[Elecraft] USB Support - K3, K2?

2007-08-08 Thread Charles Allison
John, I think that is a very small fee per device or may be per some sort of assignment ID codes to be kept unique. Primarily the USB standards cater to the mass production market. Most of the options for a design expect thousands of units to be produced in a production run. The USB interface

Re: [Elecraft] vibroplex bug

2007-07-27 Thread Charles Allison
- Original Message - From: Charles Allison To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 8:20 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] vibroplex bug Chris, My wife got the bug bug, the straight key bug, the iambic key bug... fairly recently too. She is a dedicated but fairly slow cw

[Elecraft] Re: Detecting the LO [was: plexiglass] (Vic K2VCO) clarification

2006-07-11 Thread charles allison
Hi, I remember reading about the Brits searching for spies who were tuned to certain frequencies that transmitted coded information to the agents who might not have even had transmitters. A quick clarification. The IF stage is 455kc and the LO is an HF oscillator that is offset from the tuned

[Elecraft] Re: Solar Panels (Douglas Todd)

2006-07-04 Thread charles allison
, it might be possible to find even the larger panels from your local gov. that has replaced them on those solar powered school crossing lights. best regards, Charles Allison wb5izd (husband of k2/100 and kx1 owner) - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft

[Elecraft] Re: Elecraft Horizontal Loop Antenna (Kevin Shaw)

2005-12-22 Thread charles allison
Kevin, I've built 2 low loop antennas that are currently in operation. My wife uses one for 80 and 40m regional communications, essentially the whole state of texas plus surrounding states. It is composed of insulated wire with a current balun fed by rg58 and is up about 15 feet and is diamond

[Elecraft] Re: Algorithm for Tuner (Don)

2005-09-17 Thread charles allison
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:51:33 -0700 From: Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Algorithm for Tuner To: Bill Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=response Bill, It's

Fw: [Elecraft] Re: CW in Emergencies

2005-09-13 Thread charles allison
I guess Eric didn't get this message sent directly to him the first time with specifics examples concerning CW during Katrina that we are aware of here. best regards, Charles Allison wb5izd - Original Message - From: charles allison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: EricJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

[Elecraft] Re: An Opportunity for CW Ops K2 use in emergencies

2005-09-13 Thread charles allison
Johnny, My wife's rig is a k2/100 with most or all internal accessories and kat100. She has been quite active in health and welfare traffic handling for Katrina and has been involved on a regular basis with traffic nets since shortly after upgrading to general class. She is just starting to

[Elecraft] Re: CW in Emergencies? (WAS: Dropping the Code Test)

2005-09-06 Thread charles allison
Hi, One thing that most miss in this debate, especially on the gov. is the realization that communications is a skill that is every bit as important as the technical knowledge required to turn a piece of wire into a working antenna. It seems on the gov. side that communications skills means the

[Elecraft] Re: K2/100 Portable Battery Pak Question (Gottlieb, Jonathan)

2005-08-04 Thread charles allison
My wife, kd5txd has a k2/100 with a small battery pack backup system at her desk. It is homemade with 2x, 12v, 7.2AH, lead acid batteries in parallel with a 1-2A trickle charger. She normally runs about 90 watts output power on the k2 and has used this power set up as net control for as long as

[Elecraft] Re: stranger than real life

2005-06-13 Thread charles allison
Hi, There's an interesting book called The Measure of All Things which covers the quest for determining the length of the meter for the purpose of creating the ultimate scientifically based system of measurements called the metric system. The author also presents, intentionally or otherwise,