Greetings,
I just signed up for the mailing lists because this weekend I ordered a new
4-band K1 kit with the ATU, noise blanker, and backlight. It seems like the
Elecraft rigs really have some great reviews and most owners are very happy
with them.
I have been inactive in recent years but
As someone on the other end of things - maintaining a software program with
many users - I find a BBS to be far superior. It's much easier for me to
stay abreast of what's happening, it doesn't matter where I am: the BBS is
there for use with a database which gets backed up every night and
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, Simon Brown (HB9DRV) wrote:
My ideal would be email integration with the BBS - I use phpbb and will not
change to anything else as I am otherwise happy with what it offers.
I's love to see a way to integrate phpbb with my lists...that way, the folks
that prefer one
Tom,
I am having a very similar problem on my KPA100 which was shipped
right after K2 serial number 5372 last month. Thinking it must be the
final transistors, I ordered a new set. I would rather not change
them if there is any possible solution. I just went into my KPA100
and moved the
Just picked up a used K2. Has the 100 watt option installed.
I am getting audio reports using the Heil mic that is sold from Elecraft
that my audio seems to have a lot of base to it.
Is that normal and is there any way to address this. Also are than any
recommended mics for the rig besides
Kevin,
First, you may want to check the placement of the filter passband in the
audio spectrum before making any conclusions. See my website
http://w3fpr.qrpradio.com article on K2 dial calibration for the full filter
setting procedure.
If you still have too much bass content after aligning the
My LP-100 Digital Vector RF Wattmeter is officially for sale now.
Pictures of the final production version are on my website under the
LP-100 link. The LP-100 is based on the QEX cover article from Jan/Feb,
with the addition of a cool new vector impedance screen (displays Z, R,
and X from
Hi folks,
An odd problem popped up with the K2/XV station here. I had occasion to change
all the assignments of all the TRN channel assignments in both the transverters
and of course in the K2 menu. Everything works FB except the TRN 6 channel.
On that channel only, the K2 VFO refuses to
The problem with the resistors Vic mentioned was a short-lived problem that
reared its ugly head last Summer until the Elecraft folks discovered that
the resistor manufacturer had changed the resistor design, so if your KPA100
was not kitted during that timeframe, you should look for another
Nope, its around #4400.
So will have to look elsewhere.
Thanks,
Rich
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From: Don Wilhelm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:02 AM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Problems on 40M with 100 watt section
The
Hi Kevin, I had the same problem! Before you open the case of your new K2,
Try holding the Microphone a bit further away from your mouth than you would
normally do with other radios, About 6 to 8 inchs should do it, If the Heil
mic' is held to close you will overdrive the audio stages, your
Hi Again Kevin, Yes I have a few minuets free!! 3.7720 is clear at my end,
What callsign should I listen for? John..
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Guys!
Don't forget ..
March edition of the Run for the Bacon ...
TONIGHT !!!
See you on the air.
73 de Larry W2LJ
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Hi,
Here is a followup on my problem with dead TX.
I have received two suggestions on checking D19 and R30, both turned
out to be fine. I have also done the TX voltage checks and they were
fine, too. Then I went on with TX signal tracing, as described in the
assembly manual, using a Velleman
I've gone nuts trying to figure out why I have low output at higher
frequencies. I'm out of ideas and would appreciate any help. I sent a mail
message in a coulpe of days ago about my problems and got some suggestions
on where to start. Many thanks to those who responded. I'm out of ideas so
hi all,
my friend Egon purchased a used K2 and he asks me what could be the
cause that the power he is reading on the Watt meter is always about double
as high as the numbers on the K2 display.
I checked this here with my K2 and I also find a difference, but usually not so
high than he. I
On Mar 19, 2006, at 6:55 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi folks,
An odd problem popped up with the K2/XV station here. I had occasion
to change all the assignments of all the TRN channel assignments in
both the transverters and of course in the K2 menu. Everything works
FB except the TRN
Probably not the problem, but just in case, have you changed the
addresses (dip switch) on all the XVs?
BTW, I'm still waiting for my XV432; you must be a tester.
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:55:06 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi folks,
An odd problem popped up with the K2/XV station here. I had
We have experienced a sudden sharp increase in demand for our Stock
K2 PCB Upgrade Parts kits. No doubt this is due to the recent flurry
of positive comments on the Reflector about our Rework Eliminator(TM)
Plug Play K2 Accessories and our rework-free K2 assembly approach.
As a result, we
I's love to see a way to integrate phpbb with my lists...that way, the folks
that prefer one venue over the other could share information with the other
camp.
If you find such an application let me know, and I'll do the same for you.
I run one such system on a historical Mac with some very old
Does anyone know of a source of supply for right angle microphone connectors
for the K2?
Bill - K2TT
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know of a source of supply
for right angle microphone connectors
for the K2?
Bill, I've used Buxcomm:
http://www.buxcomm.com/
Go to this page:
http://www.buxcomm.com/AFconnectors.htm
for the mic connectors. The right angle is part # C8R.
Order
Hi Bill,
Buxcomm has 'em on their cb mic page:
http://www.packetradio.com/CBmicrophones.htm
73,
Ken
K3VV
Coopersburg, PA
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Kevin Rock wrote:
Before that I split and stacked over a rick of wood.
I know what a cord is (128 ft^3). Whatsa rick?
CU at 2300Z
SFI=72, A=2, K=17, Kp=4 ... who knows, it might work today.
Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw
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When using the Spectrogram CW Filter adjustment system described by N0SS, I am
having trouble getting my K2 to remember my BFO adjustment. For example, my
FIL3 which I set to 400 Hz is not centered on my 650 Hz marker. If I tap
Band-, I get bf3 074. I move the BFO to center the filer and get
Well, a cord is a fraction of a cord; more specifically, a 8'x4'x24
rick is 1/2 cord, but if 16 pieces, it is 1/3 cord; one-third of a cord
is also sometimes called a fireplace cord, stove cord, rick, or rank.
Webster defines a rick simply as a pile.
Fred Jensen wrote:
Kevin Rock wrote:
Thank you Slater!
I am really having a lot of fun with the K2. I hope we can meet on CW soon.
73
Manuel
LU5OM
CT4IK
# K2 5310
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From: Slater Tubman
To: Manuel Wilches
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 12:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] PLUG PLAY K2 # 5310 ALIVE
A very
That made a lot of sense didn't it?
David F. Reed wrote:
Well, a cord is a fraction of a cord; more specifically, a 8'x4'x24
rick is 1/2 cord, but if 16 pieces, it is 1/3 cord; one-third of a
cord is also
replace first occurrence of cord with rick, giving:
Well, a rick is a fraction of
Dave, W5SV, wrote:
Well... Webster defines a rick simply as a pile.
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So we have a rickup on the DX signals, do we?
Ron AC7AC
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Roger,
You do have the counter probe plugged into TP2 do you not? You did not
mention any INFO 230 messages, and there will be one if you forget the
probe, but otherwise the symptoms you report is what results if the probe is
not connected - i.e. nothing is stored in EEPROM.
The K2 firmware
hi Jim,
k4zm schrieb am 19 Mar 2006 um 17:13:
Does the K2 have a KAT2 installed in it?
there is no tuner in either rig.
73! de Werner OE9FWV
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And I was going to say thet right angle mic connectors don't exist.
Buxcomm have just earned a place in my favourites list.
Tom Bosscher wrote:
http://www.buxcomm.com/AFconnectors.htm
for the mic connectors. The right angle is part # C8R.
Order some CE8's while you ar eat it, and make
Roger:
Is it possible that you don't have the FCTR probe plugged into
TP2? That'll do it!
73,
Tom N0SS
At 03:38 PM 3/19/2006, you wrote:
When using the Spectrogram CW Filter adjustment system described by
N0SS, I am having trouble getting my K2 to remember my BFO
adjustment. For
Folks,
RFTB in two hours at 0200 UTC.
http://www.fpqrp.com/fpqrprun.html
Don't miss it!
72/3 es oo,
Larry W2LJ - FP #612
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Werner,
If the K2 is in fact a K2/100, it could be that the wattmeter in the KPA100
needs to be calibrated.
On the other hand, if this is a QRP K2, the power output indication on the
K2 is a simple RF Probe and is very sensitive to the actual load (antenna)
impedance. If you use the QRP K2
Howdy,
In this neck of the woods a rick is another name for a face cord. A
face cord is 4 x 8 x the size you cut for your stove. Three face cords to
a cord nominally but some folks have two face cords to a cord because they
cut their wood a bit longer. Still comes out to 4 x 4 x 8 for a
I reset my darling back to factory specs by turning the radio on with the
PRE/ATT-AGC-XFIL buttons simultaneously depressed and this experiment cost me
the the whole ball of wax. The frequency is askew by 1.2-1.8 khz and since I am
not the one who built the thing, I am turning to the list for
Be calm, all is not lost, but you will have to do a bit of work to recover.
A Master Reset changes all menu settings and calibration settings back to
the factory defaults - which match some 'average K2', but are not really
proper for any one of them. The CAL FCTR reading on '000' indicates
Elecrafters,
I've finally licked the RFI Problem on my marine K-2 installation.
After fussing with all of the things that people suggested on the
Reflector, I blundered into the actual cause. It seemed as though it
had something to do with the microphone since I'd get RFI on transmit
when I
How easy it is to forget those features in commercial rigs.
That connection us used to set the squelch or enable scan, depending upon
the commercial rig it is used with. On ships it usually enables scan so the
vhf bridge-to-bridge radio will be monitoring all the channels as long as
the mic is
Us city slickers just run down to the supermarket and buy a case of the fake
logs. :)
Kevin
N8IQ
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Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 8:01 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] cord vs. rick
You 'city slickers' are missing out on half the 'fun'.
They say that firewood warms you twice, although I will admit that the extra
warming is no fun here in North Carolina in the summertime.
73,
Don W3FPR
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Us city slickers just run down to the supermarket and buy a
Whew! 40 meters was tough this evening and I am bushed. It started by
trying to find an open spot amoungst all the RTTY stations. I wound up on
7044.23 kHz. Unfortunately this was also the spot where at the Flying
Pigs preferred to wallow. I was getting blasted by them during the whole
Tom and Gary,
I up and running again after removing about 40 feet of coax from the
feed line. Have an SWR of 1.5:1, but no Parasitic Oscillation up to
35 watt setting with PSK31 modulation on 7.070 MHz.
Thanks for all your help! Don't have to buy PA transistors for the
KPA100 now...
Ron
Twice?? Hmmm... I think your count is awry ;)
First you cut it. Sit down and cool off.
Then you split it. Sit down and cool off.
Then you transport it to the wood shed. In my case this is via
wheelbarrow. Sit down and cool off.
Now you get to carry it into the house. In this case you are
Visit the website of the current TY5WP operation (
http://www.ty5wp.pa7fm.nl/ ) and notice their rigs: three K2/100's and a
K2.
They've been booming into Nevada all evening on 3505.03. Heavy static
here tonight, so I used the 160m module's receive antenna feature to
listen with a small loop.
hi Don,
sorry for the missing data - the K2's are both without PA and ATU.
The next test will be side by side on a dummy load.
73! de Werner
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I have built K2 # 5236, including SSB, 160m, NB and DSP without any
problems but I now need help with the KPA 100.
Initial receiver tests, SWR bridge null adjustment and power calibration
at 5 watts were ok on all bands.
The problem I have now is that when I turn on the high current power
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