Re: [Elecraft] sideways V antenna?

2006-12-09 Thread k3yt
Real world implementations of antennas are constrained by the type and location of support structures that are on site. That said, put it up and see how it works. Any antenna is better than none. Bob K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] OT Wullenweber Array

2006-12-01 Thread k3yt
Ok, so who's using my name Bob Scott K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: [elecraft] ANTENNAE LINE THROUGH WALL INTALLATION

2006-10-31 Thread k3yt
it by putting a 90 degree fitting on as a weatherhead. Don't fill it with expanding foam...you'll regret it. A small piece of fiberglas insulation will keep out wind and critters. Anyway that is what I didthe cheap way and still is fine. Went throught Frances, Jeanne and Wilma. 73 de Bob K3YT

RE: [Elecraft] Attic Antenna

2006-10-27 Thread k3yt
automatic couplers at the feedpoint(no SWR on the feedline). My 2 cents, but from practical experience and 30 years of ham radio. 73 all de Bob K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - data mode r bar

2006-03-23 Thread k3yt
RTTY is LSB K3YT Bob Towers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: = How come data mode r bar is USB when USB is the default for all bands and data modes? Shouldn't data mode r be USB, not LSB? 73 Bob 2M0KDZ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - data mode r bar

2006-03-23 Thread k3yt
, but in the old days that is the way it was. You might still encounter people holding to the convention of LSB. That is why the K2 data mode has an R for RTTY and is LSB. 73 de Bob K3YT Bob Towers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: = Are you sure RTTY is LSB? Any time I've - mistakenly - set

Re: [Elecraft] Federal Preemption

2006-03-22 Thread k3yt
that is paid for in your monthly fees, this extortion won't work. BTW, after the Hurricanes in the last 2 years they are glad to have me here. 73 all de Bob K3YT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: = TV antennas are specifically exempted from CCRs. Or rather, the restrictions are Federally

Re: [Elecraft] Federal Preemption

2006-03-22 Thread k3yt
My roofline is 22 feet. I can go 10 feet over it. I told them I was putting up a 32 foot tower with the TV antenna. No bluff to call. I knew what I could do. BTW I am in lot 1 right next to the gate. 73 de Bob K3YT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: = In a message dated 3/22/06 6

Re: [Elecraft] Federal Preemption

2006-03-22 Thread k3yt
I would have put up the TV tower and antenna and used it. Instead of that eyesore they opted to let me continue to have my ham vertical. The R7000 has clean looking traps. 73, de Bob K3YT Phil Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: = On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:06:41 -0500, [EMAIL

Re: [Elecraft] Coax Switch between two rigs

2006-03-04 Thread K3yt
practice, but guys do it and say it works. I think my K2 is an excellent rig and will not risk it by hooking it up to a coax switch with another rig. 73, Bob Scott K3YT (originally WD8PLA) 29 years of heating the air with wire) ___ Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - bargraph reading OK?

2006-03-04 Thread K3yt
Hi, You should have got the addendum(sp?) sheet to the manual. It tells you to add after the steps on page 64 the note to return to page 47 and re-do the AGC and S-meter. 73, K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You

Re: [Elecraft] Coax Switch between two rigs

2006-03-02 Thread K3yt
on the shield/ground. Just not worth the risk. Here in South Florida I disconnect the rigs from the coax switches when they are not in use. 73 de Bob K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post

Re: [Elecraft] Coax Switch between two rigs

2006-03-01 Thread K3yt
The Daiwa CS201 DOES ground the unused terminal. Check it out. K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] K2 microphone advice

2006-03-01 Thread K3yt
here. But the Radio Shack 21-1172 is only $25 and works fine. Why pay all that money for a name? 73 de Bob K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change

Re: [Elecraft] problem identifying capacitors

2006-02-20 Thread K3yt
Hi John, You obviously don't have any CATS. Mine would think that was their own personal Disney World. I did not pre-sort my caps, but did inventory them and then put them back into a feline-proof container. K2 5150 went together without a problem. 73 de Bob K3YT

Re: [Elecraft] RANT front end protection

2006-02-08 Thread K3yt
Latching relays are used for the 160M band pass filter and the RX antenna switch from the K160 RX manual K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change

Re: [Elecraft] RANT front end protection

2006-02-08 Thread K3yt
sri that should say low pass K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help

Re: [Elecraft] OT-SLA Battery advice

2006-02-03 Thread K3yt
They would be saved here in South Florida... Any 12 sla or otherwise was useful after Wilma hit Boynton Beach here. Power was finally restored to Pahokee in the western part of Palm Beach County yesterday, 110 days after the storm. 73 de Bob K3YT K2 sn 5150

Re: [Elecraft] KNB2 - canĀ“t bring i t to work

2006-01-22 Thread K3yt
Hi Karsten, I have found the same thing. I have bad power line noise. Sometime the K2 NB takes it all out, sometimes not. My IC-735 takes all the noise out. I get the KNB2 to work sometimes by putting the pre-amp ON, then try both high and low thresholds, and both timings. 73 de K3YT

Re: [Elecraft] My K2#4948 DEAD

2006-01-13 Thread K3yt
Hi, No controls working but the Power control is an instant clue to the rig being keyed. Good job. 73 de Bob K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr

Re: [Elecraft] Prosign confusion (was: Anticipating Morse)

2006-01-12 Thread K3yt
Hi, the lb for pound comes from Spanish(and its close Latin)libra meaning pound. 73 de Bob K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Help designing power supply and toroid transformer

2006-01-10 Thread K3yt
Dad's wall wart is probably a switcher and the source of the noise. 73 de Bob K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http

Re: [Elecraft] Microphone suggestions for the K2

2006-01-09 Thread K3yt
an inexpensive mike at radio shack and if you don't like it you can take it back. I am just saying this because I have found that most desk mikes are pretty but very expensive and don't always work the best. 73 de Bob K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post

Re: [Elecraft] OT - troubleshooting NIR-12

2005-12-31 Thread K3yt
easy way to remember A...ANODE A...ARROW K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Elecraft] Heil Goldline too weak - Mic recommendation

2005-12-10 Thread K3yt
of drive and excellent audio reports just like I received with the 990. Go to Radio Shack and try a cheap studio mike. If it does not do the job you can always return it. 73 de Bob K3YT (28 years of frugal ham radio) ___ Elecraft mailing list Post

[Elecraft] first dx with K2

2005-11-27 Thread K3yt
these folks were running multi-element yagi arrays.) I'm suitably impressed. Fine radio. BTW, I just strapped the mic header across and am using a 20 year old or so Lafayette 700 ohm dynamic mike (from a CB?). No drive problems and all reports so far are fine clear audio. 73 all de Bob K3YT

Re: [Elecraft] Monitor Noise

2005-11-21 Thread K3yt
I have to second that. I was using a gateway monitor, but went to the Dell 17. Virtually no noise. They are made by Phillips. 73, Bob K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list

[Elecraft] It's Alive

2005-11-21 Thread K3yt
Very pleased to report that third smoke test went fb. K2 sn 5150 is alive. 73 de Bob K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http

[Elecraft] K2 progress

2005-11-19 Thread K3yt
an almost daily occurrence, so adding parts, cutting lands etc does not really bother me. So so far no glitches, and by taking my time and double and triple checking before I install parts, no rework. I'll let you know when it is done. 73 all de Bob K3YT

[Elecraft] What is this??? (re: sweeps...)

2005-11-07 Thread K3yt
years,and there is a place for contesting. I guess I was mistaken thinking this was a K2 technical reflector. 73 de Bob K3YT ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr

Re: [Elecraft] What is this??? (re: sweeps...)

2005-11-07 Thread k3yt
here in South Florida since 1978 and soon learned the importance of emergency preparedness. And thanks for the advice, yes I will continue to delete the contest posts... 73 all de Bob K3YT in Boynton Beach -Original Message- From: Robert Tellefsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL