. Excellent advice. If find a good mounting unit,
please share.
73,
Robert
On 3/16/09 6:50 PM, WILLIS COOKE
wrco...@flash.net wrote:
The first problem is to figure out a mount for the
radio. It is pretty hard
to mobile with the radio not firmly mounted. I have
looked around
This is a very interesting thread. One thing that I have not seen and I have
tried to read all the responses is that 43 ft is very near 5/8 wavelength for
20 meters. Twenty meters is the band of choice for DX these days. Remember
the 5/8 wave mag mount vertical that was so popular when
Keith, in theory the 5/8 vertical should be 3 db stronger than the 1/4 vertical
installed in the same position. A ground plane on top of a house could easily
be as good or better than a 5/8 wave ground mounted and radiating into the side
of the house and some trees. 3 db is about 1/2 S unit
package.
73.
Roy Davis - WK4Y
Richmond VA
- Original Message -
From: WILLIS COOKE wrco...@flash.net
To: James Apple wb1...@gmail.com;
Elecraft@mailman.qth.net; Darwin,
Keith keith.dar...@goodrich.com
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 43
Another thing you need to watch is that many features that
are standard on the K3 are options on the K2. You can
double the price of the basic kit really quick with the
options, so be sure to think about the options that you want
or need before you decide.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
The K3 draws about 1 amp with one receiver, about an amp and one half with two
receivers. It draws about 20 amps transmitting 100 watts, 15 amps at 50 watts,
11 amps at 25 watts, and about 3.5 amps at 5 watts. It is very easy to set the
power that you want so you don't spend any more battery
thanks
John G4ZTR
-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
WILLIS COOKE
Sent: 11 March 2009 03:00
To: 'Dale Putnam'; d...@w3fpr.com;
jwi...@alaska.net; Ron D'Eau Claire
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject
Memorizing the question pool sounds familiar to me. When I sat for the General
I only had a license manual to study from. I memorized the questions and
answers verbatim. I sat for the test, answered the questions, drew the
diagrams and received my General 8 weeks later. This was when I was
It was only one year Ron. And that was before incentive licensing and the
Extra Class did not allow any additional privileges over a General Class license
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Tue, 3/10/09, Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz wrote:
From: Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz
Subject:
Of course it will work great, just not on 20 and 15 meters.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Fri, 3/6/09, AD6XY m.j.wil...@rl.ac.uk wrote:
From: AD6XY m.j.wil...@rl.ac.uk
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Nice 5-band directional gain antenna
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Date: Friday, March
I would estimate that 90% of my QRO contacts would have not been possible with
QRP. 98% would not have been enjoyable because I don't particularly enjoy
contacts where repeats are required to exchange any info. I would guess that
if only QRP to QRP were legal the QRP stations would lose 80%
cookie cutter
about it.
Dave W7AQK
- Original Message - From: WILLIS COOKE
wrco...@flash.net
To: Elecraft_List
elecraft@mailman.qth.net; dw
bw...@fastmail.fm
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Your Opinion: The realities of QRP
vs. QRO
I would
This is a very well known problem. It has been documented by N1MM and many
contest publications. It is not a problem with N1MM, it is a problem with
WINDOWS. If you change to another version of N1MM or a different logging
program, you will have the same trouble. The usual solution is to
this reflector is.
Maybe I need to read the manual a 3rd time.
:-)
73
Don
N1DG
At 12:20 AM 2/18/2009, WILLIS COOKE wrote:
Is your receiver connected to an antenna? I am not
sure exactly how the sub receiver connects to antenna 1. I
have been told that it is an internal connection
Do you have Sub AF Nor and Spkrs 2 set?
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, Tad Williamson ironbutt...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Tad Williamson ironbutt...@yahoo.com
Subject: [Elecraft] Problem with Split Receive Audio?
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Date: Sunday, February 15,
In my opinion, the most useful employment of the sub receiver is to listen to
the pile with one and the DX with the other. The second use is for diversity
receive.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Tue, 2/10/09, Jon K Hellan hel...@acm.org wrote:
From: Jon K Hellan hel...@acm.org
I would say that you don't really need all those filters. The DSP filter does
all the heavy lifting except for removing the artifacts from signals that are
inside the pass band of the roofing filter. I have the 2.7k, 500 Hz and 250 Hz
in my main receiver and just the 2.7K and 500 Hz in my
I don't know where to get better ones but I repaired the knobs that broke with
30 min epoxy and they worked for a while. I called Elecraft and they sent a
set under warranty and I bought two more sets. They are not expensive, but the
shipping and handling is, co I bought three new sets. My
I have not found NR to be useful for CW reception. It distorts the signal even
on the lowest setting and to me makes the signal harder to copy than without
NR. I use 50 and 100 HZ DSP a lot and these narrow settings seem to improve
the signal to noise level a lot.
I just finished a lot of
Mike, take a look at Array Solutions and see if they don't have an offering
that either fits your needs or gives you some ideas to work with.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Wed, 1/28/09, Mike Scott m...@paxsen.com wrote:
From: Mike Scott m...@paxsen.com
Subject: [Elecraft] Antenna
I would say no to all three questions. The input impedance to the amp will not
be the same when it is not powered and driven. The SWR indication on the
driver will give you some idea of the input impedance. It should not hurt the
antenna analyzer if the amplifier is not powered, but I don't
Two K3s would be better than one Dave, but would not give you the automatic
muting you need for diversity receive and the benefits of two receivers. With
two K3s I think I would want one or both to have two receivers. I am happy
with one K3 and two receivers with a couple of Kenwoods for
Maybe Rose would like to add monogrammed shirts and jackets to her expanding
line of goodies.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Fri, 1/23/09, Bob k...@att.net wrote:
From: Bob k...@att.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft tee shirts
To: Simon (HB9DRV) si...@hb9drv.ch,
Yea, REALLY OLD people like Tiger Wood.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Fri, 1/23/09, Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 fa...@panix.com wrote:
From: Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604 fa...@panix.com
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft tee shirts
To: d...@w3fpr.com
Cc:
Zero Beat was never a problem when we all had 6 KC wide IFs and crystal
control. We just couldn't do it.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Wed, 1/21/09, Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz wrote:
From: Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CW ZERO-BEATING WITHOUT BUTTON
Programmers got to believe Sverre or nothing will get done. And Simon is a
programmer! So, it it can be done, Simon will do it. If it can't be done, he
will come closer than the rest. And, I don't know any humans that can copy
RTTY by ear, or PSK-31 and the computer manages to do that.
Brian, I am with you. I can connect to either of the SO-239 connectors on the
back by routing the small piece of the TMP cable from J43 on the KAT3 to the
KRX3 connector, but my BNC is not connected to anything. I was told on this
forum that there is an antenna connection to the KRX3 through
That is called The Internet, I believe.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Fri, 1/9/09, Alan Slusher aslus...@caribsurf.com wrote:
From: Alan Slusher aslus...@caribsurf.com
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: SDR Cum Laude
To: 'Ken' barbiek...@yahoo.com, elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Date: Friday,
Wayne, for those who complain that the K3 is not heavy enough I suggest that
you sell a battery box to attach to the bottom with a 100 amp hour gel cell.
That should make it heavy enough to give anyone a hernia.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ. K3 #1025 with separate emergency battery.
--- On
' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Sat, 1/3/09, wayne burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote:
From: wayne burdick n...@elecraft.com
Subject: KBT3?
To: wrco...@flash.net
Cc: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL
doug...@gmail.com
Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 10:38 AM
WILLIS COOKE wrote
It is a BNC Joe.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Tue, 12/30/08, Joe Hoffman hoffmaninvestme...@adelphia.net wrote:
From: Joe Hoffman hoffmaninvestme...@adelphia.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Receive antenna connection
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 12:31 PM
I
We used to wear out rigs by wearing out the tuning gears on the tuning
capacitor. Lately, it by display readouts going obsolete and the rice box
manufacturers not offering a replacement part. It will probably be the push
buttons or the display on the K3 if Elecraft does not continue to stock
I use a JTPS28M that I have had for two years. I usually run two HF
transceivers and a two meter transceiver on receive. For the past 5 months,
one of the HF transceivers has been an Elecraft K3. Of course, I never
transmit on more than one. If I were to buy another supply, it would be a
The 5,000 key strong Straight Key Century Club is out to make this the best
Straight Key Night ever. We will be on the air with our regular calls and our
third year anniversary special event call K3Y/x. We support the ARRL SKN but
our straight keys and bugs are busy every day and we have a
The antenna switch is in the KAT3. If you connect the BNC rather than the coax
to the tuner the switching function is not in the circuit. The switching as it
is designed appears to me to be only for the two SO239 connectors. I installed
my BNC connector, but connected the coax that goes to
My K3 is #1025. I think I am on version 2.67. I do dot observe the audio
reduction. If I have a pop, it is high frequency because I do not hear it. My
hearing is such that I don't hear above about 2.7 kHz. It is the same for both
receivers. It is the same pre-amp on and off. The test was
Kevin, just enter the CQWW-CW or the ARRL DXCW. Every contact will be 599
whether they can hear you or not!
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Mon, 12/22/08, Kevin Rock kevinr...@earthlink.net wrote:
From: Kevin Rock kevinr...@earthlink.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Firmware Request all rigs
I just completed the same installation Bill. I bought an additional 500 Hz
filter and paid to match two filters. They both matched exactly to my original
filters. My installation went pretty well. My DVR seems to work, but I have
not been able to find any instructions for operating. Maybe
Ron, there are other considerations. The tubes available today are made in
China. I had very bad luck with two sets of Taylor brand 572Bs that were made
in China. One set never worked at all and the other set lasted about a month.
I am still using the 572Bs that I bought in 1976 used. So,
Sandy, did you ever take a look at what a kilowatt amp cost in 1955? It would
be more than than $3,000 when $3,000 was a year's pay for most.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Sat, 12/20/08, Sandy ebj...@charter.net wrote:
From: Sandy ebj...@charter.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: new SS
Al, the explanation could be that the sauce pans are not machine flat, thus
have a much smaller contact area than their measured diameter would indicate.
A machined flat surface with the mat sitting on a very flat surface would
probably yield much different results. Trying to make laboratory
Hi Tony,
I used my K3 this year and did not notice the problem Tony. Last year, I used
an FT-900 for an hour and gave up on it because the inter modulation products
were so bad and used my Kenwood TS-850. Signals were very weak this year with
rapid fading. It would be very possible for two
Doug, the preamp does not discriminate between signal and noise. It does not
bring the signal out of the noise. It will raise the level of the signal and
the noise if the noise level is very low such as happens frequently on VHF,
sometimes on ten meters and occasionally on 15 meters. Preamps
Monty, I am afraid that I can't help you at the moment, but I also recently
acquired a new to me ALS-600. I have not had time to try mine just yet
because I have been repairing antennas after Hurricane Ike, but I will get to
it shortly. I hope that you find an answer elsewhere before I get
From: WILLIS COOKE [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 and CQWW
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 8:10 AM
This was not a stellar year for me in the CQWW-CW, but since
it is my favorite contest and I couldn't resist some
participation, I made 75 QSOs with my
Blair, you control the bandwidth with the width knob to the left of the main
tuning knob. You can have the width as narrow as you like or as wide as your
widest filter while in the CW transmit mode. If you really tune 10 meters,
look for me. I will hang around 28050 a lot when I recover from
I may be missing something, but when I close the key in the PTT mode I get a
sidetone with no output. I get output only if I close the PTT or use VOX. I
have not yet connected my amplifier, so I am not sure what the Key Out does.
If I am setting parameters in my K3 I want the amplifier to be
Fred, you can get the K3 to key, but the timing available in Windows does not
allow good CW to be produced. The Workaround is to purchase a WinKeyer USB
from K1EL and insert it between the Computer USB port and the Key jack on the
K3. This is a function of Windows, not N1MM or the K3. You
For those who want the bug mode, plug your bug into the key jack, select the cw
mode and get with it. It works for me!
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Tue, 9/9/08, alsopb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: alsopb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 bug mode there (sort of)?
To:
I agree 100% Keith.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ, K3 1025, SKCC 4077T
--- On Tue, 9/2/08, Darwin, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Darwin, Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Kent Single Lever Paddles
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 8:47 AM
Why do you need special interface for a single lever paddle? It works the same
as an Iambic paddle except that you can't close both contacts at once.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
--- On Sun, 8/31/08, Jack Regan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Jack Regan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Elecraft]
is a precision device. I
prefer a wider finger
piece over the thin paddle Kent uses however.
The K3 works well with either single or duals. It
doesn't know the
difference.
Steve Ellington
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: WILLIS COOKE [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Jack Regan
I used the plastic box method. I like the idea of having a lid that closes
when you are not working so maybe you will not spill all those little screws on
the carpet or even the desk. I bought mine at Fry's and it was about $7 or 8.
Don't put the ESD sensitive stuff in the box or tray. Keep
I have a pulse noise that I thought was a fence charger, but it is to the north
and the only electric fence that I have found is south east. In another
internet discussion someone mentioned that he had traced a similar interference
to a blinking caution light. Sure enough I have a blinking
K5EWJ
--- On Wed, 8/20/08, Eric Scace K3NA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Eric Scace K3NA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] re ON-OFF on K3
To: WILLIS COOKE [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Fern Rivard [EMAIL PROTECTED], Elecraft Reflector
elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Date: Wednesday, August 20
I was curious just what a CPK was, so I Googled it. I found this URL that
would be a good read before you commit to the idea.
http://www.eham.net/forums/Elmers/10424
I had a Butternut HF5V about 18 years ago that was mounted with the base in a
tripod on top of a beach house at about 28 feet.
My first thought on the matter is to agree with Fern,
but after thinking about it for a while, pressing the
POWER button is not so hard and it will allow the K3
to turn itself off on low voltage and protect your
battery for battery operations. I have come to think
of this as a good feature even
it on. It's an excellent
feature and has been around for many years.
Fern
- Original Message -
From: WILLIS COOKE [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Fern Rivard [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Elecraft
Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] re
If I understand you correctly Randy all you need to do
is press the SPOT/PITCH button until the display shows
your offset and you hear the tone. Then turn the main
tuning knob until you like what you hear. Then press
the SPOT button and you have it!
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- K8RDD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Inrad filters do not have the offset. Use the
Zero setting for them.
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- Kenneth Waites [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I received 5 xtals with my k3 which I am assembling.
Two had offsets marked on the side, these were the
elecraft 2.7 and .2.
Three from Inrad (1.8, 1, and .4)
We seem to have missed the October 1, 2007 sign up
date by 9 months already!
--- Edward R. Breneiser [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hello all QRPers,
While this isn't a QRP Event, QRPers are encourged
to enter!
This is an early announcement to all GORC Members to
keep an eye or ear
out for
The reason that some older amps have a lower voltage
for CW is because when the amp was built the limit for
power was 1,000 watts DC INPUT instead of the current
level. For an amp to get to 1,000 watts DC on SSB and
not exceed it for CW either low drive or lower voltage
was needed. Good power
The Heil Headset and the Hand Mike that I bought with
my K3 will not work on my TS-850 and the TS-850 mike
does not work on the K3. I have not yet investigated
the details.
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- Charles Harpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Elecraft K3 front mic socket (8 pin) is basically
Kenwood
Sounds about right to me Bill. That is about what I
get using 2.8 bandwidth. It goes down some if I
narrow the bandwidth.
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- KB1PXD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings,
I'm currently seeing a consistent S5 for noise level
on 20m with the
pre-amp activated. It drops to S3
Jose, I have a Jetstream JTPS28M Switching Power
Supply that I have been using for over 18 months with
two transceivers, including several 48 hour contests.
It weighs 4 pounds, is compact, has two meters. I
bought it from RL Electronics for $99.95. I am not a
DX station and probably do not
I am not an insider, so I don't know but I get the
impression that when they sell an assembled K3 they
first assemble a kit and then have one of their techs
build and test it. If they assign the serial number
when they assemble the kit this would throw the
assembled units a few weeks later than
PROTECTED] wrote:
They are 32ohm: don't know if the ear pieces are
wired in series or
parallel. Didn't observe the manufacturer, but I'll
get back to them in a
couple of days and let you know.
David
G3UNA
- Original Message -
From: WILLIS COOKE [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: David
on the 26th and wanted me to send
the radio directly to him
to work on it but I had just got home from the UPS
store and already mailed
it to AZ per Elecrafts RSA instructions.
Mike WA8EBM
- Original Message -
From: WILLIS COOKE [EMAIL PROTECTED
I had the same experience with 1025 except that when I
went back to the VCO CAL stage I got a error.
Attempts to cure the problem working with Elecraft
were not successful and I returned the transceiver to
Elecraft. They have had it since last Monday and I
have not heard anything yet. I don't
--- john petters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thom LaCosta wrote:
At 11:16 PM 06/30/08, Tom Childers, N5GE wrote:
CW-swing is related to music.
No it isn't. It's related a person with a poor
fist that cannot
control the
length of the dashes to match the dots they are
sending.
Maybe the Wallyworld no slip pad is the answer for the
K3 as well. You can probably use the scrap left over
after you cut the piece for under your key!
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- Ken Kopp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Lee,
I think I'm pretty light-fingered, but mine sets on
a pad of
no-slip rubber
Maybe because it does have something to do with ham
radio.
--- Mike Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
G'day,
And why do the 1000+ worldwide subscribers to this
reflector need to be
belaboured by this love-in stuff which has nothing
whatsoever to do with
Elecraft products or their use?
--- David Cutter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Glad you raised that point, Brian. In my Sunday
school classes I ask the
question: what does the fuse protect? It's a
revelation to all when I
give the right answer.
On our 240V distribution system, a melted cable can
lead to a severe shock
K3 ser # 1025, ordered 27 Dec arrived here in Texas
Tuesday, June 10. I have built it, but when I try to
calibrate the VCO I get Err VCO E5. I have
emailed support, but I am not sure if I will get an
answer today. Anybody seen that error and know what
it is?
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
Today I received my Madylingram and my UPS Notice that
my K3 ordered December 27, 2007 has been shipped, due
June 10.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
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. The scuttlebutt has it that
the K3 is much better and I am ready for much better!
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- Fred Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
WILLIS COOKE wrote:
I hope that
my K3 that will arrive in a week or so works very
much
like the TS-850, preferably exactly like the
TS-850
Bob, I got my Katiegram last Wednesday. It is
shipping without the KRX3, Recorder module and 500 Hz
Filter. No date for the KRX3 was mentioned.
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- Bob Garrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings,
Has anyone received their K3 withthe KRx3 sub-RX?
The last website update
and hook up the 850. I can't say
that there was none on the 850, but much better. If
the K3 improves on that I will be in hog heaven!
Cookie
--- Fred Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
WILLIS COOKE wrote:
Fred, my comment was directed at the frequency
changing method only. Of course I hope
I have two rigs in my shack, a TS-850 with up and down
buttons and a FT-900 with 12 buttons. I prefer the
TS-850 method because it is easier to punch the button
a number of times than to read the tiny label and
select the correct button on the FT-900. I hope that
my K3 that will arrive in a
I got my Katiegram yesterday in the late afternoon.
Order for Kit Form, 100 watt version was placed in
late afternoon on December 27, so it was five months
plus one day. Second receiver, voice recorder and 500
Hz filter were back order.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
K5EWJ
It does not give the same sideband on 80 and 20. You
also have to consider that the rotation of the tuning
capacitor of the VFO turns the opposite direction for
20 as it does for 80. You will find this on the dial
of many pre 1970 commercial offerings. Everyone needs
to use one of the old SSB
-850
and Yaesu FT-900 when you select SSB it puts you on
the preferred sideband, but if you press the button
again it puts you on the other sideband.
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- Ian White GM3SEK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
WILLIS COOKE wrote:
It does not give the same sideband on 80 and 20.
You also have
Carl, WinKeyer does something else. It takes ASCII
from the computer and converts that to code. No
program can do that very well if that program runs on
a computer that has a Windoze operating system because
Windows has its own priorities for interrupts. The
logging programs did the conversion
I'm not sure about the K3 because I don't have mine
yet, but all I have to do with my Kenwood TS-850 is
turn off the VOX and use the Send/Rec switch instead.
I don't do that, but it works. The side tone still
works, but it does not transmit.
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- Paul W5DM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Augie Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
Yes, some people would prefer to wait till they
can buy one without
waiting...
Am I the only one who finds the concept of waiting
to avoid waiting a
bit silly?
Gus Hansen
KB0YH
Maybe so Gus. I waited until I was convinced
Hi Augie, It seems that I misinterpreted your post
about 180 degrees. I answered thinking you were
waiting to order until there was no que, but
re-reading your post, I see that is not what you said.
I think it is what the person who started this thread
did say. Oh well, I sure hope that Katie
--- Stephen Prior [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd be grateful for any feedback from UK amateurs as
to their experiences
with the various shipping options.
When I last looked, UPS seems more expensive, but
since USPS post goes
through Parcel Farce (intended 'typo'!) I would, in
fact
I am as tone deaf as anyone. I can't hear anything
above about 2.7 khz because of tinnitus. The
technique that I use with my TS-850 is to tune for max
volume of the desired signal. If I don't get my
station on the first try, I tweek the tuning to a bit
higher pitch and try again. That
I have used the 80/40 combo for over 40 years. It
works great for 80, 40 and 15 and not bad for 10. It
does not work very well for 20, 17 and 12 and I have
had poor results trying to add a third element for 20
meters. I have had good results with and without a
balun. It may make some
Have you been able to establish communication with Al
Gore? Did Al Gore invent this technology?
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- Bill W5WVO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Aw, Keith let the cat out of the bag!
It was Schrodinger's cat, actually. :-) Might as
well fill you in as much as I
can...
Keith and
--- Dave G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's just like writing a piece of software.
Quick delivery, Functions per specification,
Quality Product..
Pick any two from three
I have heard it as On Time, On Spec, On Budget, pick
any two!. This applies for any engineering project,
not
I bought four keys at EBay auction two weeks ago, A
J37, a J38, a Navy Flameproof and a Russian Minature.
They ranged in price from $31 to $37 and I considered
them bargains. The last time I tried these keys were
going for $80 to $100 which I refused to pay, even for
collectibles, so I bought a
It seems that there is some disagreement as to whether
a beginner should start with a Straight Key or Paddles
and Keyer. I favor the Straight Key, but I can see
some merit to the Paddle position. If you are just
getting started with CW, by all means, don't let the
disagreement prevent you from
--- Tom Childers, N5GE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:19:26 -0400, Dave wrote:
[snip]
Once you know what the code is _supposed_ to sound
like, picking up a
straight key is a useful skill, and you will be
better for it.
The best place to find out what good CW
The ARRL has been using the Farnsworth Method for at
least 40 years and probably has been using it longer
than that. The US Army used the Farnsworth Method
during WWII. I have not been able to find out who old
Farnsworth was, but my guess is he was an operator
about 1910 when the Bug got popular
I have used the Melamine coated board on bench tops in
the past. It is easy to clean and does not absorb
water or chemicals easily. It is a little more
expensive, but can last for years and looks quite
nice. I cut it to size and hold the corners in place
with small nails.
--- Ken Kopp [EMAIL
Frank, Ham Radio Delux has a code reader in its Beta
Version in its Digital Master 780 digital sub
program. It will copy hand sent Morse to a certain
extent, but I can not find a signal on 20 meters this
afternoon that it can copy as well as I can by ear.
The program does a good job with PSK-31
--- Simon Brown (HB9DRV) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Julian suggests running a bar of ALC - I very
strongly disagree. Never, ever
run any ALC with PSK as it degrades the quality of
the signal and makes
decoding more difficult.
With digital modes *always* aim for a 100% linear
signal.
My foot switch that I bought around 1990 at a ham fest
and had stood up to thousands of contacts in many
phone contests has only the identifying sticker Made
in Taiwan
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- Barry N1EU [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bill W5WVO wrote:
I've had to repair my Heil foot switch
I think you are correct if one is running FSK but most
people, at least a lot of people these days are
running AFSK, so need linear amps. One would just
about have to build a Class C amp these days anyway.
I don't know of any on the market.
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- Cortland Richmond [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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