Re: [Elecraft] no, it isn't a knob, it's a...

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Brian Mury wrote: On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 17:51 -0500, Stuart Rohre wrote: It's a sideswiper. No, it's a single lever paddle. Note the three wire connection (and you can even see the cuts in the copper base that isolate the dit, dah, and ground connections). Actually,

[Elecraft] Let me build a K2 for you

I have built 98 K2's to date. Let me build one for you. My prices are reasonable and you receive a new, built K2, ready to play. 73 Alan W1HYV ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list.

[Elecraft] blank display FINALLY SOLVED!!! r-15

I finally found the problem at 2am. Wouldn't you know it was something I thought I checked before. I was going through all the emails sent to me about this problem (I saved them all) not really expecting anything. I've been working with Gary at elecraft support mostly. It's been almost a

[Elecraft] Resistance measurement

Hello all The reason that I was getting some wrong readings was down to my own stupidity, counting the pins incorrectly. Everything on the control board is within the stated ranges apart from 2 which are slightly low U6 Pin 29 69.1 K U6 Pin 30 69.2 K I might try find another VOM as I

[Elecraft] Human Power Output

75 watts my butt! (I forgot which list had the recent discussion about pedal-powered radios, but this is interesting to both, I imagine). Of course, those radio operators out there who can maintain 410 Watts on a bike for long enough to climg a 1500m hill should be in France about nowg. From the

[Elecraft] ARCBS Safari Pride Award - 10 bridge QSOs needed!

Hello all! The Amateur Radio Covered Bridge Society or ARCBS is proud to present the Safari Pride Award to any amateur who contacts ten covered bridges during the ARCBS Covered Bridge Weekend Event held September 3-4, 2005. This unique award is yours FREE for contacting a minimum of ten covered

[Elecraft] What battery to use?

Hi guys, I am gearing up for a portable station for emergency communications and have decided to use my K2/100 and KAT100 combo. I want to be able to power it with batteries, if the need arises. Have any of you high tech Elecrafters used a battery to power a K2/100? I don't know whether to

[Elecraft] Grounding

Bob, I understand this really depends on the type of soil you are dealing with, RF does penetrate lossy soil (as in my region of the world around .002/13) quite deeply. Keeping your RF ground close to the surface (or on the surface) seems to be the best practice. A question: Would what you

[Elecraft] Recent problems = another building tip

Seems like unsoldered pins are a popular problem these days. One of the things I do to avoid this is count as I solder. I expect an 8-pin IC to have 8 pins to solder so I count them off as I do them. If I stick 14 resistors in, I expect 28 solder joints when I flip the board over. In the case of

[Elecraft] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar July 14 - Aug 14, 2005

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[Fwd: Re: [Elecraft] What battery to use?]

Mark Baugh wrote: Hi guys, I am gearing up for a portable station for emergency communications and have decided to use my K2/100 and KAT100 combo. I want to be able to power it with batteries, if the need arises. Have any of you high tech Elecrafters used a battery to power a K2/100? I don't

Re: [Elecraft] What battery to use?

Mark wrote: I am gearing up for a portable station for emergency communications and have decided to use my K2/100 and KAT100 combo. I want to be able to power it with batteries, if the need arises...I've been thinking about using something on the order of a 50-60 Ahr size. I've been playing

[Elecraft] Another Battery Question

Hi all, I have a basic K2 (s/n 1103) without the 100 amp. I also have the Elecraft internal battery (KBT2), which I use in the field. At home the K2 is connected to a 13 volt power supply which, of course, charges the battery while I'm operating. Unfortunately life will be getting in the

Re: [Elecraft] Recent problems = another building tip

I do this too, and it works great! One caveat: if you can only only count to ten while soldering, don't install more than five resistors at a time. Let your ability to remain focussed on the count while focussing on soldering dictate how many you install at a time. I usually do six resistors,

Re: [Elecraft] blank display FINALLY SOLVED!!! r-15

hi Roland - very glad to hear you found the problem! Take your wife to dinner tonight!-) 73 and cheers - jeff wk6i At 02:44 AM 7/15/2005, Roland wrote: Ok, it's 2 am and now that the display light is on, looks like a good stopping place for the night. The wife is starting to think I don't

Re: [Elecraft] Recent problems = another building tip

On Friday 15 July 2005 13:51, Craig Rairdin wrote: Seems like unsoldered pins are a popular problem these days.   One of the things I do to avoid this is count as I solder. I expect an 8-pin IC to have 8 pins to solder so I count them off as I do them. If I stick 14 resistors in, I expect 28

[Elecraft] Always maximum ALC reading when pressing the PTT on your mic in SSB mode

Hi All, Just wanting to share a mistake I made this week: Observation: When pressing the PTT on your mic in SSB mode, the ALC reading shows immediately 8 digits illuminated. There is no power control possible. Output in SSB is only 1-3W, whatever the mic settings In CW mode, where the ALC is not

RE: [Elecraft] Recent problems = another building tip

Jeff WK6I wrote: One of the things I do to avoid this is count as I solder. I expect an 8-pin IC to have 8 pins to solder so I count them off as I do them. If I stick 14 resistors in, ... That's an excellent idea. I do it during the inspection phase. First I use a magnifier strong enough

RE: [Elecraft] Recent problems = another building tip

I see no need to count. For all long lead components, I soldered lots of them in before trimming the leads. When I started to trim them, I checked if I had soldered before snipping - caught a few that way. That works too, and I check as a trim the leads also. This counting technique is most

[Elecraft] Front end FET of transverter blown with CW configured K2

OK, guess Murphy forced me to screw up twice this week :)) So another mistake I would like to share with you all. Observation: 20dB lost in receiver performance at your transverter, no C1 adjustment possible (Elecraft XV50 kit) Cause: Q3 PHEMT ATF34143 defective How did I manage that: K2

RE: [Elecraft] K2 and 14205.73

Maybe Wayne is a Buffalo Bills fan. One of the zipcodes for Buffalo is 14205. 73, Dan Pawlak KF4KKF Manassas, Va Hometown? You guessed it - Buffalo (Go Bills!!) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of W3FPR - Don Wilhelm Sent: Thursday, July 14,

Re: [Fwd: Re: [Elecraft] What battery to use?]

Robert Tellefsen wrote: Paul What is an AGM battery? Don't think I've heard that term before. Thanks and 73 Bob N6WG AGM = Absorbed Glass Mat As I understand it, the original application was for military aircraft - they can be mounted in any position and don't give off hydrogen under

RE: [Elecraft] Recent problems = another building tip

Hi Group, I'm so glad to see that there are so many other anal retentives out there who check, insert, count and solder, count and trim then check again. I have only one thing to offer: When soldering, I only solder one side of a component, then come back and solder the other side later. I

[Elecraft] Re: What battery to use?

Something to keep in mind when you desire your battery to have a relatively long life. Taking out 50% of the capacity will, in general, seriously shorten a battery's life as compared to only drawing it down to 80%. Most renewable energy systems shoot for the 70 - 80% mark. Since we're

Re: [Elecraft] Another Battery Question

Yeah, life gets in the way sometimes. My first recommendation is to remove the battery from the K2 - no need to tempt fate. A sealed lead acid battery, in reasonable health, can probably go up to 6 months at normal room temps before needing to be recharged. Charge it fully, pull it out

Re: [Elecraft] What battery to use?

In a message dated 15/07/05 15:37:09 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I had one rig that wouldn't function much below about 11.0 volts due to that effect. Under transmit loads on the battery and with the voltage drop in the power cables, 11 vdc at the rig happens a lot sooner

RE: [Elecraft] Recent problems = another building tip

Well here's my 2 cents...Before snipping a lead, I try to check for continuity between the end of the lead (the part that will eventually be snipped) and a compement or pad trace that is connected to the lead that is being snipped. If I get continuity I snip, if not I re-solder. (yea, it did

[Elecraft] KX1 #999 strange observation...

Hi, I used my KX1 this afternoon and I got a strange problem I put the power out to zero (0) to practice CW a few moment. And when I was sqeezing both side of my paddle, the KX1 was shutting down like power off and immediatly on, like a reset I tried with the Elecraft KX1 mini

Re: [Elecraft] no, it isn't a knob, it's a...

Ah, OK thanks for the update--- Depending on how you wire this particular key, ie have jumper on two side wires, and common on lever, you COULD use it as a sideswiper, (sidewise key). ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You

Re: [Elecraft] Front end FET of transverter blown with CW configured K2

Both my A and B version K2's do this. Again human error here, but we're learning :)) '73 Mark, PA5MW -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.15/49 - Release Date: 7/14/2005 __ NOD32 1.1170 (20050715

[Elecraft] Birdies

I have had trouble with annoying “birdies,” notably at 14014 and 14029. I hope my experience in chasing these down helps someone else with a similar problem. I finally traced this to an interaction between the cable modem for my high speed cable Internet access and the network card on my

Re: [Elecraft] Always maximum ALC reading when pressing the PTT on yourmic in SSB mode

See, that is what happens when you start messing with SSB. Stick to CW!! HI! Paul Gates K1 #0231 KX1 #1186 XG1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Mark_van_Wijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 2:17 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Always

Re: [Elecraft] Birdies

Randy, Did you try using shielded twisted pair CAT5E or CAT6 cable? This solved it for me. Just an idea... 73 Trev - K6ESE - Original Message - From: Randy Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 3:03 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Birdies I have

Re: [Elecraft] What battery to use?

i also used a 84 ah for field day k2/100... with a 50 watt solar panel... at night it dropped to 11.4 before the panel brought it back to 12.4 the next morning after the sun hit the panel for a few hours... it was slowing climbing up this was a gota station,.,,,so xmt duty cycle was

Re: [Elecraft] no, it isn't a knob, it's a...

On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 16:56 -0500, Stuart Rohre wrote: Depending on how you wire this particular key, ie have jumper on two side wires, and common on lever, you COULD use it as a sideswiper, (sidewise key). Good point. That would work for any single lever paddle. The thought had never occured

[Elecraft] K2 #5023 Has a Home

Fellow Elecrafters-- K2 #5023 has arrived. I'm a first-time Elecrafter, and only have a few simple Heathkits under my built as well as a few small homebrew projects. It's a beautiful package, and all's well with the inventory thus far. I had wondered before it arrived if seeing the hundreds of

[Elecraft] XIT/Split interaction?

I suffered an emabrrassing lapse today while trying to work a DX station up. I set the A and B vfos for split operation and on transmit, the frequency display changed as it should .But it turned out the rig didn't After a while I noticed I could hear the DX station while I was (I thought) on the

Re: [Elecraft] Always maximum ALC reading when pressing the PTT onyourmic in SSB mode

Now Paul, that's quite enough!! Happy be those who speak with SSB, for they are the enlightened. g 73, Geoff GM4ESD K2/100 + KSB2 #3255 Paul Gates wrote: See, that is what happens when you start messing with SSB. Stick to CW!! HI! Paul Gates K1 #0231 KX1 #1186 XG1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]