Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
I owe my interest to an unknown person, likely a ham. When I was around 11 I found an Allied Radio and a Lafayette Radio catalog in an abandoned homesteaders cabin on the family ranch that some hunters had left behind after using it for shelter during the Montana deer hunting season. Old catalogs often served as TP in such circumstances. Until then I had no idea shortwave radio existed and being a little remote, we had just gotten REA. In went bingo cards for current catalogs. Not much later I’d taught myself to solder and built a Knightkit Star Roamer. Even joined the ARRL as an associate. But no one to work with me on the code; the one local ham I could find refused. Then as a GE freshman, the EE demo was really boring (the microchip revolution hadn’t hit the curriculum yet) so ME it was but engineering never the less. And more career changes ahead. 73, John K7JG Sent from my iPad __ 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] Elecraft CW Net Report
Good Evening, Conditions were good on 40 meters but great on 20. Strong signals with low noise makes life easy. Very little QSB too. I think that CME missed. Between nets I went outside for a while. Lots of birds were moving because of the squirrels bombing them with cones. Off in the distance there was a pack of coyotes yipping, one elk squealing, and a pileated woodpecker announcing his territory. On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: NO8V - John - MI W0CZ - Ken - ND AB9V - Mike - IN K0DTJ - Brian - CA W8OV - Dave - TX K4JPN - Steve - GA WJ7S - John - UT On 7047.5 kHz at z: W7JRD - Jim - ID WM5F - Dwight - ID K0DTJ - Brian - CA Until next week 73, Kevin. KD5ONS - https://www.quantamagazine.org/species-repulsion-enables-high-biodiversity-in-tropical-trees-20230913/ __ 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] Elecraft 80M SSB Net Report
3784 kHz 9PM ET Sunday (0100Z Monday). Thanks to the following check ins (w) and relays (rel): Call State Radio/AmpName 1 N8SBE MIK4D/KPA500 Dave (w),(op) 2 WB9JNZ ILK3/KPA1500 Eric (rel),(w) 3 K8NU OHK4D Carl (w) 4 WM6P GAK4D/KPA1500 STEVE (w) 5 KN3C PAK4D/KPA1500 Rick (w) 6 KD8DZ OHK4D/KPA500 Mike (w) 7 KB9R WIK4D/KPA1500 Joe (w) 8 W2APF NHK4D/KPA1500 Thaire (w) 9 WO4K TNK3s/KPA500 Bud (w) 10 W8LVN ILK3s Bill (w) 11 W1DXH MAK4D/Alpha 9500 Steve (w) 12 K1ND MIK2 #136 10W Jan (w) 13 K2LED NYKX3 15W ROBERT (w) We had a total of 13 check ins this week (including the NCS), and signals were good all around, except I had difficulty copying WO4K (thanks for the relays!). Very nice hearing from Jan in Ypsilanti, MI with his classic K2 #136. The net concluded at 948 PM ET. Hope to see you next week! 73, -- Dave, N8SBE __ 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] 40 meter net, 7280 kHz, every Sunday, 1900Z
*Should we have QRM on frequency we will move to 7275 kHz. * Thanks to all checking in. WM6P STEVE GA K8NU CARL OH NK9A STANLY MI AF1E JOE NC N8SBE DAVE MI N9QDS IL WB9JNZ ERIC IL KI4UKC TOM TN *Fighting Communists since 1968. * __ 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] net controls locations
20 meters: Chicago 40 meters: NW GA 80 meters: MI __ 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] HI RFI and HI CUR messages
Talk top Keith who does tech stuff for Elecraft. This started happening after I put my 2M module in... Then I slipped with a screwdriver and shorting a resister so Keith fixed it all for me. Not sure WHY it was throwing High CURR, but he got it all fixed up a couple of years ago. :) 73, Clay E. Autery, Jr. KY5G On 9/17/2023 3:53 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: Suddenly I've begun getting these messages after transmitting, especial;ly on 10 MHz. Only change in my station is that I added a borrowed KAT-500 tuner to my K-3 while my KPA-1500 was back at Watsonville. I surmised that the problem might be due to defective cables, so I've been changing then out one by one, but no joy. The manual isn't much help - any other suggestions? __ 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] Elecraft 80M SSB Net Announcement
Please join us on 3784 kHz (NOTE THE NEW FREQUENCY), 9PM ET Sunday (0100Z Monday). Note that the net stays on the same local time, when we switch back and forth to/from Daylight time, so the UTC time changes, but not the local time. Now that we have moved into Daylight time and have longer daylight hours, 80M may not be as strong as during the winter. Your net control this week will be Dave, N8SBE. Hope to see you this evening on the net. 73, -- Dave, N8SBE __ 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] HI RFI and HI CUR messages
Pete, Connect a dummy load to the K3 (alone) and see if it still has the problem. If the K3 alone is OK, then connect the KAT500 and put the DL on one of the ports - do a TUNE and then try transmitting. If OK, then try another KAT500 output and repeat. Cables are easily checked by connecting a DL to one end and an antenna analyzer to the other. Try that instead of random swapping. Toss any bad cables in the trash. 73, Don W3FPR On 9/17/2023 4:53 PM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote: Suddenly I've begun getting these messages after transmitting, especial;ly on 10 MHz. Only change in my station is that I added a borrowed KAT-500 tuner to my K-3 while my KPA-1500 was back at Watsonville. I surmised that the problem might be due to defective cables, so I've been changing then out one by one, but no joy. The manual isn't much help - any other suggestions? __ 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] HI RFI and HI CUR messages
Suddenly I've begun getting these messages after transmitting, especial;ly on 10 MHz. Only change in my station is that I added a borrowed KAT-500 tuner to my K-3 while my KPA-1500 was back at Watsonville. I surmised that the problem might be due to defective cables, so I've been changing then out one by one, but no joy. The manual isn't much help - any other suggestions? -- 73, Pete N4ZR __ 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] Trade K4D for loaded K3S + cash
On 9/17/2023 9:51 AM, n...@n1ix.com wrote: As you probably know the K4 is a great radio but I am a CW op and don't use most of the features. I've always been primarily a CW op, and my K4D is the best rig for CW I've ever owned in 69 years as a ham. I especially like the filters and the sound of the radio. 73, Jim K9YC __ 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] Elecraft SSB Nets
I would like to know the callsigns and/or locations of the three SSB net controls for antenna aiming proposes. Thanks. Richard Kunc W4KBX __ 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] Trade K4D for loaded K3S + cash
I have a vanilla K4D (non HD, no auto tuner) Serial #673 that I wish to trade for a loaded K3S + cash. I have original shipping container. Would like a local deal (Eastern MA or NH) if possible. As you probably know the K4 is a great radio but I am a CW op and don't use most of the features. Dave N1IX __ 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] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
One of my favorite Dilbert videos - when mom discovers her son has "the knack"." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zee9HV7c11E -larry (K8UT) -- Original Message -- From "Nate Bargmann" To elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date 9/16/2023 22:09:44 Subject Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer * On 2023 16 Sep 13:24 -0500, jerry wrote: On 2023-09-15 17:31, Wayne Burdick wrote: > I was 8 years old. *** I've been trying to interest my 9 year old in electronics & radio. Am leveraging his love for making things. Which mostly is alas focused on Legos. Don't push too hard. Even though dad fixed some TVs up until I was six or seven, I didn't gain an interest in electronics until after high school at age 17. As a youth I had Lego, Tinker Toys, and Erector Sets. All were educational in various ways. Exposure to various hands-on things will let him find what he likes. Even simple computer programming will be beneficial. 73, Nate, N0NB -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819 __ 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 k...@charter.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 arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT: The day I found out I was going to be an engineer
Jerry, One way to interest a son in radio and electronics expose him to others of his age that are interested and playing with it. Possibly a call to a local scout master to see if he has any charges that have a similar interest. Sometimes it takes a few years. I exposed my secretary’s sons to electronics and SWLing when they were teenagers and 30 years later when they had their families and jobs stabilized they rediscovered ham radio and became licensed. The best thing you are doing is something together with radio. My father was interested but never became licensed, BUT he took me to other hams homes and they showed me what they had and how it worked. And our family doctor was a ham and took me under tow. I became a family doctor AND a ham….. and Dad bought two Philmore radio kits and a one tube battery operated kit that I myself built. A neighborhood kid was a ham and another ham lived across the street. As I got older we made part 15 one transistor transmitters and sent CW around the neighborhood. It never stopped after that. Even in college and Med school there was always someone that had a ham rig in a closet somewhere and I borrowed it and got on the air. On the air since 1960. Dave K8WPE David J. Wilcox’s iPad > On Sep 16, 2023, at 2:25 PM, jerry wrote: > > On 2023-09-15 17:31, Wayne Burdick wrote: >> I was 8 years old. > > *** I've been trying to interest my 9 year old in electronics & radio. Am > leveraging his love for making things. Which > mostly is alas focused on Legos. > > When the COVID hit, I immediately got on Amazon and ordered the biggest, > most elaborate "snap circuits" kit. It was sort > of a bust. He did a few of them and lost interest. The trouble with snap > circuits is that the elaborate ones - the ones that > do interesting things - depend on ICs that they have packaged up. Black > boxes that hide all the fun. Also, for some strange > reason, Snap Circuits doesn't use schematics in their workbooks. > > I like the old Radio Shack multi-project kits better, and I got him the > last-biggest one that they made. Actual > schematics. > > I had him build a Velleman kit that I had laying around. He was scared of > the soldering iron. I said "just don't touch > the metal part" :). > >- Jerry, KF6VB > __ > 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 djwilco...@yahoo.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
