Re: [Elecraft] signal generator

2004-09-03 Thread Mike W
On 2 Sep 2004 at 19:18, Steve Harpole, DDS wrote: Anyone have any suggestions as to what brand , model of signal generator that is comparable in popularity as the Hakko 808 desoldering tool? Curious as to what others use , if they are into signal tracing.. I use a SigGen based on a 9851

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Filter Board Questions

2004-09-03 Thread Mike Morrow
Don wrote: I suggest that you build the 4 band board and then add a 2 band board with 80 meters as one band - the other band can be 17 or 15 I think that's the best and *only* practical approach. That's what I did with my old two-band filter board after the the four-band board came out. 60

Re: [Elecraft] K1 Filter Board Questions

2004-09-03 Thread Tom Hammond
Hi Daniel: Well, he MIGHT be able to come up with a filter to cover 80/60, but I'm not certain about the signal inversion on that band... might not permit USB reception... can't believe the FCC mandated USB in a (larger) band segment which typically ALWAYS defaults to LSB, due to mixing

Re: [Elecraft] K2 w/ Winlink 2000?

2004-09-03 Thread Don Melcher
Charles You might try to get a little real world experience with Winlink and PactorIII/II before you write that letter to QST. While the Skymate you have and speak of is a wonderful system and works well, and the buy-in is less if you are starting from scratch (I am a dealer for both), it has

[Elecraft] QST Prod Rev Expanded Reports: a proposal

2004-09-03 Thread Tracy, Michael, KC1SX
Folks, As some of you might have heard, the Expanded Test Result Reports that supplement QST Product Reviews of HF transceivers have had to be mostly eliminated. Basically, the ARRL Lab's plate is very full of critical tasks, and that includes my responsibilities. Now, I'm probably

[Elecraft] K2 S/N 4138 first time on the air tonight

2004-09-03 Thread Thomas Martin
Hello, although some options (including the KAT2) not installed I decided to give my new K2 a chance tonight. I'll be qrv (CW only -- KSB2 not installed) mainly on 40m in the range of 7025 to 7030 kHz using the vertical or dipole antenna at DK0SU and (...if everything works as expected)

[Elecraft] #4044 out and about

2004-09-03 Thread Ian J Maude
Hi all, Well K2/100 #4044 is on the air during RSGB SSB Field Day tomorrow. 13:00 UTC Saturday until 13:00 UTC Sunday. The tent is packed (so are the beer, barbeque and chilliburgers!) and we hope to work some of you. The callsign will be G0VGS/P and we will be operating from a field in