I don't know it is your problem or not, but I found that I have a 2/1 SWR on 6
meters with no tuner when my amp relay is in line, but near 1/1 if I connect
the
coax around the amp. For diagnosis purposes if you are having unexplained
results it is a good idea to temporarily remove as many
You can argue about how much it should cost to ship a small item, but only on
the Elecraft Reflector will a complaint get a response from a company principle
within hours to look into the situation. I have had responses from other
companies when I asked for an explanation or remedy that were
I tried to figure out how to mount my K3 in my F-150 but could not figure out a
good way to mount it. It is just a little bit larger than a Kenwood TS-440, so
I tried to use a TS-440 mount, but it was just a bit small. So, I mounted the
TS-440 in the mobile and it worked fair, but it did not
Maybe he was getting you ready for a KPA1?
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Leigh L. Klotz, Jr WA5ZNU le...@wa5znu.org
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Fri, May 6, 2011 7:42:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [KPA500]KPA500 power cord question
My 240v
If you have a dedicated 120V circuit for your ham shack and only run one
transceiver and one medium power amp you will probably be OK. The trouble
comes
from using a house circuit that already has other users and was designed for
those users. Many house circuits use #14 wire and are good for
I am not the world's foremost authority, but I will give it a shot.
* Whose radio am I protecting, mine or the other guy's?
Your radio
* What am I protecting it from?
Humongous big signals like occur when a Multi-Multi contest station has a line
up of six stations, all running 1.5 KW along
In my 55 years as a ham and 30 years as an EE I have never seen any such damage
or seen any documentation. I have seen a lot of lightning damage so all I see
as prudent is to follow proper grounding practices. Those practices have been
beat to death on this forum recently.
Willis 'Cookie'
No, it will drain the electrostatic field in the vacinity and make it less
likely to get hit. I have watched lightning strike my neighbor's 15 ft brick
chimney about 100 ft away from my well grounded 70 ft tower with two beams
installed. The better the grounding, the better and bonding it to
I don't know what kind of cable it is Lew, but the lower capacity per foot
should make it better for VHF and lower the loss a bit. You might put your
watt
meter at the dummy load end and measure the power out at 6 meters. If it is 9
or 10 watts, you have a good feed line so go for it, you
I have had similar experience with a MFJ-927. I spent a lot of email time and
phone time with MFJ and finally came to the conclusion that they had hired a
programmer that was not a ham and had a poor grasp of the normal requirements
for hams and transceivers and thought that an SWR of 2.5 or
Two sets of wrenches? How are you going to work on 1953 MGs and other British
antiques without Whitworth?
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com
To: Pierfrancesco Caci p...@tippete.net
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sat,
Hi Kate! Nice to see you on this forum.
I will offer you another option. Learn to key while holding a pen or pencil.
I
hold the pencil between my middle and index fingers and in the fork of my thumb
and index finger. It is much quicker to get it into writing position. Head
copy is
Well Mr. Stewart, I happen to be the trustee for the ham station aboard the USS
Stewart, DE-238 which is a museum ship on Pelican Island, Texas (City of
Galveston). If you ever get to this part of Texas we could arrange for a bit
of
operating time from the ship. It was named for Rear Admiral
SPAM ALERT!
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: k4...@aol.com k4...@aol.com
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Fri, March 18, 2011 3:15:34 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] elecraf
elecraf my job was killing me if you have a minute theres something I wanted to
show you
The 43 foot length is the optimum length for low angle radiation on 20 meters
(5/8 wavelength). It is also not an even half wave on the other bands so will
match reasonably well with a proper coupler and a 4:1 unun. It is a vertical
equivalent of a G5RV.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
Some other reasons are to listen to the pile while listening to the DX station
when the DX is working split and to search the band with one receiver while
monitoring a net or waiting for a QRX to return. Also to search and pounce
while running in a contest. Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
I may be an old stick in the mud but I prefer to keep the wheels pointed down
and the oil on the belly rather than the canopy.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: stan levandowski sjl...@optonline.net
To: l...@k0tv.com
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net;
Paul, we don't have earthquakes here, but we do have hurricanes. I have a
couple of flourescent lanterns which operate from 8 D cells. I only had one
during Ike and it lasted for a week with one set of batteries, using it part
time. They are available here from Home Depot, but you may not
Try Isopropyl Alcohol. Spring for the $1.50 bottle of the 95% alcohol rather
than the $1.00 bottle of 70% rubbing alcohol.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Richard Thorpe kis...@me.com
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sat, February 26, 2011 2:23:56 PM
My previous reply assumed that you did not have a KPA-100 but this message
makes
it appear that you do. I have had some trouble with the plug to the KPA-100.
In my case just unplugging and resetting the plug fixed the problem for a good
while, but I may need to change the plug eventually.
Ed, that explanation goes a long way into explaining why NDBs are such a lousy
navigation aid and the identifiers are sometimes loud and sometimes near
uncopiable, particularly when not very close to the station. It is amazing
that
such poor techniques are used for navigation critical
Tony, it is some kind of electronic keyer with a keyboard interface.
Several companies make them and the capabilities will vary from one to
another.
K1EL makes them with or without the keyboard, or you can use one of the general
purpose super keyboards as manufactured by Hewlett Packard,
That is a really tough antenna to match for 160 Stephen. The classic way to
use
an 80 meter dipole on 160 is to short the feed line at a ground point and feed
it with the center conductor with the braid to the best counter poise you can
manage. This will make you a T topped Marconi which
Paul, look for voltage drop at the power poles. Solder or crimping is critical
and proper assembly is as well. A fraction of an ohm will cause an unworkable
voltage drop. Look at the internal volt meter on the K3 display to identify
excess voltage drop at the connection.
Willis 'Cookie'
Jim, a large iron deposit lies north and west of Chicago, so verticals work
very
well in many areas around Chicago. I live on the Texas Gulf Coast which is
salt
laden gumbo from an ancient sea and verticals work very well here. I don't
know
about Stephen's area of the UK, but I will easily
Didk, you must have something terribly wrong to get this indication, like
connected to the wrong connector or an open coax. I don't remember ever
encountering a situation where my KAT-3 could not find a match. I have never
tried a manual tune in the three years that I have owned the K3. Try
Bob, the Prolific converters do not work well with W7. I have been using W7
with my K3 for over a year with a PCIe card RS-232 port. It worked the first
time with no problems. Elecraf has quit selling the Prolific converter, but
the
one they were selling two years ago was Prolific. I think
: Dick Dievendorff die...@comcast.net
To: WILLIS COOKE wrco...@yahoo.com
Cc: Robert Redmon k5sm@gmail.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sat, December 25, 2010 3:49:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Windows 7 64bit and USB to RS232 adapter
I use an older Prolific based KUSB
True!, but in this conflict Microsoft is the big dog, Prolific is the tail,
Elecraft is the flea and I am probably not even a hair!
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Dick Dievendorff die...@comcast.net
To: WILLIS COOKE wrco...@yahoo.com
Cc: Robert Redmon
I will throw out another opinion about amplifier gain that has nothing to do
with CB or IMD.
If an operator is currently running QRP at 10, 5 or less watts, adding the
KPA-3
to boost power to 100 watts will give you a very large power boost and will be
enough power for a lot of QSOs, both
Dick, my research would say probably not. The exception would be if your lot
is
such that you could run more than one shorter wire and can't run a single one.
Also you might be able to make a capacity hat with the top guys broken by
insulators and not need another support. The antenna would
I will give you one more perspective Lew. I run an inverted L for 80/160 which
is suspended at the top about 60 feet high from my tower. The wire is about 10
feet from the tower at the ground and maybe 3 feet at the top. I use 12 gauge
insulated wire and at 60 feet from the ground I have a
I have had my K3, #1025 for 2.5 years now and have made a few thousand SSB
contacts. I have not had a single negative comment about the audio. My
secret? Don't use any exotic microphones or external audio shaping devices.
Don't jack with the available audio shaping. Don't engage in any
Reasonable is a matter of opinion but there are usually J38 knobs listed on
ebay. I bought one to have as a backup. I think I paid about $5 for it which
some may not find reasonable after seeing barrels of J38s for 50 cents each in
the 1950s.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
Mark, when you tune your amp you are reading the input impedance of the amp
SWR,
not the antenna SWR. The only way that your external SWR meter and the
transceiver SWR meter should match is if the external meter is between the amp
and the transceiver. Even then, the SWR meters available to
Igor, wouldn't you expect to find the Audio Peaking Filter in the Audio
Frequency section?
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Igor Kosvin k.i...@comcast.net
To: Bill W4ZV btipp...@alum.mit.edu; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sun, November 14, 2010 9:12:07 PM
Hard to say which place is the best Jed, but this seems to be a very good place.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Jed Barton j...@jedbarton.com
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sat, November 13, 2010 11:51:13 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] elecraft for sale
Hey
You are not the only one that had done that, but your cure is worse than the
problem. I vote NO!
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Barry w...@comcast.net
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sat, October 23, 2010 11:57:19 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Thought for
The black screws look nice and some would complain if the screws were shiny
metallic. I live in the swamps of south Texas and I have nary a bit of rust on
the screws in #1025 after more than two years and one hurricane eye. I do
have my shack air conditioned most of the time except for a
If anyone knows the answer to this one, I say it is not off topic. It is not
Elecraft, but it sure is ham radio. I have had some mixed results from heating
the outer tube with a propane torch, but it is by no means fool proof. The
only
fool proof method that I know is to treat the joint
What is Break Free? Where do you get it? Does it always work, on only
sometimes?
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: James Sarte k2qi@gmail.com
To: 2Cents 2ce...@charter.net
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 3:35:01 PM
Subject:
I use the Freq Ent button and key in the frequency that I want to change
bands.
It seems easier to me most of the time and it is certainly easier when you get
the bands in memory messed up.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: riese-k3...@juno.com
That sure is not what I have observed. My signals drop about 2 S units if they
are strong. If they are near the noise level they disappear. I am running F
1-1. It is worse if I run a higher NR level.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: W4GRJ
Wes, I had a similar experience. I unseated the plug at the rear of the
amplifier and reseated it. Apparently one or more of the contacts had
corrosion. I just reseated the plug in the socket and normal operation
returned. I have read posts on this reflector of K3s that required the
I have used an Alpha-Delta DX-DD for 40 and 80 at Field Day using a TS-480HX.
It worked very well on 40 but was tuned for the SSB band on 80 and we were
working CW, so not so good on 80. I don't think the band was in good shape for
80 anyway. The quality of construction is very good in my
I have an Acer X223W, about $170 from Walmart which seems fine. No
interference
that I have identified and the monitor looks great except for one corner where
my sneeze got it.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Fred Maas just.one.h...@gmail.com
To:
Jim, you have me confused. What is a Serial to Straight Key Cable? The
software you are using has nothing to do with a straight key. All you need to
have is a two wire cable or a center and shield connected between the key and
the Key Input. You need to turn the internal keyer off if you
I don't know the reason, but the hand mikes for my TS440S and TS850SAT do not
work for my K3 nor does the MH2 for the K3 work with the Kenwoods. I recently
bought a TS480SAT but I have not hooked it up yet so don't know if it will
interchange.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
You can look at Device Manager under serial ports and it will tell you whether
you are using a Prolific or a FTDI Driver. It is probably Prolific. The Win 7
issue didn't present until about Oct or Nov of 2009.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Earl
I don't know if I qualify as a fat fingers but Extra Large Gloves are a bit
small on me. The only trouble I have with the K3 is that I can't read the red
print on the buttons in my normal shack lighting. I upgraded from a TS-850 and
did not have a lot of trouble. I am still finding features
I bought my FTDI converter from Array Solutions and I bought my PCIe RS232 card
from Tiger Direct. It would be great if Elecraft would guarantee a FTDI
converter. It is not required for the Elecraft program but sure would be
helpful for the Visual Basic programs that conflict with the
I purchased a USB Converter with my K3 #1025 also, but it is a Prolific chip
set
and will not work with N1MM or XMlog and Win 7 but works well with Elecraft
software and Win 7 or Vista.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Ken Kopp k...@rfwave.net
To: Chris
Tommy, I find XMLog to be right for me. I will not do all the things that HRD
will do, but it does what I need most. It is a share ware program, so you pay
what you think it is worth to you when you can. You might also look at putting
your logger in the C: directory rather than the
You also need to be sure that the K3 and the computer are set to the same baud
rate.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Jay livn2g...@qwest.net
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Fri, August 13, 2010 11:38:33 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3: Need help loading new
How much would you be willing to pay? $300, $500?
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: eric manning eric.mann...@engr.uvic.ca
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tue, August 10, 2010 10:29:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Power supply
JOHN SAID
Al, your comments about Jerry's book makes me wonder even more about what you
are trying to do with a backward 4:1 balun. With a BS in Physics and 30 years
as an EE I found the book anything but a cook book. To begin to understand
what
I thought previously to be a simple device I had to drag
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Dale Putnam daleput...@hotmail.com
To: ki...@dospalos.org; dstev...@alldata.net; ab...@yahoo.com;
ka5...@hotmail.com; elecraft@mailman.qth.net; safetyboss2...@msn.com;
e...@elecraft.com
Sent: Sun, August 8, 2010 5:18:25
Not to pick nits, but to clear up a point Eric. While radials are not required
for a center fed vertical the salt water surrounding the antenna is still
important and the vertical will work much better on a beach than in the
desert.
The intermediate field conductivity is very important to
You did not have a rectifier and filter on the secondary did you? The windings
are specified in AC-RMS and if you measure DC on the secondary or peak AC you
will get a higher reading.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Vic K2VCO v...@rakefet.com
To:
Vic, the method that I use is to tune with the main receiver to find the DX
transmit freq. When I have the DX tuned in, I tap the AB button and the SUB
button then turn up the AF gain on the SUB. Then I select my transmit
frequency with the main receiver and make my call. It is very
...@yahoo.com
To: WILLIS COOKE wrco...@yahoo.com; Vic K2VCO v...@rakefet.com
Cc: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sun, August 1, 2010 8:55:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Speaking of off-shore manufacture...
Ok gentlemen, here is your chance to be of service to God, Country, and mainly
me
Brett, I would recommend the Book Understanding, Building and Using Baluns and
Ununs by the late Jerry Sevick, avaliable from CQ
http://store.cq-amateur-radio.com/Categories.bok?category=Books%3AAntennassearchpath=1547318start=10total=17
With this book, a BS in Physics, 54 years as a ham and
Chris, I have two JetStream switching supplies that I have used for four
years.
I have not been able to attribute any spurious receiver responses to the supply
in either my TS-850 or my Elecraft K3. I have a few continuous carriers that
seem to be spurious on 10 meters and 6 meters, but they
This does not exactly address your question, but I am using a JTPS 35 BCM with
a
marine type pseudo deep cycle battery. The K3 runs at 13.8V from the power
supply when the power is on and the battery is trickle charged. When the power
drops the JTPS switches to the battery and supplies
Are you sure about that Wayne? You designed and produced the transceiver that
a great many top contesters think is the BEST AVAILABLE, regardless of price
and
at the same time kept it small enough to carry on an iron bird and kept the
price at an affordable amount. I can't think of any
Don't hesitate to ask Elecraft for support. They are set up to help you by
email and will give you better answers than you are likely to get elsewhere.
It is part of what you paid for!
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Robert 'RC' Conley
I don't feel that way at all. A contact in which only grids are exchanged
leaves me with little satisfaction at all. I at least like to exchange names
and QTH. I get enough of the quicky QSOs with contests. I don't need more on
six meters or digital contacts. I know I am out of step with
Jack, you are not trying to scan on six meters are you? Six meter scanning is
blocked to comply with a FCC reg to keep people from eaves dropping on cell
phone conversations. The possibility of getting this changed has been beat to
death several times in the last couple of years so I hope we
Joe, you need a better antenna. Try a 3 to 5 element Yagi on a 30 or 40 ft
pole or maybe a Quad. You need to be above the trees, buildings and other
absorbing structures in the area. The signals are mostly weak on 6 meters, but
occasionally they will be stronger. The clusters and maps are
I operate fairly often from the museum submarine, USS Cavalla which has a 114
ft long wire fed with a 4:1 unun and 80 feet of Wiremen Super 8 coax. The ATU
in the K3 handles all bands 80 through 10 without a hitch. I have not tried it
on 160 or 6 because the unun I used is sorry enough on 80
I was never able to get a Prolific based USB converter to work with N1MM and my
Windows 7, HP computer. I bought a PCIe RS-232 card and the problem went
away. The Prolific USB Converter is the one that I bought from Elecraft and it
works fine with the Elecraft software, but not with N1MM.
I don't know is all Elecraft cables are the same. I bought mine in 2008 when I
bought serial number 1025. Elecraft did not build it, it is an aftermarket
product.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: K9ZTV k9...@socket.net
To: WILLIS COOKE wrco...@yahoo.com
I never heard of anyone frying any hardware with a USB adapter Joe. If you are
connecting to Vista or Win 7 computers, you may have trouble accessing all the
features, but I don't think you will fry anything. If you are buying an
adapter try to get one that uses the FTDI chip set rather than
Have you unplugged the board and inspected the connector pins at the back of
the board, then reseated the board to be sure the pins are intact, properly
seated and making contact? I cleared a similar case of trouble in this
manner. I have seen pictures where the pins were corroded away and
If everyone zero beat exactly then no one would be able to copy anything in a
double or triple unless one station was extremely more powerful than all the
others. If three stations are transmitting simultaneously with 50 Hz
separation then most proficient CW operators could copy at least one
Time set is in the config menu. It is on page 53 in my manual. It is not easy
to figure out, but activate the Config menu, find TIME with the VFO
B knob. Tap 1 for hours, 2 for minutes, 3 for seconds then rotate the VFO A
knob to change the number. If your problem is finding the correct time
Craig, the technique that I use is to tune looking for the DX station with the
main receiver and knob. When I have found him, I then press the AB button and
put the sub receiver on his frequency and then tap sub. Then I tune the main
VFO to the frequency that I want to transmit and I don't
Drew, you have been watching the lady operator with the long finger nails on
the Night-of-Nights Utube video too much. You don't need all that hand waving
and finger motion to send with a bug!
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: drewko drew...@verizon.net
That characteristic has been discussed here Roger. The driver generates
spurious signals between 8 and 13 watts, so the software makes the level skip
these powers until the 100 watt final kicks in at 13 W.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Roger Dixon
I had the same problem two years ago, Chuck. I spent a good bit of time with
Gary checking things and ended up sending my K3 to Aptos. Rene looked at it
and had it going in a very short time. I had spent a lot of time trying to
tune things and had things pretty messed up. My serial number
The other half of the antenna is the braid of your coax unless you use an unun
and connect the antenna to something like the ship superstructure or the sail
of a submarine. I used a 114 ft wire connected to the sail of a sub this
weekend and it worked pretty well, but not nearly as well as my
There has been a revival of operators using straight keys, bugs and cooties.
Some are very good to the point that you can hardly tell what key they are
using. Some are in the learning/relearning phase and are not so good. The
Straight Key Century Club www.skccgroup.com is a group of such
Check the web sites of FISTS www.fists.org and SKCC www.skcc.com for lists of
CW Elmers if you want someone who is near you. If you just want advice or help
that can be done by email, you can give me a try.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Frank
I have a JetStream JTPS-35 switcher. It has a humongous heat sink inside the
box and has a fan that makes some noise when the transceiver is turned on.
However, I can't hear it when my Dentron Clipperton L is turned on. The
Dentron has an aftermarket Radio Shack fan. The original fan was
The short answer to that is YES, which seems like a flip answer, but the truth
is that I can't remember how to do it either. I turned mine on a while back
and have not used the command since. Maybe someone that remembers will remind
us.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
Since I lived through the CB Heyday of the 1970s all I need to know is that it
is from the same nice people that gave every CBer his dream rig, the FT-101,
but the weight carries great weight with me.
I like to put my K3 in a brief case and the power supply, key, mike and some
tools in
You are absolutely right Ray, Mia Culpa. It is June 5 6 and I think we will
have some activity Friday night, June 4 as well.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Raymond Anderson rayk8...@gmail.com
To: WILLIS COOKE wrco...@yahoo.com
Sent: Sat, May 22, 2010 2
Andrew, I can't begin to key at 45 WPM so I have not responded. The best I can
copy call signs in contests is around 50 WPM and the K3 sounds fine to me at 50
and I don't have any complaints using a WinKeyer USB. I have keyed it up to
100 WPM with the WinKeyer and the DTR pin of the RS-232
will handle, but I am also convinced that it will never be a
problem to me.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Steve Ellington n...@carolina.rr.com
To: WILLIS COOKE wrco...@yahoo.com; Andrew Moore andrew.n...@gmail.com;
elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Fri, May 14, 2010
I have had numerous knobs split. None of them split while I was moving the set
screw or even shortly thereafter. Most split after months of use and with no
specific event happening other than moving the gain setting. The last set of
knobs received about 5 or 6 months ago and supposedly with
I have the tools and I have checked. The threads are not the problem. I have
epoxied knobs back together and they work fine, but glueing them together for
the check will tell you nothing because they always break at the tapped hole.
I am hopeful that the new knobs have cured the problem, but
WILLIS COOKE wrcooke at yahoo.com
Sun May 9 18:34:41 EDT 2010
I have the tools and I have checked. The threads are not the problem. I have
epoxied knobs back together and they work fine, but glueing them together for
the check will tell you nothing because
Looks like a Spammer found the list.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: allen rodgers unosu...@hotmail.com
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010 1:25:20 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] (no subject)
http://cli.gs/tPNyM3
I can see how a display would be nice, but with the busy LCD that is not easily
modified I don't know where they would put it. I don't see how auto speed
would be possible unless you always worked strong signals and never try to dig
one out of the QRM. Personally I use Bugs and Straight Keys
Martin, it is a common idea. The antenna tuners and remote relays that use
only the coax use the idea. The big danger is connecting the injection port
incorrectly and putting the 12 volts on your transceiver. I have a dead TS-850
waiting for repair because I connected the injection port
Lance, what kind of coax are you using that only has one dB loss at six
meters? 7/8 Heliax would do it, but LMR-400 would not unless you could keep
the run under 100 feet.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Lance Collister w...@q.com
To: DM4iM
Moon Bounce
with it.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
From: Ken Roberson kwrober...@yahoo.com
To: WILLIS COOKE wrco...@yahoo.com
Sent: Tue, April 27, 2010 12:09:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] DC-supply for a preamp?
Hello,
I'm using About 65 ft LMR-600
I have never heard of them fixing anything at Dayton, but I am sure they can
fix you up at Aptos. I had a similar experience, much to my embarrasment
because I like to think I can fix things. I sent my K3 to Aptos and Rene had
it fixed in short order. Gary will tell you when it is time to
Up 1 or Up 2 is the normal split for CW. Up 5 is about the minimum split for
SSB and up 5 to 10 is common for big pileups (non-contest). Split operation is
not unheard of, but rare in major contests except for really rare DXpeditions.
The quick way to bet both VFOs on the same frequency is
Jeff, I don't claim to be a 6 meter expert. The K3 is the only radio I have
ever used on 6 meters, but I have operated some with my SteppIR beam and I am
happy. Elecraft makes a 6 meter preamp and the folks that have it seem to be
happy with its performance. I am using the regular preamp
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