Elecrafters,
sorry for the way OT post. I just feel i'm in good hands here.
I replaced my FT-1000MP with a K3 some years ago and now the new owner,
who is a friend of mine and a plugplay amateur,reports about some
trouble with the rig.
It seems to reset itself during use, (i.e the display shows
Good morning Don, thanks very much for taking the time to respond. Good to
know the C55 cal is in spec. As for the SWR sorry for the confusion but I am
getting as the book says 1.1 SWR and on some bands 1.5so all is well I
would assume?
Mike
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Mike,
Yes, 1.5 is quite OK - your original email said 5:1 and that must have
been a typo.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 4/12/2012 5:54 AM, VE3WDM wrote:
Good morning Don, thanks very much for taking the time to respond. Good to
know the C55 cal is in spec. As for the SWR sorry for the confusion but I am
Callsign restructuring occurred in March 1978. 2X1, 2X2 and N-prefixed
1X3 callsigns would've become available nationally at that point.
AA-prefixed 2X2 calls had been used during the U.S. bicentennial and
were released to areas that had run out of preferred (Extra) calls.
N-prefixed 1X2 calls
Thanks Joe - you picked it in one! No voltage on PTT IN. RFC1 on the RF
board has failed open (9 M Ohm on my meter) and bypassing it restores the
PTT IN 5V line voltage and function, as you'd expect.
It's a surface mount component on the bottom of the RF board, for those who
might need to know
In 1965 I was a tech so was restricted to 6m and up. I mostly was on
2m which at that time I was allowed on 145-148 MHz. Virtually all
phone (voice) was on this segment at the low end. I had a Johnson
6N2 (5894) and ran a Johnson Ranger-II for PS and modulation (AM). I
had a Clegg
Hello
the problem is solved - the problem has been raised not due to any
configsetting and macros - it was my cat, which was walking behind the
radio. And over her cable-walk she has removed parts of the cables
between the different units.
So after I replaced and secured all cable
For sale:
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Both items shipping extra
Contact off list, please
Nick, VE3FJ
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A two-terminal SMD is very easy to replace. Find a small, thin tool (e.g.
tiny screwdriver, tip of a knife blade or even a toothpick) and place it
where the SMD body touches the board and lift up on the SMD while heating
one end with your soldering iron. It will tilt up, held by the solder at the
John,
To add to Ron's advice, If you use tweezers to hold the part, do not use the
type known as Locking Tweezers. These are guaranteed to launch the SMD
across the room.
Also,
If you have a cat, bolt the cat to the floor or bribe it not to help.
73,
Geoff
LX2AO
On April 12, 2012 at 16:52
The first time I heard AC4YN -- a famous call which once represented the
rarest of rare
DX, Tibet -- coming from a station in the southeastern US, I almost jumped out
of my
chair. Of course, he was way too loud for Tibet!
On 4/12/2012 5:28 AM, Scott Manthe wrote:
Callsign restructuring
Having recently done my first SMD board, I'd like to add one tip that made
it easier for me. Instead of tinning both pads, I tinned only one. Then I
held the part with tweezers, flat on the board, just touching the lump of
solder. I re-heated the solder and slid the part over onto the pad, holding
Ron and All,
I dunno Ron! 40 is still a great CW band. I just wish we could work out a
peace treaty with the digital folks!
Another great CW hangout of old was the top 50 khz of 20 meters. I used to
work a lot of DX up there.
Dave W7AQK
I am fairly new to SMD soldering and rework. I found these tutorials
which may help you remove and install that RFC.
The first of four is located here: http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/36
Good luck and have fun,
Kevin. KD5ONS
On 4/12/2012 10:13 AM, Rick Tavan N6XI wrote:
Having
Yes, cats seem to like walking behind Elecraft gear - so many cables to play
with!
Mine even managed to pull the power cord off the KPA500 during a QSO...
But maybe it was not fully plugged in (mitigating circumstances for the
cat!)
73
Richard - HB9ANM
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I had a cat who would bite telepne cables and computer mouse cables in
two if she felt you weren't giving her proper attention. Beware!
Dunc, W5DC
On 4/12/2012 2:02 PM, Richard Squire - HB9ANM wrote:
Yes, cats seem to like walking behind Elecraft gear - so many cables to play
with!
Mine
On 4/12/2012 1:02 PM, Richard Squire - HB9ANM wrote:
es, cats seem to like walking behind Elecraft gear
One mine used to like to sleep on top of the heat sink for the K2/100.
I've got a photo somewhere.
73, Jim K9YC
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In commercial installations where much of the equipment is racked we'd
occasionally find a dead cat or rat hanging on a cable or on the floor
underneath. They either chewed or they climbed a cable and their claws
penetrated the insulation of a wire carrying mains voltage or HV from some
other
A truly CAT-controlled Elecraft radio! :-)
Chris G7DDN
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At an army radar tracking installation, we invited in a stray cat
because mice were continually eating through cables, nesting in tape
drive bays, zapping themselves, and of course causing (smelly!) problems
for us afterward. The cat must have been well fed with the mice because
it never
The sinking of the Titanic
A very interesting version of the wireless narrative of the sinking of the
Titanic is offered by the BBC World Service. BBC producers used computer
generated voices of actual telegraphic exchanges to simulate the frantic
network traffic.
I expect this is of deep
At the moment (2120Z) Guy N7UN/VP2MUN is on 28060 with his KX3, listening up 1
from Montserrat.
John AE5X
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Saw a dx cluster spot for VP2MUN and a mention that they are using KX3s’ and
Buddipole antennas. One of the ops is N7UNH Guy Hamblen. worked him first call
and the KX3 sounded great. Right now he is on 28.060 CW...
NF8J
Paul
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I have a -very- large antenna insulator from Marconi's original station
at Glace Bay, NS. It was given to me during a visit there a few years
ago by the site's caretaker, who's a descendant of Marconi's foreman
and lives in Marconi's house. The attic has a big pile of Marconi's
apparatus, but
Bill,
That is good information, but is it effective in deterring ticks that
drop from trees and overhead bushes.
Here in North Carolina, most of the ticks do drop from overhead
locations - they sense carbon dioxide from our bodies and descend on
us. I am particularly interested since most all
Very good! Thanks Hunsdon.
I have been aboard a steam ship that blew its stack. The noise is
incredible. My experience was a simple matter of routine maintenance blowing
the crud out of one stack. The Titanic had to vent all of the steam to keep
the boilers from exploding after she suddenly
I have never found a product that contains 100 percent of Deet.
Deet is an effective repellent, I use it all the time while hiking in the woods
and to fend off tics, deer fly and other unsavory critters that insist on
bugging me.
The most Deet I've found is in a 3 M product, at about 25
I'm wondering how often the shipping status gets updated? The last one on the
KX3 is dated March 29 and states that the page will be updated regularly.
Additionally it asks folks not to call or e-mail for a status on their order.
(Understandable for sure) I'm sure many would appreciate a simple
Greetings,
I am looking for a used 1.8K filter if you have one excess to your needs.
Thanks for the bandwidth,
Jeff - AK3S
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According to these sources, ticks do not drop from trees:
http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/pccommonticks.htm,
http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/life_cycle_and_hosts.html.
Dave, W8OV
On 4/12/2012 5:38 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Bill,
That is good information, but is it effective in deterring ticks
According to these sources, ticks do not drop from trees:
http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/pccommonticks.htm,
http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/life_cycle_and_hosts.html.
Dave, W8OV
On 4/12/2012 5:38 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Bill,
That is good information, but is it effective in deterring ticks
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:06 PM, dalej dal...@mac.com wrote:
...The most Deet I've found is in a 3 M product, at about 25 percent
Deet
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When I went to India to teach (www.isb.edu, check it out) I had to get a
bunch of shots, and the doc who administered them recommended
Hello Folks,
Well the UPS truck finally stopped passing by my QTH today! He finally stopped
today and gave me a well packaged box containing a K3/100 kit and a P3 kit. Oh
happy day! K3/100 serial number 6396 and P3 serial number 2033. After opening
the package I began the easy (?) task
You can find deet products over 90 percent at your sporting goods
store.We use the potent stuff in Montana and the guides in Alaska
all recommend the highest percentage of deet you can find.
Mike W0MU
W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net
On 4/12/2012 5:31 PM, Tony Estep wrote:
On Thu, Apr 12,
Dave, W8OV wrote
According to these sources, ticks do not drop from trees:
lt;http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/pccommonticks.htmgt;,
lt;http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/life_cycle_and_hosts.htmlgt;.
Don't believe everything you read on the Internet! :-)
I remember blackberry picking
w0mu wrote
You can find deet products over 90 percent at your sporting goods
store.We use the potent stuff in Montana and the guides in Alaska
all recommend the highest percentage of deet you can find.
The problem with deet is that it has limited duration, and I really dislike
Dave,
I understand your feelings of being left out, but consider that it is
better to ship KX3s to bring the backlog into line than it is to update
the webpage with which one is being shipped now.
Yes, I have mine, but the resources are Elecraft are limited, and at the
moment, they are a bit
On 4/12/2012 4:48 PM, Bill W4ZV wrote:
Don't believe everything you read on the Internet! :-)
The Internet ... A fantastic resource that might have made college sooo
much easier. Alas, also the largest collection of made-up stuff in the
known universe. Sometimes, I think that figuring out
I have a US military surplus mesh long sleeve shirt, with a hood
which is designed to be soaked in military DEET -- 4 ounces,
95%. You then wear it and it keeps the bugs away quite well.
When you're not wearing it, keep it in a 1 gallon ziploc bag.
One application of DEET lasts about a month.
All I can say from those sources is *BS*, I live in North Carolina and I
know that tics drop from trees when they sense us humans emanating
carbon dioxide.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 4/12/2012 7:29 PM, Dave, W8OV wrote:
According to these sources, ticks do not drop from trees:
Good recommendation. On a recent trip to India my travel doctor from the
company i worked for recommended and provided us going Deet. Along with so
many shots I felt like a pin cushion.
I have a US military surplus mesh long sleeve shirt, with a hood
which is designed to be soaked in
I can also add that the most common areas of the body for tics to be
found in is around the hairline. If they were from legs brushing on
brush, I would expect most of them would be found on the legs rather
than on the hairline of the head. Take your pick, bu I firmwarely
believe that they
In addition to the link provided by the OP, here are a couple more
gleaned from a thread in the News forum at QRZ.com:
IEEE:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/static/the-titanics-role-in-radio-reform
A short film:
http://www.youtube.com/jkilts
Look for the Last Signals video. It is a movie portrayal
Too bad Pete Hoover is no longer with us. He could describe how his
grandfather helped form amateur radio service in those days after the
Titanic sank.
Kevin. KD5ONS
On 4/12/2012 6:08 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote:
In addition to the link provided by the OP, here are a couple more
gleaned
A high resolution pdf of the KX3 QST ad is now available for download
from our news page:
http://www.elecraft.com/news.htm
http://www.elecraft.com/news.htm
(Its also linked at the bottom of our KX3 product page.)
73,
Eric WA6HHQ
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The saddest part of this report (at least on a personal level) is that I know
most of the text to speech synthesizers they're using. Not sure how I feel
about that. But, yes, this was very well done. (It's probably good that I
didn't produce this, as I'd have them talking at least twice as
On 4/12/2012 5:07 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
The design may date from the Vietnam war era.
Possibly, we began to see these in late '66, maybe early '67. Never
tried them, we just wore our CJU's, but they started to become fairly
prevalent among the Infantry units we were attached to. To be
It actually was last updated on April 10th. You may be looking at a
cached version.
See: http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_shipping_status.htm
We do refer to the first day we shipped as 3/29 in the text. you may be
looking at that instead of the date at the top of the page. We'll
clarify
On 4/12/2012 6:49 PM, Buddy Brannan wrote:
The saddest part of this report (at least on a personal level) is
that I know most of the text to speech synthesizers they're using.
I don't think that was quite it, Buddy. Knowing the BBC, I think they
translated the Morse to normal English, what
* On 2012 12 Apr 20:20 -0500, kevinr wrote:
Too bad Pete Hoover is no longer with us. He could describe how his
grandfather helped form amateur radio service in those days after the
Titanic sank.
It has been some time since I read it, but isn't a lot of Herbert
Hoover's actions with regard
For those interested in the details of the eye-witness accounts as well as
the testimony of experts including Guglielmo Marconi himself, there are
complete transcripts of the post-disaster hearings on line at:
http://www.titanicinquiry.org/
There were hearings both in England and in the United
I think it depends upon where you are. In the California outlands, there are
very few trees but countless miles of grassland that can grow 2 or 3 feet
high. I have seen photographs of tics hanging on a stalk of dry grass
waiting for a mammal to come along so he can 'hitch a ride'.
Ron AC7AC
Time to end this way OT thread before it 'Ticks' someone off... ;-)
73,
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On 4/12/2012 8:10 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
I think it depends upon where you are. In the California outlands, there are
very few trees but countless miles of grassland
Thanks for the link Hunsdon.
I was a little surprised by the speed of the Morse being sent early on; I
always imagined that on-off keying of spark was relatively slow. I suppose
this was made possible with the rotary spark machine.
Anybody know more on this?
David
G3UNA
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Wayne
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