You guys have way too much time on your hands. C'mon if a post relates to a K3, its OK. Taking a stand on when a post might be weighted too much in another direction is laughably foolish. :-) Could I offer a diversion ? Sudan, ST2AR is on, try working him with your K3.
73, Bob K6UJ On Jun 5, 2012, at 10:27 AM, N5GE wrote: > I strongly disagree, but since you don't seem to mind the posting of questions > regarding other topics.... > > Beginning of exaggerated nonsense post: > > I have a question for the group: > > I have two K3's and I would like to know in the opinion of the group on which > side my John Deere tractor cab should I mount my K3. Should I mount on the > left > side just to the left of the oil pressure gauge or on the right just to the > right of tachometer? > > I'm kind of leaning towards the left side because there are binding posts the > for accessories there. The wires on the binding post appear #4 wire. Would > that be heavy enough to handle the transmit amperage draw from the K3? > > While I'm at it could you tell me where I should mount the antenna and what > brand you recommend for mounting on a tractor. If I mount the antenna on the > top of the cab just above the front window frame, will the windshield wipers > have an affect on TX or RX purity? > > Also I wonder if someone can tell me what sort of noise filtering I should > install and where I should put it. The tractor is a diesel, but it does have > an > electrical system that runs the computers, which brings to mind whether my K3 > will interfere with the computer and the gauges on the dash. Can anyone help > me > decide what to do about that? It might even be dangerous, so if anyone know's > the answers to my questions, please email me via the list. > > End of nonsense post: > > Thre is a simple one line polite non-agressive answer to a post like the one > above. Can anyone guess what it is? > > Thanks and have a nice day, > 73, > Tom > Amateur Radio Operator N5GE > ARRL Lifetime Member > QCWA Lifetime Member > > On Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:06:43 -0400, Scott Manthe <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> So, you're posting an extraneous post to complain about extraneous >> posts? BTW, the discussion of which logging programs work well with the >> K3 seems to be a completely legitimate topic for this list. >> >> 73, >> Scott, N9AA > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
