Michael, Another place to try is Boca Bearings, they specialize in small bearings. George W2GS
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Jim Jerzycke Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 5:57 PM To: Michael Tondee Cc: [email protected] Subject: [Bulk] Re: [FlexEdge] CW and an F3K sitting on the shelf for 18 months. Michael Try Small Parts, Inc. They have an amazing selection of hard-to-find hardware. http://www.smallparts.com/ And if they don't have them, try Micro-Mark, another really neat place for model builders. http://www.micromark.com/ 73, Jim KQ6EA On 02/15/2011 11:35 PM, Michael Tondee wrote: > Well I'm not a CW guy but I play one on TV! Nah seriously, I used to > own a 5K that I used on phone and digital but I had some financial > issues and had to sell it to give my family an influx of cash. Now > that we are on our feet again I got a new radio. The most I could > afford was the 1500 so with only 5 watts of RF to play with, I'm going > to probably have to brush up on my very rusty CW skills. I have to say > I'm very impressed with the 1500 so far. I had some minor tumbles with > USB issues but when I look at PSDR, and got used to operating it > again, it's hard for me to tell I don't still have the 5K sitting over > at the corner of the operating desk. Some of the CW guys sound pretty > frustrated but I have faith that Flex will get it sorted out. In fact, > from reading the reflectors, it sounds like they have if they can > just finish squashing some bugs in the non public beta. Hearing that > you guys are having success with it as is is encouraging. Now if I > just hadn't lost the dang ball bearings from my McElroy teardrop speed > key that I inherited from my father (the original W4HIJ who truly was > a crack CW op.).... If he was still alive, he'd kill me! hi hi Anyone > got any ideas on replacing those??? > 73, > Michael, W4HIJ > On 2/15/2011 6:14 PM, Ernest Garcia wrote: >> eorge, >> >> I DITTO YOUR EXPERIENCE! >> >> As the saying goes...To be ignorant is to be bliss. >> >> Ernest - W4EG >> >> Ps, I love my F5KA-F3K& F1.5K running PDSR >> >> >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:20:35 +0000 >>> CC: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] CW and an F3K sitting on the shelf for 18 >>> months. >>> >>> Hmmmmmmm..... >>> >>> I have had the F3K for about 14 months now. I took it with me to >>> Bequia last January, where I operated as J8K2CM. I used the version >>> of PSDR that came with the radio. The laptop was a dual core >>> Dell....about 3 years old. >>> >>> I worked only CW on 40 meters because the noise level in the phone >>> portion of 40, and all portions of 20 meters made those bands >>> unusuable. Apparently there was a problem with the power line that >>> was about 100 feet from the antenna. I didn't have any problems with >>> CW at all on 40 meters. I was even able to handle the pileups! Was >>> able to separate the stations that were just 25-30HZ apart. Exciting! >>> >>> The main purpose of the trip was scuba diving, so I worked CW in the >>> evenings. Made over 300 CW contacts and 2 phone contacts when I had >>> time to operate. >>> >>> I also have an F5K that I used up until October 2010 when I moved to >>> a temporary apartment and had to take the station down. I used the >>> latest beta version available at that time. I did experience some >>> character delays with the beta; but, was able to adjust the sampling >>> rate and buffer sizes to eliminate the problem. >>> >>> Am sorry that your F3K is sitting on the shelf. If you are really >>> frustrated, let us know and maybe one of us can horsetrade for a rig >>> that we no longer use. (I have an FT857D in the box. Was going to >>> take the 857 to J8 land; but, couldn't get sufficient CW separation >>> to handle the pileups.) >>> >>> The temperature is supposed to reach 50F this weekend, so expect to >>> get an antenna up at our new house in Vestal, NY and be back on the >>> air with the F3K and F5K. >>> >>> Oh yes, I do have a complaint about the new PSDR. The screens that >>> come with the beta are terrible. Tough on my eyes, so I created my >>> own graphics for the areas that bothered me. (Yes, we've been thru >>> this subject before....its no longer an issue with me.) >>> >>> George >>> K2CM >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: [email protected] >>> [[email protected]] on behalf of TheVillageHam >>> [[email protected]] >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 4:10 PM >>> To: Robert McGwier >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [FlexEdge] Flexedge Digest, Vol 20, Issue 14 >>> >>> New radio AGAIN?! >>> >>> I've not had a radio since I bought the F3K, it's spent 18 months on >>> the >>> shelf not being used because CW doesn't work! >>> I think you need to get your facts straight before you start >>> shouting at >>> me OM. >>> >>> >>> On 15/02/11 19:58, Robert McGwier wrote: >>>> The improvement in CW in this test code is so remarkable that again, >>>> you are reminded, the radio gets better with each new software >>>> release and sometimes in revolutionary ways. Some of our harshest CW >>>> critics are the friends doing the testing and are using the internal >>>> keyer in this new code and calling it "perfect". Let the CW team work >>>> out the last gotchas or settings, modes, etc. misunderstandings and >>>> you too will get a new radio... AGAIN. >>>> >>>> Bob >>>> N4HY >>>> >>>> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Flexedge mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz > This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is > used for posting topics related to SDR software development and > experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. > _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software. _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
