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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Just wondering (hawley, charles j jr)
2. Re: [QRP-L] AlexLoop FS (Niel Skousen)
3. Re: Just wondering (Ken K3IU)
4. X3 Utility problem: serial port is closed (Dauer, Edward)
5. Re: KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed (Andy McMullin)
6. Re: KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed (Nr4c)
7. Re: KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed (HB)
8. Re: WTB: KAT3A tuner Module (Gary Smith)
9. Re: KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed (Bill Johnson)
10. Elecraft CW Net Report (kevinr)
11. Visalia? (Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP)
12. Re: Visalia? (Bill Frantz)
13. [K1] TX part sick (Petr, OK1RP/M0SIS)
14. Re: [K1] TX part sick (Don Wilhelm)
15. K3 SignaLink & FT8 Question (Doug Turnbull)
16. KPA 1500 CE Approval (Doug Turnbull)
17. Re: [K1] TX part sick (Petr, OK1RP/M0SIS)
18. Re: K3 SignaLink & FT8 Question (Don Wilhelm)
19. K3S for Sale (Gene)
20. Re: KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed (Hank)
21. Re: K3 SignaLink & FT8 Question (Bob McGraw K4TAX)
22. Re: K3: As remote Base (Rick Tavan)
23. Re: K3 SignaLink & FT8 Question (Paul Gacek)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 17:20:18 +0000
From: "hawley, charles j jr" <c-haw...@illinois.edu>
To: Bud <bu...@comcast.net>
Cc: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Just wondering
Message-ID: <ed2a90ee-5a8b-4776-ac62-21ee5a382...@illinois.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
I bought #1089 in March2000.
Chuck KE9UW
c-haw...@illinois.edu
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 14, 2019, at 10:49 AM, Bud <bu...@comcast.net> wrote:
I am interested in learning the year that the K2 was introduced into the
Amateur Radio market.
And, what is the approximate year K2 s/n 2514 was shipped?
Thanks to the Elecraft historian(s) that can answer my questions.
Bud ?
NY1Z
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 11:20:14 -0600
From: Niel Skousen <nskou...@ecsecurityinc.com>
To: QRP-L Mailing List <qr...@mailman.qth.net>, Elecraft Reflector
<elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [QRP-L] AlexLoop FS
Message-ID: <e68732bf-0df8-40d3-8406-12dcdf70c...@ecsecurityinc.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Sorry for bad grammar Gang;
I will send via USPS Flat Rate, the day after payment. Some one thought I was
saying I?d use Next Day shipping - not so ...
Niel
WA7SSA
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On Apr 14, 2019, at 07:40, Niel Skousen <nskou...@ecsecurityinc.com> wrote:
Good Afternoon Gang,
I am selling my AlexLoop with a small camera tripod.
PayPal ok ( niel(dot)skousen(at)gmail.com <http://gmail.com/> ) will USPS next
day
Asking $325 conus, + actual freight for other shipping requests.
Niel
WA7SSA
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 13:48:04 -0400
From: Ken K3IU <kenk...@cox.net>
To: Bud <bu...@comcast.net>, "elecraft@mailman.qth.net"
<elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Just wondering
Message-ID: <77b2b0fb-7869-20ee-2c6d-df3869a6e...@cox.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
I built #2888 in Oct 2002.
Ken K3IU
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On 4/14/2019 11:48 AM, Bud wrote:
I am interested in learning the year that the K2 was introduced into the
Amateur Radio market.
And, what is the approximate year K2 s/n 2514 was shipped?
Thanks to the Elecraft historian(s) that can answer my questions.
Bud ?
NY1Z
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:08:54 +0000
From: "Dauer, Edward" <eda...@law.du.edu>
To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>,
"h...@optilink.us" <h...@optilink.us>
Subject: [Elecraft] X3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
Message-ID: <c90ffb34-99fe-4aad-aa9a-f5b0e46a1...@law.du.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Hank, I cannot offer any technical help but I can offer empathy, be it ever so
OT.
I often have the same problem with N1MM. Some days it finds a port; some days
it doesn't. There is no correlation that I can discern with anything I do --
including cussing, fiddling, supplication, offering to negotiate, lunar phases,
making contributions to charitable causes, turning devices on and off . . .
I am convinced the digital world has escaped its creators and created an unruly universe
of its own. Hamlet was prescient: "There are more things in Heaven and Earth,
Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
In bocca al lupo,
Ted, KN1CBR
-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net>
On Behalf Of HB
Sent: April 14, 2019 12:47 PM
To: donw...@embarqmail.com; 'Dick Dievendorff' <d...@elecraft.com>
Cc: 'Elecraft list' <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
I have done all of those things and no change. As I said every other piece of software that needs the KXUSB grabs it and uses it fine ? just not the utility software.
There is something to the driver installation ? it shows as incomplete, but reinstalling the FTDI drivers from the FTDI website still does not fix the problem. There is still an event message saying that the installation did not complete.
I realizer this is not an Elecraft issue, I?m just looking for help.
Hank
K4HYJ
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 19:38:41 +0100
From: Andy McMullin <a...@rickham.net>
To: Tom <elecraft.l...@videotron.ca>
Cc: Elecraft list <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
Message-ID: <97fb1566-4f16-41cf-9ead-799a9db13...@rickham.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Can I just add that at the stage that says reboot, you should really shut down
the machine, wait a bit, then
Restart. Sometimes a USB port is not physically but just logically reset by a
reboot.
I hope this helps
Regards
Andy, G8TQH
Sent from my iPhone
On 14 Apr 2019, at 18:17, Tom <elecraft.l...@videotron.ca> wrote:
Hi,
Sometimes driver software can be a pain...
Try this.
1) Open the device manager and select the comport by right clicking on it.
2) Check the box to delete the driver software and uninstall.
3) Unplug the USB cable.
4) Reboot
5) Next run the FTDI driver installation. When prompted or when complete, plug
the USB cable back in.
Sometimes, windows will keep reinstalling the same driver if the files have not
been deleted.
73 Tom
va2fsq.com
-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> On
Behalf Of HB
Sent: April 14, 2019 12:47 PM
To: donw...@embarqmail.com; 'Dick Dievendorff' <d...@elecraft.com>
Cc: 'Elecraft list' <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
I have done all of those things and no change. As I said every other piece of
software that needs the KXUSB grabs it and uses it fine ? just not the utility
software.
There is something to the driver installation ? it shows as incomplete, but
reinstalling the FTDI drivers from the FTDI website still does not fix the
problem. There is still an event message saying that the installation did not
complete.
I realizer this is not an Elecraft issue, I?m just looking for help.
Hank
K4HYJ
From: Don Wilhelm
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2019 11:09 AM
To: h...@optilink.us; 'Dick Dievendorff'
Cc: 'Elecraft list'
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
Hank,
Installing KX3 Utility will do nothing for changing what your computer does
about COM Ports vs USB port assignment. It is now apparent that your computer
is not properly recognizing the FTDI USB to Serial adapter.
Download and install the FTDI drivers from the FTDI website.
What you are trying to deal with is an FTDI USB to Serial adapter. Just
because the KXUSB cable is sold by Elecraft does not change that fact - the
FTDI chipset is not an Elecraft device, but an FTDI device even though it is
included in the KXUSB.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 4/14/2019 10:06 AM, h...@optilink.us wrote:
Reinstalling the KX3 utility software from the Elecraft site did nothing.
How can I check the registry values on the PC to know if that is the cause?
Hank
K4HYJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Dievendorff <d...@elecraft.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2019 12:47 AM
To: donw...@embarqmail.com
Cc: HB <h...@optilink.us>; Elecraft list <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
The kx3 gets its inventory of com ports from registry values populated by
complete device driver installation.
Dick, K6KR
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 15:29:58 -0400
From: Nr4c <n...@widomaker.com>
To: Andy McMullin <a...@rickham.net>
Cc: Elecraft list <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
Message-ID: <7bc25936-dc90-40bc-98a4-88fee973f...@widomaker.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
On the FTDI site there is a removal tool. Use it to wipe away com port drivers.
Then re-install the FTDI drivers for your KUSB or KXUSB cable.
Good luck!
Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill
On Apr 14, 2019, at 2:38 PM, Andy McMullin via Elecraft
<elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote:
Can I just add that at the stage that says reboot, you should really shut down
the machine, wait a bit, then
Restart. Sometimes a USB port is not physically but just logically reset by a
reboot.
I hope this helps
Regards
Andy, G8TQH
Sent from my iPhone
On 14 Apr 2019, at 18:17, Tom <elecraft.l...@videotron.ca> wrote:
Hi,
Sometimes driver software can be a pain...
Try this.
1) Open the device manager and select the comport by right clicking on it.
2) Check the box to delete the driver software and uninstall.
3) Unplug the USB cable.
4) Reboot
5) Next run the FTDI driver installation. When prompted or when complete, plug
the USB cable back in.
Sometimes, windows will keep reinstalling the same driver if the files have not
been deleted.
73 Tom
va2fsq.com
-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> On
Behalf Of HB
Sent: April 14, 2019 12:47 PM
To: donw...@embarqmail.com; 'Dick Dievendorff' <d...@elecraft.com>
Cc: 'Elecraft list' <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
I have done all of those things and no change. As I said every other piece of
software that needs the KXUSB grabs it and uses it fine ? just not the utility
software.
There is something to the driver installation ? it shows as incomplete, but
reinstalling the FTDI drivers from the FTDI website still does not fix the
problem. There is still an event message saying that the installation did not
complete.
I realizer this is not an Elecraft issue, I?m just looking for help.
Hank
K4HYJ
From: Don Wilhelm
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2019 11:09 AM
To: h...@optilink.us; 'Dick Dievendorff'
Cc: 'Elecraft list'
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
Hank,
Installing KX3 Utility will do nothing for changing what your computer does
about COM Ports vs USB port assignment. It is now apparent that your computer
is not properly recognizing the FTDI USB to Serial adapter.
Download and install the FTDI drivers from the FTDI website.
What you are trying to deal with is an FTDI USB to Serial adapter. Just
because the KXUSB cable is sold by Elecraft does not c
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 22:17:13 -0400
From: HB <h...@optilink.us>
To: Nr4c <n...@widomaker.com>, Andy McMullin <a...@rickham.net>
Cc: Elecraft list <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
Message-ID: <mailman.9951.1555343656.2818.elecr...@mailman.qth.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Okay?some weirdness, but I can get the software to work. Here is what I have
done (some help from you guys, some help from the IT guys where I work, and the
internet). It?s a little complex?
Configuration 1: My laptop is connected via USB to a PK-232SC+ which has a 2
port USB hub built in ? my KXUSB is plugged in there. Under this
configuration, no joy with the KX3 Utility recognizing the COM port.
Configuration 2: My laptop is connected to the KX3 directly via USB port.
Under this configuration, no joy with the KX3 Utility recognizing the COM port.
Configuration 3: My laptop is connected to the KX3 directly via USB port.
Under COM port settings for the KX3USB connected port, I changed the latency
timer to 8 ms from 16 ms. Under this configuration, the KX3 Utility recognizes
the COM port every time.
Returning to configuration one with the lower latency timer setting does not
allow the KX3 utility to see the com port, so no joy there.
BUT ? it?s a weird BUT ? If I connect the KXUSB directly to the laptop, open
the utility and connect, disconnect the KX3USB from the laptop and connect it
to the hub built in to the PK-232sc+, it works as long as I don?t exit the KX3
utility software. I can even close the serial port in the software, BUT as
long as I don?t exit the software, I can reopen the serial port and it works
fine. I can close the port and use other software that needs the KXUSB as long
as I don?t exit the KX3 utility program (just leave it minimized) it works when
I need it.
How crazy is that? Any gurus figure that one out??
Hank
K4HYJ
From: Nr4c
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2019 3:31 PM
To: Andy McMullin
Cc: Elecraft list
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
On the FTDI site there is a removal tool. Use it to wipe away com port drivers.
Then re-install the FTDI drivers for your KUSB or KXUSB cable.
Good luck!
Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill
On Apr 14, 2019, at 2:38 PM, Andy McMullin via Elecraft
<elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote:
Can I just add that at the stage that says reboot, you should really shut down
the machine, wait a bit, then
Restart. Sometimes a USB port is not physically but just logically reset by a
reboot.
I hope this helps
Regards
Andy, G8TQH
Sent from my iPhone
On 14 Apr 2019, at 18:17, Tom <elecraft.l...@videotron.ca> wrote:
Hi,
Sometimes driver software can be a pain...
Try this.
1) Open the device manager and select the comport by right clicking on it.
2) Check the box to delete the driver software and uninstall.
3) Unplug the USB cable.
4) Reboot
5) Next run the FTDI driver installation. When prompted or when complete, plug
the USB cable back in.
Sometimes, windows will keep reinstalling the same driver if the files have not
been deleted.
73 Tom
va2fsq.com
-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> On
Behalf Of HB
Sent: April 14, 2019 12:47 PM
To: donw...@embarqmail.com; 'Dick Dievendorff' <d...@elecraft.com>
Cc: 'Elecraft list' <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
I have done all of those things and no change. As I said every other piece of
software that needs the KXUSB grabs it and uses it fine ? just not the utility
software.
There is something to the driver installation ? it shows as incomplete, but
reinstalling the FTDI drivers from the FTDI website still does not fix the
problem. There is still an event message saying that the installation did not
complete.
I realizer this is not an Elecraft issue, I?m just looking for help.
Hank
K4HYJ
From: Don Wilhelm
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2019 11:09 AM
To: h...@optilink.us; 'Dick Dievendorff'
Cc: 'Elecraft list'
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
Hank,
Installing KX3 Utility will do nothing for changing what your computer does
about COM Ports vs USB port assignment. It is now apparent that your computer
is not properly recognizing the FTDI USB to Serial adapter.
Download and install the FTDI drivers from the FTDI website.
What you are trying to deal with is an FTDI USB to Serial adapter. Just
because the KXUSB cable is sold by Elecraft does not c
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 22:45:17 -0400
From: "Gary Smith" <g...@ka1j.com>
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] WTB: KAT3A tuner Module
Message-ID: <5cb3f03d.6451.13e3e...@gary.ka1j.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
A follow-up;
While I still would like to buy an excess
KAT3A for my K3 & if you have one, please
contact me off-list. It turns out my KAT3A
is now working perfectly at this time
Before I packed it up to send back for
repair I looked at the socket and noticed
they were not gold pins, only the male
pins on the main board are gold. I doubt
there would be corrosion so soon but
what's to lose?
I dripped some Deoxit 100 in and let it
set a few minutes, then squirted regular
15% deoxit with its 85% lube, cleaned and
reinstalled it. The KAT3A is now working
perfectly on 160 again and as before, all
the other bands are also working.
I emailed Elecraft to let them know I
don't need the RMA and won't be sending it
in. Glad they were there and willing had I
needed to get it repaired.
73 all,
Gary
KA1J
Looks like I need a replacement KAT3A
tuner. Weighing the cost of
repair/replacement, I wonder if anyone has
one that they did not use, are not
needing?
If so, please contact me off list with the
details.
73,
Gary
KA1J
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 02:46:49 +0000
From: Bill Johnson <k9...@live.com>
To: HB <h...@optilink.us>, Nr4c <n...@widomaker.com>, Andy McMullin
<a...@rickham.net>
Cc: Elecraft list <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
Message-ID:
<co2pr01mb2165eee2e5e52ae7e0ab8ca49c...@co2pr01mb2165.prod.exchangelabs.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
Do you have a desktop virus? A major cause of what you are experiencing.?
Bill
920-421-1172
________________________________
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> on behalf
of HB <h...@optilink.us>
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2019 9:17:13 PM
To: Nr4c; Andy McMullin
Cc: Elecraft list
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
Okay?some weirdness, but I can get the software to work. Here is what I have
done (some help from you guys, some help from the IT guys where I work, and the
internet). It?s a little complex?
Configuration 1: My laptop is connected via USB to a PK-232SC+ which has a 2
port USB hub built in ? my KXUSB is plugged in there. Under this
configuration, no joy with the KX3 Utility recognizing the COM port.
Configuration 2: My laptop is connected to the KX3 directly via USB port.
Under this configuration, no joy with the KX3 Utility recognizing the COM port.
Configuration 3: My laptop is connected to the KX3 directly via USB port.
Under COM port settings for the KX3USB connected port, I changed the latency
timer to 8 ms from 16 ms. Under this configuration, the KX3 Utility recognizes
the COM port every time.
Returning to configuration one with the lower latency timer setting does not
allow the KX3 utility to see the com port, so no joy there.
BUT ? it?s a weird BUT ? If I connect the KXUSB directly to the laptop, open
the utility and connect, disconnect the KX3USB from the laptop and connect it
to the hub built in to the PK-232sc+, it works as long as I don?t exit the KX3
utility software. I can even close the serial port in the software, BUT as
long as I don?t exit the software, I can reopen the serial port and it works
fine. I can close the port and use other software that needs the KXUSB as long
as I don?t exit the KX3 utility program (just leave it minimized) it works when
I need it.
How crazy is that? Any gurus figure that one out??
Hank
K4HYJ
From: Nr4c
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2019 3:31 PM
To: Andy McMullin
Cc: Elecraft list
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
On the FTDI site there is a removal tool. Use it to wipe away com port drivers.
Then re-install the FTDI drivers for your KUSB or KXUSB cable.
Good luck!
Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill
On Apr 14, 2019, at 2:38 PM, Andy McMullin via Elecraft
<elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote:
Can I just add that at the stage that says reboot, you should really shut down
the machine, wait a bit, then
Restart. Sometimes a USB port is not physically but just logically reset by a
reboot.
I hope this helps
Regards
Andy, G8TQH
Sent from my iPhone
On 14 Apr 2019, at 18:17, Tom <elecraft.l...@videotron.ca> wrote:
Hi,
Sometimes driver software can be a pain...
Try this.
1) Open the device manager and select the comport by right clicking on it.
2) Check the box to delete the driver software and uninstall.
3) Unplug the USB cable.
4) Reboot
5) Next run the FTDI driver installation. When prompted or when complete, plug
the USB cable back in.
Sometimes, windows will keep reinstalling the same driver if the files have not
been deleted.
73 Tom
va2fsq.com
-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> On
Behalf Of HB
Sent: April 14, 2019 12:47 PM
To: donw...@embarqmail.com; 'Dick Dievendorff' <d...@elecraft.com>
Cc: 'Elecraft list' <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
I have done all of those things and no change. As I said every other piece of
software that needs the KXUSB grabs it and uses it fine ? just not the utility
software.
There is something to the driver installation ? it shows as incomplete, but
reinstalling the FTDI drivers from the FTDI website still does not fix the
problem. There is still an event message saying that the installation did not
complete.
I realizer this is not an Elecraft issue, I?m just looking for help.
Hank
K4HYJ
From: Don Wilhelm
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2019 11:09 AM
To: h...@optilink.us; 'Dick Dievendorff'
Cc: 'Elecraft list'
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Utility problem: serial port is closed
Hank,
Installing KX3 Utility will do nothing for changing what your computer does
about COM Ports vs USB port assignment. It is now apparent that your computer
is not properly recognizing the FTDI USB to Serial adapter.
Download and install the FTDI drivers from the FTDI website.
What you are trying to deal with is an FTDI USB to Serial adapter. Just
because the KXUSB cable is sold by Elecraft does not c
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2019 20:17:57 -0700
From: kevinr <kev...@coho.net>
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report
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Good Evening,
?? Propagation was better this week.? Plenty of noise and QSB but at
least signals were present.? S0 to S5 with decent copy.? I did not hear
any thunderstorms.? Cool weather reports for the most part.? Lots of
yard work and clean up.? Antenna projects will get pushed off for a
little while.? I wonder if raising one while there are thousands of
biting flies improves propagation as much as inclement weather does.?
May have to experiment and take notes.
? On 14049.5 ? kHz at 2200z:
W0CZ - Ken - ND
K4TO - Dave - KY
K4JPN - Steve - GA
K0DTJ - Brian - CA
? On 7048 kHz at 0000z:
WM5F - Dwight - ID
K0DTJ - Brian - CA
K6PJV - Dale - CA
AE6JV - Bill - CA
K4TO - Dave - KY
Until next week 73,
?? Kevin.? KD5ONS
RIP Harlan Ellison? 1934 - 2019
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 07:05:16 +0300
From: Victor Rosenthal 4X6GP <k2vco....@gmail.com>
To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Elecraft] Visalia?
Message-ID: <5739a8f2-4bbb-05cf-ed15-f8b41a36a...@gmail.com>
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Did Elecraft show or hint at anything interesting at the Visalia DX
Convention?
