Re: [Elecraft] posting style

2007-06-29 Thread Julian G4ILO
On 6/29/07, Ian Stirling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wish people would understand that hitting reply on a message in order to pick up the list address is not the correct way to start a new thread. Hitting reply here addresses the reply to the sender of the posting I'm replying to, not the

[Elecraft] Re: K3 - Is it AI

2007-06-29 Thread David Ferrington, M0XDF
If it doesn't hurry up and get here, I reckon I'm going to have lost too many brain cells to use it. HiHi Waiting, waiting, waiting . On 29/6/07 09:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: I reckon my K3 is going to be the most intelligent thing in my shack. -- Dear God, Did you

[Elecraft] Re: labelling posts

2007-06-29 Thread David Ferrington, M0XDF
And could I ask that you use [OT] for an off topic post. Not having any Elecraft kit yet and waiting for my K3, I am reading other mails, sometimes the K2 stuff is of value to me (it's always of great value to someone), but not often and I can always search the archive. On 29/6/07 09:05, [EMAIL

[Elecraft] Re: Posting style

2007-06-29 Thread Dave Sergeant
On 29 Jun 2007 at 4:05, G4ILO wrote: Hitting reply here addresses the reply to the sender of the posting I'm replying to, not the list, which is a real pain as I'm getting too old and stupid to always remember to change the recipient to elecraft@mailman.qth.net before hitting send. And those

Re: [Elecraft] Swapping Standard 2.7 kHz 5-pole Filter

2007-06-29 Thread David Ferrington, M0XDF
I thought you could transmit via the currently chosen filter - have I missed something? On 29/6/07 09:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Is 2.1kHz really overly narrow for SSB transmit? I know people are talking about 1.8kHz filters for RX, and it seems useless to transmit energy

Re: [Elecraft] Re: K3 - Is it AI

2007-06-29 Thread G3SJJ
Norma, patience is a virtue. Just get on the air and make some Qs whilst you are waiting! Chris G3SJJ David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote: If it doesn't hurry up and get here, I reckon I'm going to have lost too many brain cells to use it. HiHi Waiting, waiting, waiting . On 29/6/07 09:05,

Re: [Elecraft] Re: K3 - Is it AI

2007-06-29 Thread Simon Brown (HB9DRV)
You're all worse than a 5 year-old child waiting for Santa. Maybe we could send Wayne and Eric some 'hurry up' pills? Simon Brown, HB9DRV - Original Message - From: G3SJJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Norma, patience is a virtue. Just get on the air and make some Qs whilst you are waiting!

Re: [Elecraft] Elmer background info

2007-06-29 Thread N2EY
In a message dated 6/28/07 11:27:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's a very recent term as Ham-speak goes, originating in QST in 1971 according to this source: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/club/mentor/ I remember when that article came out.I wasn't a new

Re: [Elecraft] Re: K3 - Is it AI

2007-06-29 Thread Sam Morgan
Simon Brown (HB9DRV) wrote: You're all worse than a 5 year-old child waiting for Santa. Maybe we could send Wayne and Eric some 'hurry up' pills? how about a prerequisite that all perspective K3 owners be mandated that they begin a regiment of 4 chill_pills a day for at least a month B4 they

Re: [Elecraft] Re: K3 - Is it AI

2007-06-29 Thread Thom LaCosta
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007, Sam Morgan wrote: Simon Brown (HB9DRV) wrote: You're all worse than a 5 year-old child waiting for Santa. Maybe we could send Wayne and Eric some 'hurry up' pills? how about a prerequisite that all perspective K3 owners be mandated that they begin a regiment of 4

Re: [Elecraft] Reversed connections from KIO2 to KAT100

2007-06-29 Thread Don Wilhelm
Gil, Actually things may not be all that bad and you may find that the only components damaged are the KPA100 firmware chip and KPA100 U6. However, you should be prepared with all the parts that Gary listed just in case. Reversing the color sequence would have placed 12 volts on the KPA100

Re: [Elecraft] KAT100

2007-06-29 Thread Stan Rife
Eric, I'm glad I saw this KAT100 thread. I wanted to ask if the KAT100 will tune ok on 6m. I looked through the specs and the rest of the manual and could only find reference to 160 through 10. The specs did not include a frequency coverage range. Stan Rife W5EWA Eric Swartz -

Re: [Elecraft] KAT100

2007-06-29 Thread Stan Rife
Didn't someone physically attach a KAT100 to the bottom of a K2 a while back. Seems like I saw something about that on the reflector. It made it look like one big cabinet. Stan Rife W5EWA Don Wilhelm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scott, If you have the KIO2 installed then you must

Re: [Elecraft] [K2 4922] IF Amplifier Alignment

2007-06-29 Thread Clark Macaulay
Don, I found your answer on the setting of R1 in the last reply of interest to me. I'm buiding K2 #6100 and when I got to that part of the build process was unable to get 3.80: my dmm reads 3.76 but only at the extreme end of R1's range. At first, I didn't think much of it and have

[Elecraft] AF1 filter

2007-06-29 Thread Terry Wilkinson
Gary: I've had the AF1 audio filter for several months now, using it with my trusty ol' ICOM 735, and am very happy with it. I operate mainly CW (haven't tried it with SSB). It enables me to hear many a weak signal that would otherwise be buried in noise. Only negative (for me) is that it

Re: [Elecraft] AF1 filter

2007-06-29 Thread Gary D Krause
Thanks for the input, Terry! I operate mainly CW also but, I also operate SSB a little. I have an Autek Q1-FA audio filter and it works fine but, the K2 doesn't have enough mojo for my external speaker. I noticed that the AF1 has a built in amp so I'm hoping that will work. Gary, N7HTS

RE: [Elecraft] posting style

2007-06-29 Thread KJ3D
OK, I've had this problem since joining the reflector. I just sent a test message to: elecraft@mailman.qth.net The message was promptly returned to my inbox with the following notation: QUOTE A message (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) was received at 29 Jun 2007 15:11:03 +. The following

Re: [Elecraft] posting style

2007-06-29 Thread Ian Stirling
On Friday 29 June 2007 03:29:18 Julian G4ILO wrote: Hitting reply here addresses the reply to the sender of the posting I'm replying to, not the list, which is a real pain as I'm getting too old and stupid to always remember to change the recipient to elecraft@mailman.qth.net before hitting

[Elecraft] test

2007-06-29 Thread jpgabbard
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Re: [Elecraft] Re: K3 - Is it AI

2007-06-29 Thread Tom Hammond
Or leave some milk cookies by the front door for the UPS / FedEx / Postman... 73, Tom N0SS At 04:08 06/29/2007, Simon Brown (HB9DRV) wrote: You're all worse than a 5 year-old child waiting for Santa. Maybe we could send Wayne and Eric some 'hurry up' pills? Simon Brown, HB9DRV -

Re: [Elecraft] KAT100

2007-06-29 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Hi Stan, I believe the KAT100 is only specified for use with the K2 through 10M. (The K3's internal ATU -does- work on 6M.) 73, Eric Stan Rife wrote: Eric, I'm glad I saw this KAT100 thread. I wanted to ask if the KAT100 will tune ok on 6m. I looked through the specs and the rest of the

[Elecraft] Test - Please ignore

2007-06-29 Thread KJ3D
This test is in plain text from kj3d. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

RE: [Elecraft] posting style

2007-06-29 Thread KJ3D
Well, Well... That did it! I thought all my email was in text, but apparently not. Thanks, Tom -Original Message- From: Dave Van Wallaghen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 11:34 AM To: 'KJ3D' Subject: RE: [Elecraft] posting style Tom, Not sure if this is the

Re: [Elecraft] posting style

2007-06-29 Thread Julian G4ILO
On 6/29/07, Ian Stirling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not have a reply-to field in my headers, so I suspect strongly that the destination of your reply is determined by your email software setting, nothing to do with my settings. Supporting this notion, when I reply to my own posting, the

Re: [Elecraft] Elmer background info

2007-06-29 Thread Sandy
Is W9BRD a silent key now? I QSOed him a couple of years ago several times on 30 meters. Nice fellow. I 'wonder if Elmer might have been derived from the author Elmer E. Bucher who worked for RCA and wrote several books during the early 20's in the spark era? 73, Sandy W5TVW -

Re: [Elecraft] Swapping Standard 2.7 kHz 5-pole Filter

2007-06-29 Thread David Ferrington, M0XDF
Thank you, seeing as one of those is mine, I'll encourage you to get on with the production :-) On 29/6/07 16:48, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Hi David, I'll clarify. We specify globally in the K3 set up menu which filter is transmitted through for -each- mode.

Re: [Elecraft] posting style

2007-06-29 Thread Brian Mury
On Fri, 2007-06-29 at 17:05 +0100, Julian G4ILO wrote: The only way I can get a reply to go to the list is to select Reply All, which is hidden in a menu. That's gmail's fault for not providing a reply to list option. You could send them a feature request (I believe there is an online form for

[Elecraft] Swapping Standard 2.7 kHz 5-pole Filter

2007-06-29 Thread Bill Tippett
WA6HHQ: This is incorrect. The 2.7 kHz 5-pole can only be swapped for a 2.8 kHz or possibly the 2.1 kHz 8 pole filters. We require at least one SSB b/w filter in each K3 as it ships since we must also transmit through the filter for SSB and data modes. Transmitting through the 2.1 kHz filter

Re: [Elecraft] Swapping Standard 2.7 kHz 5-pole Filter

2007-06-29 Thread Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604
Is 2.1kHz really overly narrow for SSB transmit? I know people are talking about 1.8kHz filters for RX, and it seems useless to transmit energy that's not going to be used. It's certainly wide enough for data modes. In fact, it might be useful to be able to TX through the 400Hz filter in

[Elecraft] Another posting tip

2007-06-29 Thread Edward Dickinson III
My ISP changed from Alltel to Windstream. My ISP recognises 'me'@alltel or 'me'@windstream, both outgoing and incoming as equivalent. When I registered for the Elecraft reflector, I used 'me'@windstream. The Elecraft reflector will reject reply postings from 'me'@alltel although that is the

Re: [Elecraft] OT solar charger.. ??

2007-06-29 Thread Bill NY9H
I'm looking for the instructions / schematic for Don Brown's solar charge controller. I'm getting ready for the forth , and want to put it in a metal box , but not certain of the heat sink's groundability. anyone point me in the right direction , email me the schematic/ instruction

Re: [Elecraft] Swapping Standard 2.7 kHz 5-pole Filter

2007-06-29 Thread Tom Arntzen
In my opinion 2,1 khz isn't to narrow , but it would be desireable to be able to go 2,4 or 2,7 for ragchewing. Have you ever tried to narrow down a ESSB signal on the reciever side? You lose talkpower and the signal sounds lousy. Do the same with a signal transmitting standard BW will still get

Re: [Elecraft] K3 filter widths re: speech intelligibility

2007-06-29 Thread Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604
Interesting, although I have to take into account the fact that the publisher of the report has a vested interest in showing that more bandwidth is appreciably better for voice communication. 73, doug Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:09:34 -0400 From: DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Elecraft] Top cover accessories FS

2007-06-29 Thread K0PQar
Thanks to all of you who responded to my post about the K2 top cover. It is spoken for. Steve Banks K0PQ Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list.

RE: [Elecraft] Another posting tip

2007-06-29 Thread Edward Dickinson III
Thanks for the tip, Don. Regards, Dick - KA5KKT/4 -Original Message- From: Don Wilhelm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---snip--- Dick (and all), The solution to that situation is to subscribe with both addresses - just set 'no mail' (or whatever the equal is) on one address so you do not

Re: [Elecraft] K3 filter widths re: speech intelligibility

2007-06-29 Thread Terry Conboy
At 12:09 PM 2007-06-29, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL KR2Q wrote: http://www.polycom.com/common/documents/whitepapers/effect_of_bandwidth_on_speech_intelligibility_2.pdf Don't confuse single single intelligibility of speech (and especially speech quality) with speech intelligibility during heavy band qrm.

[Elecraft] K2 #6107 - On The Air

2007-06-29 Thread Jim Murray
Just finished final assemby today. The receiver is the best I've ever had. Very impressive kit and performance. No glitches (caught a couple of my own mistakes). Most frustrating time - put one thermal pad on Q7 and went to put the other on Q8 and couldn't find it. Searched through the trash

[Elecraft] K2 RTTY

2007-06-29 Thread John Tobias Croteau
How well does the K2 work in RTTY mode? I presume it is AFSK only? I seem to recall that some do not recommend the K2 for serious RTTY operating but I don't remember the reasoning behind this. I vaguely recall reading this about 2 years ago from somewhere. I'm a RTTY operator first then SSB.

Re: [Elecraft] posting style

2007-06-29 Thread AJSOENKE
Also, any AOL users who don't already know, the default reply mode is HTML. To defeat this and reply in plain text, right click the mouse cursor in the text window (but not on the text) and select the menu item at bottom of list Compose in Plain Text. Works for v9.x, haven't tried older

Re: [Elecraft] K2 RTTY

2007-06-29 Thread Don Wilhelm
JT, There is nothing wrong with AFSK - in fact, if the carrier balance on the KSB2 board is adjusted correctly, AFSK is indistinguishable from FSK. The only 'problem' with the K2 is that the BFO range is limited, with the result that narrow filters cannot be set with a center frequency

Re: [Elecraft] Elmer background info

2007-06-29 Thread AJSOENKE
The term may have been 'officialized' by the article, but I remember K6MJX offering to be my 'Elmer' when I was 14 years old in 1958. I asked him then where the term came from and he said he didn't know - it was like Ham which had fuzzy origins. The term was in usage here and there well

Re: [Elecraft] Elmer background info

2007-06-29 Thread Phil Kane
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:55:38 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The term may have been 'officialized' by the article, but I remember K6MJX offering to be my 'Elmer' when I was 14 years old in 1958. I asked him then where the term came from and he said he didn't know - it was like Ham which had fuzzy