No financial support / interest here, but all I can say after 24 hours
fieldday work last week-end ( clubstn ON4SNW/P )
the black widow paddle SN#30 has done an outstanding job ! ( 595 QSO's )
http://users.skynet.be/on6wj/bw1.JPG
73's to all
Josef
ON6WJ/OP5R
G-QRP#429
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From the looks of it, the paddles themselves are guitar picks -
which are easy to get replacements for, and REALLY hard to break
(essentially can't be), esp. the heavier thicknesses, which is what
it looks like are on the paddle in the picture.
I think you guys may make me decide to get
I found both a problem and a solution. I'm posting this in hopes someone else
can benefit from my experience.
During last night's Spartan Sprint I got a report from a friend that my CW signal was 597 with poor tone. He said it had an AC
power sound.
I listened with a second receiver and
Wayne wrote:
I'm in the market for new QSL cards. My first choice of vendor never
returns e-mails, so I'm looking for another one. Anyone have a
recommendation for a QSL printer that can handle custom artwork in
Illustrator format?
You are most welcome Ralph! Enjoy it.
73,
Don W3FPR
-Original Message-
Thanks to Don Wilhelm, W3FPR, my KX1, SN 1151 is now a quad-bander. I've
had it on its 'new' band this evening to work a few of my regular
NTS nets,
and it operated well. I'll have to give it a workout
Hi Jim,
I work in an electronics industry and despite all the great reports from
people who said I build mine on shag carpet and it works fine ESD
damage is a real issue that causes real problems that don't always show
up immediately.
ESD protection falls under the category of an ounce of
They are real thick--about double the width of the 0.73mm picks I use
for actually picking a guitar. They could be broken, but it would have
to be intentional, or from dropping the paddle just right.
73 Eric N0HHS
KX1 #670
From the looks of it, the paddles themselves are guitar picks - which
It appears that the transmit mix oscillator was the issue. X6 needs a jumpstart
by tapping it with a screwdriver. Pulled it and checked for a solder short, but
perhaps I killed it during install.
Thanks to John, kf7om, and Jerry, wa2dkg, for their off-reflector assistance.
Proof again that one
Wayne,
Maybe Elecraft needs to run a seminar on customer service and invite your QSL
card guy...hi
Tom
WB2QDG
K2 1103
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From: wayne burdick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi All,
I'm in the market for new QSL cards. My first choice of vendor never
Hello again!
Started to check KPA100 after weekends failure. Voltage tests on page 43
(Appendix G, KPA100 manual).
D13 133 V
U4 pin 8 -23.9 V
TP1 0 V
J3 + lead 1.35 V
Last one failed, should be 0 volts.
What to look for to rectify this? Or should I just go ahead with receiver
tests?
73 Jukka,
At www.mycableshop.com ... you can get a 2'x2' mat with grounding cable, wrist
strap, and a 12oz bottle of spray anti static stuff. All this for $29.00.
Paul, KD3JF
Glen Burnie, MD
FM19qd (Map Grid Square)
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Thanks Paul. Just put an order in for the 2 x 2 set.
Tnx agn
Jim/k2hn
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Pete,
I checked the website and see that part number 10575 is not ROHS compatible,
but they have a new one the same size with ROHS yes and that is likely
their replacement - the part number is 10576, priced at $9.95 each. Again
the website is www.jameco.com - since I have no connection with
Folks,
Thought I'd share some pix of some old SWL QSL cards:
http://users.frii.com/rwc/swl_qsls/
All are from 1965 (Man I'm gettin' old! :-) I found them while packing
up the house for my upcoming move. With the recent posts about BBC,
SWL and QSL cards, on the Elecraft and QRP-L list, I
Another vote for cheapqsls.com - I had an image (TIFF, I think) that
I wanted to use and Sue worked with me to turn it into a nice QSL card.
I'll probably modify it a bit for the next batch, but I'm quite
happy with this - and turnaround was very quick.
I'm relatively new to HF (last December). I
Cool! I still have a bunch of SWL cards from the late 60s. I'll have
to scan some of mine and post them.
For a long time after getting my ham ticket, and cutting back on
SWLing, I'd get New Year's cards from Radio Havana. They were very
funny. The one I remember best had as the front of
I have just completed successfully installing the amplifier and tuner in an EC2
and interfacing it with the K2 and KIO2 data interface. No difficulties were
encountered and the alignment went exactly as described in the assembly manuals
and the information from KK7P. The one question I had
Definately keep the BNC connector on there, and just use an adaptor.
Alligator clip pigtails will be much more of a headache than you
realize at this time. 73 de Alex NS6Y
On Jun 6, 2006, at 10:08 AM, Larry Wright wrote:
The build is going well. My question is this: has anyone used
Hi, Folks.
I had an interesting experience yesterday.
I was practicing using a desoldering tool as I have never used one
before and wanted to get my choreography figured out before I start
desoldering components to install the 80m module, so picture this:
The KX1 board is sitting in a plastic
Hi Wayne - Just a thought
There is a lot of talent on this list; not only electronic, but must include
artistic as well (I'm not one of them). Why not have a contest for QSL
designs with great pictures of the K1, KX1, and K2 on the pretty side with
various backgrounds and necessary
Hi Terry,
This sounds like fun and is fine with me, but I'm totally swamped. Are
you volunteering to run the contest? :)
73,
Wayne
N6KR
There is a lot of talent on this list; not only electronic, but must
include artistic as well (I'm not one of them). Why not have a contest
for QSL
I've got the k2 screensaver on my computer in the hamshack. And the k1
screensaver on the wife's laptop. It would be nice is someone came out with a
kx1 screensaver. Personally I also like shots of the rigs being used in the
field. Just a wish list here.
Roland n5vwn k2#3090
G'day John,
| During last night's Spartan Sprint I got a report from a friend that my
CW signal was 597 with poor tone. He said it had an AC
| power sound.
| Turned out I have an older high intensity light within 6 inches from the
side of the K2. Turning off the lamp cured the problem.
Did
Martin,
Quite simply, you were creating a 'ground loop' and the FT-51 was inside the
electric field created by that ground loop. If you had a 'rubber ducky' on
the FT-51 that should be explaination enough, but if you were using an
outside antenna, then you may want to look at the field of the
Hi Larry,
I use a bnc with about an inch and a half of coax (separated) to two
aligator clips. I think this is a much better idea than an adapter.
Gotta be easier on the circuit board.
72, Paul -ve1dy-
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On 6/6/06, Larry Wright [EMAIL
Hello,
I guess it is time to give an update about Diana Morse, KB3NNP, progress.
Two weeks ago the original four Polar Bear, went to Diana's QTH to present
her with the radio gear and et her setup.
The original four are Ron de WB3AAL, Ed de WA3WSJ, Ed de K3YTR and Mark de
NK8Q.
We did the
Larry:
You can also buy a BNC - banana plug adapter from Jameco (no
affiliation) for a few bucks. Take it off when not using it and you
have a stock K2.
73's,
John AA0VE
Larry Wright wrote:
The build is going well. My question is this: has anyone used alligator clip
outputs in place of
I was one of the fellows who helped John test the PLL VCO temperature
stability mod. To do that I wanted to heat up the K2 to in internal air
temperature of my K2 up to about 120F or so for a period of time and then do
drift measurements.
I did that by loading a memory with CW, then putting the
I ran my K2 last weekend on a battery (from my backyard â fully charged 52
Ah. Gel cell), and everyone on the net (40 meter SSB) complained that the
signal was distorted and just plain sounded very bad. One person suggested
that it was the 12 volts put out by the battery, rather than the
The saga continues.
I am in the middle of building my very first breadboard project: a 10
MHz oscillator to test the K2. Got about half of the parts from
Radio Shack. Got the XTAL and a few other parts at Hosfelt Electronics.
For the Don,
I found two caps that were wrong in the bandpass
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