--- Sullivan, Mike C [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:51:32 -0600
From: Sullivan, Mike C [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: KPA power drain
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't know how to post to the reflector and it
seems some get very
upset if it's not done correctly, so I'll ask
--- Ken Kopp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We have an RV with 12A of solar panels on the roof.
They charge a bank of 4 golf cart batteries with a
total
capacity of 440 AH
It's surprising the amount of energy they will
deliver,
even on a rainy day. Nothing near the 12A, but
still
several
Don, I think we are pretty much in agreement. I
originally stated that a 33 watt charger was about
right for a K2 and someone replied that it was way
overkill. In practice, it takes a really good set of
operators to transmit 25% of the time and few field
day crews will do that. You experience
Ken, I show a 33 watt solar charger in Northern Tools
that is $299.99 and 38X11-3/4x1 and 13 lbs. Doable
in a car, but a bit big for back packing. Also
pricey. It does not include a controller at that
price.
--- Kenneth A. Christiansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I got into some wrong notes
, worked for me and doesn't
apply to most people.
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- Brett Howard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Or you could just easily float the laptop then you'd
only have one
chassis ground.
On Sun, 2008-03-16 at 19:36 -0700, WILLIS COOKE
wrote:
Well I didn't plug it into my K3
The countries that no longer exist do not count for
DXCC. They will credit you, but count only current
countries toward the official count, I think. I am
not totally sure about for the initial 100, but I am
certain about when you start working for the Honor
Roll.
I have been DXing for 52 years
People talk about the extra current drain. How much
is it? I don't have my K3 yet to make any tests and I
seldom run QRP (only when the other station wants 2
way QRP), but it would be of interest to us all if
anyone had measured the current draw of the K3 at
receive with and without the KPA3,
The area where it is a competition is for Honor Roll
and only current countries count for that. New ops
are on the same footing as the old ops, except for the
accumulated DXCC credits.
This may also be true for the challenge award. Like
was previously stated, the rules are somewhat complex
and
--- TR, K2/100 S/N 838 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
One good source might be Ameritron. They are still
selling 811
amplifiers and they could not do so if they didn't
have working tubes
(new) to put in them. They probably charge more
than RF Parts
because they have to quality check them.
I don't know if it applies to your situation or not
Raymond, but I had a lot of hum on when I connected my
110V Lap top to my TS-850 for PSK-31. I had the
charger plugged into a house circuit and my radio
equipment plugged into a separate circuit for the
radio station. When I moved the charger
I have an amplifier with four 572B tubes. I have been
running the same Cetron 572Bs since 1976 in this
Dentron Clipperton L and in a Hunter Bandit before.
This summer I decided to lay in another set to stretch
the life of the amp. I ordered a quad of the premium
Chinese Tubes from the
--- Paul Meier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would broadcast to everyone the name of the
company that has no customer
service so others won't deal with them and get hurt.
Paul K7PM
I thought that I had done just that, but it went out
as a private communication to one member. The
and what not and put
transformers in a box in
the middle of the cable.
On Sun, 2008-03-16 at 05:57 -0700, WILLIS COOKE
wrote:
I don't know if it applies to your situation or
not
Raymond, but I had a lot of hum on when I
connected my
110V Lap top to my TS-850 for PSK-31. I had
Steve, I am looking at the waterfall of my Kenwood
TS-850SAT and it cuts off at 300 Hz with the ssb
filter and at 400 Hz with the CW filter. That is what
communications receivers do.
--- n4lq [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
RE: My K3Audio seems to be totally cut off below
300hz. My subwoofer is
Now, if Elecraft could just offer a noise blanker that
blanks the noise that the XYL makes when she wants you
to take her shopping, you to mow the lawn, you to
paint the house, etc.
--- Tom Hammond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Mike:
Upon a recent used (Built) K2 purchase, I have been
told
Simon, since you wrote the digital program that I am
using and so far think is great, you are the very one
to answer the question that I think Mike is asking.
For Ham Radio Deluxe, Digital Master 780, which filter
do you use the most? If you use others, when and why?
I find clicking on the
--- Jeff Kinzli N6GQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
First off, this is a LONG email, so be warned :)
I picked up K3 #476 in Aptos the weekend before the
contest, then
Great write up Jeff. I noticed that when I called you
popped right back to me even though I was low power
with 50 to 80 watts.
The Mojo is in the sea water which has a conductivity
of about 500 millimhos/per meter. The best of soils
are about 30 millimhos/meter and average soil about 5
mmhos/meter. A small island is as near to a perfect
ground plane as you will find.
--- Björn Mohr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I agree!
Mike, I ordered my K3 in December also, so don't have
any hands on, but after hearing the guys work at VP6DX
I am not worried about it. The person doing the
complaining seemed to have different expectations than
I do for SSB. I don't expect to filter out a SSB
signal that is 2 khz up or to have
Forty-six years ago when my XYL was still a YL I made
it clear to her that she would not like the answer to
that question.
--- Don Rasmussen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Heard this transmission on the local 2 meter
repeater:
So the XYL said to me, You can choose right now,
it's
either ME or
All contests depend on a lot of people wanting to
participate. The contest organizers all know if the
rules are such that only a few are able and willing to
participate there will be few contacts and no one will
have fun.
We all know that technology will not stop or even slow
down for the sake
Lisa will send you an email acknowledging you order.
I am surprised you haven't received it already.
--- Jerry Keller (K3BZ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What sort of acknowledgement can I expect for my K3
order placed last
Sunday?
73, Jerry K3BZ
Why all this again? Jerry just wanted to be sure that
his order was properly placed to get into the Que.
--- Mike Short [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The thing people forget is that YaeComWood, TenTec,
etc have much deeper
pockets and more resources. Borrowing a few million
for them is no big
Steve, the reason there is so much talk about the K3
and contests is because contesting is a big test of a
receiver with the need to operate with very strong
signals at nearby frequencies and lots of QRM. Not
all radios can stand up to this kind of test, but the
K3 is reportedly the best there
-Rolf, the best antenna for receiving on 80 meters is
the Beverage if you have the room. Since you need to
stretch a wire for 500 to 1200 feet in the direction
that you want to receive, and live in Stockholm City,
chances are good that you don't. Instructions are in
the ARRL Antenna Book.
I spent some time in Aberdeen in the winter. I wanted
someone to turn the heat on, not bring me ice.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ice??? A Brit who uses ice?? I spent a fair amount
of time in the
Mother Country and can only conclude that they've
finally
been corrupted by us Yanks!
The only way to drink fine Scott's Whiskey,
particularly my favorite, Glen Fiddich is neat.
Perhaps with a bit of beer for a chaser. Of late I
have been enjoying a nice brew that is labeled
Newcastle Brown, but my Geordie contacts assure me
that it is Newcastle Brun.
--- Geoffrey
My Aircraft Spruce catalog calls them Dzus fasteners.
They come in lots of sizes and real expensive, however
they are much larger and more expensive than a 4-40
screw. And the installation tools are much more
expensive than a #1 Phillips, so I will take my K3 the
way it was designed and buy some
N1MM has an excellent grayline program. He will throw
in an excellent contest logging and scoring program
with it. And, it is free. Just go to www.n1mm.com
and follow the Yellow Brick Road.
The grayline will run without the logger if you want.
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- Robert 'RC' Conley [EMAIL
I don't know the answer to that question Paul, but I
am an engineer. My best guess is that no one knows
the answer for sure until the problem is solved. I am
confident that they will do their best to confine the
changes to the sub-receiver module, but the best laid
plans of mice and men often go
I have a Heil HC4 mike on my headset and all it would
take is a tie-wrap or a piece of tape. It is just a
piece of 1/8 tubing with a mike on one end and a cord
through the middle with a mic connector on the end.
But I like the HC10 headset that goes with it. I
don't have a K3 to use it with yet,
I have a Jetstream JTPS28M ($99 from RL Electronics)
that I am using to power a Yaesu FT-900 and a Kenwood
TS-850S that is rated 25 amps continuous and 32 amps
intermittent. I have been very happy with this
supply. It includes voltage and current meters and
binding post as well as cigar lighter
Here are my 2 cents worth about new features in the CW
Decoder and elsewhere.
Elecraft has done a good job of selecting features in
my book and I would prefer that their work
implementing these features continue without adding
new things to the list. New things can come after the
original
You need to consider that they are comparing the K3 to
a Kenwood TS-850SAT which has more punch than almost
any other transceiver. The TS-850 has a system called
High Boost which shapes the audio to put more power
into the higher audio frequencies and a very good
speech processor. I don't have a
Talk about leaving yourself wide open! Be careful
what you ask, you might not like the answer!
--- Mike Fatchett W0MU [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just where would you like the RTTY stations to go?
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Bill, let me first state that operating QRP makes a
good antenna much more a requirement than operating
QRO. Of course, the antenna does not need to handle
as much power, so some of the components can be
lighter weight. For someone to give you a really good
suggestion we need to know a few
Probably it will work. A 50 or 75 ohm feed line would
be a better choice for this antenna. I have had good
results over the years with feeding a dual inverted
vee, one vee cut for 75 or 80 meters and one cut for
40 meters. It will load well on about 100 to 150 khz
of 80, all of 40, all of 15
The way ARRL auctions go, it will probably auction for
about $5,000.
--- Thom LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 6 Jan 2008, David Wilburn wrote:
A used K3? Who has ever heard of such a thing?
;)
Well, sooner or later the ARRL will buy one, review
it and then auction it off.
When the K4 is released there will no doubt be some
available. Rod may have to wait a while.
--- David Wilburn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A used K3? Who has ever heard of such a thing? ;)
-
David Wilburn
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
K4DGW
K2 S/N 5982
On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 14:49 -0700, Kevin
This thread started with a person trying to find an
antenna that would work reasonably well that does not
take up much space. While in theory, you are correct
the practical aspects of making a very small antenna
for low frequencies lead to impossible parameters.
The radiation resistance of a
There are many forms of shortened antennas that work
to varying degrees. Antenna selection and
installation is a very complicated situation and the
ARRL Antenna Handbook, as large as it is only has a
fair sampling of all the information that is
available. Any antenna that completed the desired
I am using ATT Yahoo Mail Classic. I have two
computers, one with XP Professional and two brousers,
Fire Fox and Internet Explorer. The other computer
runs Vista and Internet Explorer. The message looks
fine with or without the forced line feeds.
--- Joe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is
No, its making a commitment. You don't get to smell
the roses until the K3 actually arrives in four months
or so. I made the commitment 12/27/07 at about 4 PM
Central time
Cookie, K5EWJ
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 12/29/2007 10:04:34 A.M. Pacific
Standard Time,
[EMAIL
To begin with Elecraft published all the specs of the
K3 and has put some into the amateur community to be
evaluated. DZ may make their specs available, but I
have not seen them and don't know where to look. This
is the first time that I have heard of the DZ kit.
The K3 kit seems to be more
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