I just had to try the HW-101 on the net tonight. I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY love my K2 now. The front end of the Hot Water-101 is about 5 KCPS wide, and you didn't wiggle the needle at all. There were three, very clear QSO's in the passband, and you weren't one of them<g>. I got a few sentences from over's with others, but you always fell into the mud right about when you called QNI?
Anyhow, I heard you say DAN serveral times, and that I was QNI, so I guess I made it. I didn't get you the serial number, tho. Maybe on 40. Anyhow, your pitch was drifting down a bit after my longer transmission, so I guess I was drifting up - You are, of course - look at your name, Kevin - rock solid. I tweaked it up a bit before my 73 dit dit, but I don't know if you heard that at all. It's hard to believe I "learned" CW on a front-end like that. Strange that I can copy S-0 sigs with several others at S-5 nearby. "A mind is a terrible thing." Well, copy is too generous. Occasionally make out words, yeah, that's the ticket; like your call, my call, DAN, and TOO LITE RIGHT NOW. Funny, I had exactly ONE qso on the thing before modifying it. The sidetone would blow your socks off. About the time I answered a CQ, I heard thunder. So, I gave a quick RST, OP, QTH, thunderstorm's a coming, 73 and QRT'd. Then I grabbed my scope. The sidetone was injecting 1.2 Volts into the INPUT of the Audio amplifier. I pulled a 1M resistor and replaced it with a 10M. Now, it doesn't hurt to push down the key. Now, if I could just figure out what a "phase shift network" is, and how to get it lower in frequency by about 400Hz, so I can QSO at a reasonable CW note. The HW-101 is designed for a 1KCPS note, and mine is offset somehow, so at zero beat, the received note is about 130Hz higher than the sidetone. It's quickly uncomfortable at that high a pitch. I'll try at 0200Z anyhow. Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456 - HW101 # shhh! (It's a secret until 0200) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
