Fred was a dear friend of mine, and entered many contests using my station here in Montana. He especially excelled at SO2R, often working two stations at once. Awesome to watch. GAWD I miss him!
73 Ken Kopp - Kopp On Sat, Jan 11, 2020, 16:14 Don Wilhelm <[email protected]> wrote: > I will second that recommendation for the Fred Cady book. > It sounds like you are getting frustrated by many different angles that > are may not be related to each other. > > Go through Fred's book from front to back, doing his exercises as you go. > When you are finished, you will be responding to questions on the > reflector instead of asking them. > > Fred was a great teacher and writer. He told me that his experience as > a professor told him that there were 3 types of learning. Those who > could understand from just reading, and those who had to have hands-on > and those who learned best from doing visuals and exercises. Fred > covered them all in his writings. > > I (as an engineer) have no problem following the basic Elecraft manuals, > and Fred has said that he has nothing in his books that is not covered > in the Elecraft manuals, but his presentation methods are different and > more expansive. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 1/11/2020 5:45 PM, Rich wrote: > > I highly recommend "The Elecraft KX Line" by Fred Cady KE7X (SK). You > > can order it from the Elecraft web site. > > > https://elecraft.com/collections/kx-line-books/products/the-elecraft-kx-line-book-by-fred-cady > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 3:04 PM Karl W Hubbard via Groups.Io > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > How do I get rid of the CW sounds when I input either via tap or > > push to hold functions on my KX3? I don't know whether I've enabled > > some macro function or what. > > > > My 40 meters has now switched from LSB to USB indication . What am I > > missing? Anything? > > > > Now my ATU won't tune anything . Stays at 24.1-1 and powers down to > > 3.0 volts, even after refresh several times, even when I manually > > tune my Alex loop to within 1.5 SWR. ( I had used the ATU to > > routinely fine-tune down to 1.1-1 -until today.) > > > > I am getting more frustrated with the KX3 as time passes. Even > > setting up my Heil headphones is a hassle. > > > > The manual should be written with a goal oriented task., ie. I have > > a pair of mic headphones which I want to use with KX3. Now what do > > you think I will want to do? Well, I'll need to input a slew of > > parameters, VOX delay, pitch volume, monitor compression etc. These > > should be organized under one topic:Headphone - mic use. using > > headphones with voice mic including troubleshooting tips, not > > scattered all over the manual. > > > > Really thinking now about just selling all of my stuff, two mint > > condition Kx3s with covers, heat sinks , KPA100s, PX3s with covers, > > redundant extra cables. It seems every time I try to use my rig, I > > encounter a new problem. Obviously, i would like to upgrade my > > antenna, but at this point, I am more inclined just to bail. > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. > > View/Reply Online (#65232): https://groups.io/g/Elecraft-KX/message/65232 > Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/69628295/2064844 > Group Owner: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: > https://groups.io/g/Elecraft-KX/leave/4393303/1161009125/xyzzy [ > [email protected]] > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
