Thanks, I hadn't spotted that, as I see it, its just the same information as
contained in the back of the new paper licence and is a collection and
replacement of the BR68. I defines the frequencies and power levels we can
use. Not sure how a rig would satisfy those? Other than to be able to
Maybe I'll start reading all my digest be replying to a post :-)
I think I basically agree with David.
No the foundation license didn't always allow you to build a kit (at least I
believe not in 2003 when I took mine).
Only disagreement is that possibly a kit not only doesn't require a CE cert,
With all the talk of the upcoming US FD I thought some of you would
be interested in seeing how we did the RSGB NFD at our local club,
Bracknell ARC. For several years we have put on a QRP station all
battery powered, and with great success (though haven't actually come
first yet...). Start at
And here you can find pictures of German FDs:
http://www.darc-c12.de/image
http://www.fd.dk0mn.de/teams_mn.htm
http://www.dxhf.darc.de/~fdcwlog/pic2007/
http://www.dxhf.darc.de/~fdlog/pic2006cw/
http://www.dxhf.darc.de/~fdlog/pic2006ssb/
vy 73 de toby
Greetings all,
The original purpose of the UK Foundation licence 'approved
kit' rule was to limit the likelihood of a M3 (ie
Foundation) amateur transmitting out of band either by
excessive tuning range or excessive spurious. However the
merit of allowing transmission with home-brew equipment
I anticipate being on from Pleasants County for an
hour or two towards the end of the contest with my QRP
K2 and a fishing pole vertical. Will try to be on 80,
40 and 20 (looks like conditions will be the pits).
There is a possibility I may pop of from one or two
other nearby counties.
This is
Alan G0HIQ wrote on Friday, June 15, 2007 11:52 AM :
The original purpose of the UK Foundation licence 'approved
kit' rule was to limit the likelihood of a M3 (ie
Foundation) amateur transmitting out of band either by
excessive tuning range or excessive spurious. However the
merit of allowing
Fred,
The K2 (and I presume the K3), K1 and KX1 all have reverse polarity
protection built into the power circuits, so the risk of connecting an
Elecraft transceiver with reverse polarity is zilch.
Save the $23 if you are powering an Elecraft rig.
73,
Don W3FPR
Fred (FL) wrote:
Some time
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
To digress a little, it is amazing ( to me anyway) how many people regardless
of licence class or country cuddle up to the top edge of their 40m band
allocation when transmitting LSB, with their 'unwanted' sideband and IMD
products
I had a blast on 20 meters last night. The band was really bad and there were
very few weak signals. I installed the SSB board a couple of nights ago and I
wanted to test it out on the air. I called and called CQ most of the evening
but, no luck. So, I went to the CW portion of the band and
Hi Greg,
It think there is a lot to that. I use to tell my art students that creating
a painting or drawing entailed the aritst putting part of himself or herself
into it. I think the K2 mojo is the same thing. I guess that means I could
never sell it, not that I want to, becuause, it just
Gary
very FB. sometimes the missing 10-13 dB (2-3 S-units)
is not so big a loss on a clear freq, on bands where
you can get above the QRN.
when you have the itch for some SSB activity see who
is strong on 20m, and look for sporadic E on 10
meters.
it is not so hard to wire this rig up for
Oh come on Kent! :-) You are missing the point. I know it's mostly about
propagation but, when you build a rig yourself and it performs better than
your expectations, it's hard not to react like a novice (which I am not) with
your first contact. You may look at it as just progagation, a bunch
On 6/15/07, Gary D Krause [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh come on Kent! :-) You are missing the point.
[snip]
Yep, for me there is a lot more
to ham radio than just technical stuff.
I have always felt that my K2 has punched above its weight as a QRP
radio. No rational explanation for it.
The
Julian G4ILO wrote:
(And yes, I can't see myself
selling my K2, even though I really don't have a use for two radios.
When I get the K3, I am planning to put the QRP lid back on my K2 and
use it for field operations. After all the building, modifying, and
experimenting that I've done on
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
Of course if folks were extra cautious, then there might be room for a cw
qso up there (g).
I'll ignore that g
In the bad old days, it was quite common for a bunch of us to meet on the other
sideband and have CW qsosas I recall,
On Jun 15, 2007, at 11:51 AM, Gary D Krause wrote:
Oh come on Kent! :-) You are missing the point. I know it's mostly
about propagation but, when you build a rig yourself and it
performs better than your expectations, it's hard not to react like
a novice (which I am not) with your first
Maybe you don't remember, but 40 years ago when the ARC5s were still around,
they were used mostly by Novices who had a few legal requirements to meet -
75Watts Max, CRYSTAL controlled xmtr freq PLus, the ARC5s were very cheap and
easy to pass on to a friend. The most common XTAL I
Just in case this helps someone else: My problem was in my VFO pot setup.
I have a pot with three inline contacts. The numbering on the pot seems to
indicate that 1 3 were the ends of the variable resister and that 2 was
the wiper. I've learned to test the pot and it turns out that 1 2 are
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