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On Nov 11, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Dave G. wrote:
a) Because the directions say wait 2 minutes before applying
power and
tha's about how long it takes to dry. And,
b) I don't like applying power to anything that looks wet for
any reason
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the minds of the fundamentalists on issues
like these, but for those who are still trying to figure out how the
wind blows, I simply say, put up your own wetted finger and come to
your own conclusions -- they are the only ones that count.
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+ as well. Or if
I should
go for a much cheaper single paddle alternative from the UK.
I know this will be a matter of personal preference, but that's
hard to make
with previous experience at all to fall back to.
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Currently it is a windoze app.
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from the others, and insulate well.
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Several month ago, after I finished my KPA100, I found that when
transmitting SSB on the higher bands (20, 17
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VIKING RANGER ($250 + shipping)
I or II?
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pivot-pin bearings, is simply
the most
responsive iambic paddle available today.
This is pure bunk.
So, according to Bencher, the BY series is more responsive than the
Hex.
Darrell
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items, but for things like jacks, plugs,
switches, and whatever, it seems to be a nice way to go without
heating up the Hakko. Just do it to some nice music that will
benefit from an augmented rhythm section.
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Hi David,
How long will the Deoxit treatment last?
Thanks,
Ken, NU4I
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I put the stuff on my keys a couple of years ago and haven't
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priorities.
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Harry: Let me speculate. When the KPA100 is next to the K2, you
have it everything on your bench and away from the power supply. But
when you have the KPA100 in the K2, you have returned everything to
the operating position, which is near the power supply. Obviously, I
could be very
Wow, do I find this response to be out of bounds. I go Don's route.
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On Mar 16, 2006, at 10:53 AM, Craig Rairdin wrote:
I agree in the case where I send you a personal email then block your
response. No question that's rude. But we're talking about posting a
Steve:
Instead of using http://www.amrad.org/projects/lf, use https://
www.amrad.org/projects/lf. It should then work.
best wishes,
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On Mar 4, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Stephen John Farthing wrote:
Greetings from England,
I wonder if anyone can help me get access to the AMRAD
wrote:
Nope, neither works!
Ron wb1hga
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On Mar 3, 2006, at 6:14 PM, Dale Kretzer wrote:
Is anyone in a position to give a comparison of differences,
likes, and dislikes between the Paddlette and Palm Mini keyer
paddles? I have a Paddlette mounted on my K1, and good friend K6MGO
is wondering
Harvey: The seeming peak at the bottom of the slug has a much lower
signal-to-noise. Go back to the top. Unfortunately, it is difficult
to find the peak at the top because the response is extremely flat.
The best way to see the peak is by connecting the audio output
(across the
Well, Don, you've likely jinxed yourself now.
hope not,
dave belsley, w1euy
On Feb 14, 2006, at 8:11 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Bill,
Get a spare MAR-1 as a 'prevention measure' - I have not zapped
mine since
the time I decided to keep a spare on hand G
73,
Don W3FPR
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Read the manual, Bill. When you push Tune, the power out is limited
to 20 watts. You can bypass this feature by pushing Tune and Display
at the same time. Read the manual, Bill.
best wishes,
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On Feb 6, 2006, at 6:42 PM, Bill Coleman N2BC wrote:
I'm
John:
It is very highly unlikely that the holes are a problem. I think
you can discount that one. It would help to know what sort of RFI
you are experiencing and what your antenna arrangement is (everything
between the K2 and the ether and a description of the nature of and
proximity
On Jan 26, 2006, at 12:23 AM, Larry Makoski W2LJ wrote:
David A. Belsley wrote:
On Jan 25, 2006, at 11:37 PM, Steve wrote:
For those who struggle with iambic keying, I thought this
analysis written
by Marshall Emm (N1FN) particularly enlightening:
Ah; I suspect this may be the same
This is interesting. I learned on Iambic A, and that's what I used
for years on my CMOS keyer. When I started using the Iambic A on the
K2, however, I found it frustrating beyond belief. As a lark, I
switched to the K2's Iambic B, and, lo, it was great. It worked as
naturally to me as
On Jan 25, 2006, at 11:37 PM, Steve wrote:
For those who struggle with iambic keying, I thought this analysis
written
by Marshall Emm (N1FN) particularly enlightening:
Ah; I suspect this may be the same guy who wrote the original article
on why a bumble bee can't fly.
Seriously, for
Keith: At RS you can get a short length of RG58 with BNC connectors
on both ends. Then you can do one of two things.
a) get a BNC-female/PL-259 adapter (278-121) attached to an inline
SO-239 coupler (278-1369) or
b) get an inline BNC-female coupler (278-115) attached to a BNC/
SO-239
I sort of lump the /qrp into the same category as the baby on board
signs. I've never understood their purpose, but I figure they serve
some pent-up need of the displayer.
best wishes,
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On Jan 13, 2006, at 8:54 AM, Dave Sergeant wrote:
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On Jan 13, 2006, at 10:01 PM, Dan Barker wrote:
I agree K is more succinct, but dahdidididaddidah sounds great!
Maybe I'll
switch to just K, and maybe I won't.
Well, hey, didahdidahdidahdit dahdidaddidah sounds great too! Why
don't you use that. In fact, usually in my cw qso's I simply
I hate to add to the qrn on this topic, but my understanding (a
phrase I use to avoid the dogmatism I would otherwise employ) is that
a prosign is merely a means for indicating two (or more) letters ***
which, when run together *** mean something. Thus, someone earlier
suggested that
On Jan 12, 2006, at 1:26 PM, Darwin, Keith wrote:
It used to be one would say oops by sending 8 dits in a row. Now, I
routinely hear a couple of short odd spaced dits instead. I
suppose it
works but it is more risky.
This phenomenon is actually a very interesting and natural evolution
Jack:
I don't have the manual sitting with me, so I can't give exact
instructions, but there is a sidetone source item in the menu that
you obviously toggled. Check your menu for a sidetone setting,
select it. There are two sources for the sidetone that you can
select. Select the
John:
Do not cut the speaker cone. It serves two positioning purposes.
First it holds the voice coil in place so that it does not rub
against the magnet or driving coil (depending on the speaker type).
Second it provides the spring that allows the coil to return to the
center of its
Does anyone know a source for small, lightweight, flexible, three-
conductor (two signal plus ground) wire suitable for headphones? It
needn't be shielded.
thanks,
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still never figured out exactly what the Turkey baster is for,
but perhaps it is simply a symbolic souvenir for those who don't
simply leave the excess flux alone.
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finished.
I have still never figured out exactly what the Turkey baster is for,
but perhaps it is simply a symbolic souvenir for those who don't
simply leave the excess flux alone.
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It's my understanding (though I've never used it) that it responds to
a squeeze by repeating the last side closed. Thus, holding the dot
side produces a string of dots, dash side dashes. Squeeze dot/dash
give a dot followed by a string of dashes, while dash/dot produces a
dash
A couple of general questions to the reflector regarding voltage meter
calibration:
1) if the meter is spot-on on one scale, can one assume it is so on all
scales (or all autoranges)? I suspect the answer is no, but am surely
willing to hear the word of those who know.
2) if the meter
Jeff:
First, if you don't want to add the KPA100 right away, you really
needn't do anything if you don't want (and if the K2 is really working
just fine). However, eventually you are going to want to take
advantage of some of the nice mods that have come along since 1400s
were made. Go to
Vin:
Those links should cause a download of an Adobe Reader pdf file. Do
you have Adobe Reader going properly with your browser?, and, if so,
did you check your download area to see if the files were downloaded
but not opened?
best wishes,
dave belsley, w1euy
On Feb 6, 2005, at 11:50
On Feb 4, 2005, at 4:43 AM, frank wrote:
I'm thinking of ordering a K2 but I have some questions that I
cant find answered in the downloaded manual.
1. The lowest cw pitch note is 400hz (which I think most prefer) but
the info I read in the manual states its best to use a pitch note
between
Thanks to all who responded about possible sources for AGM batteries.
I found two places that were selling the Concorde Sun-Xtender 108 aH
(model PVX 1080T), reputedly among the best available, for slightly
less than $150:
http://www.scsolar.com/BatteriesPage.html
I am looking to replace my, now worn-out, sealed lead acid battery. I
would like to get an agm battery with at least a 100 aH rating (group
31), preferably a Concorde or one of its off-shoots. Can anyone
provide me with a good source or two for such items? Low price and
shipping are nice
, Mike B wrote:
David A. Belsley wrote:
would like to get an agm battery with at least a 100 aH rating (group
31), preferably a Concorde
Ironically, I've been shopping for the exact same batteries over the
last couple of days for work. I don't know shipping, and I have no
affiliation with them
John, just open the file in a text editor (such as BBEdit on the Mac or
any of a number of editors in Unix/Linex), and you will immediately see
its structure. BBEdit has an advantage in that it allows you to
display all control characters as well.
best wishes,
dave belsley
On Jan 31,
Well, it sure was fun to exercise the K2/100 on top band over the
weekend. It was a challenge to get my homemade Italian antenna tuner
(it looks like a plate of spaghetti) to deal with the inductive
reactance of my newly shortened antenna (142 flat top, center fed with
open-wire line), but,
If anyone wants Spectrum Analyser for the Mac, I can e-mail it to them.
It has not been upgraded to an OS X application and must be run under
OS 9 or Classic.
best wishes,
david belsley, w1euy
On Jan 20, 2005, at 2:09 PM, Slater Tubman wrote:
Does anyone have information
Atomic Clocks are great additions to the shack. But how, pray tell,
does one get them to work inside a house with aluminum siding when you
can't put it next to a window? I believe WWVB is on 80KHz, which is
pretty low. Can one couple them to an antenna?
thanks,
dave belsley, w1euy
Does anyone know of a good way to remove frozen RF from an antenna? It
is now so thick on my wire that the new RF can no longer get through.
Typically the antenna stays pretty clear where there is a current max,
but I've been changing qrg so much, only the feed point looks okay,
even running
Well, it took me some time to realize that lot's of cw ops out there
really weren't so involved with their phase locked loops that they felt
the need to begin many of their sentences with PLL. But don't get me
started on poor sending or I'll have to start my rant about
My main key is a WBL v22, and it is something. I got a Elecraft
edition HexKey, however, because I wanted to see what all the fuss over
magnetic return was all about and didn't feel like shelling out the
obscenely huge bucks for the Mercury. I was quite pleasantly
surprised. It took me a
That's why it was named **after** Hertz.
On Dec 16, 2004, at 6:47 PM, Kurt Cramer wrote:
Mr. Hertz called them cycles !!!
73, Kurt
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Why even send as much as ENN. Why not just send N? You can get used
to that just as quickly.
best wishes,
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On Dec 6, 2004, at 11:16 AM, R. Meilstrup wrote:
For the first time I recently heard - in a major contest - CW stations
sending ENN instead of 599. It takes a
Dan:
Check to see that the temperature setting is correct. Go to the CAL
TPA menu item. When the TPA is underlined, hold the MENU button for a
short bit and let it up. The temperature setting will now be
displayed. When the rig has been off for a long while, it ought to
read room
Howard:
The standard means given in the manual for setting the S meter
produces settings that are generally low, i.e., readings that ought be
S9 tend to register much lower than S9. Many people have simply goosed
up their settings so that signals they feel should be S9 register as
such.
Ideally, taking the keyer function out of the main CPU would
free up code space for other functions.
Fortunately, this idea is a non-starter. Removing the internal keyer
from the K2 would obviously reduce the K2's portability significantly,
requiring one to take, and power, an additional
On Nov 9, 2004, at 2:36 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
I used to give out real S-reports during contests. Too often that
confused
the other op who then asked for repeats. That slowed down the whole
exchange.
I finally defaulted to 599 even though the only contest contacts I
made
were entirely
Vic:
s/n 744 is with KPA100.
dave
On Oct 24, 2004, at 4:13 PM, Vic Rosenthal wrote:
Fred, do you have a KPA100 or is your K2 QRP? I suspect that it might
be related to the KPA100.
Vic K2VCO
Fred Jensen wrote:
Nothing heard on #4398 ... just real signals.
Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw
Geoff:
I've asked the chap to turn off the dogs, but all I get is another
receipt confirmation. This has got to be the stupidest and most
inconsiderate kind of internet behavior, and I cannot believe the chap
has allowed it to go on this long. I have also written Eric directly
asking that
, all
look similar, same name just add 1 2 or 3 to the end of the name for
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other 3.
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Jean-François:
You can get a direct replacement for this pot from Mouser. However,
without any doubt, the simplest, safest thing for you to do is order a
replacement from Elecraft. You can do this by e-mail and, indeed, if
you had done so from the start, you would probably have the item by
Martin:
After a while, you will just learn to keep the first part in mind.
Something that may help, is to make use of your current ability to get
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