Hallo Eric,
Eric Swartz wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The 2nd RX should ship 30-45 days after the first K3s begin shipping.
It was the last item to leave engineering and the pipeline of parts
and PCBs takes time to arrive here. Plus we have a lot of items to
build, test and ship.
Thank you for
On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:02:21 -0400
Stephen W. Kercel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As for legality, for FCC licensed stations, signing /QRP is
perfectly legal. FCC Regs 97.119(c) allows for self-assigned
indicators. There is an interesting gotcha to the rule. The last
sentence of the
WOW - how many of us just ordered and were so dazed we didn't even spot that
?
On 12/6/07 09:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] sent:
Sorry for the discrepancy and thanks for bringing to Elecraft's attention.
Neither case is correct. The FM filter is actually a 7-pole filter. This is
Hi Brian,
What you are trying to do for your GB Montessori School is exactly what I
was going to do for a youg association here near Geneva. But I failes
because I did not get any allocation for this project, as it was termed
unnecessary!!!
Well
You did right with the K2, because when you
On 12 Jun 2007 at 4:03, GM4SLV wrote:
As far as I can read in our regs there's nothing to prevent adding
/QRP to one's callsign. As long as your basic call is given
correctly then anything else is allowed in a QSO - tagging /QRP to the
end seems to me to be just part of the rest of the QSO.
just had three QSOs with FY/G3SXW and FY/G3TXF. In each case their
signal was just above the noise and I would normally never even think
it worth calling. But since I know Roger and Nigel I decided to have
a go. In each case he came back after just one or two calls through
the pileup (and the
Hi Steve, You wrote:
I have been using a FlexRadio SDR-1000 rig mostly because of the great DSP.
One of the advantages is the external Firewire sound card which is able to
boost
audio into the headphones. I even found a cheap set of KOSS UR29 headphones
have more output than my Heil's. The
Hi !
I'm planning on using my K2 as an IF for a remote 1296 MHz DB6NT
Transverter. I would love to switch the PTT thrue to coax line. For that
I would need 3 to 12V on the center pin of the coax. Can I just use the
pin 6 (8T) of the J13 connector and inject this into the antenna socket
of my
Simply put: when I call CQ and I have multiple stations respond, I give
preference to the station that is the weakest or who signs /QRP which is
not always one and the same.
Jozef WB2MIC
Dave Sergeant wrote:
On 12 Jun 2007 at 4:03, GM4SLV wrote:
As far as I can read in our regs there's
I have an old set of full size sony headphones
that give way more than enough audio output
for my moderate hearing loss.
Most headphones are rated for the level of audio out
for power in, and the ones that cover the ears seem to be
more comfortable for me and reduce any outside noise.
How you
Well, you need to get the antenna, coax, a key, microphone?
I would nix the KPA100, and the DSP, and even the SSB option as
you can receive ssb fine on the base K2.
It might be more fun to put up a G5RV and use the low power
auto tuner, you can go anyplace on any band that way.
If you really
I have K2 SN 1031 and an IC-746PRO. Last week my next door neighbor
brought home a large screen TV that looks to be the rear projection
type. I didn't pay much attention to it as they unloaded it but now find
it puts out lots of QRN. It puts out S9 on the PRO 60 HZ QRN on 20, 15,
10 6 and 2
You'll need the SSB module for the digital modes. Keep it on the list.
The KAT-2 (auto tuner) also adds a real bridge and a second antenna
connector. If you have an antenna that is matched on all freqs you
plan on running, and only plan on having one antenna, the KAT-2 won't
do anything for you.
As for legality, for FCC licensed stations, signing /QRP is perfectly
legal. FCC Regs 97.119(c) allows for self-assigned indicators. There is an
interesting gotcha to the rule. The last sentence of the regulation says No
self-assigned may conflict with any other indicator specified by the FCC
Dick, K6KR wrote:The Elecraft support guy, Gary, is excellent. I had the
same concerns, and a
couple
of times I had a sinking feeling that maybe I'd never get it right, but Gary
bailed me
out over the web with close-up pictures of problem areas, and I now have a
fine
little
radio that I built
Martin,
I would strongly suggest using the 8R signal instead - when inverted it
is the same as the signal from the KPA100 ext amp keying interface or
the Amp Keying interface for the base K2 that is offered by Tom N0SS.
8R can be set to a delay in the K2 menu and is present about 15ms prior
On 6/12/07, Jozef Hand-Boniakowski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Simply put: when I call CQ and I have multiple stations respond, I give
preference to the station that is the weakest or who signs /QRP which is
not always one and the same.
Which to my mind negates Dave's statement...
It is
Hi Martin:
At 07:57 06/12/2007, Don Wilhelm wrote:
I would strongly suggest using the 8R signal instead - when inverted
it is the same as the signal from the KPA100 ext amp keying
interface or the Amp Keying interface for the base K2 that is
offered by Tom N0SS.
See:
Hello Brett,
Sorry, this is a little off topic, but ...
Shunting loudspeaker terminals on an amplifier (or at the loudspeakers
themselves) may cause instabilities with some amplifiers due to phase
shift, causing them to break into oscillation well out of hearing range,
resulting in possible
Some headfones have MUCH more gain with the K2 than others. the Kenwood HS-5
is a low impedance phone. I put it on the speaker jack. with that, I have to
turn the AF gain down to almost 8 o'clock and the RF gain down to about 10
o'clock to keep from blowing my head off with volume.
the HS-5
Wouldn't the suffix have to be include a number (i.e. /M0 or /R3) to be
confused with a prefix?
Leigh/WA5ZNU
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 5:35 am, David Y. wrote:
/particularly /M, commonly used by mobile stations, a prefix assigned
to the UK, and /R commonly used by repeaters, a prefix assigned to
I used the 1060, with no foam on the bottom. The KX1 is a pretty
robust little box already; the Pelican foam insert holds it
very securely, and there's little chance of the encoder knob
hitting the top cover.
My setup is much like N2HTT's:
http://www.n2htt.net/KX1/
Except that I use
On Jun 12, 2007, at 1:51 AM, F5UL wrote:
Hi Brian,
What you are trying to do for your GB Montessori School is exactly
what I was going to do for a youg association here near Geneva. But
I failes because I did not get any allocation for this project, as
it was termed unnecessary!!!
I am
Most RF-spectrum noise generated by TV sets and computers and radiated by the
power line is common-mode noise, and the typical differential-mode (in-line)
power filter will do nothing to suppress it. You need to make a common-mode RF
choke. Get some large ferrite toroid cores (Palomar Engineers
Hi Ken,
The short answer is both.
The 1st I.F. noise blanker module is ahead of the roofing filters, so
it can blank wideband pulse noise. It has a wide AGC range and various
threshold and blanking width settings.
There's also a DSP noise blanker *after* the roofing filters. This
blanker
I use the 1120. http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/ppike/kx1.html
I place two pieces of the pulled out foam on top of the rig to keep it
from moving vertically - foam on bottom too.
Paul
On 6/11/07, Mike Cizek W3MC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What size Pelican case do folks use for the KX-1?? I
Hello to all.
I am new to this group and in the market for a new rig. I had a keen eye on
another American brand that recently released a new rig. But then the K3
popped up and made it to the top of my list.
I have two questions, sorry if they have been covered before.
1) Is the K3 ready to
I suspect John, GM4SLV, and Steve AA4AK are quite right about many responses
to those signing /QRP.
I always perk up when I hear /QRP because it promises to be an unusually
interesting contact. When I call CQ on or near a QRP calling frequency
such as 7040 or 14060 I use 5 watts or less and sign
On Tuesday 12 June 2007 at 0836 Gene (WG7GW) wrote ...
Gary and Ken:
Love the Rework Eliminators. Am slowly working my way through
a K2 construction. I ordered the mic kit ... but have a question.
Will this kit require re-soldering the current pin set on the front
panel board? It's
I forgot to take real measurements at Dayton .
Any beta or factory people able to share the actual dimensions from
the front of the BIG tuning knob( assuming that is the most
forward part)...
to the back of the fans...or the back of a right angle connector on
one of the coax
First of all, there was substantial interest in the K2 sitting alongside the
K3 at SeaPac in Oregon June 2 and 3. It's a great rig and, as several
people pointed out, one is assembled at lower cost from individual parts.
Elecraft just did a major update of the K2 Owner's Manual to be sure
Hi Franki and thanks for the email.
I'm not sure about the first part of your question, will have to let Eric field
that one, but I believe the answer is yes.
In order to use the RX in/out you will need the KXV3 option. This provides the
RX
only connections as well as the in/out for
Brett, N2DTS wrote:
If you really want to TRANSMIT the digital modes, I guess you would need the
KPA100,...
-
Maybe for some modes. I haven't run all of them by any means.
I get out fine using PSK31 at 5 watts or less!
A few years ago it was uncommon to run into
Ron all,
Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
...I hope the intrepid operators who love to promote their operating interests
will never stop signing /QRP...
I share some of the feelings of both camps regarding signing or not signing
using /QRP. As a result, I use a combination. I generally call by
On 6/12/07, Franki ON5ZO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1) Is the K3 ready to ship to EU when the next batch is available (CE
label)?
If you place an order now, you will have to wait until the second
batch (September) or perhaps even the third now, for shipment.
Fortunately the CE requirement does
This was a good usable rig for very little money,
not sure if they are still selling the entire kits
or just the boards, or what, but for $80.00, it
was a well working radio, and easy to build.
http://emtech.steadynet.com/nw.shtml
All the verticals I ever used had VERY narrow bandwidths
on
I wonder how a whole class of students, some
with potentially no electronics or mechanical
skills - could do, building a K2 HF Transceiver?
Who would ride herd over them, steer them,
and check their work as they soldered and placed
100's and 100's of electronic and mechanical
parts in place, in
I hope Eric will not mind forwarding this...
Original Message
Subject: Re: K3, CE Zeichen und AFU-Geraete
Date: 28 Apr 2007 23:19:00 -0700
From: Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm already very involved in this. The K3 will carry the CE mark before
we ship it
Hallo Julian,
Fortunately the CE requirement does not apply, as it is a personal import.
AFAIK the CE marking is not always necessary for kits, otherwise whether
personal import or not, the CE marking is always required, even for
stuff like a penlight!
The CE marking is not required for
Well, there's the huge difference between us Mike. I call W3XYX W3XYZ W3XYZ
DE AC7AC AC7AC AC7AC/QRP ;-)
Same for CQ. My thinking is that if hearing the /QRP is going to confuse
anyone, I want them to get the call right first.
As for a QRP signal being 'tiny', it all depends upon conditions.
Hello Mike,
Don Wilhelm usually sees these requests. Until he sees it try
checking the cap values in the vco circuit mis-interpreting the value is a
source of the symptoms you have. Check soldering, Check soldering, Check
components and then soldering. Check bad soldering/tinning of t5. If
I was just wondering how many here use SSB with their 15 watt K2? Does it
meet your expectations?
The reason I am asking is because, I have the SSB board ready to install. I
have been using the basic K2 the last few days in CW mode and I really like it
since I work mostly CW. I have a
I found SSB at 10 watts to be a challenge. I run mostly CW and didn't
want to work at the few SSB contacts I make per year.
At the same time I compared the K2's receiver with my 830s and found the
K2 to be much nicer so I sold the 830s and put in the 100 watt PA. Then
I went back to CW. I
Can't agree with you more Ron! I think I've had more polite QSO's with
QRPers than other random contacts. Another bunch that will spend some good
QSO time with you other than the: Good meeting you, RST, QTH, Op, 73
QSO, is the FISTS group. Way too many fellows these days who plain don't
Gary
the K2 works nifty on SSB, either as a 15 or 100 watt
radio. even with only a vertical I would not hesitate
to call someone DX on 20m. of course its easier when
sunspots are higher! i have made many contest QSO's
running SSB QRP. and this is a great rig for running
PSK31. so if you have
Gary,
QRP SSB contacts can be plentiful, so just put the SSB option in - you
can also run soundcard digital modes if you want.
I usually stay away from the 80 meter roundtables where everyone is
bragging about how much power they are running - you will just not move
their S-meters up into
Are there any groups in Northwest Oregon who would like a CW operator to join
them for Field Day?
Kevin. KD5ONS
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Yes. And, this is the FISTS 10th anniversary this year. To celebrate
FISTS is offering the 20/20 award. Your work 20 FISTS for 20 minutes
each (at least) in each of the 12 months during 2007. The first month
you get the certificate and and sticker for that month (say January).
Then for
I respectfully disagree with the argument that folks
with small signals are QRP or that running more
power makes you less likely to ragchew on CW.
I know many QRPers who have significant antenna
systems and many 100 watters that have piss poor
antennas.
You can argue that folks who operate
The K2 is my only low bands radio. I use at home and at scout camp for
demos. Phone and digital. Use it. It work well.
Rick Kent WD8AJG K2 5296
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I was just wondering how many here use SSB with their 15 watt K2? Does it
meet your expectations?
The reason I am asking
Okay, I've decided to install the SSB option. After all, I paid for it so I
might as well use it. I have a Kenwood MC-60A mic that I'm going to use with
it. I hope to work some of you guys on the air. Thanks for all of your
input.
Gary, N7HTS
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:49:11 -0600
Gary D
Holy cow, this is the first radio I'll have owned that
did this.
By the way, where is it? (the radio). ;-)
Hi Ken,
The short answer is both.
snip
The settings are stored on a per-band basis.
73,
Wayne
N6KR
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I was just wondering how many here use SSB with their 15 watt K2? Does it
meet your expectations?
Hi Gary.
I put my K2 on the air (SSB) and made a number of contacts on 20 and 80 meters
before even opening the KPA100 parts box.
If I didn't tell people I was running only 15 watts at the
Sandy, those are *great* points!
I have had a lot of new ops say that they have a very hard time chewing the
rag on CW because they can't really formulate things to say AND concentrate
on sending good CW. I suggest they write down some mini-bios that would fit
into a transmission that they can
There's a small but significant advantage to staying with the standard
Elecraft OPT1 filter bandpass, rather than using one of the wider bandpasses
you can achieve with the optional capacitor kit. The narrower bandwidth
helps the S/N radio. The less bandwidth the 5 watts occupies, the louder
it'll
Don,
This evening I have had a chance to look at my KPA100 again. I verified
that I am still unable to control output above 11 watts . . . . above 11
watss it is putting out 165 watts (connected to Bird 43 meter) and showing
7:1 SWR on K2 display. Below 11 watts the output seems correct. I
Don and Tom,
Thanks to both of you for your answers. I understand the flexibility
that 8R gives your in term of T/R switching. Can I still feed my +8V to
the center pin of the coax to switch my Transverter thrue the RF in ?
Tom I saw your t-r switch ! If I understand it right on TX there is
I just finished reading a book, CRYSTAL CLEAR, by Richard J. Thompson Jr. The
book presents the fascinating history of the World-War-II effort to provide
crystal frequency control for military radios. This was critically important,
because radios without crystal control drifted badly, which
Martin,
I would not recommend that you take the 8 volts out of the K2.
As an alternative, develop the required DC voltage at the transverter
end, and then ground it during transmit with the K2 amp keying circuit.
OR - key a relay at the K2 end with the amp keying circuit, then use the
relay
The manual says that RFC15, as well as being tan coloured, should be
much smaller than the other 100 microHenry chokes, but it appears to be
the same size as the four green ones, namely about 6.3 mm long by 2.1 mm
diameter. The obvious reason for this was that it was being used to
patch
Mike,
Fine, and thanks for clarifying that you do have the latest level KPA100.
The fact that you have lower than expected resistances at R26 and R27
suggest that you may have something wrong with U5 (it could be damaged).
Initially, you should make the DC voltage measurements on U5 and U6
Of course, one of the pioneers was Hazard Reeves (K2GL, SK in 1986).
Buz was a world class engineer and beyond that, is still well known
for the winning-est Multi-Multi Contest Station in history (I
operated there from 1976 to 1986). In fact, the Multi-Multi Category
was invented because of Buz'
Wayne:
Your mention of some reconstructive algorithms was very interesting to
me. For some time, I've wondered if it would be possible to have a
circuit which would regenerate a CW signal and play it back in a noise
free environment. I'm not an engineer, but I seem to remember that work
was
On Jun 12, 2007, at 9:41 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
First of all, there was substantial interest in the K2 sitting
alongside the
K3 at SeaPac in Oregon June 2 and 3. It's a great rig and, as several
people pointed out, one is assembled at lower cost from individual
parts.
They are
http://www.cineramaadventure.com/reeves.htm
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For more reading, the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency
Control Society has a collection of crystal tutorial papers at
http://www.ieee-uffc.org/fcmain.asp?view=review#tutor
International Crystal has also collected many historical papers on
crystal control, accessible via
In a message dated 6/12/07 3:41:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Are there any groups in Northwest Oregon who would like a CW operator to
join them for Field Day?
If there aren't, why not start your own? That's what I did many years ago,
when I got fed up with the
In a message dated 6/12/07 6:34:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
because radios without crystal control drifted badly, which made net
operation
difficult and also made it impossible to assign closely-spaced radio
channels.
I don't think that was the reason for
Bruce McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know of any other radio currently
using audio reconstruction. Perhaps it's because it doesn't work or
hasn't been high on the priority list. In any case, I think it's a very
interesting idea.
I'm not sure where you mean by N.W. Oregon but the Valley Radio Club of Eugene
will have an operation.
If you're interested just ask on the 146.72 (W7PXL) repeater.
Whenever I've been on the road over field day, I've just asked around on the
local repeaters and always found a FD group to
I am trying to find a group where CW is not shunned. The two nearby groups
treat me like I am a leper when I mention the mode. Often it is the end of any
conversation.
I am not sure where the myth of CW operators are always welcome got started
because it is not true here.
I will contact
They obviously feel threatened by a ham with superior skills. :)
The animosity exhibited even by some old-timers when the topic of CW
comes up is amazing to me, especially in the context of contest.
Don't they realize that, in most contests, you get more points for CW
contacts than for
This is another fantasy of mine. Form a club of CW operators who like to
operate in the boonies and actually build their own rigs. Glory be I think
that may draw a few fine souls. Maybe even a glowbug or two :)
Kevin. KD5ONS
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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In a battle war situation - the last thing a
operator military person needs to have to do,
is dial in an exact frequency. I suspect this
was one reason for crystal control. Also in
secure comms nets - periodic crystal changes,
would make code book syncing net frequency very
practical and
Hi Fred,
Yes, I remember Gabriel Heater news; but the all the ships at sea was the
tag line of gossip commentator Walter Winchell. Remember him? He also had
the snappy code burst at the start of his broadcasts.
Can you believe, Andy Rooney of CBS 60 minutes was a reporter for Stars
and
On Jun 12, 2007, at 7:06 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
As a member and supporter of the ARRL since 1952 I don't beat up
on them
too easily. Considering the fact that many if not most Hams today
would not
consider picking up a soldering iron to do more than attach a
connector to a
cable, I
Stuart Rohre wrote:
Hi Fred,
Yes, I remember Gabriel Heater news; but the all the ships at sea was
the tag line of gossip commentator Walter Winchell. Remember him? He
also had the snappy code burst at the start of his broadcasts.
Can you believe, Andy Rooney of CBS 60 minutes was a
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:29:50 -0700 (PDT), Fred (FL) wrote:
Does anyone remember Gabriel Heater? When I
was a kid, out at my grandparents cottage south
of Buffalo - everyone used to sit around the
Philco radio - and listen to Gabriel Heater's
news program, at that time about WWII.
. and all
I heard this very funny piece on NPR a couple of years ago about a
40's-era comedian who did skits about military life. In one skit he
played a radio-class instructor disgusted with a new class of
underachieving recruits who were there to learn the code. He chastised
them for not studying
At one time, Mosley offered a semi-automated rotor control box. It
announced in spoken English.
When u pushed an execute command button it spoke the one word GO
Repeated pushings produced Go, go go go go... etc.
Wonderful way to psych self up at beginning of contest?
Charles Harpole
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