Re: [Elecraft] Subject: Another Better Mouse-trap?

2009-08-11 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
this by using a wideband, and therefore low group delay, detector for the noise pulses, and then gating the signal after the main selectivity filters, with their relatively large group delay. -- David Woolley we do not overly restrict the subject matter on the list, and we encourage postings

Re: [Elecraft] Re KDSP2

2009-08-01 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
on amateur radio in Hong Kong and South China. They have several Elecraft rigs amongst their members. -- David Woolley we do not overly restrict the subject matter on the list, and we encourage postings on a wide range of amateur radio related topics List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com

Re: [Elecraft] LP PAN

2009-07-24 Thread David Woolley
, on flash. The next alternative would be Linux. -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam, that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work

Re: [Elecraft] OT posts

2009-07-19 Thread David Woolley
) and 5a of the list charter, at http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm. -- David Woolley __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post

Re: [Elecraft] K3 vs. Icom IC-7600

2009-06-18 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
drivers, at a price, but if they don't USB radios will rapidly become doorstops. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] [K3] TX blocked

2009-06-17 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
, or using pre-emptive filtering. I suppose it is just possible that Elecraft have characterised the harmonic output on MARS frequencies, although I suspect not. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham

Re: [Elecraft] a cool software Idea

2009-06-09 Thread David Woolley
databases. Incidentally, logging in is valuable for advertising funded databases, as it makes it easier to target advertising at individual. -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world

Re: [Elecraft] K3 VFO Tuning Rates

2009-05-26 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
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Re: [Elecraft] Dipoles and Heat

2009-05-26 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
thermal load, I think the building structure dissipation will be the most important factor. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com

Re: [Elecraft] K2: CW Alignment Questions

2009-05-18 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
cause a problem is that the 4MHz oscillator shouldn't actually be exactly 4MHz to get exact frequency counter operation. It's some time since I did this, but there are details in the archive, and probably on the web site. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion

Re: [Elecraft] : Resonance

2009-05-18 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
for a given input power. When one says is a transmitter is matched to 50 ohms, one actually means that its output network presents the optimum load to the finals when feeding a 50 ohm load. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products

Re: [Elecraft] K3 COOLING VENTS

2009-05-17 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
components, as case temperatures can get a lot higher than 45C. Having a large thermal mass will help protect the equipment as the sun should start to go down before the maximum temperature is reached. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] another K2 building question

2009-05-17 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
have a real problem. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] K3 KPA3 Fan Temp settings

2009-05-15 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
an integral term), and industrial controllers may well be three term. The wildly varying thermal input probably means that any sophisticated controller would need to be aware of transmission. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Heat

2009-05-15 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
dominant, or may just represent the point where the manufacturer considers MTBF unacceptable.) early comments on heat design criteria was for 10m key down, 100% duty cycle, without damage. But that is just the memory talking. YMMV -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion

Re: [Elecraft] QTH.Net versus Yahoo Groups

2009-05-14 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
, in which case just ignore this message, but if by chance many other people are having the same problem, then perhaps Elecraft should consider moving the reflector to Yahoo Groups. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more

Re: [Elecraft] Saving K2 VFO modes

2009-05-04 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
document code as though one expected to be run over by a bus, the next day. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] Reminder - UK Elecraft net Sundays 1000 local, 3630 KHz

2009-05-03 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
after the net was over. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] Property with 3.11 an error

2009-04-27 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
suspect a machine translation. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] Calibrate Solder Station

2009-04-02 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
partly why radio astronomy is possible, even though the antenna may be at 30 degrees C - the conduction electrons are cold, even though the atoms are hot. Also, the devices read the average emissions in their field of view, and soldering iron tips are quite small. -- David Woolley The Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] BL-2 Connection To An Unbalanced Wire Antenna

2009-04-02 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
as the counterpoise. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] How to record Audio on K3

2009-03-31 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
) in the list of codecs.) -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Squelch

2009-03-24 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and PSK31 Data Mode and ESSB

2009-03-24 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
from using the K3 DSP as a roofing filter. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] Six-meter scanning

2009-03-23 Thread David Woolley
to nothing, and then the government uses class licences and paid for licences, to selectively relax that. What the UK does tend to do is ban reception based on use/intention, rather than equipment capability. -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may

Re: [Elecraft] Six-meter scanning

2009-03-22 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
is that the problem is that they have to prove to the FCC that scanning is disabled outside the amateur band, and there is a cost in doing this. I imagine they would have to repeat the process every time they issued new firmware. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Time for Users of XP Home?

2009-03-17 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
, will start at 64 seconds and increase to 1024 seconds, if it thinks that that will give the best compromised between phase and frequency error. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List

Re: [Elecraft] Hot K3

2009-03-17 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
presume you mean has more gain than is more sensitive (it may be sensitive as well, but that is not defined by the loudness of the output). -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines

Re: [Elecraft] 43' Vertical and the K2 tuner

2009-03-16 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
images with predominantly low spatial frequencies (people and many natural scenes). This image is discrete tone with most information in high spatial frequencies. -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address here

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Time

2009-03-16 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
the reference implementation, or chrony. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] Repeat Postings

2009-03-13 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
will still break threading. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] accurate time

2009-03-10 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
. For wristwatch and eyeball accuracy for logging W32Time may be OK, but not, especially out of the box, for anything that requires accurate time synchronisation. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham

Re: [Elecraft] K2 off freq on 10 meters

2009-03-10 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
are right on the money. I have installed the SSB, NB, and KPA100 if that helps at all. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Idiom Press CMOS Super Keyer 4 (and LogiKit 4) - Command Card

2009-03-08 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
and don't have PKZip, WinZip or InfoZIP, at the expense of encouraging poor security practice. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com

Re: [Elecraft] multiple Digests

2009-03-07 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
enough for the sender to assume a failure and resend. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] Control board U4 8v regulator issueSolved problem

2009-03-07 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
in tolerance! There should be no need for a fix. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Audio our artifacts

2009-03-03 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
by a data centre would normally always use the inverter, the argument being that it avoids mains transients (and, presumably, gives a cleaner switch over). -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham

Re: [Elecraft] NG0R - K2 160m alignment problem.

2009-03-03 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
. A very mismatched load could, presumably, give a very low forward power. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] K3 power loss: Last settings forgotten

2009-03-01 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
is, and that is one reason I am using a K3 and not a radio that depends on a PC to function. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] Why no NR in Data modes

2009-02-17 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
, but will play havoc with digital modulation. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] k3 hrd 2 radios 1 pc

2009-02-15 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
. The serial driver will already have been installed when the system (or serial interface card) was installed. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com

Re: [Elecraft] 6 Meters

2009-01-26 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
commercial move to up-conversion. One other thing. I'm not clear whether people are really complaining about sensitivity, or whether they are actually complaining about gain. Sensitivity is about signal being louder than noise. Gain is about both signal and noise being loud. -- David

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - RF Board part 2

2009-01-26 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
stripping the enamel off these than I did with the KX1 for some reason. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] K-2 Part II test and alignment problem

2009-01-22 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
of the DAC. The PLL Reference osc stays at 12.099 Mhz. But you previously said that the reference oscillator range check passed, which indicates that control voltage is being varied. I think this symptom arises from a failure to calibrate. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum

Re: [Elecraft] K2 power calibration questions

2009-01-15 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
right? Page 80 For Tx alignment, what is the recommended HiCur limit set in the K2? I'm hitting HiCur only on the 10 and 12m combo as I find the peak. 3.5 Amps, or what it says in the manual. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Cool version 6 - posted.

2009-01-15 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
developers actually choose languages for similar reasons to amateurs; the main difference is that having the latest buzzword language is more important to them. Some of the biggest users of more technical programming tools are actually freeware writers. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Cool version 6 - posted.

2009-01-14 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
in .NET). -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm ___ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Cool version 6 - posted.

2009-01-11 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
to be considered obsolete by Microsoft, and the lowest levels of abstraction they really want to support, for normal programmers, is a TCP connection, although they might prefer it to be the .NET remote procedure call level) -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Utility version 1.2.1.6 available on Elecraft web site

2009-01-10 Thread David Woolley
only blind copied the list! -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam, that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Firmware Updates

2009-01-09 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
as long as possible. However much they caveat an answer by but this may completely change, a lot of people will take it as a commitment. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines

Re: [Elecraft] KX1 help

2009-01-06 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
design load.) -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm ___ Elecraft mailing

Re: [Elecraft] Any thoughts about rig LONGEVITY???

2008-12-31 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm ___ Elecraft mailing list Post

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and noise

2008-12-24 Thread David Woolley
). -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam, that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Power out

2008-12-21 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
can get increased power by downgrading the firmware. There is quite a significant lobby on this list for the radio to impose no restrictions in firmware. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham

Re: [Elecraft] easy source of static dissipating work mat?

2008-12-13 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
David Woolley wrote: I believe the silvered ones do work like mats. As people seem to be under the impression that metalised bags are highly conductive, I measured one, and it comes out to be about 4 MOhm/square, which is not very conductive by my standards. In fact, within

Re: [Elecraft] easy source of static dissipating work mat?

2008-12-12 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
that are not shelded but are simply made of a plastic which will not generate static electricity. A ESD bag is not a suitable replacement for a mat. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List

Re: [Elecraft] K3 ADAT ADT-200A by HB9CBU

2008-12-02 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
difficult to do accurately than high speed D/A conversion, so any degradation in converting the LO to analogue is going to be more than compensated for by that in converting a wideband signal to digital. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related

Re: [Elecraft] K3 ADAT ADT-200A by HB9CBU

2008-12-02 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
Philip Covington wrote: On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 8:05 AM, David Woolley (E.L) It may seem that way to you, but in real life it turns out the the DDS generates spurs due to only approximating a sin function, clock leakage, number of bits, etc... There is not the same issue

Re: [Elecraft] K3 ADAT ADT-200A by HB9CBU

2008-12-02 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
the 2.8kHz in the K3 type of SDR. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [K3] [Elecraft] Initial Settings

2008-11-23 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
noise reduction, on the K2, only noise blanking. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] VAT import thresholds are not being relaxed in December

2008-11-23 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
no effect on the cost of kits. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] VAT import thresholds are not being relaxed in December

2008-11-23 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
=load105044catId=2500042 -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm ___ Elecraft mailing

Re: [Elecraft] K3 NR (was making K3 RX audio like K2)

2008-11-22 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
in the hearing aid industry. I suspect that is where most research has been done on the topic. In the limit, you are competing with a device that is already rather good at the job, the human brain. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products

[Elecraft] VAT import thresholds are not being relaxed in December

2008-11-22 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
limits to Customs duty for goods imported by post (Acrobat PDF, 18KB) http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/downloadFile?contentID=HMCE_PROD1_028770 -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related

Re: [Elecraft] K3: listening to both rcvrs - Reduced receiver noise floor

2008-11-18 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
of the effective receiver noise contribution. In this case, there is no splitting loss, and the noise is uncorrelated because it is being received at different locations. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics

Re: [Elecraft] K3 panadapter choices

2008-11-16 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
be towards the low end, but it can't be at the bottom end, because it has requirements that it minimise disturbance to its host. One also gets examples of hardware sharing in purely analogue add-ons, e.g. an FM adaptor is basically a cut down FM receiver. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list

Re: [Elecraft] K3 vs. HPSDR Mercury receiver

2008-11-16 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
cards have a constant group delay anti-aliasing filter. http://www.rsgb.org/membersonly/radcom/techfeatures/sdr_1208.pdf /div -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http

Re: dB Gain -- was RE: [K3] [Elecraft] FLx GN Adding Db gain

2008-11-13 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
than most programme material. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] K3 vs. HPSDR Mercury receiver

2008-11-08 Thread David Woolley
Dave G4AON wrote: SDR where the authors compare a K3 with a HPSDR Mercury receiver and explain why the SDR sounds better than the K3 (noise through a crystal filter causing phase changes). The K3 is also an SDR! -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses

Re: [Elecraft] K2: Various Receive Problems

2008-11-08 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
use the standard SSB setup, FL3 and FL4 settings on SSB do not use the SSB module for receive. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com

Re: [Elecraft] Bigger K3 S-meter

2008-11-01 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
measurements be relative to the same reference, not that the absolute value of that reference be known. 3dB always represents the same ratio. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List

Re: [Elecraft] K3-Problem with DX spot point--click and ACLog

2008-10-30 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
of the intellectual property, losing ones own rights in it. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: PAYMENT INFO ! ! ! : Ten Tec OMNI 7 w/at

2008-10-25 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
, as this is technique commonly used by 419 scammers. When they do it, the cheque will eventually bounce, but the payment you have made will turn out to be unrecoverable. I believe that cheques can still be dishonoured, even after being initially cleared. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list

Re: [Elecraft] [KAT1] 1N34 Diode replacement

2008-10-22 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
, it is a germanium point contact diode. (Schottky signal diodes are almost as good, and I believe that is what is actually used in some of the more recent Elecraft designs.) -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general

Re: [Elecraft] Strange K2 Behavior?

2008-10-17 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
and corresponding jump of the reference oscillator frequency to the other extreme. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Socket

2008-10-12 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm ___ Elecraft mailing list Post

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Noise blanker

2008-10-11 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
in the software defined part of the system. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] Contest software for PDA etc.

2008-10-05 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
. Violating the power management assumptions may also violate the thermal management assumptions and result in either overheating, or the the procesor throttling back, to protect itself. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more

Re: [Elecraft] CFL's

2008-10-05 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
applications. LED's also use switching ballasts. -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam, that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work. -- David Woolley

Re: [Elecraft] OT: MARS frequencies, etc.

2008-09-30 Thread David Woolley
purity specifications much outside the ham bands, so one would need to measure the purity on the actual operating frequencies and, possibly, add extra filtering. /div -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address

Re: [Elecraft] QRRR

2008-09-28 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
ones, however, are stilled used for aviation purposes. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] K3 RF-out spikes, was: K3 SSB Power Control and ALC Metering

2008-09-27 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
gain calibration measurements that are accurate and cover all possible factors that affect gain. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com

Re: [Elecraft] K3 dbV in 2.38

2008-09-17 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
in a linear way. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm ___ Elecraft mailing list Post

High cost shipping on low cost articles (was: [Elecraft] K3 #1140 For Sale on ebay)

2008-09-12 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
kits on add ons because I don't know the shipping cost (I'm also waiting for the customs exemption limits to rise). -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Digital audio out ?

2008-09-10 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
, but it is unlikely to perform well for data modes when operating close to the noise floor and it may well not work well for very noisy speech. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http

Re: [Elecraft] K2 ALC problem

2008-09-10 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
in imagining a mechanism that would cause that. would be greatly appreciated. Everything else appears normal. I've checked all solder connections on the SSB board several times and re-flowed the connections I considered suspect. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and Noise Reduction

2008-09-07 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
David Woolley (E.L) wrote: div class=moz-text-flowed style=font-family: -moz-fixedTom Wylie wrote: Is it possible to get noise reduction working when in Data mode like RTTY? How would data reduction work in such modes and, more importantly, why are those techniques not already being used

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and Noise Reduction

2008-09-06 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
of getting rid of interfering carriers is to use a narrow passband, either at IF, or in the terminal unit and the best way of mitigating random noise is by using a discriminator that is well matched to the desired modulation. Tom GM4FDM -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Harmonic Distortion

2008-09-06 Thread David Woolley
1mHz (m used correctly). -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam, that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work

Re: [Elecraft] Digest version of this listserve

2008-09-03 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
is. You can have it both ways, but in my view, MIME digest is the only sensible way with modern email clients. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - Rear panel mike socket; stereo or mono?

2008-09-01 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
cards is to have electret bias fed, via a resistor to the ring. Dynamic microphones normally use mono plugs, which short the bias. Electret ones normally connect ring and tip, and phantom feed the power to the element. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics

Re: [Elecraft] K3 Harmonic Distortion

2008-09-01 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
would need an awful lot of third harmonic to shift much from flute to string.) -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

Re: [Elecraft] Prospective K3 Owner

2008-08-30 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
that tradesmen treat them as consumables.) You get a similar problem with ISPs. The reason that they tend to use overseas call centres which tell you to re-install Windows is that that is all you can afford to do at the prices that customers are prepared to pay. -- David Woolley The Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: SDR Transforms Amateur Radio

2008-08-23 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
propagation and are generally considered desirable in the amateur radio community. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics related ham radio List Guidelines http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_list_guidelines.htm

[Elecraft] Which is best end of sunspot cycle? (was: SDR Transforms Amateur Radio)

2008-08-23 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
the square of frequency and ERP for a given amount of real estate and input power increases with frequency. There may also be ionospheric and surface reflection effects. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related to Elecraft products and more general topics

Re: [K3] [Elecraft] K3 BFO Offset

2008-08-20 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
by the digital filters should be exact mirror images of each other around the carrier frequency, so any difference has to be introduced by the roofing filter, or, less likely, by any LC filters in the chain. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related

Re: [Elecraft] balanced tuner

2008-08-17 Thread David Woolley
. -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. RFC1855 says there should be an address here, but, in a world of spam, that is no longer good advice, as archive address hiding may not work. ___ Elecraft mailing list

Re: [Elecraft] K3: anticipated date for next normal FW update?

2008-08-17 Thread David Woolley (E.L)
. internally before they are released as a beta to owners. There is a That's the definition of an alpha test. However, I understand that they do also run a true beta test, by using a small number of external users. -- David Woolley The Elecraft list is a forum for the discussion of topics related

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and recording SSB CW

2008-08-17 Thread David Woolley
talking about 384kB/s or 375KB/s. If you do it after a roofing filter, you need to sample at a rate equivalent to the bandwidth about half way down the filter skirts. In practice, the K3 roofing filters are all too narrow to get useful panning post filter. -- David Woolley Emails are not formal

Re: [Elecraft] balanced tuner

2008-08-17 Thread David Woolley
at the antenna end. That's probably the only case in which they would work well. (Given that good balanced feeders are rather more than 200 ohms (although twisted pair is less), 4:1 is a compromise between easy engineering and optimum match. -- David Woolley Emails are not formal business

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