I believe it may well be UV which is produced, certainly visible light is.
I agree that the energy is too small for the production of x rays, after
all you need to accelerate electrons through 10kV or so to produce x rays.
UV radiation exists across a wide energy range compared with visible
Jim,
Actually WRC-12 authorized ham radio use world-wide (with a few
countries excluding themselves) starting on 1Jan2013. True that the
FCC has not yet put into affect rules to allow it in the USA. I
think it will happen in 2013!
Its risky business to build radios for QRP but Elecraft did.
peeled mine off with no issues! ...except all the liquid in the LCD
leaked all over! (joke)
I figured it was standard to protect the LCD screen. Certainly
avoided a bunch of finger prints that way.
73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz
Let me start by saying that I belong to several radio reflectors and know
they all have their cheerleaders no matter what radio or device it might be.
We all know that there are not a perfect radio, car, amp whatever and those
that find no fault with anything are only fooling themselves.
My
What's a P-5, Fred? Or are you referring to the Elecraft P3?
73, Olli - DH8BQA
- Original Message -
From: Fred Smith m...@mo-net.com
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] k3/ P-5 vs. SDR's
Let me start by saying that I belong to
Don,
You have expressed what the marketplace confirms - people who want
more (ie: clear documentation) in an OS will pay more to get it. MS
Windows and products deliver the goods in that department, Apple
even more so in an odd way.
Linux will never be mainstream until it reaches outside its
Fred
Are you asking about the Elecraft P3, or is there another piece
of equipment with the model number P5?
73!
Ken Kopp - K0PP
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Fred Smith m...@mo-net.com wrote:
Let me start by saying that I belong to several radio reflectors and know
they all have their
I also went with 3-ft cables for the PR6. I used a couple of these:
www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/CBL-27/3-BNC-BNC-CABLE-RG-58/1.html
Phil - AD5X
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I might as well chime in: in my opinion Linux, as Unix, was and is
never meant to be a mainstream OS. Linux, a version of Unix designed
for the Intel CPU space, is a technologist's tool. It has been built
over the years to satisfy needs of folks dealing with technology. For
those that need
If you are still looking for a KE7X K3 book, Lulu has an 18% discount
until midnight Friday. Just go to www.lulu.com and there will be a
discount code you can use.
73,
Fred
Fred
fcady at ieee dot org
The Elecraft K3: Design, Configuration, and Operation
www.ke7x.com
Like your note, Don, this will be my one and only. I've used unix variants
since 1981 through the present at school work (air traffic control transponder
design, radar system design, RF propagation modeling, etc.), and as a result use
linux at home. So I'm biased to begin with but want to offer
With all due respect, Don, I've read your comments and some are fair and
some may not be so fair. Allow me to explain.
First, I get the impression that part of your frustration stems from
your existing knowledge of MS Windows quirks and an expectation to be
able to use this knowledge directly to
- Original Message -
From: Tony Castellano tcaste...@optonline.net
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 8:31 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K1 For Sale
I, W1ZMB, am buying a KX3, so my K1 is for sale. It contains a 4 band
module (40m thru 17m), 80 kHz VFO range, internal
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:24 AM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote:
Let me give one OT RANT, and then I will shut up on this subject.
Suffice it to say that I have been extremely disappointing in all Linux
distributions because of the lack of any organized support fort the
users - the
Fred the big advantage of the P3 (I assume you meant to type P3), is
that it is at eye level with the K3. Also the programmable function
buttons have the appropriate text above them when Labels are turned
on.
In my opinion there is no advantage whatsoever in having an external
display for a P3,
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:18 AM, Bill Cotter n...@qx.net wrote:
You have expressed what the marketplace confirms...
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Yep. Remember that at one time Unix dominated the workstation market in
finance and other major industries. Sun, IBM and HP all had versions, and
every Wall Street
I am having trouble setting up PSK31 operation. I have a IBM Think Pad
computer, and a P3 hooked to my K3. Will someone who is using Ham Radio Deluxe
please give me some help?
Thanks.
Bill AA4MJ
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Bill,
I use HRD with my K3/P3 and don't have any issues running PSK31. I have my
Line In/Line Out from my K3 connected directly to my sound card's Line
Out/Line In (respectively). Could you please provide a bit more specific
detail on what your issue is? I'm happy to help where I can if you
It's always a good idea to handle boards by their edges insofar as possbile,
even while wearing static protection, just to avoid unnecessary mechanical
stress on components.
Sounds like a good idea to add that to the manuals as a general instruction.
Thanks Ed. 73, Ron AC7AC
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I strongly disagree. There are two very big advantages of the external display
with a
large, high-resolution monitor.
One is that you can use Fixed mode -- that is the mode that allows the
frequency range to
remain fixed while you tune the K3 -- to view the whole CW or phone segment of
the
A little web search turns up interesting information, e.g. from Wikipedia:
In 1953, Russian scientists showed that triboluminescence caused by peeling
a roll of an unidentified Scotch brand tape in a vacuum can produce X-rays.
In 2008, American scientists performed an experiment that showed the
Michael, a lot has changed in the 47 years since I got onto amateur radio.
Early on, many hams built, and even designed, their own radio equipment.
In fact, much of what was in QST and other amateur publications at that
time were articles on construction, and many built from those designs and
Nick, John, Rich, +
Proofreading closely makes all things possible. As soon as it was suggested
that I might have a coding error, it popped right out at me.
I had the macro label in the macro code line.
Of course the poor K3 did not know what to do with 10W etc.
Once again, thanks all for the
Ed:
The close in coverage 630m offers, 24/7, is exactly why the interest among our
local Emcomm folks. It will work out extremely well for those in Alaska.
Someone is sure to ask; Will the KPA500 go down that low ? I imagine with a
little tweaking, here and there, it can.
de Bill-w7kxb
.
Sure, I can see the EMCOMM shack on the belt types with their mobile
high efficiency 630 meter antennas now! Anyone calculate the battery
requirements for 5W ERP with even a 16' whip?
200 miles will not even cover Florida from Tallahassee to Miami ...
I can't imagine a use for 630 meters other
Back in the 90's I was a member of an Amateur group (600 Meter Research
Group) who independently won transmitting licenses for specific 600 meter
frequencies before the ARRL effort was launched. Our main point of research
was to see if a typical urban lot antenna could provide communications over
I've been watching my e-mail carefully yesterday and today,
but no notice yet, nor was there any indication of shipments
so far this week.
According to the unofficial spreadsheet, I'm only six places
behind N4CW, who received notification that his KX3 kit
was shipped yesterday.
Yes, I've waited
Don,
I couldn't echo your comments more perfectly! I run it for fun but it is
only an email handler and toy for me... besides I haven't the time.
73,
Bill
K9YEQ
-Original Message-
Let me give one OT RANT, and then I will shut up on this subject.
Suffice it to say that I have been
Tony,
Reminds me of OSX. I was a devotee until MS pulled the plug on DOS.
73,
Bill
K9YEQ
-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tony Estep
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 9:48 AM
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Hi Gang,
I've long wondered if you can get short, nicely shielded commercially made
coax cables to run from the phone jacks on the K60XV to the first XV unit
in a daisy chain. I use some Platinum F3 audio cables with phonos on each
end along with phonoBNC adapters at the transverter. Actually, I
Let me give one OT RANT, and then I will shut up on this subject.
Suffice it to say that I have been extremely disappointing in all Linux
distributions because of the lack of any organized support fort the users -
the attitude seems to be if you don't already understand the nuances of
Mark,
I made up my own cables from RG-58. RCA plugs (use good quality) on one
end and BNC males at the other.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/10/2012 7:00 PM, Mark Adams wrote:
Hi Gang,
I've long wondered if you can get short, nicely shielded commercially made
coax cables to run from the phone jacks
One of the comments attributed to Kernigan or Ritchie, forget which,
was If I had known that it [Unix] was going to become a widely used
system instead of the narrowly targeted in-house tool first imagined,
I would have named programs and functions more carefully. I was just
having fun with the
Thanks Don.
I'll take this as the analog to the hardwood floor commercial that goes If
it's good enough for Bob Villa, w-e-l-l.
73,
Mark K2QO
K2 #543
FN03ra
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On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 7:10 PM, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com
As I just pointed out on a local discussion that was in the middle of a
Windows vs. Mac debate:
Linux is for technicians.
Windows is for management and accountants.
Macs are for artists.
All three can do some serious number-crunching. But Linux, especially in
the command-line mode, is best
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Jussi Eloranta jmelora...@gmail.comwrote:
... Linux (and Unix in general) is superior to anything made my
microsoft...
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Doggone right. Only with Unix can you
export CUPSPID=`ps -ef | grep cups | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2;}'`
all on one line.
My CW Decoder is no longer functioning either since I updated the firmware.
Hopefully this is addressed soon. I tend to use it as an aid when I start
drifting in a qso or can't keep up with the sending station.
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Mine doesn't work either since the update.
Tried all the THR combinations with a strong signal but nothing.
Thank you
Luca
On Jul 10, 2012, at 5:34 PM, ac8jd wrote:
My CW Decoder is no longer functioning either since I updated the firmware.
Hopefully this is addressed soon. I tend to use it
Yes, I hope it's fixed as well. Since I copy OK by ear at reasonable
speeds I don't need it, but it's a function that the is supposed to
work, did previously, and doesn't now.
73,
Scott, N9AA
On 7/10/12 8:34 PM, ac8jd wrote:
My CW Decoder is no longer functioning either since I updated the
export CUPSPID=`ps -ef | grep cups | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2;}'`
This would assign the process ID (PID) of the cups deamon to an environment
variable (CUPSPID). But only if the cups daemon is running. The variable could
be used to troubleshoot printer issues, or to determine if the
I believe that Wayne and team are looking at this.
There are ways to get it to work by reducing RF but it certainly does not work
as well as it did. Still lowering the RF gain allows you to decode stronger
signals but then lower signals you may lose out on.
Keith
AG6AZ
Sent from my iPhone
Sorry to those who aren't interested...
We had a Z-Frame at my office. I was the systems programmer for three
years,
until we decommissioned it.
VSE/POWER ran on top of the Unix implementation. I had to remember to
shut both down in an orderly manner.
One big pain with Windows is the need to
Okay, I said that I'd stop, but...
I have been in software development since before the days of DOS. For fun,
I took a five-course certification in Unix/Linux systems at the local UC
campus.
It was fun to watch these younger guys struggle, after the instructor told
everyone on the first day of
Folks - Time to end this thread. Its drifting way OT. Please avoid this
level of Ot discussion in the future by taking the thread off list after
a few posts.
73,
Eric
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On 7/10/2012 6:23 PM, Jim Lowman wrote:
Okay, I said that I'd stop, but...
I
Thread Closed
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Is this normal?
I'm getting a strange noise when turning the VFO A on 10m at around
28.000 to 28.007 then again at 28.037 to 28.045 as I turn the VFO I
get a buzz or rattle from the speaker or in the headphones.hard to
describe but much like the sound of a needle scratching across a
Elecraft is trying to improve this VFO tuning noise. It is worse on
some KX3s than others, and I expect it is a function of the strong
signals in your particular area (but I have no confirmation of that
simple guess).
The VFO tuning noise (gets more noticeable at higher frequencies) can be
*Strange, I was using mine this morning. It wasn't perfect, but, it was
getting 90% or so.
Ver. 4.51 here
Gary
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On 11 July 2012 10:34, ac8jd ac...@arrl.net wrote:
My CW Decoder is no longer functioning either since I updated the firmware.
Hopefully this is addressed soon. I tend to use it
It isn't normal.
Might try running VCO calibration, based on your description of a couple
of small band segments. I'm assuming this is not a diversity with
second receiver; if so, you might want to do VCO cal on the second Rx as
well.
73,
Lyle KK7P
Is this normal?
I'm getting a strange
Sorry, right answer, but wrong radio.
The KX3 has a similar situation that is being worked on.
For the K3, that should not be a problem
Ignore my last post on the subject.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/10/2012 10:52 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
Elecraft is trying to improve this VFO tuning noise. It is worse
David,
Try [CONFIG] VCO MDtap the 1 keypad switch until you
see SPI 2; this selects the new bus clock rate. (The default setting is
SPI 1.)
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Is this normal?
I'm getting a strange noise when turning the VFO A on 10m at
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