RE: [Elecraft] Re: soldering stations

2004-07-14 Thread Julian, G4ILO
Mind you, you could break and replace several cheap DMMs for the price of a Fluke... 73, -- Julian, G4ILO. (RSGB, ARRL, G-QRP, K2 #392) G4ILO's Shack: http://www.qsl.net/g4ilo Ron D'Eau Claire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] 3 - Ruggedness. My fluke has bounced off of a steel deck of several

RE: [Elecraft] Re: soldering stations

2004-07-14 Thread Thom R. Lacosta
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Julian, G4ILO wrote: Mind you, you could break and replace several cheap DMMs for the price of a Fluke... YeaI have a cheap DMM at: My tool kit My computer took kit My car My parent's home My daughter's apartment The other advantage to cheap DMM's is that if you have

[Elecraft] New K1 - 4 bander with transmit offset problem

2004-07-14 Thread Jim F.
Nice to be on the list.. .. My K1 - 4 bander has a transmit offset problem(Or I do !) On transmit the frequency should increase by about +700 Hz. It decreases about -100Hz on 20m, to about -900Hz on 17m. Each band is different. The RIT/XIT function is off, and the knob does not

[Elecraft] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar July 15 to Aug 29, 2004

2004-07-14 Thread Ken Newman
~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR July 2004 ~~ Summer FOX Hunt - CW: Every Friday through August 20 (UTC) 0100z to 0300z (9 PM - 11 PM EDT Thurs evening US/Canada) Info:

Re: [Elecraft] Eurasian ECN

2004-07-14 Thread pa0ncv
Not to worry Martin... My CW is also not too fast. I ran 8 QSO's last week at abt 15 wpm Every friday evening at 20m 14.045 1900z 40m 7.025 2030z I'll be loking out for you, 73 Nick, PA0NCV K2 #1510 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent:

Re: [Elecraft] Famous Ham

2004-07-14 Thread N5DWI
Interesting. I suspected he might be a ham from the fact that I saw a 6 element beam on his property from a news helicopter flyover on the morning after he died. I looked up the name in the online callbook, but didn't find it, so I fugured the beam must belong to one of his staff. Does

Re: [Elecraft] Famous Ham

2004-07-14 Thread Lawrence Makoski
To all fo you out there interested in famous Hams; then please check out this URL http://users.tellurian.com/gjurrens/famous_hams.html Wayne and Eric, I think I'm going to have to have Gerry add your names and calls to the list! 73 de Larry W2LJ - Vivat Morse! © ® [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Elecraft] OK QRP group

2004-07-14 Thread Daniel Reynolds
If you live in or near Oklahoma, and you are interested in QRP - I just activated an e-mail list on Yahoo! Groups that is just for you. All you have to do to join the list is send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... and they can post just as easily to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... and unsubscribe by

Re: [Elecraft] Famous Ham

2004-07-14 Thread David Walker
I know Joe Walsh from the Eagles is an active ham. I was thrilled to have rx'ed an email from him a few years ago. He's a Colin's collector and does alot of 10mx AM ops. Cheers all, Dave. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] Famous Ham

2004-07-14 Thread Peter Howson
David Extract from the RSGB news:-- One of the best-known names in cinematic as well as amateur radio circles, actor Marlon Brando, died on the 1st of July at the age of 80. Known to hams world-wide as KE6PZH and FO5GJ, Brando is listed on the FCC database as Martin Brandeaux. He was on the air

Re: [Elecraft] a few basics please, watt to watt compare

2004-07-14 Thread John J. McDonough
MC Pretty close. Actually, on the lower frequencies, longer skip is always possible. So is shorter skip. As you go up in frequency, shorter skip quits happening until you reach the MUF, where essentially the minimum skip length becomes so long that you can't get any skip. So part of the