On 29 Nov 2005 at 4:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IIRC, the most likely cause was that one of the DAC's that monitor the
controls and reports any change was right near a switch point, so very
minor variations on voltages or even just tiny changes in the response
when it is polled for data will
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I have been reading the emails on paddles and
especially the KXPD1. I hesitated about the paddle
when I was thinking of getting a KX1. I hated to spend
that much money for a paddle. Usually since I am
retired and do not make much money I have to sell in
order to buy. Well, this time I got some
Hello Elecrafters,
Many of you know me and that I am obsessed with contesting. I have
participated in each of the Elecraft QSO Parties since
its inception and have strongly suggested a couple of rules changes
following each. Wayne, N6KR took note of my interest and
asked my help in
When I installed 30m module i had exactly same syptoms as you describe. Found
that longest bare jumper on 30 meter module was contacting a pin on board near
TX section close to where it was soldered onto board. Maybe yours got jarred or
pressed down in that area some how.
When I was getting
OOPS,
My original post was done on my cell phone and I made a rather large error!
The price for the K2 listed is 1250.00 (not 1500.00) with freight prepaid in
the lower 48.
Kit prices are 1800.00 for the same.
Again the price is $1250.00.
Steve
Steve Cornell wrote:
Alas, I must part with my
Gary Bartlett VE1RGB wrote:
I fully support your suggested changes. Only one question, though.
Maybe I should have been able to infer this from your proposed rules,
but for those of us who operate only one mode (i.e., CW only in my
case), will there be separate categories for CW only, SSB
Chuck Gehring wrote:
When I am rotating the VFO knob the frequency display will disappear very
briefly and be replaced by my power output setting, then change back just a
quickly to the frequency display.
Mine did that a few times this weekend while transmitting - I wasn't
touching the knob,
Hello all,
I have a K2 setup (#4819) with the 100 watt tuner/amplifier in separate
EC2 enclosure. Things have been FB for 3-4 months, but recently while using
100 watts the tuner is unable to get below a 9.9 SWR on 80 meters, even
though other bands tune fine. KAT100 Tuner also does not
Jim Sheldon wrote:
I learned on a bug first back in 1961, before I even got my ham license
(Army radio operator) and when Hallicrafters came out with the HA-1 keyer, I
bought one and didn't look back for several years.
I got my license in '61 and used a straight key (surplus J-38) for a
It has been pointed out that the KAF2 and DSP units are not installed at the
same time.
This radio has the DSP unit installed not the KAF2 audio filter...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OOPS,
My original post was done on my cell phone and I made a rather large error!
The price for the K2
Paul Heller wrote:
Last year I dug the bug out of storage and decided to give it a try
again - after all, I was OK with it in the '60s. I almost got to the
point where I'd be willing to go on the air with it, but after 40 years
I've definitely lost the knack.
Hi Paul!
After a similar
Chuck Gehring wrote:
When I am rotating the VFO knob the frequency display will disappear very
briefly and be replaced by my power output setting, then change back
Mine K2 #4759 has done it a couple of times. I cannot remember whether
is was a tx or rx situation.
Rolf Moberg
oh6kxl
Dave, G3YMC wrote:
The volume pot track is well known to become noisy over time, but the
same applies to all four pots. My CW speed pot (K2 2498) is now quite
touchy with only a very small change causing a significant change in
speed, and the RF gain pot (normally left at the clockwise
--- and so, if you want the problem to go away, move the control
just a touch to get it away from the switch point. On the other
hand, if you want the value to pop up from time to time, move the
control to the switch point. Of course, that's like dropping a
penny on edge, it never sticks when
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
In general the audio pots on the K2 don't have a noise problem Dave. The
original design of the K2 audio gain circuit put demands on the audio pots
they weren't designed for which gave the impression that the pots were going
bad in early K2's. Wayne redesigned the
I am considering buying either a T-1 or KAT2 for my K-2. Is there any
comparison data about which is the more effective tuner? Thanks, Ci
Ci Jones, WU7R
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Had a great week in The Bahamas with my K2/100 and a Field Day type Moxon.
Operated 20 meters only so I could get some sleep and made 1,500 QSO's into 100
Countries, and 30 zones.
Bonefishing was good too.
Ahhh, how sweet it is!
Randy W6SJ
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--- and so, if you want the problem to go away, move the control just a
touch to get it away from the switch point. On the other hand, if you want
the value to pop up from time to time, move the control to the switch point.
Of course, that's like dropping a penny on edge, it never sticks when you
WONKY... That is so funny. I've not heard that one for a while. I have a
list of interesting words I've heard people use in my lifetime. WONKY is near
the top.
Mark Saunders, KJ7BS
Glendale, AZ
From: Ron D'Eau Claire [EMAIL
On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 07:36:02 -0800, Mike Sexsmith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote :
Hello all,
I have a K2 setup (#4819) with the 100 watt tuner/amplifier in separate
EC2 enclosure. Things have been FB for 3-4 months, but recently while using
100 watts the tuner is unable to get below a 9.9
Ha! Ha!
With our international readers on the list, I generally avoid such words but
that's a personal favorite of mine too G.
Ron AC7AC in N.W. Oregon and hoping for a white Christmas.
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From: Mark Saunders, KJ7BS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 29,
I first thought that was someones call... W0NKY
James Kern
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FWIW: As a senior in HS in '56-'57, I got a job as a relief operator at
a coastal marine station. Everyone had their own bug with a wedge to
connect it to the company-provided straight key, and all but mine were
Vibroplex. I had acquired a very proletarian looking black-based bug
(J-36?)
Ci,
The specifications are in the manuals which you can download from Elecraft.
Compare the inductance and capacitance range and the number of tuning steps
for both tuners - the basic matching circuit is similar for both (an L
network). You will find the KAT2 has a greater matching range, twice
I realized that after seeing it in my in-box, hey that looks like a callsign.
I should not have used all caps, sorry for the confusion.
Mark Saunders, KJ7BS
Glendale, AZ
From: James Kern [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 2005/11/29 Tue PM
Vic K2VCO wrote:
My RIT control got quite squirrely after a while, and I replaced it.
Now it's fine. The new pot I got from Elecraft seemed more
substantial (the shaft appears to wobble less) and they may be using
better pots now than in my K2 no. 709.
I also had to replace my RIT pot some
Hi
I have a K2 with its ATU and the T1, and I must say that the K2’s built in
ATU works great for me, I have a half size windom that needs a ATU on any
freq below 40m and the K2’s ATU can match it on top band without problem.
The T1 gets a decent match on Topband and a good match on 80, I also
Hi Ron,
If you get above 1000 feet in elevation you will find snow. At 2000
feet we have had six inches since breakfast. It has not stopped yet.
Plays Hobb with my SWR but made my sked this morning. We got my truck out
to the main road and pointed down hill. Hopefully Washington County
Re: WONKY...
At 01:42 PM 11/29/2005, James Kern wrote:
I first thought that was someones call... W0NKY
So did I, and it happens to be the call of a VERY GOOD FRIEND who I'm
pretty certain hasn't been active for quite a while... at first blush
(looking at just the SUBJECT lines), I thought
Kevin wrote:
If you get above 1000 feet in elevation you will find snow. At 2000
feet we have had six inches since breakfast. It has not stopped yet.
Plays Hobb with my SWR but made my sked this morning. We got my truck out
to the main road and pointed down hill. Hopefully Washington
-Original Message-
My RIT control got quite squirrely after a while, and I replaced it. Now
it's fine. The new pot I got from Elecraft seemed more substantial (the
shaft appears to wobble less) and they may be using better pots now than in
my K2 no. 709.
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These comments, and my own
Thanks Don, for the reminder.
I know in the past it has been posted to insert a pin in terminal 4 on the
K2 and remove the same from the corresponding plug to make them unique to
the K2.
How's the easiest way to do this? Can you pull the pin from the male plug
and insert it into the female
Won't the soon to be available big AMP need the ALC Line?
Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456
snip
I know in the past it has been posted to insert a pin in terminal 4 on the
K2 and remove the same from the corresponding plug to make them unique to
the K2.
/snip
Of course, this is an excellent idea if you
Hello Mike,
the problem sound familar to me. When i build KAT100 everything worked
fine for some hours. After a while same problem like you described
appeared on my KAT100.
One relay click sounds a bit different and i could not match all bands
anymore. I thought a relay would be not okay, but
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Way back in my Novice days (1967), I had a J-37 straight key. And it remained
the only key I had for seven years. Once I got the loan of one of those
Lafayette bugs but it sounded so bad I went back to the straight key.
When I got to college in the fall of 1972, there was a Vibrokeyer and
I have a like new K8RA Iambic Paddle model P2 for sale. It is a very nice
key, look at the eHam reviews under the K8RA paddles. Also check out his
web page ( http://www.k8ra.com/index.htm ) for all the info and pictures
you need. It comes with the plastic shipping container, and adjustment
Nigel,
I use a thin nosed set of pliers to bend and eventually break off the male
pin. On the K2 end (female), I just insert a wire or the tip of a toothpick
into pin 4 (use whatever will stay firmly in the hole). There is nothing
more to it - no magic or other tricks.
73,
Don W3FPR
Dan,
I don't know if the big AMP will use ALC in any fashion, but it certainly
will not get it from the KPA100 AUX I/O pin 4 - that pin is marked on the
schematic as 'nc' - the KIO2 did pass along the internal ALC signal on pin
4, but it is not used with any of the Elecraft external equipment.
On Nov 29, 2005, at 2:01 PM, Randy Johnson wrote:
Had a great week in The Bahamas with my K2/100 and a Field Day type
Moxon. Operated 20 meters only so I could get some sleep and made
1,500 QSO's into 100 Countries, and 30 zones.
You worked at least one other K2/100 on this end.
Here's
I'm looking for a small commercially available power supply suitable for a
K2. Any ideas? I remember one similar to a lap top supply being recommended a
while back, but don't remember who was selling them.
Thanks
Bill
K3UJ
P/S for basic K2
On Nov 29, 2005, at 2:26 PM, Mark Saunders, KJ7BS wrote:
WONKY... That is so funny. I've not heard that one for a
while. I have a list of interesting words I've heard people use in
my lifetime. WONKY is near the top.
Don't laugh. Wonky is a serious technical term and should not be
Don't laugh. Wonky is a serious technical term and should not be used
lightly.
Websters.com includes an entry from the Jargon file that pretty much
describes the proper use of the term.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL
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Egad! He's SO right! Like kludge! (another favorite of mine)
The pots that are used frequently on my K2 have gone flaky.
This includes the AF GAIN control, which _does_ have the
mod.
Flakiness in the POWER control can be rather dangerous if
the K2 is driving something that does not want to be driven
too hard.
As changing the front panel pots is
I now have the rig jumping from VFO A to VFO B, in addition to phantom
displays of power level (the latter more likely to happen shortly after
stopping spinning the VFO).
These do _not_ necessarily happen during transmit, or during transition
from transmit to receive or vice versa, so unlikely
I'm looking for a small commercially available power supply suitable for
a
K2.
I use an Alinco DM-330MV and it works fine. It handles the KPA100 and KAT100
and my microHAM microKEYER. I don't see any voltage drop when I key it at
full power.
There are several others that will do the job. As
Some comments:
Message must be short and simple. As a contest-man you may agree?
K1, K2 or KX1 already defines Elecraft user. How about
another transceiver and Elecraft T1 ?
Serial number is not essential, but interesting, and may be given
during rag chew part of contact.
US State / VE
Benny,
Thanks for your input. I appreciate minimal exchanges, too; they
produce more QSOs and make a contest easy to operate in.
But we'd like EQP to be different. I think of it as a series of
condensed QSOs rather than quick-hit contest exchanges. Many
participants have common interests,
Some differences found during my recent building.
Manual is RevC, Feb 2004 with Errata Rev C-5 July 20 2005
P14
Clearance under Heatsink RHS column first item. On my heatsink there was a
land in the area of C65, C75 and C74 which reduced the board to heatsink
clearance to 4.0mm.The stated
Sorry if I'm late on thread :) I'm a professional jazz musician
(string bass) and have K2 #1010. For the last couple of years I've
been able to work a trip to the Seaside (Or) hamfest and help man
the Elecraft table along with a performance at a jazz festival down
the road (Rockaway Beach).40
The power of other station is not essential. It is your power that
counts.
Good point. An exchange of power levels is, again, rooted in low-power
contests. It's interesting, but I would say that this is the most
expendable part of the exchange.
It seems to me that a score per contact,
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