Wow...now were talkin!
Which causes me to have a T-shirt idea:
K3: Now THAT'S what I'm talkin about!
On 4/28/07, Lyle Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I see AGC-S on the display. I assume that there is also AGC-F and
AGC-off, but are there any other tinkering options for the AGC?
AGC Fast
If you get the 100w option, what is the lowest output power (still
down to 100mw)?
de Doug KR2Q
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I'm a serious cw contester (but do ssb also when I have to).
Here is how I see the pricing:
$1749 K3/100
$ 250 ATU
$ 120 one narrow roofing filter (have to see the loss to figure
out which one)
$2119 total
$12k FT9000-fancy
$10k 7800
$5699 FT9000C
$4395
I just shudder to have read (paraphrasing) if you eat it, it will
just pass through. And please don't play with it either.
Check these out.
http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/M1599.htm (MSDS)
http://rais.ornl.gov/tox/profiles/methyl_mercury_f_V1.shtml (focus on
methyl mercury)
Hey...Dayton is around the corner and the Elecraft NEWS is now almost
a year old. Any updates?
Here is one from today - the Flex 5000:
http://www.flex-radio.com/
http://kb.flex-radio.com/article.aspx?id=10374
Yeah...I really love my wife, but I can still look! LOL
de Doug KR2Q
happy with the
My 2 cents...
1. Buy the DSP and try it. You can always sell it if you don't like it.
2. If you don't like a loop, try a noise-canceller. Since you are
stuck with your sub 1/8 acre, this is a good option.
Try http://www.mfjenterprises.com/products.php?prodid=MFJ-1026
I believe that if you
HI all:
K2VCO has come closest to answering the question actually asked.
I suspect that you heard this from contesters (like me) during
serious Multi-Op/Multi-transmitter operations.
Since these M/M stations operate all bands all the time, if a
multiband antenna is used anywhere, it will be
What you are propsoing is the SAME as using a triband yagi or quad
with a common feed. Nobody ever worries about 'extra noise due to
using tribander!
:-)
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What don't I get?
As far as I can tell, Elecraft does do alignments.
http://www.elecraft.com/repair.htm
Has this service been cancelled but the web page not updated?
de Doug KR2Q
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HI all:
The ARRL (via QST) has recently taken to publishing the 2kc spacing
data for their product reviews (receiver portion of review).
I have done some searching, but I have not located any such data
(from any source) for the K2.
Using the ARRL methodology, has anyone measured and published
Hi all:
Recently, there was an audio link posted in which the infamous V31BB
(SK in 1992, I think. Call reissued in 1997), made some disparaging
remarks about a QRPer's methodology of making a qso.
V31BB certainly did not focus solely on QRPers.
For a good laugh check this out (multiple
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/27/business/27morse.html?_r=1oref=slogin
If you get prompted to register (I don't think you will), just
register...no cost.
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Hi all:
Interesting reading. I sure second K2TA's comments.
Here are some of my experiences and wisdom with qrp.
The question, Who does the work? demonstrates what I see as a major
issue with most qrpers; they expect to be weak. They also assume
that the other guy will have a hard time
Stan:
I have experience the main component of what you have described,
namely, the high S meter reading with the preamp on.
I have intermittent line noise here (luckily, mostly gone). When the
noise is off, I can switch in the preamp and there is no change in
the ambient reading on the meter.
For those of you with no interest in QRP contesting, delete now.
When I'm qrp, I frequently (almost incessantly) sweep the band over
and over and over looking for new contacts. My method is to start at
the bottom (say, 14000) and tune up towards the top. At some point, I
decide it's time to go
It will show the offset when you actually transmit.
You should engage both the RIT and XIT and then when you wiggle the
offset knob, you can see the qrg change. Then release the RIT and
you're back on the correct listening qrg and ready to xmit on the qrg
with the desired offset.
It is a pain.
HI all:
Preaching to the choir (mostly).
I gave the K2 (cw only, no KPA100) a thorough workout in the most
recent CQWW cw contest (this past weekend).
Nice radio. Probably the best receiver (crushproof) I've used on the
low bands from this location. I used a single filter setting for the
Some time ago (recent past) someone posted about forming TEAMS for CQWW.
Did you form any? Any slots left? Are these K2 teams or K2/qrp teams?
Thanks,
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Doug Pearson, KØDXV, commented about his experience with a GP vs a low yagi.
For DX, your experience confirms theory. Horizontal antennas depend
upon height above ground for a low take off angle. At 25 feet, most
of you 20m yagi's signal was pretty much straight up.
A GP, as you described is
HI all:
I agree with Kenthere is nothing special about Weller tips. When
I was a kid, I used to push hard to make better contact when
soldering PL259s or wire antennas. I would invariably push so hard
that I would bend the pure copper tip.
I started using wire, as Ken described, but I
Count me as another K2 SS-er. I see that Tom and I did work, but not the
others who have posted here so far.
My Score: 532 Q's in 79 sections in 18 hours without 80 meters. Next
yearI hope to have a pair of K2's running (unless there is K3 by
then).
I'll try SS ssb, but since I don't
Heh heh heh...this is why we are still waiting for the next
iteration...lack of consensus.
I don't see anything different with your wish list compared to the K2
with options other than the bigger mechanics and GC rx (which I
don't want).
Speaking as a contester (a rare breed among qrpers), my
Hi all:
Well, before this thread is terminated by the moderatorI really
know what the military folks are talking about, even though I never
partook.
One year, I decided that it would be cool to copy using a typewriter,
so I started over learning the code in sync with typing. And it I
By the way...one last point that I don't think has been mentioned
(probabaly because it is obvious?).
You can copy CW much better using headphones than via a speaker. The
faster, the more important.
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HI all:
This is what worked for me...
Listen to CW at a speed that is impossibly too fast for you. If you
are currently at 20 wpm, try listening to 60 or 70 wpm. If you copy
15wpm, try 45 wpm or 40wpm to start.
Because you know that you have zero chance of copying anything at all
(even
I was surprised that RF clipping or compression for ssb was not
mentioned as a requirement for the K3 (or K 0.5 or K4).
The German unit looks great (tiny). Decades ago, before I forgot the
phone I used a board produced by DATONG (UK). Back then (late 70's
early 80's??) it was small but would
Wherefore at thou, K3?
I first discovered Elecraft after the great product review in QST
(March 2000). Since then, I have been faithfully reading the email
discussion list; it is a great source of information, with a couple
obvious (and taken-for-granted) stars.
After several months of
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