[Elecraft] Elecraft Net from Sept. 8
- Despite poor conditions overall we had a successful net with 16 check-ins. Thank you to all the relays for making the net a success! Brian, K1NW K1NW Brian RI K3 4974 (net control)K9YEQ Bill WI K3S 11140 (relay)WM6P Steve GA K3S 11453 (relay)W4DML Doug TN K3 6433K4FBI Mike VA K3S 11414NC0JW Jim CO KX3 1356 (relay)K6VWE Stan MI K3 650KS6F Guy CA K3S 10650W9PCS Paul WI K3S 10752K7BRR Bill AZ K3S 10939N4NRW Roger SC K3 1318 (relay)K0JFJ Nick MN K3S 11830NS7P Phil OR K3 1826N6PGQ Bob CA K3 5891KM6YMS Ted CA KX2 936 qrp10wattsW1NGA Al CO K3 5765 -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brian Maynard, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Plant Sciences & Entomology University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881 Tel: 401-874-5372; Fax: 401-874-2494; Cell: 401-487-5958 email: bmayn...@uri.edu - - - - __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] [K2] K60XV - No longer available?
That will work if the transverter can provide a +12 volt signal when it is powered on and active. In other words, it will work for transverters that are manually powered on. An Elecraft transverter would have to be operated in the non-Elecraft configuration. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/12/2019 6:59 PM, Harry Yingst via Elecraft wrote: Downeast Microwaver already did that Look Here http://01895fa.netsolhost.com/PDF/Manuals/EKTI.pdf From this page https://www.downeastmicrowave.com/articles.asp?ID=252 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] [K2] K60XV - No longer available?
Downeast Microwaver already did that Look Here http://01895fa.netsolhost.com/PDF/Manuals/EKTI.pdf From this page https://www.downeastmicrowave.com/articles.asp?ID=252 On Thursday, September 12, 2019, 06:56:07 AM EDT, Bill Coleman wrote: Gwen, You missed the point. They DISCONTINUED the K60XV because they could no longer obtain the bottom-adjustment trimmer caps. Wayne suggested someone could design a new board that just had the XV part of the kit. What I’m saying is that the existing board would work just fine for the XV part of the kit. Since Elecraft CANNOT supply all of the 60m parts, since some of them are no longer available, why not just sell a re-branded kit that just has the XV parts. There is NO liability concern, since the rebranded kit works just as advertised. I’ve encountered many, many electronic products in my lifetime where a single board is variously populated with parts, depending on the features present. I spent a little bit of time looking at the K60XV schematic, and it looks like the 60m component is about 10 or so parts > On Sep 11, 2019, at 10:02 PM, Gwen Patton wrote: > > Bill, > It's not just a matter of deciding to sell the thing without a few parts. > Manufacturing and distributing hardware, whether pre-assembled or in kit > form, takes a LOT of work. > Check out this video from Dave Jones at the EEVBlog on the economics of > manufacturing your own hardware: https://youtu.be/UwrkfHadeQQ There's also a > long thread on his forum: > https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-887-the-economics-of-selling-hardware/ > > I strongly recommend Dave's Youtube channel and his forum for information > about electronics. If you're in the industry, maybe you've already run into > it. I hope the video I linked helps clarify why it's not just a matter of > putting out a kit or product "without the 60m parts". (I wouldn't even want > to know the product liability side of distributing a product missing some > parts because they're no longer available. That sounds like a lawsuit waiting > to happen.) > > 73, > Gwen, NG3P (who in no way works for Elecraft, and is just putting in her 2 > cents worth) > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 6:21 PM Bill Coleman wrote: > Here’s a radical idea. Why not just sell the K60XV, minus the 60m parts? > > That way, no one has to design a new board. > > You could call it the K—XV, where the 60 part has been subtracted. > > > On Aug 27, 2019, at 1:32 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > > > The high-value, low-temperature-coefficient trimmer capacitors leveraged in > > the design are no longer available. Unfortunately we don't have staff > > available to redesign the board to do it in another way, and demand is low. > > > > The transverter interface by itself could live on a smaller board. > > Schematics are available if someone would like to home-roll a replacement. > > We could supply small quantities of the programmed PIC16C621 that runs the > > module (cost TBD). > > > > 73, > > Wayne > > N6KR > > > > > >> On Aug 27, 2019, at 9:13 AM, Neil Zampella wrote: > >> > >> FWIW .. this question is for Wayne or Eric, could the K60XV be > >> redesigned using currently available components, or perhaps something > >> that would allow easy use of the transverters? > >> > >> Neil, KN3ILZ > > > > > > __ > > 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 aa...@arrl.net > > Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa...@arrl.net > Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com > Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" > -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 > > __ > 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 ard...@gmail.com > > > -- > > -+-+-+-+- > Jenny Everywhere's Infinite: Quark Time > http://quarktime.net Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa...@arrl.net Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 __ 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 hlyin...@yahoo.com _
Re: [Elecraft] AXE1
I once again failed to add my call sign. Sorry. AI6B *Bryan B. Brauer, PE* *Consulting Engineer* br...@bbbrauer.com On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 12:25 PM Bryan Brauer wrote: > I received my new AXE1 yesterday, and today deployed the antenna with the > AX1, connected directly to my KX2 a la HT. I stretched out the > counterpoise wire and tied the end to the branch of a bush, suspending it > about 4 feet above ground. The antenna is somewhat noisier than my NVIS > dipole, but sitting on my deck at my Sea Ranch QTH I was able to check into > the Jefferson Noon SSB Net 7204KHz with 10 watts, getting a good signal > report. Much better performance than I expected! > > > *Bryan B. Brauer, PE* > *Consulting Engineer* > br...@bbbrauer.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 arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] AXE1
I received my new AXE1 yesterday, and today deployed the antenna with the AX1, connected directly to my KX2 a la HT. I stretched out the counterpoise wire and tied the end to the branch of a bush, suspending it about 4 feet above ground. The antenna is somewhat noisier than my NVIS dipole, but sitting on my deck at my Sea Ranch QTH I was able to check into the Jefferson Noon SSB Net 7204KHz with 10 watts, getting a good signal report. Much better performance than I expected! *Bryan B. Brauer, PE* *Consulting Engineer* br...@bbbrauer.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 arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] RRC 1258 mk II FS
Complete Remote Rig RRC 1258 mk II Elecraft Twin setup with 2 power supplies and all standard cables $325. Elecraft RRK0CBL cable for the K30 to the RRC 1258 $30. Howard AE3T __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] [K2] K60XV - No longer available?
Gwen, You missed the point. They DISCONTINUED the K60XV because they could no longer obtain the bottom-adjustment trimmer caps. Wayne suggested someone could design a new board that just had the XV part of the kit. What I’m saying is that the existing board would work just fine for the XV part of the kit. Since Elecraft CANNOT supply all of the 60m parts, since some of them are no longer available, why not just sell a re-branded kit that just has the XV parts. There is NO liability concern, since the rebranded kit works just as advertised. I’ve encountered many, many electronic products in my lifetime where a single board is variously populated with parts, depending on the features present. I spent a little bit of time looking at the K60XV schematic, and it looks like the 60m component is about 10 or so parts > On Sep 11, 2019, at 10:02 PM, Gwen Patton wrote: > > Bill, > It's not just a matter of deciding to sell the thing without a few parts. > Manufacturing and distributing hardware, whether pre-assembled or in kit > form, takes a LOT of work. > Check out this video from Dave Jones at the EEVBlog on the economics of > manufacturing your own hardware: https://youtu.be/UwrkfHadeQQ There's also a > long thread on his forum: > https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-887-the-economics-of-selling-hardware/ > > I strongly recommend Dave's Youtube channel and his forum for information > about electronics. If you're in the industry, maybe you've already run into > it. I hope the video I linked helps clarify why it's not just a matter of > putting out a kit or product "without the 60m parts". (I wouldn't even want > to know the product liability side of distributing a product missing some > parts because they're no longer available. That sounds like a lawsuit waiting > to happen.) > > 73, > Gwen, NG3P (who in no way works for Elecraft, and is just putting in her 2 > cents worth) > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 6:21 PM Bill Coleman wrote: > Here’s a radical idea. Why not just sell the K60XV, minus the 60m parts? > > That way, no one has to design a new board. > > You could call it the K—XV, where the 60 part has been subtracted. > > > On Aug 27, 2019, at 1:32 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > > > The high-value, low-temperature-coefficient trimmer capacitors leveraged in > > the design are no longer available. Unfortunately we don't have staff > > available to redesign the board to do it in another way, and demand is low. > > > > The transverter interface by itself could live on a smaller board. > > Schematics are available if someone would like to home-roll a replacement. > > We could supply small quantities of the programmed PIC16C621 that runs the > > module (cost TBD). > > > > 73, > > Wayne > > N6KR > > > > > >> On Aug 27, 2019, at 9:13 AM, Neil Zampella wrote: > >> > >> FWIW .. this question is for Wayne or Eric, could the K60XV be > >> redesigned using currently available components, or perhaps something > >> that would allow easy use of the transverters? > >> > >> Neil, KN3ILZ > > > > > > __ > > 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 aa...@arrl.net > > Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: aa...@arrl.net > Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com > Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" > -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 > > __ > 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 ard...@gmail.com > > > -- > > -+-+-+-+- > Jenny Everywhere's Infinite: Quark Time > http://quarktime.net Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: aa...@arrl.net Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 __ 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
