hello to all. I have made the first peaking adjustments on my Kx1. I do get a
peak on recieve but it seems to be low in sensitivity. Is this normal for the
first adjustment cycle? looking for a specific way to verify if there is an
issue? Any suggestions would be helpful.. thanks.
Nick,
That is the implementation I have chosen for protection against accidents,
YMMV.
The hardest part of accomplishing that is removing the male #4 pin from the
mating connector. Actually I can understand little advantage in using a
non-conductor, a chunk of wire works fine too, but certainly
Hi Ron,
I too have crook hearing and built the EC2 Speaker but using an
amplifier designed by Tom Hammond N0SS (note his website).
What an improvement over the stock speaker.
73, Bob VE3XM
K2/100 S/N 4031
K2 S/N 4575
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The US Navy had a number of disaterous episodes with
LTA vehicles (USS Macon USS Akron) and they were
using helium. Too bad the US and Germany were at odds,
the combined engineering skills might have left us
with a more elegant means of travel.
All the accounts I've read of the Graf or
Don et al,
For my previous job, I had copies of all of the EIA and RS specifications for
serial interfaces.
The original RS232 specs call for the 25 pin connector (DB25). The current
version (-E or -F I think) also introduces the high density 26 connector (looks
like SCSI-2, but that's whole
FYI OT. It is only the ridgid airships (Aakron, Hindenburg) that had the poor
safety record. Blimps which retain their shape due to gas pressure and have no
ridgid internal framework have excellant safety records.
de KB1IKD
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I worked with an engineer years ago who spent his military time in the Navy's
blimp service and hated every minute of it...He had a colorful description,
bags...He confirmed Eric's apt description of the ride, but he called it
porpoising...
Jerry, wa2dkg
About 15 years ago, I went up in the old Stars and Stripes at Pompano Beach.
According to my Goodyear Blimp Club Card it was piloted by Capt. Dick Esh.
The cockpit was cramped and noisy, but the view was terrific.Here's a
link to what really happened in Lakehurst NJ in 1937.
I can imagine 160 meter (or any other band) aeronautical mobile, but remember,
it is the operating flight captain's decision as to whether you or I can deploy
an antenna, or operate a radio from an aircraft or airship. His decision will
be strongly influenced by ICAO and FAA directives on this
I can relate to porpoising in a blimp. Friends of mine were volunteer pilots of
the Fujifilm blimp, and I got to fly it twice. There's a yoke control for pitch
and rudder steering, and to keep it flying level, you are always moving the
yoke slowly--often to full extremes--to counter the natural
Regarding getting permission to use amateur radio in an aircraft, it helps to
know the captain. (See my other posting about flying the Fujifilm blimp.) My
last flight in the Fuji blimp was flying around San Diego for 4 hours on the
last day of 1996. The co-captains were hams, as were six of the
I'm not exactly sure what the FAA rules say about operating HF on blimps,
but I have worked guys who were aeronautical mobile in small private planes.
I'm sure the rules could be different for airships.
James Kern
Network Administrator
Kurt S. Adler, Inc.
1107 Broadway
New York, NY 10010
Never say never ;o)
It may be difficult to obtain permission, but with
proper planning, and probably the right circumstances,
it could happen...
Of course, someone has to build the ship first, yes?
Cheers,
Julius
n2wn
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I can imagine 160 meter (or any other band)
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I found the XG2 manual and the K2 manual a bit ambiguous on the
issue of weather to do CAL S-Lo and S-Hi with the preamp on
or off.
I guess that it's a bit of YMMV but I've found if I set the S meter
with the preamp on, then I get no background signal above 20m.
OTOH, If I do it with the preamp
You all can fly in a modern-day Zeppelin, if you go to
Friedrichshafen, the home of the original Zeppelins and the biggest
European hamfest. Tourist flights are available, and the airship is
very interesting technically. And the ride is very smooth and quiet.
You may get your chance to haul your KX1 or even a K2 aboard a dirigible
yet.
Friedrichshafen, where Count von Zeppelin built his famous airships from the
LZ 1 that flew in 1900 to the huge Hindenburg in the 1930's is once again
producing dirigibles. The company, Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik, is
Ken, KG0WX asked:
I found the XG2 manual and the K2 manual a bit ambiguous on the issue of
weather to do CAL S-Lo and S-Hi with the preamp on
or off.
I guess that it's a bit of YMMV but I've found if I set the S meter with the
preamp on, then I get no background signal above 20m.
OTOH, If I do
Ken,
I usully use the XG1 and check the S-meter with the preamp off on 40
meters - if the AGC Threshold is set for optimum receiver performance, and
CAL S Hi and Lo are set the S-meter usually comes right in at S-9 with the
preamp off.
Yes, the manual is non-committal on this point, so I take
I am pleased to announce that the Topbanders' DX Dinner will take place
on Friday, 21 April 2006 at 6:30 PM in the banquet room at the Sizzler
Steak House, 2121 W. Caldwell Ave. in Visalia, California during the
International DX Convention there. Dinner attendees will order from the
Sizzler menu
Gil Stacy wrote:
Here's a link to what really happened in Lakehurst NJ in
1937. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulrichp/1362599/
(courtesy of Lloyd Lachow).
A question about using a roof ridge-vent as an antenna morphs into a
large, somewhat sluggish shallow-water mammal on fire. Who'd of
At 05:10 PM 3/27/2006, Don Wilhelm wrote...
It is unfortunate that the PC world uses these DE9 connectors for RS-232,
and it is (was) a PC world implementation only, real RS-232 ports use the
DB9 or the RJ45 connectors - these are defined in the RS-232 standard, the
DE9 connector is not in the
I am looking at a 1N5236 data sheet and it says pins 2 and 3 are no
connection. It shows pin 1 = cathode, pin 4 = anode.
Mike Scott
AE6WA
Tarzana, CA
DM04
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On Behalf Of Upton, Shawn
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006
I always thought there was only two pins on a 1N part
Anyhow, regular SOT-23 zeners only have 3 pins. Pins 1 and 3 typically.
At least the ones I've seen in Digikey. Pin 1 anode, pin 3 cathode.
True for other SOT-23 types of diodes too, like MMBD4148.
Shawn Upton, KB1CKT
-Original
Fred, K6DGW wrote:
A question about using a roof ridge-vent as an antenna morphs into a
large, somewhat sluggish shallow-water mammal on fire. Who'd of thunk?
-
My fault, Fred. I was involved in a thread on another reflector that had
touched on airships and confused a post about
I was wondering if anybody else noticed. The original comment was to use
balloons to loft string over the trees by which to haul up wire antennas
(tree supported).
Then came a flood of reasons why balloons can't be reasonable antennas.
a) They Can, and
b) nobody was talking about that.
c) I
OF course, I missed the error as I read both lists.
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Hello all!
Just did an evaluation on the Jackite 31' Kite Pole.
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Take a look at the links below.
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It is me again, looking for some Elecraft enthusiasts in the Colorado
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Due to a conflict with HamcoM we will not be able to personally attend
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I noticed myself that going back and forth between bands and peaking
and re-peaking, seemed to get things dialed in well. 73 de Alex NS6Y
On Mar 28, 2006, at 7:20 PM, tom martin wrote:
hello to all. I have made the first peaking adjustments on my Kx1. I
do get a peak on recieve but it seems
I have the following K2 with options and a
KPA100/KAT100 in an EC2 case for sale:
K2 TRANSCEIVER s/n 4719
KSB2 SSB OPTION
KIO2 RS232 I/F
K160RX 160 METER
KNB2 NOISE BLANKER
KAF2 AUDIO FILTER
FDIMP FINGER DIMPLE
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Edward R. Breneiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello all!
Just did an evaluation on the Jackite 31' Kite Pole.
Ed that is great news. That is exactly the same Fiberglass Pole that I bought
for my hopefully newly constructed DK9SQ Antenna. Ebay lists them for $45.00.
At the time they
Not complaining, just an observation. I think it's interesting how
these things happen. And, for me it's usually, FIRE Ready? Oh nuts,
there goes another pair of sneakers.
Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Fred, K6DGW wrote:
A question about using a roof ridge-vent as an
On Mar 29, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Alexandra Carter wrote:
I didn't test for sensitivity, and I could have at least made relative
measurements. I guess this is what the XG1 is for, and that's
especially good since it's a dead-stable calibrated source. And I sold
mine. And I want another one
This last weekend I finished construction on my T1 auto-tuner. The manual
recommends that for transport that you reverse the battery in the storage
compartment. I tried that and was not real comfortable with hearing the
battery flop around as I walked around with the T1 in my fanny pack. I
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