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On 31/10/2011 14:20, Mitch Wolfson DJØQN wrote: > Hi Johnny, > > I have had a lot of problems over the years trying to order things from > U.S. based stores using a foreign credit card. Most internet shops there > seem to think we are all some kind of criminal if we live outside of the > United States ;-) > > One exception I have found is B&H. They have no problem with foreign > cards, even billing a foreign address, but shipping to a U.S. address. > > Their link for the CM500 is at: > <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/375558-REG/Yamaha_CM500_CM500_Headset_with.html> > > > 73, > Mitch DJ0QN > > On 31.10.2011 02:18, Johnny Siu wrote: >> Hello Elecrafter, >> >> I was QRV to an outline island of Hong Kong (known an Lamma Island). >> Therefore, I only brought K3+KPA500+Buddipole+25A switching power supply. >> >> Scores were of course nothing promising because I was lazy and slept a lot. >> The buddipole was installed on the roof of 3 storey village type house. >> However, the metal canopy structure on the roof seriously influenced the >> buddipole set up so that SWR below 21Mhz was very high no matter how I >> adjusted the antenna. >> >> KAT500 is still in Elecraft's lab. Therefore, no tuner was used in this set >> up. KPA500 could handle SWR below 2 and I worked full power of KPA500 on >> 28Mhz. The KPA500 was cool and quiet. The integration with K3 was silk >> smooth. >> >> Below 28Mhz, I can only run bearfoot with K3 using the internal KAT3. In >> 7Mhz, I trust the effective RF out at the end of Buddipole could be as low >> as 50W. Anyway, I could still get some multipliers in Europe. >> >> The selectivity of K3 was excellent but I really missed the DSP NR in my big >> Icoms. I regret to say that NR in K3 is as bad as useless so that I simply >> turned off DSP NR during the entire contest. Also, when I adjusted the IF >> bandwidth say from 2.4khz to 2.1khz, I noticed a very short 'black out' time >> when I could not hear the signal during the adjustment. I would suspect the >> DSP IF filter in K3 needs some time to 'think' about the adjustment. Once I >> settled down to 2.1Khz, it was all ok. >> >> I used the Yamaha CM500 from my colleage VO1AU which was very good. I >> cannot get a CM500 in VR2, could any of you advise where I can get a CM500 >> in USA? >> >> The logging ware was N1MM. >> >> During contest time, band spectrum P3 seems not quite necessary because >> there were stations every other Khz. I heard quite a number of US stations >> even in 7Mhz but I could not work them due to poor antenna set up. >> >> How was your CQ WW? Any information / experience to share? >> >> TNX& 73, >> >> >> Johnny VR2XMC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
