[Elecraft] K2, KPA100, etc for sale

2014-12-03 Thread Jim Wiley
For sale: from Jim, KL7CC email: kl...@arrl.net Offered here to list members for to 1 week. If not sold here, then it goes to eBay, at a higher asking price. Offers are welcome. I may decide to accept a different price, or a partial trade. Send me an email with your offer to find out.

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Contesting / DXing practices

2014-12-03 Thread Thorpe, Jeffrey
Guys, please do not put words in my mouth, and please pay attention to my statements and their context. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

Re: [Elecraft] Is the KX3 a good choice for a new General?

2014-12-03 Thread Ray Sills
Well... there we have it. After Wayne and David's cogent arguments, I'll change my position, and say that the KX3 would be a good choice for a new General. Case closed. 73 de Ray K2ULR KX3 #211 __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

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2014-12-03 Thread John Payne
No, no, no!! The modern, HI-Tech way to do it is to build up a circuit to charge at least a 10 F supercap and discharge it through the fuse, thereby clearing the short. The supercap is guaranteed to un-short almost any fuse you are likely to find, and could also be handy for jump starting

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Contesting / DXing practices

2014-12-03 Thread Wes (N7WS)
Are you suggesting that contest/DX ops should adjust their power for each contact? I'm about 50 miles from you, I hope you're not accusing me of being a jerk for running 500 W to a 40' high dipole to work DX; for example, 9K2 on 40-meters at my morning grey line or IT9 an hour before sunset a

[Elecraft] Is the KX3 a good choice for new general?

2014-12-03 Thread Dauer, Edward
I submit that Wayne (see his message below) may have understated the case. The KX3 is all that he says, but there¹s more - it is as interesting for old hams as it is for new ones, and for Extras as well as for Generals. For this old ham, anyway. I bought my KX3 after, not before, spending a few

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Contesting / DXing practices

2014-12-03 Thread Jim Allen
I think he is talking about the jerks who run max smoke to talk to each other when only a few hundred miles apart. I've heard this behavior on 40M fairly often: Goober asks Billy Joe Bob if he can copy him. BJB says sure, solid copy! You are only 35 over 9, down from your usual 40 over. G

[Elecraft] OT: Request for EMI/RF Interference Opinion

2014-12-03 Thread Ed G
Hello, I'm looking for someone with some background in EMI or RF interference to look at some very odd noise I am experiencing on 15 meters (it is heard on my K3 and KX3). I can send a spectrum analyzer screen shot and a small audio file to help. After trying all the usual things and having

Re: [Elecraft] Is the KX3 a good choice for a new General?

2014-12-03 Thread Edward R Cole
Actually, I would say its a good choice for any new ham (Tech or General License). It has both 10m and 6m for the Tech at 8w output which can work quite well when bands are open, and locally if not. Add the 2M module and you have 2m at 3w which will work nearby repeaters. But both 6m and 2m

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Contesting / DXing practices

2014-12-03 Thread Thorpe, Jeffrey
Thank-you Jim, you are correct. Wes, no I am not talking about you. As I wrote off-list earlier to another person: My complaint, specifically stated earlier, was about the the operators who are all within 200 miles of each other (and me and those I am talking to). Actually, we're nearly all

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Request for EMI/RF Interference Opinion

2014-12-03 Thread Mel Farrer via Elecraft
Ed, First off, lets get some more specific info on how far out of the noise, stationary or moving, time of day etc. Whether you are in a rural area, down town, in other words, the electronic environment you live in.   I would love to see the screen shot, and an audio file will fill in more

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Request for EMI/RF Interference Opinion

2014-12-03 Thread Gerry leary
I say, put batteries in the KX three hook up a small piece of wire and walk around with it. Watch the estimator and find the noise peak and what it comes out of. Sent from my iPhone this time On Dec 3, 2014, at 2:37 PM, Mel Farrer via Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net wrote: Ed,

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Request for EMI/RF Interference Opinion

2014-12-03 Thread Eric Norris
Somebody on this list once sent a link to a page that has recordings of all sorts of RFI sources. I used it to track down an ultrasonic pest repeller that drives me nuts on 6m. If I can find it again I'll send it on. It may have been an ARRL page. 73 Eric WD6DBM Ed G ed.n...@gmail.com

Re: [Elecraft] another feature requestHello Elecraft,

2014-12-03 Thread Gerry leary
Hello Wayne, it is been a long time since you wrote this message and I apologize for not responding. I just found it today. Anyway I appreciate what you have done with the KX one, and I didn't realize it. Although I was talking about the KX three I'm glad to know that the KX one project is

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Request for EMI/RF Interference Opinion

2014-12-03 Thread Mel Farrer via Elecraft
Good input.  I would like that link also. Mel, K6KBE From: Eric Norris norrislawfi...@gmail.com To: Ed G ed.n...@gmail.com Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:55 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Request for EMI/RF Interference Opinion Somebody on this

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Request for EMI/RF Interference Opinion

2014-12-03 Thread David Orman
You're thinking of this: http://www.arrl.org/sounds-of-rfi Very useful site, I agree with you! On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Eric Norris norrislawfi...@gmail.com wrote: Somebody on this list once sent a link to a page that has recordings of all sorts of RFI sources. I used it to track down

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Request for EMI/RF Interference Opinion

2014-12-03 Thread Steve Glickstein
The ARRL has identified and unidentified noise files at www.arrl.org/sounds-of-rfi. The old VE3HLS website doesn't seem to be around anymore. 73 On 12/3/2014 6:27 PM, Mel Farrer via Elecraft wrote: Good input. I would like that link also. Mel, K6KBE From: Eric Norris

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Request for EMI/RF Interference Opinion

2014-12-03 Thread Charlie T, K3ICH
There's also a website where you can hear what all the new and old digital signals sound like. Sorry, I forgot what it was, but it should be easy enough to find. I'm still wondering what those weebles signal are on 10 12 meters. Now that I have a waterfall display, they're easy to spot.

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Request for EMI/RF Interference Opinion

2014-12-03 Thread Walter Underwood
That page is on the same site as the fldigi docs, “The Sights and Sounds of Digital Signals”. That sounds like a paper I might have written during an all-nighter in college... http://www.w1hkj.com/FldigiHelp-3.21/Modes/index.htm wunder K6WRU CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ On Dec 3,

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Request for EMI/RF Interference Opinion

2014-12-03 Thread Walter Underwood
For the “weebles”, check the excellent work done by the Region 1 IARU Monitoring System. In the newsletter, they publish waterfall pictures of the unidentified or digital QRM. Main page: http://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php/iarums-news October newsletter:

[Elecraft] New KX3 firmware: more effective speech compression, and improved 2-m/4-m CW SSB

2014-12-03 Thread Wayne Burdick
Hi all, I'm looking for volunteers to field-test the latest KX3 firmware (rev. 2.30). It has more effective speech processing, and also improves both CW timing and SSB power output of the 2-meter/4-meter option module. See full release notes below. If you have time to test this firmware

[Elecraft] Android App for CW

2014-12-03 Thread Tom Field
I have Morse Ring Tones on My Android phone. It will broadcast the name of the person calling if in your directory or the number calling in morse. Also SMS to Morse will announce the text message, broadcast the whole message in Morse or the from in Morse. '73 Tom KI6NRD

Re: [Elecraft] Android App for CW

2014-12-03 Thread David Bunte
Tom - Would you share the source of the app that provides the Morse on your phone? Thanks, Dave - K9FN __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post:

[Elecraft] K1 10m band / 28 MHz (low-side injection / VFO added to Premix)

2014-12-03 Thread r j
I am going to make a quick 10m module for the upcoming contest. In https://www.mail-archive.com/elecraft@mailman.qth.net/msg17837.html there are two frequency schemes for a 10m band for K1. They require crystals for appr. 33MHz or 26MHz. I have a junk box parts home brew K1 receiver with IF 5MHz

[Elecraft] New K2 problem ?ATU

2014-12-03 Thread John Wiener
Hi This just started tonight.The ATU is acting squirreled I think it is the KAT100 no change in setup…K2/100 to KAT100 to G5RV FLdigi and Mac OS (not yet upgraded to Yosemite) Signalink USB no changes in connections so…I use the ATU on 80M it goes to 1:1 after several relay clicks as

[Elecraft] Newbie

2014-12-03 Thread Tim Edmonson
Thanks for letting me join. After almost 30 years of being a ham I finally made the jump and bought a loaded up K2... So far all I can say is Great!!! 73 Ka4wws Tim Edmonson __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] Android App for CW

2014-12-03 Thread Fred Jensen
Mine is called MorseRing in the Google Play store on my Samsung Android. Free. It will send the name if the caller is in my phone book, otherwise it sends the number. SMS2CW will do nearly the same for text messages except it doesn't interface with my phone book, just always sends the

Re: [Elecraft] New K2 problem ?ATU

2014-12-03 Thread Byron N6NUL
I would suspect water in the feed line or a bad connector first. You'll know more when you can inspect the antenna. You could try overriding the tuning power (in the manual) and see if it can even tune at full power instead of the normal 20 watts. I suspect it would have an issue that the