You could have a scoring system based on power levels. The RSGB low
power contest has a power level related scoring system that works well. See:
http://www.contesting.co.uk/hfcc/rules/rqrp.shtml
73 Dave, G4AON
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K1 in great condition with 40, 30, 20, 15 plus a 2 band module with 40 and 20
on it. I have the parts I will send with it to change one of the bands on the
2 band to 80 meters, I just have not had the time to make the change. The k1
has the backlight, tuner and NB.
I also have an un built 35
Dave wrote:
You could have a scoring system based on power levels. The RSGB low
power contest has a power level related scoring system that works well. See:
Field Day does have a scoring system based on power levels. The
change desired is to allow different power levels to exist at a site
I am looking at a low cost solution to get on two meters CW/SSB. Has anyone
married the K2 and the Ten Tec 1210 together? How does it work? Also, what
are your thoughts about the 1210? For 149 bucks, it seems to be somewhat of a
bargain
Lee - K0WA
In our day and age it seems
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Hence Germany had to bring a device nearly to the point of fool-proof
perfection before releasing it for use, whereas the British could put
systems barely past the prototype stage into operations, knowing
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. I additionally
commented that I would like to see Battery allow all battery efforts at
any power level using the exiting power level bonus structure.
How would that work?
As it stands now, 151 to
But the German radar detector receivers used supperregenerative
detectors,which radiate a weak signal.
Don't know whether this is apocryphal or not, but I had heard from a
former USAF EW tech that the VC in Viet Nam in the early days figured out
how to make U.S. field superhets' LO howl , giving
I apologize to everyone how this thread has drifted.
I only asked if anyone has knowledge of where to
obtain plexiglass for my K2. Appreciate if we can
stay on topic. We are now into German Warfare and
has nothing to do with plexiglass. Please Gentlemen.
73
john-n4dsp
Hi Lee,
Ten Tec 1210 is ok but you will note some frequency drift over the time.
Therefore, it is all acceptable for FM but you have to be a bit patient in
SSB.
73
Johnny Siu VR2Xmc
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Gil Stacy wrote:
Don't know whether this is apocryphal or not,
It is
but I had heard from a former USAF EW tech that the VC in Viet Nam in
he early days figured out how to make U.S. field superhets' LO howl,
giving away qth, causing some units to switch to TRF technology.
but I haven't
John,
Look in your phone book yellow pages for a local commercial plastics
supplier. They often have cut-offs for sale at modest prices. If you have
to buy a whole sheet, take along a wheelbarrow full of money.
73,
Don W3FPR
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I apologize to everyone how this
There is another possible change that would place emphasis on QRP-battery
operation. Given that one purpose of FD is to promote rapid response to
need for emergency comms, let the QRP-battery position(s) operate the full
contest period, starting setup with East Coast and finishing with West
Didn't the allies look into building aircraft carriers
from ice? if you had impregnated the ice with say fine
copper mess, would it not also be somewhat of an RF
sheild... or maybe just a good ground plane for the
minature 160M vertical ummm I've said too much
already ;o)
73,
Julius
n2wn
Don raises a very good technique that use frequently. In fact yesterday I
stopped by the place and
pick up a piece of 5/16 that was roughly 14 x 6 inches for the whole wallet
breaking sum of
something around $1.00. I was charged by weight, although sometimes they
charge by area as well.
For
We recently successfully built K2 # 5422 - which was
a very rewarding, successful, and fun build. At the
onset - I wasn't sure I still had the patience to
do it - but it turned out, one couldn't turn off the
solder station! Way into the night ..
I just sold K2 # 5422 to a IL ham,
If there is no better scoring candidate this year and if I have not
miscalculated somewhere, I think I will be getting the second best all time
high score in single op. phone only QRP category.
My calculated score is roughly about half of the all time best.
My short comings were:
- 45m of RG58
Don, W3FPR wrote:
Look in your phone book yellow pages for a local commercial plastics
supplier. They often have cut-offs for sale at modest prices. If you have
to buy a whole sheet, take along a wheelbarrow full of money.
--
You might do well
I just purchased a used 1210 yesterday with the idea
to use it with my K2...I haven't tried it yet. Lee, I
should have it on the air for initial tests within a
few days and can report.
But I am confused about noise figure specs. The
manual (copyright 1997) I received with it specifies a
2 dB
I gave John a bum steer I guess. Tap Plastics appears to be a west-coast
company. They have a web site at:
http://www.tapplastics.com/
They've been an invaluable resource for me for a variety of things, radio
and non-radio related. Maybe someone knows of similar companies serving
other areas of
On Sun, 9 Jul 2006, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
I gave John a bum steer I guess. Tap Plastics appears to be a west-coast
company. They have a web site at:
http://www.tapplastics.com/
They've been an invaluable resource for me for a variety of things, radio
and non-radio related. Maybe someone
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Given that one purpose of FD is to promote rapid response to
need for emergency comms, let the QRP-battery position(s) operate the full
contest period, starting setup with East Coast and finishing with
Hi,
I have a complete QRP kit that includes an Elecraft T1 to sell on eBay.
Take a look at...
www.ebay.com
Type item number in the search box: 35739039
Happy bidding !!!
J-F / VA2VYZ
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Screen (silk screen) printers and sign printers often have small pieces of
plexi left over from jobs that they might be willing to sell at a modest price.
Mike, KC2TP
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additional elided
What multiplier should a 5 to 150 W Battery station get?
5 to 150 Battery would get a multiplier of 2, but would be noted as a
Battery subclass.
73 de Jim, N2EY
Clark B. Wierda
N8CBW
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. So it splits our club. The
CW lovers go to their own FD and run QRP. The rest go to the Club FD and
work SSB. If we have diversity in power then the two groups can work
together.
This is a key
The trick is often in cutting or drilling it cleanly and squarely without
melting or scratching it, and in polishing the edges. The nice thing about a
place like Tap Plastics is you take a template or dimensions to the store
and in a few minutes you walk out with nicely cut, polished and even
Arie,
I have never seen this problem, but the setscrews may not have been
adequately loosened when the knob was put over the shaft initially.
The other potential thing could be a burr of some kind on the inside of the
knob. Should you find one like that, I would suggest turning a twist drill
No, the battery subclass REQUIRES that all contacts be made on 5W or less.
This would be a class A operation with a power multuplier of 2.
This is part of the confusion. Power mults and power output requirements
should not be mixed. The battery class should be a separate class (as it
is), but
Several years ago this was a frequent issue with K2s. On some units the
knobs were a very tight fit. My SN 1289 built in 2000 was one of those. I
got the knobs on mine okay, but some people damaged their pots installing
the knobs. Others resorted to sanding or filing the shafts to fit.
I don't
I had to use a reamer on several tight ones .. K2 2001 vintage.
pete kn6bi
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Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 11:41 AM
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Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Front panel knobs
Several
Selling my well loved K1 with a few accessories.
K1 #292 - 2 Band Model recently aligned for the following filter boards
40/80
20/15
17/30
It will also come with a fourth filter board for 20/40.
The K1 is in excellent working order and great physical shape.
Elecraft mods include all updates
Hi All --
I am well underway, RF board part 2 has been tested and works fine. Lots of
signals on 40 meter. I am mid way through part 3 and have a question on the
build order of the other options. I will assemble and test the K2 completly
before continuing by adding options. I have the KSB2,
Hi guys,
To day, first time I started to use my K1 (2040) with headphone (headphone for
walkman) and it worked perfectly. After a while I disconnect headphone to use
it with its own speaker but the speaker didn't work. I checked headphone again
and again it was OK but when I disconnect it
Paul,
Build and test the KSB2 and the K60XV first - after those are installed, you
can do a complete alignment and calibration of the K2 and that alignment and
calibration will not be changed by the addition of the KDSP2 or the KPA100.
Those options which affect the base K2 alignment in some way
Ruchan,
When you plug the headphones in the jack is designed to disconnect the
speaker, of course. For some reason, when you removed the headphone plug,
the little contact which is supposed to snap back into contact to make the
speaker work again, is not doing so. You may have used a plug which
I sent this to the ARRL contest people who are on vacation now,
yesterday. It is exactly this:
Dear Sir:
My name is Karl Larsen and I want to change the rules for the Field
Day Contest. You have over the several years made it attractive to operate
QRP from batteries (7.2.1). My
Ruchan,
This is a known problem with both the K1 and K2. The earphone jack goes bad. Must
replace it. Quite a chore.
Right now the jack on my K2 is open on the speaker side, just like your's. I've already
replaced the jack on my K1 and was hoping I wouldn't have to do this on the K2, but
Are the bands that dead? I know I live in the land of NO rf, but this is
ridiculous. What time does the band show up so the crowds will come?
Jim
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Jim:
The A index is currently 4 and the K index is 2. The flux is a bit
low at 75, and Ham Radio Deluxe shows lots of current spots. Looks
like the bands are alive and kicking.
I expect that a lot of contesters are like me, still recovering from
24 hours of IARU.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
At
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writes:
At least in the areas I've done FD (EPA, MDC, WNY, NNJ) , the extra 3
hours at the end of FD have been deemed not worth starting setup at 2 PM
Saturday and losing the first hours of FD).
That seems to
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Don't know whether this is apocryphal or not, but I had heard from a
former USAF EW tech that the VC in Viet Nam in the early days figured out
how to make U.S. field superhets' LO howl , giving away qth,
Paul wrote .
In what order should the options be installed and could some be combined
(like the DSP and the K60XV) to minimize assembly and disassembly?
Hi Paul,
I invite you to check out our website
My seven-year-old K2 has yet to experience a phones jack problem. That might
be just luck, but I have done something a little different that might help
as well.
I use a lightweight pigtail with a plug in the K2 instead of hooking the
phones directly to the jack. I did that because my favorite
While building the KSB2 SSB adapter I noticed something strange on page
11. The drawing for T1 and T2 shows winding 3/4 wound in one direction
and 1/2 wound in the opposite sense. My experience is that typically
both winding are in the same rotation. Is the drawing correct or should
both
Hi all. I am building K2 #5644 and got to alignment part 3. However,
whenever I keyed the transmitter at 2W on any band, the power would
shoot up to 19-20 W and a high current message would come up.
In addition, I noticed that when I keep the power at 0.1 W, the
transmitter would work fine
I am considering putting a K2 kit together. Perhaps there is someone
who, after opening the box and looking at the manual and parts, decided
NOT to take on the challenge. For those who remember the old Heathkit
name, I assembled a number of their kits in the past so the K2 seems a
good way to
Steve
Got on 20m with 10 minutes to go in the sprint. Worked FL, NH,VT and had a
call from a QRP station in ME that I lost to QSB. Signals peaked at S7 and QSB
down below the noise level.
Dan N0TK
Highlands Ranch,CO
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I am getting ready to add a wireless router to my QTH computer set-up, the
XYL wants to be able to move room to room with her Notebook computer. I
would like to solicit recommendations for routers. I have heard some
reports about QRM from various routers. I only have one radio, my K2 and it
Mike,
It really does not matter since these are just used as transformers (as
opposed to transmission line transformers). In fact, I believe the toroids
that The Toroid Guy winds have both windings in the same direction just
because it is a little neater that way.
73,
Don W3FPR
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How about making our own Hex Key covers?
Tony W7GO
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Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 11:32 AM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] plexiglass
The trick is often in cutting or drilling it cleanly and squarely
Mike,
Yes, a bad Q24 could possibly cause that problem. Q24 has the VALC signal
applied to it, and that signal is the result of the K2 firmware attempting
to control the power output. The action of Q24 is to control the amount of
BFO signal that is injected into the transmit chain.
Try it
While building the KSB2 SSB adapter I noticed something strange on
page
11. The drawing for T1 and T2 shows winding 3/4 wound in one direction
and 1/2 wound in the opposite sense
Mike,
I believe the drawing is correct. It shows two windings that are wound
with different colors of wire.
Hello,
Just finished talking to Diana on the phone. I was helping her get the rig
on the air so she can make a couple of QSO's tonight.
She will be on either 40 or 80 meter Novice bands calling CQ around 04:00
UTC.
If you talked to her, tell her that Ron says hello!!
She will be on the
why off-line??
We want to know too!
Ron wb1hga
Chuck Gehring wrote:
I would like to solicit recommendations for routers. I have
heard some
reports about QRM from various routers.
I am currently considering the Linksys Wireless-N WRT300N.
Recommendations and replies off-line would
I want to know too.
I have a Linksys WRT54G which is about three years old. It produces so much
noise that I can't even listen to the local BCB station on 700KHz.
I thought that the 12V switching PS was responsible, but when I ran it off a
linear supply, the condition was unchanged.
I went
Hmmm.. I have a linksys BEFW11S4 802.11b (2.4 GHz) four-port + wireless
router that has been sitting as close as two feet from my K2 with no
problems that I noticed. I don't listen to 700 kHz that often though so I
grabbed my portable BCB receiver and sure 'nuf, there's broadband hash
about 700
Good Evening,
My K2's fan is still running so this is truly hot off the presses :)
We worked through a bit of noise on 20 meters but a lot more on 40
meters. There were some truly weak signals. We did have a CME hit a
glancing blow to the Earth but the noise was from thunderstorms and
Ron:
First a correction. The Router is a WRT54, the first in the series. Not the
newer G models.
I get noise of significant magnitude all the way up to about 17 Mhz, with
occasional huge spikes, as the one at 700. I don't hear it at just 2 feet. I
hear it at 50 feet, in the backyard, in the car
FS: Elecraft KX-1 (4 band) with all options, including Pelican Microcase
1060, earbuds, antenna binding post, etc.
See item number 35937968 on eBay.
Thanks.
J-F / VA2VYZ
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that has been sitting as close as two feet from my K2 with no
problems that I noticed.
Proximity to the radio is meaningless. The following comments
apply to virtually ALL Ethernet devices, including your computers.
What matters are:
1) The antennas connected to the Ethernet device -- their
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These digital things are disasters waiting to happen
to any analog gear
within range, as far as I'm concerned. They're like
a girl friend I had in
college. Having her around offered some astounding
benefits but they came
with some very
It would be nice if you would mention here that this is only for sale in
Canada!
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I have someone interested in buying my much neglected K2. Since I have
only put about two hours on the rig it should go to someone that will
put it to use. But need to get an idea of it's value. I searched the
archives and got few hints. Would appreciate ideas as to the value by
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