[Elecraft] KX1 LED noise

2007-05-29 Thread Norm Havercroft
the LED is out and nice and quiet when it is on. I have the 80M and firmware upgrades. Any suggestions would be appreciated. 73, N7NSD Norm Havercroft KX1 #149 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post

Re: [Elecraft] K2 near the sea: leave on or not?

2007-04-17 Thread Norm Havercroft
I live on the southern shore of Fidalgo Island where the fresh salt air turns metal of most sorts into new colors. In order to minimize corrosion I have come up with the following technique. After all the soldering and close trimming is done on a project, I go back over every lead end and

[Elecraft] SGC ADSP1 into a K2

2005-12-07 Thread Norm Havercroft
on. Will the firmware and the KAF2 work with this in such a way as to allow me to use either a preprogrammed instruction or one of the option switches? I have all this space on the left side of the radio just begging to be filled up. 73, N7NSD Norm Havercroft

[Elecraft] K2 accessory installation and calibration

2005-11-01 Thread Norm Havercroft
power jacks that fit nicely with just a touch of file work. I want to fuse both lines and am curious about the re-settable fuse used in the K2. Would this be the right part to use? 73, N7NSD Norm Havercroft PS ...haven't had this much radio fun in a long time

[Elecraft] RE: KX1 Ideas

2005-10-26 Thread Norm Havercroft
Some time ago I got a spare back half of the case into which I installed four 3V lithium cells (CR 123) in two groups of two. They are positioned in place of the AA holders. Right now I am using my trusty hot glue gun to hold them in place while perfecting a good holder that is a little more

[Elecraft] K2 T3 windings

2005-10-20 Thread Norm Havercroft
Last night while doing a final visual inspection of the RF board, I noticed that I somehow managed to scrape a bare spot in the insulation of one of the bifilar windings of T3. It is not in any danger of shorting, but this rig is going on a boat and that little bit of bare copper is going to

[Elecraft] K2 battery switch

2005-10-19 Thread Norm Havercroft
Greetings! I am finishing up a new K2 with internal battery and would like to use a DPDT switch in place of the supplied one so that I can either connect or bypass the in-line diode and resistor in the battery wiring depending on what power supply I am using. Has anyone found a substitute

[Elecraft] K2 front panel board rubber spacers

2005-10-03 Thread Norm Havercroft
Greetings! Spent the weekend on a new K2. After finishing up the front panel board, the little rubber spacers kept falling off the PC board. They stick, just not very well. After one of them fell off for the third time, I tried to pick up the backing paper off my desk with plans to deal