Below is the actual data and link to the public source of Rick's comment
about rigs used in WRTC.
73, Bill W4ZV
P.S. In case others missed it there was a major firmware update (MCU 4.86
DSP 2.83) on June 10. For some reason there was no announcement about it
(see
We are considering the installation of a generator here for times when,
for one reason or another, commercial power is unavailable.Our
electrician has recommended a Generac generator.
I would welcome comments from this august and knowledgeable group about
these generators regarding
That's more lopsided (2/3 K3's) than the first WRTC after the K3 came
out (1/2 K3's).
73, Guy.
On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 5:57 AM, Bill W4ZV btipp...@alum.mit.edu wrote:
Below is the actual data and link to the public source of Rick's comment
about rigs used in WRTC.
73, Bill W4ZV
P.S.
It appears the official report of transceivers and software is here:
http://www.wrtc2014.org/radios-and-software-used/
The K3 was used by more than four times as many competitors than rigs
from any other manufacturer (Elecraft: 75, Yaesu: 16, Icom: 15,
Kenwood: 8, Ten-Tec: 2).
I would also recommend that. Very little trouble.
On Thursday, July 24, 2014 6:30 AM, John Scott sco...@sandycove-ns.ca wrote:
We are considering the installation of a generator here for times when,
for one reason or another, commercial power is unavailable.Our
electrician has
any progress on an Announcement list, as mentioned in this email from
Eric on 6/27/2014 10:36 AM in his Re: [Elecraft] Do we need 2 groups?
post where he said:
quote
Gentlemen,
As per the list guidelines and in the interest of keeping list traffic
reasonable, please avoid discussing list
John
What size of a generator are you going to use? Also what kind of loads are
you going to be running?
I have experience with all different types, styles, and sizes of generators
because of off grid living. Although mine are now used to only charge the
battery bank in multiple days of bad
We also have a Generac generator, and ATS. I believe it's about 20kW, the
largest they sell that is NOT water cooled. I didn't want a car engine...
Our house has two 200A panels inside, and being in South Carolina (hot,
muggy), we have three air conditioning units, including mini-split for
Hi John
The easy part is the size and if it produces power. The hard part is the
RFI noise, so, somehow, you need to figure out a way to actually test this
in the field (no pun intended) so you can actually hear if there is any RFI
issues.
I would look for similar installations or reference
The house that my girlfriend and I are currently renting has a 14KW Generac
Guardian Series standby generator. I need to go pull the battery out and
charge it, I suspect that the battery charging circuit isn't working right
because of a bad onboard control panel. Ours powers everything except the
I am going to be running FSK441 on 2M meteor scatter and wondering what
the duty cycle is on the transverter in my K3. Getting ready to start
searching for an amplifier.
73s Jim, W4ATK
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John,
For a number of years I have had a 16KW Generac Quite Source. Compared to my
next door neighbor's 7.5KW BS, the Generac is very quiet.
Power here in upstate NY seems to go out several times a year and sometimes
for multiple days.
Thank goodness I am on natural gas for the house.
Also, the
Here they are sorted in order of finish:
# Call Team RADIO 1 RADIO 2 SOFTWARE
1 K1A N6MJ / KL9A IC7800IC7800WINTEST
2 W1L OM3BH / OM3GIK3IC7600WINTEST
3 W1P DJ5MW / DL1IAO IC756-3 IC756-3 WINTEST
4 W1Z N5DX / N2IC K3
Jim,
As with nearly all transmitters, it is a matter of heat. If you have
adequate cooling on the left side of the K3, then the internal
transverter will be capable of a very high duty cycle. If it is blocked
and in a warm room, then the duty cycle will be significantly lower.
You might
Hi Jim,
I have used my K3+K144XV extensively on a 2 m Meteor Scatter expedition last
year. Besides high ambient temperature during the expedition also the K144XV
develops heat quite quickly. It does not take longer than 5-6 WSJT transmit
cycles for it to get warm enough it starts reducing
Other excellent U.S. companies making generators are Winco
(www.wincogen.com) and Gillette (www.gillettegenerators.com). I'm sorry,
I don't have direct experience wrt RFI. Maybe contact the manufacturer
directly for info.
73,
Josh W6XU
On 7/24/2014 3:30 AM, John Scott wrote:
We are
And also note that WinTest was number one logging software. 73, Guy
On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 10:35 AM, dave ho13d...@gmail.com wrote:
Here they are sorted in order of finish:
# Call Team RADIO 1 RADIO 2 SOFTWARE
1 K1A N6MJ / KL9A IC7800IC7800WINTEST
2
On 2014-07-24 12:56 PM, Guy Olinger K2AV wrote:
And also note that WinTest was number one logging software.
Only due to two accidents - the large number of European teams and that
WRTC does not include any RTTY component. When one looks at teams from
the Americas, N1MM Logger was the more
Thanks all for the help on this. I receive the Elecraft list in digest
format, so there is a delay in seeing posts. Glad to see you're
operational, Cary.
73,
Larry N8LP
On 7/24/2014 8:16 AM, elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net wrote:
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:39:59 -0400
From:
It pays to check the Elecraft website frequently.
At least I do, and updated to 4.86 shortly after it was released . . .
announcement or no announcement.
73,
Kent K9ZTV
I ask because I also missed any announcement of the last K3 firmware
update, until Bill W4ZV just mentioned it in
Talk about burying the lede... I have not heard any RFI from the generator
(it is running it's weekly test right now!) whenever I have used the rigs
while it is running. My worst RFI offender is actually the Electrolux
clothes dryer. I do a lot of listening playing with SDRs (including K3
This is very interesting. I've been thinking of all the ways you could spin
this data other than simply counting radios. For example, Icom could say, Five
out of the top six winning radios were Icoms. Yaesu could say, When Elecraft
owner Martti Laine needed a top performer for WRTC... he
* On 2014 24 Jul 14:16 -0500, Al Lorona wrote:
This is very interesting. I've been thinking of all the ways you could spin
this data other than simply counting radios. For example, Icom could say,
Five out of the top six winning radios were Icoms. Yaesu could say, When
Elecraft owner
Yeah, it all depends on how you look at it. Back in the 2010 WRTC it
was pretty much all Elecraft and Yeasu. Icom was there but not nearly
as strong as this year.
When I look over these results I think of the way the drivers finish
in NASCAR races. You pretty much know who the top drivers
Yes, very interesting, and I think most of the credit goes to the
operators, rather than the radios.
However, the fact that a very large percentage of these top operators
*choose* to use the Elecraft K3 does say a lot about the desirability of
the K3 for contesting. Whether that be because
I cannot comment one way or another on the Generac, though I see them
often advertised with farming equipment, so probably they are
sturdy. I think my Dad had one he ran with the tractor pto.
We chose to add a generator to our home after a cheaply built foreign
model was unable to supply
How much fuel do all you guys with whole house generators keep on hand?
How much fuel does one need to, say, go for 10 days? Does everyone have
that on hand?
What next, if you run out of fuel...
[--Note - not an argument, a serious question. I know lots of guys with
generators, but I bet
My 20 KW whole house Generac runs on natural gas.
Earl N5ZM..
On 7/24/2014 7:40 PM, K8JHR wrote:
How much fuel do all you guys with whole house generators keep on hand?
How much fuel does one need to, say, go for 10 days? Does everyone have
that on hand?
What next, if you run out of
Good question.
OK here are the stats on my 30 KVA Generac. Consider a normal day winter time
and the power goes out at commute time. After the calls to PGE (in my area),
we settle down to a evening without power, UNTIL. The word comes that the
power will be off for up to 24 hours. The
15 KW Generac with 550 gal propane tank. Live out in the country and have
gone 14 days without power. I'm good for 2-4 weeks, depending on load.
Mike KD8RQE
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We have what ever is in the 500 gallon propane tank. If it were generator only,
I don't know long it would last. Add in the furnace and it would probably only
last a few days. Getting more would be a call to the propane company if they
were still operating.
Joshua Gould
K8WXA
Sent from my
Mine too. Unless Charleston has another earthquake, I should be okay.
Terry, WB4JFI
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From: Earl
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 9:18 PM
To: K8JHR ; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT GENERAC generators
My 20 KW whole house Generac runs on natural
On huge advantage of a gasoline powered generator over a tank fed propane
unit is that you can always syphon a few days worth of gas out of your car,
but if the roads are closed and your LP tnak runs dry, your screwed.
That said, the longest we've EVER been without power hear in northern
I have almost identical symptoms - brief audio dropouts, sometimes
solitary, sometimes many and frequent, rendering the remote setup unusable.
However, I'm NOT using WiFi connectivity between the RRC and the router. My
RRC connects directly to my Cisco/Linksys EA4500 router with a short RJ45
Suggest you find the EA menu that allows you to optimize SIP
and/or VoIP performance. It is here on this EA9600 somewhere. I
think all the higher-end Linksys routers have this setting.
Most remote audio uses SIP for call setup and one of several ULPs for
voice VoIP. RTP is one of them.
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