Humor on this Board is sometimes misunderstood. Oh well…
My 3 rules:
1. If my $100.00 built from scratch and spare parts radio successfully
communicates with your state of the art shack, my hobby has succeeded.
2. Everybody has an opinion and all of them are correct, but mine is more
I would not exactly call this giving up. Would I like to have a K4? Sure, but
I wouldn’t know what to do with it . . . KX2 + KXPA100 + a wire in a tree is
more than enough for me. Just my two cents.
Keeping Watch -
shu
Joe Shuman, NZ8P
Anyone used a Stick PC in the shack with KX2/3 or KXPA100 software? With
Netlogger? Has anyone tried to change the OS to Linux? Looking for experience
prior to purchase. Thx in advance.
Keeping Watch-
shu
Joe Shuman, NZ8P
Unless someone like you
cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going
ting
> headphones allow them to hear so much more than they're used to. Let me know
> what you think. -John.
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> https://www.amazon.com/AfterShokz-Titanium-Conduction-Headphones-AS401XB/dp/B01N2OOJY8
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> 73,
> John (K4TOO)
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> On Tue, Jan
There is a difference between stupidity and ignorance. I claim ignorance.
My shack is a room in a barn attic space, separate from the house, no HVAC so
cooling is one window and heating is a space heater (when I am working the
waves). Otherwise storage is ambient temp in the room. Winter
Thanks to everyone. A lot of good experience and advice to consider.
Keeping Watch -
shu
Joe Shuman, NZ8P
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I have severe high-frequency hearing loss, up to 85 dB at 6-8KHz and 60 dB at
3-4KHz. Lower than that my hearing is close to normal for my age. I use
hearing aids and the style I have won’t work with headphones. I have the
equalizer on the KX2 set to boost the highs, OK with an external amp
There are 4 locations on the lower sides of the cover for mount screws. Anyone
know the size? Not spec’d in the manual.
Keeping Watch-
shu
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This new OT topic and the preceding old OT topic combined has been one of the
greatest examples of free speech I have ever seen on-line. Kudos to this forum
for open and honest participation, it fills me with hope to see such a
wonderful exchange of contrasting viewpoints without digital
The very first thing my criminal law professor told the class was that a law
establishing a criminal act cannot be interpreted until someone is prosecuted
under that law. Then he spent the semester proving his thesis.
Keeping Watch -
shu
Joe Shuman, NZ8P
Waiting on Tech Support, in the interim...
What does a flashing KXPA100 power ON LED mean?
Amp works, tunes, keys etc. until ON light starts flashing. The flashing
starts and the amp stops working. FAULT LED is NOT lit. Happens at random.
Nothing in the literature about a flashing power
Too much said already.
Free speech is under assault.
A government that militarizes its seat of power fears its citizens.
Bottom line, expect your transmissions to be subject to the same analysis as
your emails, texts, posts and any other communications.
But don’t worry, I just went to the top of
First try today of my KX2 with the KXPA100 amplifier. Everything seemed to
work fine. One issue for today; the lights on the amp indicated a 1:1 SWR
while the Radio gave a reading of 19:1. My assumption is the KX2 does not
“read back” the SWR from the amp. Is this correct? Is the SWR on
If you can download the website, or get a copy, it is fairly simple (but
somewhat time consuming to verify the links) to set it up as an archived site
accessible from a DVD or thumb drive. With permission from the family it could
be sold or offered as a resource the same as Fred’s books. No
OK
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As for me...
I am an oddball tinkerer. I brew beer, make guitars, string beads, raise goats
and make leather bound books, as well as fire up my radio from time to time. I
was prepared to get my novice license in the early 1970’s. My parents said no.
It was always in the back of my mind. I
Gwen -
I disagree. Having not made the content of the email public, the sender
specifically stated they did not want the message to be published on the list.
The message demeaned Elecraft as a company and accused them of illegal acts.
Regardless of how, or why, I got the message, it was
I received an email this morning, to my personal address, from another operator
I do not know, with a complaint about Elecraft. To that operator, do NOT do
this again. To my fellow Elecraft mailman participants, be wary of such actors.
This is a tech sharing site that occasionally ventures
Something like the following was attributed to Albert:
“There is a question that makes me hazy,
Is it you, or I, that is crazy?
I worked at a DOE research lab many years ago for someone who met and spoke
with Einstein. My boss asserted that, after talking to Einstein, he knew who
was crazy.
If you have a family with a lost home, set up a go fund me page and let me (us)
know.
All I will say is that I have lived the life of a Job with no end in sight,
other than final judgment to which time I am not privy. A good support network
is critical. Let me (at least) help, and I ask
I watched a few track presentations as well as all the sponsor events.
Elecraft’s were excellent. I found most of the other companies presentations
to be much lower in quality. One demonstration of a product was 30 minutes of
interface on a touchscreen that was unreadable and unfocused in
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Even in my professional life I operate using a philosophy of three simple
rules. As for antennas:
1. I get a match.
2. I can hear the other Ham.
3. They can hear me.
Simple enough, and I have made contacts on my KX2 using an umbrella frame on a
stick.
Keeping Watch-
shu
Joe Shuman,
Not waiting on a K4, got my KX2 and perfectly happy. Also, off topic and not
intended to besmirch anyone, but being a math geek in a math geeky hobby . . .
“The population density in California is high ... high enough that if everyone
stood 1 meter from everyone else, some would be standing in
Have owned KX2 #3007 for a little over a year. I recently had to replace my
at-home antenna because of weather (wind) damage. I initially tuned the new
antenna every 20 kHz through the 80/40/20m bands, and had no issues with
matching on frequencies between tune points on first use (1.0-1.3
I have been using a KX2 with the ATU a little over a year, my first and only
radio. I love it and have had great success in field throwing a 58’ wire up a
tree and a 13’ counterpoise on the ground. Been experimenting with different
antenna at home, so far a folded dipole using about 128-130’
“Today’s new hams will be the youth of several years back.”
As am I! Started at 14, finally licensed at 60. My parents thought it was a
bad idea, I got off track as life went on and finally came back to radio. Too
many distractions for kids today that don’t require study.
However long it
I run Linux Mint 19.2 (Tina) and have installed the Linux KX2 utility. I have
successfully created a rule so that the KX2 is recognized on /dev/ttyUSB0 by
the OS. The program, however, will not open the port so it does not “see” the
radio as connected. I have tried several online suggested
Lots of great info, thanks. I looked at the boarding documents and the same
language is on the “restricted items” list in bold print. Don’t want to
mention the cruise line, but Mickey has pooped on my plans.
It’s a small world after all...
Keeping Watch-
shu
Joe Shuman
Going on a cruise in a few months, so I emailed the cruise line about operating
at sea with a KX2. Here is the reply: “Ham Radios, Shortwave Radios or
Satellite Radios (portable or standalone) may not be brought on board as they
pose a risk of interfering with onboard navigational equipment.”
I have had my KX2 with the ATU for about 10 months and operate on 40m QRP SSB
from various locations. Experimenting with different antennas I have
experienced best results with a 58.5’ wire tossed about 25’ up a tree with a
16.5’ counterpoise. I ran the same length wire from my house to the
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