Karl wrote...
My brother-in-law recommends putting one of her cashmere sweaters in
the wash next time you do the laundry. Says he did that years ago
and has never since been allowed to do the laundry.
Nice silk dresses are also effective! 8-)
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the
440 Hz is A above middle-C. Middle C is 261.6 Hz.
Yes. I believe that's the universal orchestral tuning pitch.
My XYL and I have a running joke. When we go to anything musical, and the
orchestra commences tuning, I ask What's that? She says A and we're ready
to
enjoy another
440 Hz is A above middle-C. Middle C is 261.6 Hz.
Yes. I believe that's the universal orchestral tuning pitch.
My XYL and I have a running joke. When we go to anything musical, and the
orchestra commences tuning, I ask What's that? She says A and we're ready
to
enjoy another
It was recently written...
snip
(*sound* travels 1100m/sec at sea level pressure)
Can't let that one get by. It's about 1100 feet per second, not meters per
second.
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 3-4, 2015
OK, apologies in advance for killing this thread, but I can't resist!
There are several fairly intuitive possibilities, none of which are
worth getting confused about in the first place.
A fellow and his dog walk into a bar. The fellow asks the bartender If my
talking
dog answers a
Randy and Fred wrote...
I'm assembling K2 #7193 for a friend. L5 is specified as a 33 uH
RF
choke (ORG-ORG-BLK). The closest RFC I can find in the kit looks
to
me like BRN-BRN-BLK. No RFC in the parts list is specified as
BRN-BRN-BLK. So the one I have found must actually be
A friend has a K2/100 for sale, in perfect running (and cosmetic)
condition. If you are interested, please e-mail me with an offer.
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 5-6, 2013
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NaP3 seems to work well but the display shows vertical lines every
1-2 KHz.
I've seen NaP3 references many times, but I'm completely in the dark about what
it
means. Could somebody clue me in, please?
Sodium Phosphide would be Na3P (If it exists)...
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the
In northern California I'm hearing dozens of very strong EU stations
on 20 meter SSB. Wow.
and on 15m SSB, 7O6T is having to lecture EU: No Europe! West coast of North
America only now! No Europe!
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 6-7, 2012
Mike wrote...
Avoid all the adapter cruft and plug the headset into the rear panel. Nothing
hanging
off the front panel to snag stuff. Set Menu|Mic Sel to rP.h, and turn the
bias on.
For the CM-500, you'd better set it to rP.l because the CM-500 is a hot
microphone!
73,
George T
Brian wrote:
snip
Of course, complaining is a good pasttime too.
Chuckle! As I age, I'm finding this to be true. But my K3-P3
combination can be counted on to cheer me up!
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 6-7, 2012
Kevin wrote...
Due to whichever contest is dominating the bands the Elecraft CW Nets
will be cancelled for this week.
But despair not! Get on... everyone on earth will be trying to work
stations in North America! Fill up your DXCC spreadsheet! Have
fun!
There are lots of K3's and
John wrote...
While doing Sweep Stakes this weekend, I ran into a K3/N1MM problem:
When I interrupted a running CW message (like a CQ) with either an
Escape or a keyboard entry, the K3 would stay in Transmit (Red TX led
illuminated, no receiver). I had to push the Transmit button to return
Wayne wrote...
In this context, the signal report has devolved into the equivalent of
white space. It serves to space the QSOs out far enough to give each
side a minimal amount of time for logging.
To that I'd add that it's not really a signal report at all. It's a timing and
brain
Tony and others have advised...
I can
tune around and more easily find the station the DX is working.
A sterling idea, but when the DX station is on the other side of the world, and
hundreds are calling, there's very little chance I can locate the station
he/she is
working. I have a K3
Ralph wrote,
The apostrophe indicates possesive.
Among other things! Its most common use is probably in forming a contraction,
isn't
it?
Your english teacher would thank me for this.
Maybe. Mine would have made a deduction for not capitalizing English.
Worst I ever saw refered to a
WNL may mean Within
Normal Limits or just We Never Looked !
Thank goodness! I was afraid that NL has been split into two or more sections
(for
SS).
My son used to say PCMCIA stood for People Can't Memorize Computer Industry
Acronyms.
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO
When I built my K3 I went to the craft store and bought a plastic box with
the dividers. I have an
Dymo label printer and printed out a label for each screw and put it in the
divider with each size
screw. Worked well
I used (and still do, when I need to separate and classify small parts)
A very good friend of mine once told me anyone can idiot proof anything, but
can they manager proof it? The basic answer was NO WAY!
Always keep Dilbert's 'pointy-haired boss' in mind.
I was told by someone 'It is impossible to make anything foolproof, because
fools are
often terribly
Greetings,
The P3 manual says that the P3 and K3 are ALWAYS
communicating at 38400 baud, but the PC/P3 baud rate is adjustable.
I'm using N1MM-Logger on my PC, and I'm wondering what baud
rate others are using successfully in such a setup. (Using 38400 for
PC/P3 seems to be too fast for N1MM
I believe some of the older Kenwood's also had a low MHz IF out - 8.8 or 8.9
MHz.
I know this because I have a Kenwood SM-230 that requires an 8.9 MHz IF
input.
James K2QI
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Wes Stewart n...@yahoo.com wrote:
There is a serious misconception by some
Ian wrote...
The other important point is that fuses provide ZERO protection until
AFTER they have blown. In the life and death of a semiconductor, even a
few milliseconds is a very long time indeed.
I like to tell the story about a series of tests we did when I worked at
Fairchild, in
David wrote...
I don't see any mention of the word slash. That is an Americanism
like center ;-)
This is just a guess. Early in the 60's, IBM used the slash as part of their
control
language to their OS on the 650, the 360 series, etc. Who amongst us doesn't
remember having to put a
Good evening to all.
I have a new computer, and I've installed N1MM logger. My
question du jour is:
Has anyone used N1MM to provide CW keying via a COM port? Is
it satisfactory? Are there any gotcha's?
How about via the parallel port? Is it satisfactory? Are there any
gotcha's there??
Don wrote...
Those looking for a computer with a real serial port may want to
consider the IBM (Leveno) off-lease computers that are often offered by
TigerDirect www.tigerdirect.com. Many (even most) come with 2 serial
ports and are usually loaded with WinXP Pro. There are likely other
David wrote...
snip
But personally I cant see much use for one, I tune the radio across the
band and listen for signals as I always have done!!
That's what I thought when I got my Icom 756 ProII. But pretty soon, I found I
was
actually using it to some advantage. The radio
The supplied cables are long enough that you have your choice.
Yes, but don't you have to interchange the if in and if out cables? And
doesn't
the scan run from right-to-left?
And can't you select your own colors (for those who have vonRecklinghausen's
color
blindness)? 8)
You guys are
The K3 bootstrap loader runs at 38400. After firmware loaf
Sliced? Or unsliced? 8-)
Will you be going to Visalia this year?
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 2-3, 2010
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Hi all,
All of which don't exist.
And in the aircraft mechanic trade we sent them out to get a bucket of
prop wash ;o)
And in the electronics trade (tube days) we sent them out to get a drip pan for
grid
leak resistors.
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
I owned 2 for about a week. Super WOW factor. And, during that time I
downloaded a ton of free apps which were really neat and a lot of fun. But
in the end, I confirmed that the battery life sucks. I mean - really sucks.
snip, snip, snip
Why in the world is there a cellphone thread on this
Paul wrote...
Ahhh... but I see you're not explicitly ruling out the possibility of a
K3-MP MkV Pro III DX! :-)
Or the
K3-MP MkV Pro III DX- Field
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 3-4, 2009
Hector wrote...
This K3 is not only not complicated to operate ...
snip
The complicated bad rap is almost surely the result of people watching this
reflector. Things like:
Firmware beta version 5.555.001 allows the setting of macros to turn on your
coffeemaker at a user-programmed
Gary wrote...
We put my K3 on the 80M spot feeding an Alpha 87 into a 4-square
dipole array,
and ran it the full 48 hrs when propagation allowed without
malfunction.
I worked you with a K3 and an Alpha-76, feeding either a 4-sq or a switchable
pair of
80m quads.
Rumor has it
Jim Brown wrote...
The key words to the station are something in your
transmitter is broken, and is likely to fail completely. You should fix it
soon before it takes you off the air and you lose advertising revenue.
It might also be useful to point out that their power expenses might be
Joe wrote...
Unfortunately the PW-1 will only work with Icom serial
(CI-V) data. It does not respond to the old stepped
DC voltage like the 2-KL and 4-KL.
If one takes a look at the manual for the PW-1, it apparently has provision for
the
old stepped DC voltage as well as for the CI-V.
Tom and Joe both pointed out that the band signals on the PW-1's ACC
connectors
won't control the PW-1. Rather, they are apparently strapped together in case
you
want to hang other Icom stuff on them. [But why would you bother to go through
the
PW-1?]
It seems it functions as a junction
Don wrote...
Have someone with good color vision (usually female) take a look at it
under good light (sunlight is great). Even if she does not know the
color code, she can relate the colors seen.
Yes, but she's apt to say things like mauve, lavender, taupe which probably
doesn't
help
David wrote...
snip
The world has gone crazy.
Perhaps from too much lead ingestion! 8-)
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 3-4, 2009
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Alan wrote...
I'm really hesitant about challenging such an accepted authority as AC7AC on
any topic. But I think he is incorrect when he says blue light provides the
greatest visual acuity.
If I recall correctly, the human eye is most sensitive in the yellow-green part
of the
Folks,
I find the following unreadable. Is it just me? I suggest sending your posts
in plain
text!
brfor PBT on CW, and separate volume controls for SPOT and sidetone
brnear the top as well?--please??
brbr73, Gary W7TEA
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James wrote...
Just so you all know, I am in the process of learning CW.
Good on you!!
Hopefully within a few months, I'll be proficient enough to send and copy at
15wpm. I'm actually learning at 25wpm, but I don't want to burn myself out
too quickly.
A couple of weeks should have you
Yes - and it is an output because it is the K3 that making a condition
available (switch closure) to the outside world. An input is something
coming from the outside world that would control the K3. The K3 'sends'
either an open circuit or a conducting condition - it is a HEXFET
driving
You mean, like, your bank account balance turns into a phone number? ;-)
Nahhh. Phone numbers can't be negative!
;-)
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 3-4, 2009
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Wayne Burdick wrote...
snip, snip
So, you think the CONFIG menu doesn't have enough entries? That means
you probably have CONFIG:TECH MD (tech mode) set to OFF. Set it to ON
and stand back ;)
Which brings me to ask Why wouldn't one just leave his K3 in TECH MD all the
time? Is there a
Roland wrote...
I would be also very interested in the interface you will use for band
switching of the 2KL.
I use an AT500 tuner and I'd like to do the bandswitching from the K3, but i
couldn't find any
decoders in the web.
I built one to switch my 2KL/AT500 from a Yaesu FT1000MP MkV
After installing the latest firmware, I installed the KRX3 that I just
received yesterday. All went smoothly until I went to Calibrate KsYN3
(p 43 in KRX3 Manual). I keep getting ERR 00227 VCO. I also received
the ERR 00228 VCO one time.
Before calling Elecraft, you could try
I think the term used for the SI is coherent, ie 1 x 1 = 1, none of your
dynes, cubits, foot-pounds etc. A pity our cousins from across the water
are not all on board the SI express.
David
G3UNA
On 12/8/2008 9:49 AM, Barry Garratt wrote:
Actually a radian is an angular
George wrote:
Does anyone use a K3 with a PW-1 setup to autoswitch the AMP as the K3
changes bands. ? Just replaced my 756 Pro II with the K3 and am
wondering whether it will be simple to operate the Amp as before.
The Icom series communicates band data by a variable analog voltage on a
We learn something every day, huh? At least I do!
73,
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From: microHAM America [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: 'Dick Dievendorff' [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:RE: [Elecraft] K3
First, thanks to those who offerred help with my K-3 with KPA-3 not
wanting to put out more that 12W. I don't really know what the
problem was, but I know it definitely was the nut on the control. I
reconfigured a couple of times, and now it works wonderfully well!
Second, I hooked it up to
Ordered 2008 April 25 at Visalia
Katiegram 2008 August 20
Delivered 2008 August 26
Today, 2008 September 3, finished building. Can't get the KPA3 to
play. It keeps saying 5.0 and I can't seem to get it to 50... what am I
missing?
73,
George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO
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