Re: [Elecraft] Eclipse update

We traveled to South Carolina to add in some family time. Drove from Beaufort to Columbia to Anderson (near Clemson). Some traffic around Columbia otherwise smooth sailing. Since you West Coast folks will see it over an hour before us, I'm looking forward to some early first hand reports.

Re: [Elecraft] how to optimize end-fed?

I just finished typing up the pretty much the same answer. Should have gotten up earlier. To add to Lynn's comments, setting the balun tap to the lowest SWR means you are minimizing the work that the tuner has to do and as a result probably minimizing it's losses, as well. So to summarize...

Re: [Elecraft] Icom IC-7300

If 08/05 means August 2005, the listing is about 10 years too early. The FT 991 just came out. Logan, KZ6O > On Sep 3, 2015, at 12:45 PM, bs usb wrote: > > Indeed, the FT-991 is on the list, way down toward the bottom, but its vitals > appear to be right in line with those

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Rig Colors

Phil, I had exactly the Novice station and still have it. I hope to fire it up once I retire. Novice call KN8YXV. Logan Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Phil Hystad phys...@mac.com Sender: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net Date: Sun, 20 May

RE: [Elecraft] Some Basic K2 Opinions and Information

I built my K2 several years ago (#1609) and have been very pleased with it. I do digital modes, PSK RTTY, almost exclusively and I would recommend the following 1. KIO2 - Highly recommended - this provides computer control of the K2 and integrates your K2 with the software. Wouldn't

RE: [Elecraft] K2 RTTY

I hope the group will pardon me while I engage in a bit of RTTY heresy. When you use a PC sound card for decoding RTTY, the center frequency is no longer important, just the tone spacings. With MTTY, I can pick any center frequency I want to use (typically 1000 Hz so I stay away from the

RE: [Elecraft] K2 USB interface

I split my serial port with two cables. One cable picks up the RTS/CTS for the PTT function. The other one picks up TXD and RXD for the K2. Alternatively, some control programs will use the serial interface to send a serial Transmit command to the K2 instead of using the PTT. Hope this helps.

RE: [Elecraft] KAT100 Troubleshooting

Rolf, If the diodes were blown, there is a possibility that the op amps connected to them were also blown. In the KAT100 and KPA100 this would be U5 and maybe U6. U5 provides the FWD and REFL power voltages for the SWR measurement and U6 provides the RF level signal VRFDET. If any of these

[Elecraft] Worked Ducie Island

Worked Ducie Island tonite (12:11 PST) on 80m SSB with K2 # 1609 , K2 100w amp, and persistence. The 100w amp was one of the field test units. Antenna is a ridiculously low OCF wire with a mountain ridge to the southwest. I think I am getting a nice diffraction off of the ridge from my NVIS

Re: [Elecraft] K2 to K3 - Outside the Box

In looking at the K2 schematic, it occurred to me that you could take the IF from the Noise Blanker plug, buffer it, and send to an outboard unit (how's that for outside of the box thinking) that could have the roofing filters and downconverter to the 15KHz DSP IF and then use the K3 DSP

Re: [Elecraft] The K2 and RTTY

I have had excellent success with the K2/100 and RTTY. Worked several contests with it. Elecraft does not recommend running at full power, but under contest conditions, the exchanges are so short you can get away with it, most of the time. I have had some problems with RF getting onto the

Re: [Elecraft] High Altitude Solder

I had the same problem, until I discovered that underwater solder works just as well. It's all about the pressure differences. I use the fresh water variety, since I do most of my mountain topping on inland mountains. I get it from Cousteau Electronics Supply, they are on the web. You do