Currently On road to Carbondale, Illinois to see totality. Hoping everyone has a clear view. 73 Al K2AL
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 20, 2017, at 12:27 AM, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote: > > Send Elecraft mailing list submissions to > elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > elecraft-ow...@mailman.qth.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Elecraft digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Make this email list more manageable - a forum instead? (GWK) > 2. Re: Make this email list more manageable - a forum instead? > (Walter Underwood) > 3. Re: List or Forum (Alan Bee) > 4. Re: [Elecraft_K3] Eclipse update (Mike Flowers) > 5. unsubscribing (Ross) > 6. Re: List or Forum (Bill) > 7. KAT2 unresponsive (Bob) > 8. Re: Eclipse update (Logan Zintsmaster) > 9. Re: List or Forum (Nr4c) > 10. Re: List or Forum (Wes Stewart) > 11. Mobile antenna breakthrough? (Wayne Burdick) > 12. Tuneup, Rescue, Build your K2, K1, KX1, others (Alan D. Wilcox) > 13. Re: Mobile antenna breakthrough? (Phil Hystad) > 14. Elecraft CW Net Announcement (kev...@coho.net) > 15. Re: KAT2 unresponsive (Don Wilhelm) > 16. Re: N6KR/7 Eclipse station test, 14060.0 (now) (Matt Zilmer) > 17. Re: Eclipse update (Fred Jensen) > 18. Re: Eclipse update (kev...@coho.net) > 19. Re: N6KR/7 Eclipse station test, 14060.0 (now) (Ron D'Eau Claire) > 20. Re: N6KR/7 Eclipse station test, 14060.0 (now) (Wayne Burdick) > 21. Re: N6KR/7 Eclipse station test, 14060.0 (now) (Wayne Burdick) > 22. Re: N6KR/7 Eclipse station test, 14060.0 (now) (Albert Winger) > 23. Re: Mobile antenna breakthrough? (Mike Furrey) > 24. Re: Mobile antenna breakthrough? (Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP) > 25. Re: Mobile antenna breakthrough? (Fred Jensen) > 26. Re: Mobile antenna breakthrough? (Doug Smith) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 16:01:32 -0400 > From: GWK <gkid...@ilstu.edu> > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Make this email list more manageable - a forum > instead? > Message-ID: <7d0af441-f3db-30c3-8f28-d95e60da8...@ilstu.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Keep the list as at present.? Filter on "Subject = [Elecraft] " will put > the entire list into a file of your choice.? If we could get everyone to > include the rig model in their subject line, we could be more specific, > but of course we probably can't do that. > > 73 - George? W3HBM > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 13:28:32 -0700 > From: Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> > To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Make this email list more manageable - a forum > instead? > Message-ID: <3291858e-22f1-43a5-8cc6-af21ab4d6...@wunderwood.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > I?m not a big fan of forums, even though I maintained the one used by 5000 > engineers at Hewlett-Packard. I don?t mind the e-mail volume at all. On the > other hand, I was getting a thousand e-mails a week thirty years ago. The > SOTA reflector is a list/forum hybrid where you need to log into the forum to > post. It has some advantages, but it isn?t my favorite. > > One old mailing list trick is to have separate lists for announcements and > for discussion. People who want less traffic could keep up to date by > following the announce list. > > elecraft-announce would be low-volume and could only be posted to by Elecraft > personnel. It would have announcements of new products, special deals, > firmware releases, field tester requests, and so on. It might also include > information about hamfests Elecraft will attend, requests for people to staff > the booth (replies off list enforced), etc. > > elecraft-discuss would be like the current list. Elecraft could decide > whether to also send announcements to this list. I would be perfectly happy > to subscribe to both lists in order to get announcements and discussion. > > The IETF uses this convention for mailing lists. You can read more here: > https://www.ietf.org/list/ <https://www.ietf.org/list/> > > wunder > K6WRU > Walter Underwood > CM87wj > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > >> On Aug 19, 2017, at 9:32 AM, Dauer, Edward <eda...@law.du.edu> wrote: >> >> I agree with Grant and others. There are advantages to a Forum, but I would >> regret losing the open-textured character of a reflector. I think of it as >> if it were an OTA net among friends and colleagues and potential friends and >> colleagues with common interests. Not always very efficient, but a >> conversational nexus with its own advantages. >> >> If I need something very specific there?s always the topical archives. Or a >> question to the goup. >> >> Ted, KN1CBR >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to wun...@wunderwood.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 20:25:24 +0000 (UTC) > From: Alan Bee <alang0...@yahoo.com> > To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] List or Forum > Message-ID: <1919945901.1108726.1503174324...@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I have no emails, browser mode only, look daily, works well. > Only downside is I scan list for items of interest, maybe reply so might > reply to a thread closed in the last 24 hours having not yet seen the closure > notice.If more of us move to browser I guess there could be a couple more > excess posts but only 1 days's worth.My 'vote' is keep the list.73? Alan? > G0HIQ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 13:30:56 -0700 > From: Mike Flowers <mike.flow...@gmail.com> > To: elecraft...@yahoogroups.com > Cc: Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>, KX3 <k...@yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [Elecraft_K3] Eclipse update > Message-ID: <2b205df2-8a3e-4609-91a0-7d1c7f008...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Sitting here in Corvallis now. Stopped by Eugene for a while and traffic > not an issue on I-5 or anywhere we went. > > > > -- Mike Flowers, K6MKF, NCDXC - "It's about DX!" > >> On Aug 19, 2017, at 10:43 AM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com [Elecraft_K3] >> <elecraft...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: >> >> We're our way up I-5 to Corvallis. There's *no* traffic, suggesting that all >> the gloomy predictions dissuaded some potential travelers. >> >> Corvallis webcams showed bright sunshine at 8 this morning. Looking good so >> far. >> >> 20 m was quite active in all band segments yesterday. Most of my QSOs were >> on SSB running 10 W to the 4' whip. The KX2's auto-notch and filtering >> helped a lot with QRM. >> >> Signing /7 got me more attention than /QRP.... >> >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> ---- >> http://www.elecraft.com >> >> __._,_.___ >> Posted by: Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> >> Reply via web post ? Reply to sender ? Reply to group ? >> Start a New Topic ? Messages in this topic (1) >> >> Have you tried the highest rated email app? >> With 4.5 stars in iTunes, the Yahoo Mail app is the highest rated email app >> on the market. What are you waiting for? Now you can access all your inboxes >> (Gmail, Outlook, AOL and more) in one place. Never delete an email again >> with 1000GB of free cloud storage. >> >> VISIT YOUR GROUP New Members 3 >> ? Privacy ? Unsubscribe ? Terms of Use >> . >> >> >> __,_._,___ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 20:36:16 +0000 > From: Ross <rbig...@ihug.co.nz> > To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] unsubscribing > Message-ID: <emc6ebc63f-f9bd-499a-b03d-44a51cc542c5@desktop-dbk22mm> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=utf-8 > > I have tried to unsubscribe, but it obviously did not happen. > I have sold my K3 so I dont need all the emails. > Best wishes to the group > Ross > ZL1WN > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 16:40:01 -0400 > From: Bill <w2...@nycap.rr.com> > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] List or Forum > Message-ID: <89229c42-01a5-ba14-517b-a928af230...@nycap.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Works fine the way it is - no extra complications are needed. > > Bill W2BLC K-Line > > > -- > Many of life's problems can be solved by simply deciding what > we can do without. - John Dolan > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 16:42:28 -0400 > From: Bob <solim...@gmail.com> > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] KAT2 unresponsive > Message-ID: > <caf6ng2uqovcfzutvryqut6wqcslmejcqspqtx3ygsjzk9o4...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > After doing a re-alignment of my K2 ser. #3218 yesterday I started to play > on the air and suddenly my KAT2 would no longer tune to my buddipole > antenna. In fact, the ATU menu is now inaccessible. When entering the menu > system and selecting the ATU submenu, the only display is "--" while > rotating the VFO or using Band+/Band- to change menu options. > > I removed the KAT2 assembly and looked at all components but did not see > anything obviously smoked, so I'm at a loss of what might be wrong. The > tuner was working fine yesterday and earlier today, and then after one > press of the "Tune" button on the front panel it is no longer functional. > > Help appreciated! > > Best regards, > > Bob Solimeno KC2JAV > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 17:06:42 -0400 > From: Logan Zintsmaster <lra...@garlic.com> > Cc: Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>, KX3 <k...@yahoogroups.com>, > elecraft...@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Eclipse update > Message-ID: <eac143aa-5362-4e10-a9bd-8c822ac27...@garlic.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > We traveled to South Carolina to add in some family time. Drove from Beaufort > to Columbia to Anderson (near Clemson). Some traffic around Columbia > otherwise smooth sailing. Since you West Coast folks will see it over an hour > before us, I'm looking forward to some early first hand reports. > > Logan, KZ6O > >> On Aug 19, 2017, at 1:43 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: >> >> We're our way up I-5 to Corvallis. There's *no* traffic, suggesting that all >> the gloomy predictions dissuaded some potential travelers. >> >> Corvallis webcams showed bright sunshine at 8 this morning. Looking good so >> far. >> >> 20 m was quite active in all band segments yesterday. Most of my QSOs were >> on SSB running 10 W to the 4' whip. The KX2's auto-notch and filtering >> helped a lot with QRM. >> >> Signing /7 got me more attention than /QRP.... >> >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> >> >> ---- >> http://www.elecraft.com >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to lra...@garlic.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 17:21:49 -0400 > From: Nr4c <n...@widomaker.com> > To: Bill <w2...@nycap.rr.com> > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] List or Forum > Message-ID: <11bf0191-c701-4f73-9b38-a4b10512e...@widomaker.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > God. Will it ever end? > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > >> On Aug 19, 2017, at 4:40 PM, Bill <w2...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: >> >> Works fine the way it is - no extra complications are needed. >> >> Bill W2BLC K-Line >> >> >> -- >> Many of life's problems can be solved by simply deciding what >> we can do without. - John Dolan >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to n...@widomaker.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 14:32:34 -0700 > From: Wes Stewart <wes_n...@triconet.org> > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] List or Forum > Message-ID: <7d7d5e25-a668-3706-aaa9-d084af9e2...@triconet.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > No. > >> On 8/19/2017 2:21 PM, Nr4c wrote: >> God. Will it ever end? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> ...nr4c. bill >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 16:15:43 -0700 > From: Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> > To: Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Cc: KX3 <k...@yahoogroups.com>, elecraft...@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Elecraft] Mobile antenna breakthrough? > Message-ID: <32a112ba-d8c8-4026-bc8f-c9b877b51...@elecraft.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Some of us (admittedly, very few) see invisible mobile antennas as the holy > Grail. We engage in a decades-long search for an antenna that our significant > other won't scorn. Or sabotage. > > My own search just got an unexpected boost when I realized that a 4 foot > loaded whip would fit fully inside the plastic cartop carrier on our Honda > CRV. As we speak the whip is resting on a pile of nonconductive pillows and > towels. I have yet to measure their dielectric effects. Six feet of coax > snakes through the sunroof and is then retained by the passenger-side visor. > > The KX2 fits snugly in a dashboard compartment that until this morning held > my YL's Bonnie Rait CDs. More on that later if necessary. > > I've been listening to the NA QSO party on 20 meters as we drive. Not the > best Mobile antenna available, but one step closer to nirvana. > > Wayne > N6KR > > ---- > http://www.elecraft.com > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 20:23:02 -0400 > From: "Alan D. Wilcox" <a...@wilcoxengineering.com> > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] Tuneup, Rescue, Build your K2, K1, KX1, others > Message-ID: > <156a6aba-0b39-4598-a5eb-6450adc8f...@wilcoxengineering.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hello, > > Have you always wanted an Elecraft? A KX1, K1, K2, whatever? > I?ll build any of them. > > Does your K2 need repair? Tuneup? > > In addition to tuning your rig, I can also rescue a building project you > might have started some time ago. > > See what my clients have said about my construction and service work at > http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6768 > > Photos of the popular "Twins" -- the KPA100 and KAT100 in EC2 enclosure -- > are at > http://wilcoxengineering.com/kpa100-in-ec2/ > > Cheers, > Alan > > Alan D. Wilcox, W3DVX (K2-5373, K3-40) > 570-478-0736 (cell, text) > http://amazon.com/author/alandwilcox > Williamsport, PA 17701 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 17:47:13 -0700 > From: Phil Hystad <phys...@mac.com> > To: Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> > Cc: Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>, KX3 <k...@yahoogroups.com>, > elecraft...@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Mobile antenna breakthrough? > Message-ID: <8fd4f57c-de38-4d9c-a0d6-9c7eaf1f6...@mac.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > I can?t believe you still use non-conductive pillows. It is hard to think of > you in the same way anymore. > > PEH > >> On Aug 19, 2017, at 4:15 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: >> >> Some of us (admittedly, very few) see invisible mobile antennas as the holy >> Grail. We engage in a decades-long search for an antenna that our >> significant other won't scorn. Or sabotage. >> >> My own search just got an unexpected boost when I realized that a 4 foot >> loaded whip would fit fully inside the plastic cartop carrier on our Honda >> CRV. As we speak the whip is resting on a pile of nonconductive pillows and >> towels. I have yet to measure their dielectric effects. Six feet of coax >> snakes through the sunroof and is then retained by the passenger-side visor. >> >> The KX2 fits snugly in a dashboard compartment that until this morning held >> my YL's Bonnie Rait CDs. More on that later if necessary. >> >> I've been listening to the NA QSO party on 20 meters as we drive. Not the >> best Mobile antenna available, but one step closer to nirvana. >> >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> ---- >> http://www.elecraft.com >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to phys...@mac.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 18:47:08 -0700 > From: "kev...@coho.net" <kev...@coho.net> > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement > Message-ID: <351f47e2-426e-2f3c-69eb-8838be93d...@coho.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Good Evening, > > I must have been two or three years old when I first really experienced > radio.? I was seated high enough so I could see the back of our little > Emerson radio.? My mom turned it on and I watched the tubes turning > orange.? The odd sounds of a warming up radio and then music came out.? > The scent of hot tubes mixed with the smells of my father's > construction: saw dust and pitch.? Mom told me how the waves in the air > fed the radio.? DX from all the way across town!? From then on I > listened to that radio and my brother's shortwave rig all I could.? I > was hooked.? The magic of waves from the air making music from far away, > what an adventure. > > Please join us tomorrow on: > ?? 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday) > ??? 7045 kHz at 0000z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday) > > ??? 73, > ??????? Kevin. KD5ONS > > - > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 15 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 22:01:05 -0400 > From: Don Wilhelm <donw...@embarqmail.com> > To: Bob <solim...@gmail.com>, elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT2 unresponsive > Message-ID: <fed74686-5024-a9ce-a097-8ec08c5bc...@embarqmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Bob, > > The '--' in the ATU menu means that the KAT2 firmware is not being seen > by the K2 MCU. > > Take a good look at the point where the control cable is attached to the > KAT2 control board - look for broken wires. > Do the same for the header that plugs to K2 Control Board P4. > > Make certain the header which plugs into K2 Control Board P4 is > installed correctly - the green wire should be at the top. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > tuner was working fine yesterday and earlier today, and then after one >> press of the "Tune" button on the front panel it is no longer functional. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 16 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 19:23:48 -0700 > From: Matt Zilmer <mzil...@roadrunner.com> > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] N6KR/7 Eclipse station test, 14060.0 (now) > Message-ID: <502826cd-9548-638d-81bd-ab3928ebe...@roadrunner.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > How's the traffic? Reports here are such that you might want to start > driving around 3 AM local. > > 73, > > matt, W6NIA > > >> On 08/18/2017 01:35 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> Checking out the KX2 and antenna from Ashland. I'll be on until at least >> 0900Z. >> >> Tomorrow we head for Corvallis. >> >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> ---- >> http://www.elecraft.com >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to mzil...@roadrunner.com > > -- > "Always store beer in a dark place." -- R. Heinlein > > Matt Zilmer, W6NIA > [Voignier] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 17 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 19:35:44 -0700 > From: Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Eclipse update > Message-ID: <86784084-af2d-3527-f0a3-ee9f85606...@foothill.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > First hand very very early report:? Bright sun, very round.? > Semicircular black disk begins to cover the sun, more and more, > eventually just a teeny tiny speck of the limb remains and is very > bright, then night.? Then the video tape runs backwards and it's day > again.? If clouds, it just gets dark, then day-ish again.? Given the > physics, they're all exactly alike, and will be for perhaps 600 million > years when the last one will occur.? Like snowflakes ... seen one you've > seen 'em all, notwithstanding the urban legend that every one is different. > > We'd still have driven to Oregon if it would have worked out. [:-) > > >> On 8/19/2017 2:06 PM, Logan Zintsmaster wrote: >> We traveled to South Carolina to add in some family time. Drove from >> Beaufort to Columbia to Anderson (near Clemson). Some traffic around >> Columbia otherwise smooth sailing. Since you West Coast folks will see it >> over an hour before us, I'm looking forward to some early first hand reports. >> >> Logan, KZ6O >> >>> On Aug 19, 2017, at 1:43 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: >>> >>> We're our way up I-5 to Corvallis. There's *no* traffic, suggesting that >>> all the gloomy predictions dissuaded some potential travelers. >>> >>> Corvallis webcams showed bright sunshine at 8 this morning. Looking good so >>> far. >>> >>> 20 m was quite active in all band segments yesterday. Most of my QSOs were >>> on SSB running 10 W to the 4' whip. The KX2's auto-notch and filtering >>> helped a lot with QRM. >>> >>> Signing /7 got me more attention than /QRP.... >>> >>> Wayne >>> N6KR >>> >>> >>> >>> ---- >>> http://www.elecraft.com >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> Message delivered to lra...@garlic.com >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to k6...@foothill.net >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 18 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 20:04:36 -0700 > From: "kev...@coho.net" <kev...@coho.net> > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Eclipse update > Message-ID: <18afd958-af97-287e-1695-d7c490666...@coho.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Make sure to have your old pots and pans ready.? If the eclipse is > lasting too long you can scare the dragon into spitting out the sun by > banging on them loudly.? Belt & suspenders for the ECOM folks. > > ??? 73, > > ???????? Kevin.? KD5ONS > > >> On 8/19/2017 7:35 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: >> First hand very very early report:? Bright sun, very round. >> Semicircular black disk begins to cover the sun, more and more, >> eventually just a teeny tiny speck of the limb remains and is very >> bright, then night.? Then the video tape runs backwards and it's day >> again.? If clouds, it just gets dark, then day-ish again. Given the >> physics, they're all exactly alike, and will be for perhaps 600 >> million years when the last one will occur.? Like snowflakes ... seen >> one you've seen 'em all, notwithstanding the urban legend that every >> one is different. >> >> We'd still have driven to Oregon if it would have worked out. [:-) >> >> >>> On 8/19/2017 2:06 PM, Logan Zintsmaster wrote: >>> We traveled to South Carolina to add in some family time. Drove from >>> Beaufort to Columbia to Anderson (near Clemson). Some traffic around >>> Columbia otherwise smooth sailing. Since you West Coast folks will >>> see it over an hour before us, I'm looking forward to some early >>> first hand reports. >>> >>> Logan, KZ6O >>> >>>> On Aug 19, 2017, at 1:43 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> We're our way up I-5 to Corvallis. There's *no* traffic, suggesting >>>> that all the gloomy predictions dissuaded some potential travelers. >>>> >>>> Corvallis webcams showed bright sunshine at 8 this morning. Looking >>>> good so far. >>>> >>>> 20 m was quite active in all band segments yesterday. Most of my >>>> QSOs were on SSB running 10 W to the 4' whip. The KX2's auto-notch >>>> and filtering helped a lot with QRM. >>>> >>>> Signing /7 got me more attention than /QRP.... >>>> >>>> Wayne >>>> N6KR >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ---- >>>> http://www.elecraft.com >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> Elecraft mailing list >>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>>> >>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>>> Message delivered to lra...@garlic.com >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> Message delivered to k6...@foothill.net >>> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to kev...@coho.net > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 19 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 20:07:08 -0700 > From: "Ron D'Eau Claire" <r...@cobi.biz> > To: "'Matt Zilmer'" <mzil...@roadrunner.com>, > <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] N6KR/7 Eclipse station test, 14060.0 (now) > Message-ID: <002d01d31961$695b2760$3c117620$@biz> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > So far (it is Saturday evening) the roads here on the coast at Newport are > quiet for this time of the year. But the Oregon coast is not the easiest > place to get to anyway. I won't mind if it stays quiet through Monday! > > Anyone can check Oregon road conditions and see the road cameras here: > > https://www.tripcheck.com/Pages/CCentry.asp > > Maybe it is all a "tempest in a teacup". > > I suspect Wayne is in the ideal spot for viewing on the East side of the > coastal mountains and so away from the marine overcast but not so far east > he gets downwind from some nasty wildfires. > > 73, Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Matt Zilmer > Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 7:24 PM > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] N6KR/7 Eclipse station test, 14060.0 (now) > > How's the traffic? Reports here are such that you might want to start > driving around 3 AM local. > > 73, > > matt, W6NIA > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 20 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 20:12:59 -0700 > From: Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> > To: Matt Zilmer <mzil...@roadrunner.com> > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] N6KR/7 Eclipse station test, 14060.0 (now) > Message-ID: <6bfb03ea-4f93-4408-b951-17245e5e1...@elecraft.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > We're already in Corvallis! > > > ---- > http://www.elecraft.com > >> On Aug 19, 2017, at 7:23 PM, Matt Zilmer <mzil...@roadrunner.com> wrote: >> >> How's the traffic? Reports here are such that you might want to start >> driving around 3 AM local. >> >> 73, >> >> matt, W6NIA >> >> >>> On 08/18/2017 01:35 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: >>> Checking out the KX2 and antenna from Ashland. I'll be on until at least >>> 0900Z. >>> >>> Tomorrow we head for Corvallis. >>> >>> Wayne >>> N6KR >>> >>> ---- >>> http://www.elecraft.com >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> Message delivered to mzil...@roadrunner.com >> >> -- >> "Always store beer in a dark place." -- R. Heinlein >> >> Matt Zilmer, W6NIA >> [Voignier] >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 21 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 20:18:12 -0700 > From: Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> > To: Ron D'Eau Claire <r...@cobi.biz> > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] N6KR/7 Eclipse station test, 14060.0 (now) > Message-ID: <1dd4c27f-ee69-40c6-af89-5d975f9e0...@elecraft.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > We're in Corvallis now. Perfect WX. > > I'm warming up the KX2 for emcomm and/or entertainment purposes. There's an > official beer garden with bluegrass band 100 yards from here, so there may > indeed be rescues to assist in. > > Wayne > N6KR > > ---- > http://www.elecraft.com > >> On Aug 19, 2017, at 8:07 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire <r...@cobi.biz> wrote: >> >> So far (it is Saturday evening) the roads here on the coast at Newport are >> quiet for this time of the year. But the Oregon coast is not the easiest >> place to get to anyway. I won't mind if it stays quiet through Monday! >> >> Anyone can check Oregon road conditions and see the road cameras here: >> >> https://www.tripcheck.com/Pages/CCentry.asp >> >> Maybe it is all a "tempest in a teacup". >> >> I suspect Wayne is in the ideal spot for viewing on the East side of the >> coastal mountains and so away from the marine overcast but not so far east >> he gets downwind from some nasty wildfires. >> >> 73, Ron AC7AC >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net >> [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Matt Zilmer >> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 7:24 PM >> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] N6KR/7 Eclipse station test, 14060.0 (now) >> >> How's the traffic? Reports here are such that you might want to start >> driving around 3 AM local. >> >> 73, >> >> matt, W6NIA >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 22 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 21:38:20 -0600 > From: Albert Winger <awinger2...@icloud.com> > To: Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> > Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] N6KR/7 Eclipse station test, 14060.0 (now) > Message-ID: <1890fadc-2733-441f-9d63-7207544b8...@icloud.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Arrived in Buford,WY. Very light traffic through Denver. Many more eclipsers > due tomorrow. Saw plates from 10 states. > > Hope to catch you all on net tomorrow. > > 73 > Al > W1NGA > Colorado Springs > >> On Aug 19, 2017, at 9:18 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: >> >> We're in Corvallis now. Perfect WX. >> >> I'm warming up the KX2 for emcomm and/or entertainment purposes. There's an >> official beer garden with bluegrass band 100 yards from here, so there may >> indeed be rescues to assist in. >> >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> ---- >> http://www.elecraft.com >> >>> On Aug 19, 2017, at 8:07 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire <r...@cobi.biz> wrote: >>> >>> So far (it is Saturday evening) the roads here on the coast at Newport are >>> quiet for this time of the year. But the Oregon coast is not the easiest >>> place to get to anyway. I won't mind if it stays quiet through Monday! >>> >>> Anyone can check Oregon road conditions and see the road cameras here: >>> >>> https://www.tripcheck.com/Pages/CCentry.asp >>> >>> Maybe it is all a "tempest in a teacup". >>> >>> I suspect Wayne is in the ideal spot for viewing on the East side of the >>> coastal mountains and so away from the marine overcast but not so far east >>> he gets downwind from some nasty wildfires. >>> >>> 73, Ron AC7AC >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net >>> [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Matt Zilmer >>> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 7:24 PM >>> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] N6KR/7 Eclipse station test, 14060.0 (now) >>> >>> How's the traffic? Reports here are such that you might want to start >>> driving around 3 AM local. >>> >>> 73, >>> >>> matt, W6NIA >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to awinger2...@icloud.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 23 > Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 03:50:51 +0000 (UTC) > From: Mike Furrey <mikefur...@att.net> > To: Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> > Cc: Elecraft <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Mobile antenna breakthrough? > Message-ID: <1742847371.945645.1503201051...@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > ?A friend bought a HiQ to put on his own car. His wife took one look at it > and said, "OH HELL NO!" It now resides on my pickup. > > Stealth and mobile are two words that don't go together. > 73, Mike WA5POK > > > On Saturday, August 19, 2017 7:49 PM, Phil Hystad <phys...@mac.com> wrote: > > > I can?t believe you still use non-conductive pillows.? It is hard to think of > you in the same way anymore. > > PEH > >> On Aug 19, 2017, at 4:15 PM, Wayne Burdick <n...@elecraft.com> wrote: >> >> Some of us (admittedly, very few) see invisible mobile antennas as the holy >> Grail. We engage in a decades-long search for an antenna that our >> significant other won't scorn. Or sabotage. >> >> My own search just got an unexpected boost when I realized that a 4 foot >> loaded whip would fit fully inside the plastic cartop carrier on our Honda >> CRV. As we speak the whip is resting on a pile of nonconductive pillows and >> towels. I have yet to measure their dielectric effects. Six feet of coax >> snakes through the sunroof and is then retained by the passenger-side visor. >> >> The KX2 fits snugly in a dashboard compartment that until this morning held >> my YL's Bonnie Rait CDs. More on that later if necessary.? >> >> I've been listening to the NA QSO party on 20 meters as we drive. Not the >> best Mobile antenna available, but one step closer to nirvana. >> >> Wayne >> N6KR >> >> ---- >> http://www.elecraft.com >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to phys...@mac.com > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to mikefur...@att.net > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 24 > Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 06:52:31 +0300 > From: Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP <k2vco....@gmail.com> > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Mobile antenna breakthrough? > Message-ID: <97612dde-8ff6-90f0-52d9-5b1915341...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > I wonder if a wire taped around the circumference of the carrier to form > either a loop or a Moxon-shaped thing and fed in its center might not > work, if the carrier is non-conductive and contains non-conductive things. > > 73, > Victor, 4X6GP > Rehovot, Israel > Formerly K2VCO > http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ > >> On 20 Aug 2017 02:15, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> Some of us (admittedly, very few) see invisible mobile antennas as >> the holy Grail. We engage in a decades-long search for an antenna >> that our significant other won't scorn. Or sabotage. >> >> My own search just got an unexpected boost when I realized that a 4 >> foot loaded whip would fit fully inside the plastic cartop carrier on >> our Honda CRV. As we speak the whip is resting on a pile of >> nonconductive pillows and towels. I have yet to measure their >> dielectric effects. Six feet of coax snakes through the sunroof and >> is then retained by the passenger-side visor. >> >> The KX2 fits snugly in a dashboard compartment that until this >> morning held my YL's Bonnie Rait CDs. More on that later if >> necessary. >> >> I've been listening to the NA QSO party on 20 meters as we drive. Not >> the best Mobile antenna available, but one step closer to nirvana. >> >> Wayne N6KR >> >> ---- http://www.elecraft.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 25 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 21:21:40 -0700 > From: Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Mobile antenna breakthrough? > Message-ID: <36475cdc-5b2b-bd4a-f550-541ff9ae4...@foothill.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > My end-fed wire on the wooden fence 1.8 meters AGL works pretty good.? 6 > over 6 over 6 monobanders would do better [by actual test, they do [:-) > ], but RF current in a non-buried conductor will radiate. > > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > >> On 8/19/2017 8:52 PM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP wrote: >> I wonder if a wire taped around the circumference of the carrier to >> form either a loop or a Moxon-shaped thing and fed in its center might >> not work, if the carrier is non-conductive and contains non-conductive >> things. >> >> 73, >> Victor, 4X6GP >> Rehovot, Israel >> Formerly K2VCO >> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ >> >>> On 20 Aug 2017 02:15, Wayne Burdick wrote: >>> Some of us (admittedly, very few) see invisible mobile antennas as >>> the holy Grail. We engage in a decades-long search for an antenna >>> that our significant other won't scorn. Or sabotage. >>> >>> My own search just got an unexpected boost when I realized that a 4 >>> foot loaded whip would fit fully inside the plastic cartop carrier on >>> our Honda CRV. As we speak the whip is resting on a pile of >>> nonconductive pillows and towels. I have yet to measure their >>> dielectric effects. Six feet of coax snakes through the sunroof and >>> is then retained by the passenger-side visor. >>> >>> The KX2 fits snugly in a dashboard compartment that until this >>> morning held my YL's Bonnie Rait CDs. More on that later if >>> necessary. >>> >>> I've been listening to the NA QSO party on 20 meters as we drive. Not >>> the best Mobile antenna available, but one step closer to nirvana. >>> >>> Wayne N6KR >>> >>> ---- http://www.elecraft.com >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to k6...@foothill.net >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 26 > Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 22:26:47 -0600 > From: Doug Smith <d...@w7kf.com> > To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Mobile antenna breakthrough? > Message-ID: <51340367-968e-488a-82e2-2072d5e57...@w7kf.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Yes, I was thinking along the same lines ? that copper ?conductive tape? > stuff. > > It could be mounted to the outside of the carrier and would look like stylish > racing stripes! > > http://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/company-us/all-3m-products/~/3M-Conductive-Copper-Foil-Tape-3313?N=5002385+3293242553&rt=rud > > <http://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/company-us/all-3m-products/~/3M-Conductive-Copper-Foil-Tape-3313?N=5002385+3293242553&rt=rud> > > https://www.kaptontape.com/Copper_Conductive_Tapes.php > <https://www.kaptontape.com/Copper_Conductive_Tapes.php> > > 73, > Doug, W7KF > > >> On Aug 19, 2017, at 9:52 PM, Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP <k2vco....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I wonder if a wire taped around the circumference of the carrier to form >> either a loop or a Moxon-shaped thing and fed in its center might not work, >> if the carrier is non-conductive and contains non-conductive things. >> >> 73, >> Victor, 4X6GP >> Rehovot, Israel >> Formerly K2VCO >> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > You must be a subscriber to post. > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > End of Elecraft Digest, Vol 160, Issue 27 > ***************************************** ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
