounded like RTTY, at which point my K3 froze.
No control did anything, including the K-Pod and the power switch, the
very strong
Does the radio still work? If I find loose parts but the radio still
works, I consider them to be spare parts. Seriously, does it appear
to be electronic in nature ... i.e. does it have terminals or solder
points?
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Dennis W1UE wrote
There is a Dow-Key coax relay that does that automatically ... a pin
grounds the inactive terminal. I would think your scheme would work OK.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Ray Spreadbury via Elecraft wrote on 1/19/2023 8:43 AM:
I am thinking of building a low power
Hold the PWR knob in for a sec or two and it becomes the MON volume
control. Then TAP it and it boes back to PWR
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
dave arruzza via Elecraft wrote on 1/14/2023 9:29 AM:
How do I lower the sidetone volume
I looked through the manual and I
Beware of VGA cables and the K2, most [maybe all] are not
straight-through. The connector on the K2 has 2 pins approximating
RS-232 signal levels and 1 ground. The remainder are internal signals
at internal voltages.
Running solid state amps at seriously reduced drive levels can reduce
1. "The Problem" is almost never caused by "the worst thing that could
happen."
2. Humans will nearly always assume it's "the worst thing that could
happen."
While learning to fly an airplane many years ago, IP told me, "By far,
the reason for landing with the gear up is because you
In addition to my regular duty as the Comm Officer at Galena AFS AK in
1963, I also flew a DeHaviland L-20 "Beaver" for the CAP SAR missions.
AK bush pilots never seemed to check the gas gauge before taking off so
it was a couple of missions a month. Not only was it deafening in
flight, the
A long time ago, velocity ["ribbon"] mics were common in broadcast,
apparently they're not any more. Really boosted the bass if you close
talked them. At 17, I could crawl way up close to the RCA 44 at the
board and sound like James Earl Jones.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
When my younger brother was finally out of the house for good, Mom and
Dad bought a double-wide, sold the house in So. Central LAX, and moved
south into a "Mobile Estates Park" in Costa Mesa. The wiring was Al.
About 3 years later, they had a problem in one of the outlets that
involved a
Thompson's First Law: "If there is QSB, his signal will be strong while
sending all the unnecessary things you already have and then fade when
he gets to the one necessary thing you asked for."
Thompson's Second Law: "Repeat your request and then refer to
Thompson's First Law."
73,
Fred
Practically any electret mic element today is going to be good or even
great. Having come from the era of "cans", with the wire headband,
cloth covered cord, and thin metal diaphram, that you wore forward of
your ears to prevent hearing damage, I've come to the conclusion that
the only
supposed to do with the cotton balls?"
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
On Sep 25, 2022, at 7:17 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
No. But try on a little poison oak followed by a hot shower. OMG. That’s the
nice burn.
elecraft.com
On Sep 25, 2022, a
nd loss for
the radiated field that is a function of the ground conductivity.
Dave AB7E
On 9/29/2022 12:30 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
The Franklin is two vertical, co-linear half-waves fed in-phase.
Google will offer way more than you want to read. Obviously a large
structural challenge for
anpresley@me. com
n7...@arrl.net
On Sep 29, 2022, at 12:08, Fred Jensen wrote:
I've long wondered why hams haven't done more with Franklin verticals? KFBK
[1530 kHz in Sacramento] uses one located in the southern end of the Sacramento
Valley, and it's known as a Flame Thrower. I think KNBC
I've long wondered why hams haven't done more with Franklin verticals?
KFBK [1530 kHz in Sacramento] uses one located in the southern end of
the Sacramento Valley, and it's known as a Flame Thrower. I think KNBC
[680 kHz?] in SF had one back in the 50's sometime too. They're big at
MF, but
Someone has called the sheriff on me twice while set up on a park bench
with my Alexloop. I suspect the AX1, with or without a counterpoise,
would be less likely to provoke someone to do that. One woman
approached me and asked me if I was the CIA.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
There is no such thing as a "nice" RF burn.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Steve L wrote on 9/24/2022 6:36 PM:
Caution when using this location: Make sure your counterpoise is insulated and
there’s no way to contact bare metal at this point with your hand when using
Tuning on most mag loops is very touchy, and more so on lower
frequencies, because of the extremely high Q. My Alexloop has a
reduction gearbox on the capacitor, and I wish it had 3 times the
reduction it has. I doubt you could get close enough with a
motor-driven cap to a preset position.
While we're on the subject of huge amounts of static electricity, I've
posted this before but it is important [see text]: Precipitation static
... rain, snow, and even dust ... can kill your radio, and it will do it
with no rumble, flashes, sparks, and crashes. On the panadapter, it
will
Jerry: Just in case you are not [yet] aware ... Small so-called
"magnetic loops" must be exactly resonant meaning that you go to TUNE
mode [i.e. feeding power to the loop] and then adjust the loop for exact
resonance. While exact resonance is indicated by zero reactance looking
into the
This was discussed at length several years ago. My memory is becoming
increasingly write-only and I don't remember the exact outcome of those
exchanges, but I think I recall that the SPAN is preserved, however the
center frequency depended on how the band change occurred. I do know
that once
Complex, multivariate problem Brian, sensitivity being only one
variable, and some of the variables are very subjective. I love my K2
and use it QRP, usually in the summer, for field activities. It is not
a great multi-station FD rig and has nowhere near the capabilities of a
K3 in such an
Found that out the hard way and fried a trace on the RF board.
Fortunately, it was repairable. Unfortunately, it wasn't very easy.
One of mine is now painted black [I'm colorblind]. If you have a
K2/KPA100 combo, it's easy to get the amp off, I'd do it now.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks
"not to mention intuitively color-coded"
"Intuitively" may work for most, not so much for those of us males whose
color vision is seriously compromised. I can tell the difference
between the black side and the not-black side if I see them together
which is almost always... electrically, I've
Take out the screws, remove the KPA100 top disconnecting RF and 12V
molex cables, find LP top, connect RF and 12V molex cables from LP top,
install screws. Required tools: small screwdriver. Cautions: see below.
Time: 10 min.
Make sure you get the two molex cables into the right connectors
and, though not always well known, ferrite cores in transformers for
feeding antennas can also saturate with excess RF power. The resulting
RF din can be discouraging to neighbor hams and folks watching TV.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Josh Fiden wrote on 7/6/2022
Well, not really, Mike. The magnitude of the impedance at the end of a
wire can vary from low to very high [several thousand ohms] depending on
its electrical length. As David pointed out, the general Elecraft ATU
design is an L-network using relays to combine various fixed values of
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On 01.07.2022 19:07, Fred Jensen wrote:
Peter:
1. Open Control Panel and click on Hardware/Sound-->Device
Mangler-->Ports
2. In the View menu, click on Show Hidden Devices
Pretty harsh, Wilson ... and also pretty much wrong. I use a KAT2 with
my K2, and KAT3 with my K3, and used the KXAT1 with my KX1 before I sold
it, and they all work just fine ... all bands. Currently, the only
manual tuner I own is a homebrew Z-match W8FGU made for me. I use it
with a QRPp
Peter:
1. Open Control Panel and click on Hardware/Sound-->Device Mangler-->Ports
2. In the View menu, click on Show Hidden Devices
If there are any, they will appear in the Ports display but grayed out.
Delete them, close everything, reboot, and try again. Windows will
occasionally, and
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Jim Brown wrote on 6/30/2022 11:52 AM:
On 6/30/2022 11:07 AM, Fred Jensen wrote:
The outer surface of the coax shield to the rig forms the
counterpoise [i.e. the "other side of the antenna"].
While this does work for transmitting, it also is a recipe for
Mike,
I'll assume you're going to end feed the wire. The impedance at the end
of 130 ft will vary all over the place on different bands. My WOOF
antenna is 136 ft end-fed through a 9:1 autotransformer ["balun" may be
the most misunderstood, misused word in Amateur Radio] The outer
surface
llowed. So CW the CW segements are all the amateur
bands. Let's keep it that way.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2022, 13:45 Fred Jensen <mailto:k6dg...@gmail.com>> wrote:
In the US:
50.000 - 50.100 MHz
144.000 - !44.100 MHz
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM
Realistically, a manufacturer can only rely on the first category --
readily available parts. Production scheduling, staffing, sales,
distribution all require a predictable, steady, stable supply of ALL
components. Microprocessor, microcontroller, and ASIC parts are
especially sensitive
In the US:
50.000 - 50.100 MHz
144.000 - !44.100 MHz
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Andy Durbin wrote on 6/26/2022 4:51 PM:
"Still, that frenzied fun-house of robotic birdcalls did serve as a convenient
marker for the end of each CW segment."
Which bands have a CW
Four categories:
1. Readily available
2. Difficult to obtain in a timely enough manner for manufacturing/sales
3. Obsolete but marginally available from some sources [see octal-base
vacuum tube]
4. Unobtanium
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
David Gilbert wrote on
Hmmm ... I contest with an N3ZN single-lever on the right but ragchew
with a Begali MagPro on the left, but not at the same time. My Elmer,
Art W6RMK, taught me to send right so I could write left in my log.
When logs no longer mattered to the FCC, I began to migrate casual Q's
to the left.
Hector, XE2K, is the recognized expert. He travels around, regularly to
Bay Area gigs.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
eric norris via Elecraft wrote on 6/10/2022 8:37 PM:
Dear Gang:
I can no longer work up on my small tower, and need to find someone who does
antenna
Wow! Those of us from a certain era built our stations from parts
scrounged from discarded television sets using designs handed down by
amateur ancestors and our mentors. Most of the TV sets came from behind
the local Radio/TV repair shop, not the town dump, but they were in the
"free pile."
Wow! Those of us from a certain era built our stations from parts
scrounged from discarded television sets using designs handed down by
amateur ancestors and our mentors. Most of the TV sets came from behind
the local Radio/TV repair shop, not the town dump, but they were in the
"free pile."
I did the "Main Breaker 2-Step" and nothing went away. My noise on 80
and 40 on the K3/P3 is highly varied ...
1. Narrow discrete carriers [that appear linked, 25-35 kHz apart] come
and go, sometimes within seconds
2. Broad [5-10 kHz] bands of noise, often without any harmonic brethren
Great Ric!, I've done that three times now ... all became active hams
once they had a rig good enuf to make!Q's. I'm not quite ready to part
with my K2 [#4398], but when I do, that's how it will go.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Rick Tavan wrote on 6/5/2022 5:23 PM:
"Hey ... the last compile is clean, let's go to production!"
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Walter Underwood wrote on 6/1/2022 9:42 PM:
On Jun 1, 2022, at 7:30 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
"There's always another bug," to quote an anonymous sage, but please...go for
They are known to radiate
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Richard wrote on 5/11/2022 1:58 PM:
Anybody out there super-well versed in the behavior of the half-wave dipole?
Cheers,
Richard Kunc
W4KBX
__
I don't think it has much if anything to do with the size of Elecraft.
WW2 gear was built with point-to-point wiring and components [e.g.
resistors, capacitors] that were available through the 40's, 50's, 60's,
70's, 80's, and even into the early 90's. My Swan 500C in the late
60's was
Just love pronouncements as the concrete hardens around them! "640
kB should be enough for everyone."* "At very best, the worldwide market
for a computer like this will be six or seven."** "The K3s is a dead end."
A "dead end" road stops. It no longer works as a road. The
functionality
Can't speak to your current or future thinking Gary, but...
The K3 and K4 [and some other non-Elecraft radios too] are near the
physical limits for most of what we consider important today. Not going
to get much better because of that, and who's at the top will depend for
some part on the
That is only true if DHCP is enabled in the router [it almost always is
in home situations], AND the device you're connecting is configured to
negotiate with DHCP for an IP address lease. I don't have a K4 but I
suspect there is at least one other attribute for the IP address setting
that
It means your radio is keyed. Unplug the key.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Dave W8OV wrote on 4/12/2022 6:36 PM:
I had that once and it turned out to be a wire connected to my key
line was contacting some other device. I'd suggest you look for any
connection
Or perhaps OOKPWM? That was the only available modulating technique for
spark transmitters. For all it's apparent simplicity, it is still
possible to create a rotten signal, and it is notoriously difficult to
decode ... unless you're a human being.
My modest home station is comprised of
Why do we call this "wireless?"
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Jack Brindle via Elecraft wrote on 3/31/2022 9:47 PM:
OK, now this is starting to make sense. Jim’s K3 has a KIO3, not the newer
KIO3B. On the older board, the BAND and PTT lines have pullup resistors to
There's not a lot on the web re: KWM-380 except for sales. I recall
little about it except that it was very expensive for the time. I think
the KWM-2 went for about $1,500 new? in the 60's, that would be about
$15,000 in today's money, although it wouldn't be an attractive
transceiver in
AM:
IIRC, Rockwell, not Raytheon.
On 3/30/2022 10:40 AM, Fred Jensen wrote:
Ummm ... Art Collins had a very large military business in addition
to a small amateur one, and sold his company to Raytheon who, it
turned out, had little interest in building amateur gear. The
decision to leave the
Ummm ... Art Collins had a very large military business in addition to a
small amateur one, and sold his company to Raytheon who, it turned out,
had little interest in building amateur gear. The decision to leave the
market was voluntary, although I have vague memories of one incredibly
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