[Elecraft] Off topic

2005-05-19 Thread Jeremiah McCarthy
There is such a thing as left-eyed and right-eyed...That is why my instructor allowed me to fire the M1 from the left side...I had a better sight picture from the left and scored better, which is what he was concerned about because my life might depend on it...The real danger was from the bolt,

Re: [Elecraft] custom Morse ringtones

2005-05-19 Thread Jeff Rosenberger
Lloyd Lachow wrote: My phone, a Treo 600, can use .midi files as ringtones, and I can link any tone to a specific caller. In theory, I could have every caller in my phonebook ID themselves in morse...but in practice, I only use it for unknown callers. I just recently purchased a Treo 650.

Re: [Elecraft] KX1 hum on 30 meter signal

2005-05-19 Thread Andrew Moore
By the way, this occurs both on battery power and external 13.8 VDC. On batteries the output power was about 400 mW and on 12 VDC it was about 4 W. ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the

[Elecraft] N2CQ QRP Contest Calendar May 20 - June 20, 2005

2005-05-19 Thread Ken Newman
~~ N2CQ QRP CONTEST CALENDAR May 20 - June 20, 2005 ~~ Dayton Hamvention (QRP Event - FDIM) May 20-22 Info: http://www.hamvention.org/

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Can Elecraft take over the global HF ham radio business ?

2005-05-19 Thread Bill Coleman
On Apr 30, 2005, at 10:24 AM, Marinos Markomanolakis, M.D. wrote: On the other hand, as mentioned in my original post, you can hardly justify keeping the K2 as the only rig for HF, and making those bare bones time proven RF design improvements as well as some more subjective ones that

[Elecraft] chomping at the bit

2005-05-19 Thread RC KC5WA
It's done I just ordered a K2 counting the minutes until it arrives. Y Ha 72/ rc kc5wa -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.12 - Release Date: 5/17/2005 ___ Elecraft

[Elecraft] OT Firebottle question

2005-05-19 Thread Dan Barker
What's a good user-group or email reflector for emtpy-state devices? I had an overwhelming wave of nostalgia recently, and bought an HW-101 off eBay. It works (about 1% of the time), but mostly doesn't put out much RF. The REL POWER goes off the scale and output down to sub-watt; even with normal

Re: [Elecraft] chomping at the bit

2005-05-19 Thread Tom McCulloch
RC - Welcome to the club! Savor every single minute building your K2, then enjoy a great rig for years to come. Have fun (Kinda feels like being an expectant dad, doesn't it!). 72/73 Tom ,WB2QDG K2 S/N 1103 - Original Message - From: RC KC5WA [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[Elecraft] KBT2 charging

2005-05-19 Thread Ron McDowell - W5RCM / ZS1MCD
According to the builtin volt meter on my K2, my old Astron RS-20A is putting out 13.3V (which I understand to be really more like 13.5-13.6 because of voltage drop across the diode). A couple questions regarding that and the KBT2: 1. Is that adequate voltage for charging the KBT2? The

RE: [Elecraft] chomping at the bit

2005-05-19 Thread David
Take lots of pictures shoot a video of the assembly make a power point presentation and send it to your friends when you get the rig done after all you only build your first k2 once. see ya 73's N1IB David Schornak K2 03027 www.n1ib.com www.n1ib.com/blog/ www.n1ib.com/leather/ arf don't

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Can Elecraft take over the global HF ham radio business ?

2005-05-19 Thread Larry Phipps
I totally agree with your last statement. I sell a couple of small kits, and also offer them assembled. Even though the hardest one takes less than 8 hours to build, a third of all orders are for assembled. Larry N8LP Bill Coleman wrote: As to the title of this thread -- I don't think

RE: [Elecraft] OT Firebottle question

2005-05-19 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Dan WG4S asked: What's a good user-group or email reflector for emtpy-state devices? I enjoy the Glowbugs e-mail reflector. Instructions for joining are here: http://www.qsl.net/n6ev/GBlist.html Ron AC7AC ___

RE: [Elecraft] chomping at the bit

2005-05-19 Thread Ken Lotts
Good going! I had a peek at ur web site and am *very* (extremely) envious of your multipig+ ! I want to build one of those real bad. FWIW I am building my second K2 and have gotten as far as the second alignment stage.. I am having too much fun listening to 40 meter CW to start work on it

Re: [Elecraft] KBT2 charging

2005-05-19 Thread Andrey Stoev
Hi Ron, The proper charging voltage is 13.8 V across the battery terminals (!). To get this voltage I have to supply my K2 (sn 2894) with ~14.1 V from the power supply because of the forward votage drop caused by the diode. Looks like you either need a separate power supply for charging or

[Elecraft] Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 13, Issue 22 -- Denatured Alcohol

2005-05-19 Thread Wa6bfh
Good thoughts Jerry! Be careful guys! ___ 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

[Elecraft] Re: RTTY Filter and low end of BFO range

2005-05-19 Thread Bill Coleman
On May 8, 2005, at 2:10 AM, Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote: I have enough BFO range as described in the manual and am able to reach 4912.97 on the low end. Unfortunately, while that is low enough for me to center the RTTY filters on 1000Hz for one of the sidebands, it is not for the other. I