condition can
damage the amp.
73,
Josh W6XU
On 7/29/2014 12:41 PM, Charlie T, K3ICH wrote:
You better make sure you have a reliable ALC connection in there
somewhere because you'll smoke the PW-1 if you hit it with a hundred
watts. They normally take
You better make sure you have a reliable ALC connection in there somewhere
because you'll smoke the PW-1 if you hit it with a hundred watts. They
normally take about 35 -45 watts drive for full output.
Why not try driving the PW-1 directly with the KX3? I did and it works
fine. I don't get
The professional "Arborists" use a cloth or leather bag filled with lead
shot and something called "tangle-free" line or similar to throw up in a
tree so that they can pull up a supporting rope for tree trimming etc. From
what I've seen, the bag is about the size of a tear drop shaped golf ball
Don't rule out traps.
Also, the RF Connection and probably others, sell a nice stranded copperweld
wire that has a black polyethylene insulation. If I remember correctly, it
is 13 ga and is ideal for antennas. For all practical purposes, it doesn't
stretch, is fairly slippery and only a li
I think you have to consider the subject AND the fact that most of us have
been guilty recently of prolonging an OT thread too long.
If the private responses you received have been to this actual subject line
I think you can understand why most people would take that approach.
Now, if the sub
What is the conversion factor from "furlongs per fortnight" to KPH?
Chas
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Personally, I can't WAIT until we endorse the metric system. Then we'll
only have ten months so we can completely eliminate those nasty January's
and February's.
Chas
- Original Message -
From: "Mark via Elecraft"
To:
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2014 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft]
Operating without the P3 is like listening to the CD.
Running the P3 (and the VGA) with your K3 is like attending a live concert.
73, Charlie k3ICH
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I concur with all of the tips except the saying “Don’t waste your time with
SSB on FD”.
I know this borders on an executable offence by the Morse Inquisition Army,
but I don't LIKE CW!
I did fine last year on Field Day running strictly SSB with the battery
powered KX3 and a couple portab
OT, but I use the old "StopZilla" (AVM-2013) program which was the ONLY one
that found and fixed that popup telling you that you need to pay to have it
removed. Norton & McAfee said my system was fine. Then, after about two
minutes, the pop up popped up again!
StopZilla bagged it and I've neve
So, you told her to go ahead and re-decorate the bathroom (with a new
shower curtain from Wal-Mart) right?
Chas
- Original Message -
From: "Bill Frantz"
To:
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 1:11 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] [KX3] KXFL3 dual-Passband Roofing Filter
My wonderful wife said, "Go
NO !
Start with the long characters FIRST. We (at Microlog) developed an
automatic Morse Trainer for ( an unnamed guvmint agency ) where we simply
automated their technique. The first four characters they taught, if my
memory is correct, were L, P, Q & C. The last ones to learn on the list
Don't forget how revolutionary the Commodore VIC-20 was with all of 3.2 K of
RAM. We (Microlog) made a plug in called the AIR-1 for the VIC that allowed
CW & RTTY communications. I wrote a complete production test program in
BASIC that required no other test equipment but plugging in the AIR-1
Yeah, that was SUPOSSED to happen, but in true guvmint fashion, it didn't
quite work out that way.
(Where have we seen THAT before?)
There's still a LOT of analog low-band TV, so the chances of a 4M ham band
over here in the colonies, is just about dead.
The 72/75 MHz RC band is limited to v
Try any of the online hotel bookers, Expedia, Hotels.com, Priceline etc.
There's plenty of rooms in Dayton in the $50 to $80 range. It's not like it
was 30 years ago when they'd sell out in February.
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "Slava Baytalskiy"
To:
Sent: Monday
Good point. A true roofing filter would be in the antenna line.
Repeaters have "roofing" filters, typically in the form of an extremely high
Q resonant cavity.
Chas
- Original Message -
From: "David Cole"
To:
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Roofing
Well, if you want a kilowatt station the Icom IC-7600 and PW-1 offer the
same functionality with a built-in antenna matching circuit.
Curiously, I am getting about 400 watts out of the PW-1 driving it directly
with the KX3 at 12 watts out (no ALC).
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
About the same as going from a dipole to a two element beam
Chas
- Original Message -
From: "AG0N-3055"
To: ; "elecraft"
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 question
Is there a tremendous difference between legal limit and about half of it
One
Same here. I like it just the way it is now.
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "Brian North"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Limit topics in email
I agree entirely with your comments Slava.
'73.
Brian 2E0BWQ.
Sent from my i
Back when I worked at the "old" Microlog Corp in Gaithersburg MD in the late
70's, we found that a lot of rigs couldn't be keyed much faster than about
50 WPM. Key click filtering etc., made mush of the faster CW.A keyed
string of dots looked like the output of a half wave rectifier ! To
An "off-topic" comment about "off-topic" comments..
99% of the time, they're enjoyable. However, if there's still the related
"off-topic" posts going on for weeks afterwards, they're down right
obnoxious !
Personally, I erase most of the stuff I type when I wait a few minutes
befor
I always thought the phrase "Copy That" was a holdover from either pilot or
military lingo, much like saying "Niner" for the number 9.
73, Chas
- Original Message -
From: "Barry"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QRQ CW
I have QSOed with W4BQF at
Check with MCM Electronics. They have all sorts of pre-made cables from
simple phono plugs to much more complicated. Many times I can buy the
pre-made cable with molded on connectors cheaper than I can buy the
connectors. I've used their HDMI, VGA, XLR etc. cables, as well as various
adapter
An all this time I thought it was the shower.
Chas
- Original Message -
From: "Walter Underwood"
To: "Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Reflector"
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Echo and feedback un SSB
Singers sometimes practice singing right into a corner
"What are these red LEDs that are flashing inside my new P3?"
It's been proven that the guys at Elecraft are using alien technology in
their products. In the recent words of a "famous" personality in DC: "You
don't want to go there buddy!"
73' Charlie k3ICH
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Connect a "grain-of-wheat" light bulb across the unused coax and gradually
increase transmit power.
I know this is a rather un-scientific, crude test, but simply put, you're in
big trouble when it glows!
I tried this with a 600 foot Beverage that is, at it's closest point, 50
feet from any
I would suggest the TE Systems 1452G.
Same here on the K144XV power out. 6 - 8 watts max which is fine for this
amplifier.
I have found that all the TES amps don't need anywhere near their rated max
input to achieve full output.
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "Mich
I wanted that from the first. My suggestion was effectively a P3 with no
LCD screen but that required an external monitor.
As the song goes "You can't always get what you want"
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "Slava Baytalskiy"
To:
Cc: "Dauer, Edward" ;
Sent: T
3 - 4 watts is fine with me on 2M. I know it'll drive the big TE Systems
amp to 400 watts out because I could do that with my (long gone) FT-817.
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "Lance Collister, W7GJ"
To: "Ray Sills"
Cc: "Elecraft Mailing List"
Sent: Monday, Apri
Better hope there's no Flex's transmitting too close to your location
either.
Chas
, Bill W2BLC wrote:
Can anyone really hear the difference between any of the top rated rigs
(Sherwood list) in the real world (not in a lab)?
Bill K-Line
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I just measured a bunch of them (all 2 cond) with my handy-dandy Harbor
Freight digital micrometer and they range anywhere from 3.3 mm to 3.6 mm, so
the comment about a lack of manufacturing standards is obviously
appropriate.
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "Gerry lea
t might be possible to see
the difference.
Thanks, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "David Cutter"
To: "Charlie T, K3ICH" ;
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Powerpole police here
There really are 2 different standards, ie the
That doesn't answer my question. Are they REALLY 0.137795 inches or is
3.5mm just a rounded off way to describe the same physical part using two
different measurement standards?
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "David Ferrington, M0XDF"
To: &q
Well, I'll don my asbestos suit and dump on the power poles.
They're too flimsy, over-rated, over priced, non-re-useable, non-standard
( red on the right or it is?? You cannot plug in any of the Molex or later
connectors such that the polarity is reversed and you don't need a $40
crimper to
Four times and they never batted an eye. Sniffed it once for drugs, but
that's all.
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "Phil Hystad"
To: "elecraft"
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 11:49 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] KX3 through TSA Security ?
Has anyone taken a KX3 through TSA s
Wire a small "grain-of-wheat" incandescent light bulb to the unused antenna
feed and fire up the transmitter. If the bulb lights brightly, you need
some protection. Admittedly, this is a crude test, but it can point to a
problem and takes into account all those variables in the calculations.
Can I request that we try to stick to the king's English here?
Admittedly, we hams have our jargon, but lets limit our foray's into today's
"POP culture" terminology as much as we can.
Are we kool with that? Groovy !
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "Jeff Griffin"
To
You want product obsolesance.?...How about the Icom's progression of "new &
improved" starting with the IC-756, followed by the IC-756PRO, IC-756PRO
II, IC-756PRO III , and finally (?) the IC-7600.
I'll admit, they suckered ME into ithad 'em all.
Got a K3/P3/VGA now.
73, Charlie k3ICH
Or a cheap guitar.
Right Wayne?
Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "Roy Koeppe"
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] first contact QRP...
And don't buy your child a cheap microscope; it could forever discourage a
budding interest in
I've been on 50 MHz since the time when DXCC was impossible since there were
not 100 countries in the world that had six meter privileges *. I even have
a QSL from a pirate in Scotland (back in the 70's ??) before they got the
go ahead after ch1 TV was shut down in Europe.
Every propagati
If you're REALLY serious about using the right tools, and do any service
work on Japanese radios, you might want to buy a set of JIS (Japanese
Industrial Standard) screwdrivers. The cross drive is different from the
Phillips or Frearson (Reed & Prince). Compatible screw heads are usually
iden
About three years ago, I bought a cheap little 720P 15" Insignia (Best Buy
brand) TV for not much over a hundred bucks.They've dropped considerably
in price since then. Along with being an HD TV, it has HDMI, VGA, Component
(RGB), S-Video and composite (yellow) switchable inputs. It even h
Just curious if it is within the realm of reason to have completely
different displays (future upgrade???) on the P3 vs. it's VGA output? I
know they're slightly different now, since there's a longer waterfall on the
VGA than the P3's own display. So much so, that I never even look at the
I saw a suggestion somewhere for using a small "grain-of-wheat" bulb across
the 2nd antenna's lead as you gradually increase transmit power. If I
remember correctly, the bulb I used was a 5 V @ 50 mA lamp, typical of those
used as LCD screen illuminators.
I tried that with a 600 ' Beverage th
Steve.
I would like to purchase the LP-PAN2 that you listed for sale.
Give me your mailing address and I will get the payment out to you in the next
mail.
Or, if you prefer, I can pay immediately via paypal.
73, Charlie k3ICH
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I'm trying to find the person who listed an lp-pan 2 panadapter for sale.
If it's still available, I would like to purchase it.
I must have deleted the original message.
73, Charlie k3ICH
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I've never tried noise cancelling headphones, so my one question is, does
anyone detect ANY effect to the desired audio? In other words, any
"Noise-Blanker" effects or coloration of the audio?
I would suppose that, since they're designed for music, the noise cancelling
function is transparent,
OK, I see APP crimpers available from $10 to over $500. How much would you
expect to pay for a "really good" crimp tool?
Not trying to be snarky, I just need an honest answer. Some people say
regular pliers will work, but I would think this isn't the best solution.
Any suggestion for a good
The only possible situation where the connection you describe would function
is when the INPUT SWR to your amp is not good. This is a quite common
method of matching HB amps where their input impedance isn't THAT bad and
the builder doesn't want to bother with a separate set of switched input
I'd take good old Jones Plugs any day over APP's, for all factors, current
rating, ease of use, reliability, cost AND re-usability.
Soldered connections (no crimps) and they have simple locking ears that are
easier to use than the Molex squeezer.
But then again, I'm a dinosaur wishing for a s
AND, if you find yourself with TOO much, you can always buy a pet OHMEATER.
Chas
- Original Message -
From: "WILLIAM DAVIS"
To: "Elecraft@mailman.qth.net"
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 116, Issue 4
I always express power in
Anybody been getting a rash of fake ad emails from a ".me" (dot me =
Montenegro) suffix site?
I get a couple every day, but they seem to be waning.
Chas
- Original Message -
From: "Michael Dobson"
To:
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2013 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Important Docume
Does that mean they're interchangeable?
Chas
- Original Message -
From: "Brian Alsop"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 Loss of signal
Charlie,
Your information about BNC pin size diameter used to be true but not so
anymore.
These days t
When comparing similar size cables or connectors, the one with the smaller
inner diameter will be the highest impedance.
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "George Danner"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 Loss of signal
Bill,
An
My computer has a very special key that I had custom made for me at great
expense. It is labeled "DELETE". I find that I use it quite a lot which
makes it worth much more than I paid for it Obviously not very many people
have ordered this convenient option.
I can offer private instruction on
It makes an extremely rugged and reliable connection. You could literally
support your entire body weight from the cable without pulling it out of
the connector.
Alan N1AL
I agree, try THAT with an "N" connector.
I have never concerned my self with the fact that the center insulation
m
We should make a distinction between temperature controlled and
non-temperature controlled irons/guns. I have used a Weller TCP 40 watt
pencil iron with a wide 700 degree tip to solder ¼" brass bolts ! The big
Weller D550 guns (250/325 watt) are not temperature controlled but can make
heat a
I remember seeing a chart somewhere that listed cable loss vs. SWR into an
open (or was it shorted?) coax. Just open or short one end, measure the
SWR, plug that value and the length into the chart to read the loss.
Admittedly, this would be difficult for a cable already installed, but it
wou
I use the old wire-wrap wire for track repair on PC boards. It's perfect
and strips easily. Not sure if it's still available though. I can send a
hank if anybody needs some.
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "Dale Putnam"
To: "Art Bross" ;
Sent: Monday, November 11,
Personally, it is a small "price-to-pay" for not accidently running down my
internal batteries when carrying the packed radio.
You can even choose which two fingers you want to use too.
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "hessls"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 12:
Ur right, probably an auto-ranging Ammeter (???)
73, Chas
- Original Message -
From: "Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Current Drain When Off
Hi Jim - you must be misreading the meter by several decimal points
I believe that figure of 3400 Hz is the AUDIO bandwidth which is equivalent
to an AM bandwidth twice that, or 6.8 kHz. If I am correct, then you can
most certainly take advantage of your 6 kHz AM filter which will limit your
broadcast audio bandwidth to 3.0 kHz. The 15 kHz filter will get you
What is most amazing about this thread is that two sides can state the exact
same thing, but find fault with and argue with the other.. (???)
It's bordering on comical.
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "Walter Underwood"
To: "Richard Fjeld"
Cc: "Elecraft Reflector"
S
I tried to tap off the IF in the FT-736 using MPF-102 as a source follower.
It worked fine, but the bandwidth was too narrow to make it worth the
effort.
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "Gary Mohrlant"
To:
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 12:42 PM
Subject: [Elecraft]
I know it would take a few more net control volunteers, but the Collins
Collectors Association net on 14.263, Sundays at 2000Z usually has at least
two net controls located at (more-or-less) opposite ends of the country.
They start with buy/sell/swap and then take check-ins by call area, startin
There are several other KX3 Yahoo groups whose many members probably don't
even know that there IS a Sunday Elecraft net.
That'd be my first suggestion.
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "Esquer Dave"
To:
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 2:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft]
Naw, just remember to always drive on the left side of the keyboard and
you'll do fine.
Chas
- Original Message -
From: "stew...@g3ysx.org.uk"
To: "Paul Saffren N6HZ"
Cc:
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 SVGA; chars randomly omitted during Tx
I use my K3 on 4.0 to 4.5 MHz with an old Palomar VLF converter. I just
ignore the 4 and read the frequency directly in kHz.
Works great and for such a simple circuit, there's not a lot of
bleed-through.
73, Charlie k3ICH
- Original Message -
From: "Ken Roberson"
To: "Edward R
It's always the boat anchors. The movie about the ham kid who found his
dead dad on the air was Heathkit I think. I guess they look more like
"real radios" to non-hams.
That movie was "Frequency" starring Dennis Quaid. (Hope I spelled his name
correctly). I beleive an SB-301 was used
Remember the old Hy-Gain "Hy-Tower" ? It had tuning stubs brought out from
various places in order to provide resonance on 10, 15 & 20 M, maybe even
one for 40M. I have a manual around here but am too lazy to go find it.
Anyway, I believe it was 57 feet overall and was rated for 80 - 10 M. Yo
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