[Elecraft] KX1 Nearly Deaf

2006-07-07 Thread drew.neve
Gentlemen, I had a similar experience with my KX1. I could hear signals fine when aligning and the screwdriver was touching the trimcap, but very little as soon as I pulled it off. I didn't have desoldering equipment available and knew that I had tried to do some adjusting to my L1 so that

Re: [Elecraft] High End Paddles

2006-06-16 Thread drew.neve
I'd kind of like to hear from some more people who have used those Black Widow paddles that we got a glimpse of on this list a while ago. They looked intriguing. CPT Drew Neve - 9K2/KB9LLO Battle Captain S3 ASG-Kuwait Eager to Assist - Original Message - From: Mike Markowski [EMAIL

[Elecraft] Edinburgh recon

2006-05-12 Thread drew.neve
As I mentioned in an earlier posting, I'm heading to Scotland soon for my leave. I've got a couple radio-related things to pick up. I'll be flying into Edinburgh. I'm not looking for anything too in-depth: a small screwdriver (I've got that KX1 on which to align the trimmer capacitors), a

Re: [Elecraft] Power supply for 220 VAC

2006-05-09 Thread drew.neve
It's usually not very difficult to find transformers that will bring the 220V to 110V for your equipment. They come in a variety of sizes, depending what power capacity you need. You could then use a power supply you already have, needing at most an adaptor for the plug type. Granted, that

Re: [Elecraft] KX1 Tricks

2006-05-08 Thread drew.neve
Wow! I never thought I'd get so many responses to my little submission to this forum. Thank you, I'm afraid I can't respond to them all. Thanks for the encouragement in the dipole at reduced height, Leigh. I hadn't thought of the depth of the water table adding to my antenna height. There is a

[Elecraft] KX1 Tricks

2006-05-08 Thread drew.neve
Greetings, I'm one of the lurkers who follow this list, but haven't had anything to contribute. I am currently 1/2 way through my one year deployment to Kuwait and put together a KX1 here in my billeting to try to make a DXpedition out of the rest of my time here. I have a big plastic tote to

[Elecraft] Re: RE: KX1 Tricks

2006-05-08 Thread drew.neve
Yes, That is the specific item. I'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your website, too, John. I've looked at it a couple of times. I enjoy it. CPT Drew Neve Battle Captain S3 ASG-Kuwait Eager to Assist - Original Message - From: John Harper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

Re: [Elecraft] K2 and MacOS

2006-04-12 Thread drew.neve
Hello, I am a Mac User, and am interested to see how it works for you so I'll have some ideas when I get back home. CPT Drew Neve - KB9LLO Battle Captain S3 ASG-Kuwait Eager to Assist - Original Message - From: Robert Allbright [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 1:05 pm