About one year ago when I built a RockMite-40 and was about to try it I heard somebody calling CQ on 7040 kHz. I quickly plugged in my Bencher paddles to find that only one side was working and the other side didn't (new stereo 1/8" plug from R.S. was bad). Couldn't find my straight key right off (sorry, I had moved a couple of years before and still haven't finished unpacking yet). So, I quickly found another 1/8" plug which I clipped some wires to and tapped out my reply for my first QRPp QSO with the RockMite-40, from Allentown, PA to Wilmington, DE! This relates to the thread about a bad fist as well, as you can imagine. But I guess it wasn't so bad, or at least when I explained and appologized in advance to the guy in DE he must have given me great room for error, but was still able to copy me okay. I was horrified as it was the worst code I think I had ever sent! It was classic, though, to have a Morse code QSO by literally tapping two wires together.
Mark, NK8Q K2 #4786 >From: Andrew Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed Apr 06 14:02:59 CDT 2005 >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] spectrogram question >> It appears you already have it set correctly. You want the center of the >> passband (not an errant peak) to be over the frequency marker. >> >> Now, this having been said, that sharp peak you illustrated, is it there >> ALL THE TIME? If so, that's very unusual... and it might indicate that > >The sharp peak was there all the time; I used band noise as the source. >It must have been a signal (ham or locally generated). Filters are now >aligned and as an added bonus all but the narrowest filter have the same >pitch. > >Thanks to all who replied. > >Now if only my paddle would arrive I could get on the air. Everything >else on #4778 is finished. > >--Andrew > > >_______________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Post to: [email protected] >You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
