[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2021-03-20 Thread kevinr
Good Evening,    It was a soggy, gray week.  The hummingbirds returned after a three week absence.  They told me exactly where the feeder should be located.  Today the sky cleared for an hour.  Long enough to see the moon.  The snout and fore-paws of the rabbit on the moon were showing.  Then

Re: [Elecraft] best grounding technique

2021-03-20 Thread Phil Kane
On 3/19/2021 5:47 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: Home runs from each piece to the bus bar. If mounting in a metal rack, bond each piece to the rack and then home runs from each rack to the bus bar. Commercial communication site practice is to have a "halo" - large-diameter wire or bus bar - all

Re: [Elecraft] Diode 95SQ015 end-of-life (K2 D10)

2021-03-20 Thread Wayne Burdick
The difference in forward voltage drop between the 95SQ015 vs. the SR1503 under transmit load current is only about 0.15 V. Probably not worth the trouble to substitute the former. Wayne N6KR elecraft.com > On Mar 20, 2021, at 6:14 PM, Harlan Sherriff via Elecraft > wrote: > >

[Elecraft] FS K2

2021-03-20 Thread Madison Jones
FS: K2 s/n 7795. This is the basic model, 15W only, no additions, just the base radio. Just back from Elecraft K2 Support for alignment and testing so it works perfectly. Electronically and aesthetically a perfect 10. This is a conversion from a Rev A kit to Rev B but brand new. New unbuilt kits

Re: [Elecraft] Diode 95SQ015 end-of-life (K2 D10)

2021-03-20 Thread Harlan Sherriff via Elecraft
https://www.solidstateinc.com/product/95sq015/ Has 133 in stock Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 20, 2021, at 7:54 PM, Bruce Forsberg wrote: > > Just completed building a K2 kit. They had an SR1503 diode for D10 on the > RF board. > > Bruce, WB6IZG > >> On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 4:43 PM Geert Jan

Re: [Elecraft] Diode 95SQ015 end-of-life (K2 D10)

2021-03-20 Thread Bruce Forsberg
Just completed building a K2 kit. They had an SR1503 diode for D10 on the RF board. Bruce, WB6IZG On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 4:43 PM Geert Jan de Groot wrote: > The high-current low-drop diode 95SQ015, used in the K2 (it replaced > D10, SB530, because of it's favorable voltage drop) seems to be

[Elecraft] Diode 95SQ015 end-of-life (K2 D10)

2021-03-20 Thread Geert Jan de Groot
The high-current low-drop diode 95SQ015, used in the K2 (it replaced D10, SB530, because of it's favorable voltage drop) seems to be out of production and out of stock in the likes of Mouser, Digikey and Farnell/Newark. I hoped the component was just replaced by a SMD version but that

Re: [Elecraft] best grounding technique

2021-03-20 Thread Jim Brown
On 3/20/2021 8:57 AM, Wes wrote: If Rick's comment is accurate, and I have no reason to think otherwise, then what it states is in direct conflict with what one co-author (K9YC) has preached for years, that each box should connect to the next and there is only one connected to the ground

Re: [Elecraft] best grounding technique

2021-03-20 Thread Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP
Having a bus that runs the length of an operating desk with all the equipment connected to it by short straps is not that different from bonding each piece of equipment to the ones next to it. But it allows you to remove one unit without breaking the "chain." This is contrasted to the "star"

Re: [Elecraft] best grounding technique

2021-03-20 Thread Wes
Interesting.  I don't have (and probably won't buy) the book, but here we have a disconnect---no pun intended. If Rick's comment is accurate, and I have no reason to think otherwise, then what it states is in direct conflict with what one co-author (K9YC) has preached for years, that each box

[Elecraft] Elecraft 80 Meter Net ... 01:00 utc Sunday Night/Mon Morning

2021-03-20 Thread Paul Van Dyke
We will do our weekly crap shoot and Try for 3.815 as I never know the mood or how the band is populated at that hour Keep Smiling Paul - KB9AVO 80 Meter Net Control __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] KX2 tx low power on 80M SSB

2021-03-20 Thread Reed Fite
Dave, try doing the Calibrate Transmit Gain that is in the Utility under Calibration. I had that exact problem in the 80 & 10 meter band. Tech at Elecraft told me to do this. That fixed the problem.  I had to do this several times & found it worked better on a old dummy load than it did on one

[Elecraft] P3 not displaying correctly

2021-03-20 Thread NJMike
Let me first say that I am new to using a panadapterHowever, it has worked fine since I got it a month ago. But now it doesn't seem to reflect what I am hearing on the K3S (which I got at the same time). I am listening to an S9+ CW signal on 80m but do not see the signal on the P3. I

Re: [Elecraft] KX2 tx low power on 80M SSB

2021-03-20 Thread Nate Jedinak
Dave, I have that exact problem with my KX2 on 10m. See my recent thread here: https://www.mail-archive.com/elecraft@mailman.qth.net/msg247537.html Elecraft support said that situation is indicative of a failure in the output stage, and my KX2 is currently back at elecraft for repair. I sent

[Elecraft] KX2 tx low power on 80M SSB

2021-03-20 Thread Dave Jones
Hello all I wonder if anyone has come across this problem that I have with my KX2. After initial turn on or after changing bands to 80M the tx power output is 2W if the power setting is 10W or above. If I keep talking into the mic (MH3) and pressing and releasing the PTT then the power will