Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

On 1/7/2018 10:33 PM, Kevin Cozens wrote: On 2018-01-07 11:52 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: As a near neighbor to Saguaro National Park at one time I knew the Chief Ranger on a first name basis. He used to keep up with the geocache website and remove caches as soon as they got listed. Was that due

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

On 2018-01-07 11:52 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: As a near neighbor to Saguaro National Park at one time I knew the Chief Ranger on a first name basis. He used to keep up with the geocache website and remove caches as soon as they got listed. Was that due to some legal thing where people aren't allo

[Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

No. I have seen them before. It’s a camouflaged pinata. Trust me. Ted, KN1CBR -- -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of kevinr Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

As a near neighbor to Saguaro National Park at one time I knew the Chief Ranger on a first name basis. He used to keep up with the geocache website and remove caches as soon as they got listed.  As a related activity I recovered some benchmarks placed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 19

Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

Tattoo parlor foot pedals are rugged and cheap. I had to swap out for a longer cord but the switch itself is rugged and not too hard to press. https://www.amazon.com/Style-Tattoo-Pedal-Degree-Switch/dp/B077WCXW7Z/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1515385276&sr=8-3-spons&keywords=tattoo+switch&psc=1

Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

I've had a Boss FS-5U for many years. Intended for various music applications, sustain for digital piano, triggering sounds, etc. they're very durable and about $29. The chassis is an aluminum extrusion which is keyed so you can attach multiple together. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

On 2018-01-07 08:27 PM, Jack Brindle wrote: Did you win anything for finding the cache? You don't win anything as such for finding a cache. You get to sign the log book, take an item from the cache (if there are items inside it) and leave an item of equal or greater value in it. -- Cheers!

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

On 2018-01-07 06:38 PM, kevinr wrote: It looks like a geocache. It is hard to tell from the picture how high it is in a tree. If it is for a geocache you need to be able to reach it and open it somehow to sign the log if it is indeed a geocache. It is the oddest looking geocache container I'v

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report

Good Evening,    I got a very strange look from a Gray Jay on Friday.  I was getting ready to do the dishes so gave them bits of this and that for a treat.  A little popcorn, some oatmeal, a little rice, a heel of bread, and some beans.  The beans were what gained me the look.  I had made them

[Elecraft] For Sale K3 configured for DXing

For sale: Loaded Elecraft K3 factory assembled and configured for serious DXing and contesting. Bought a new K3s and now my K3 is excess to my needs. The radio is just back from the Elecraft factory for minor repairs, updates and certification. Includes K3/100-F transceiver, KAT3-F ATU, KRX3 s

Re: [Elecraft] Strange thing.

Have you been operating the K3S using CAT control from an application or logging program?   I've found when terminating some programs or the computer or radio, during the shut down sequence, things change.     Otherwise, values are not as you normally use them or as you left them the previous n

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

Did you win anything for finding the cache? 73, Jack, W6FB > On Jan 7, 2018, at 5:10 PM, Tom wrote: > > Mystery Solved > Cops sent two cars, ...climbed the tree... > > https://va2fsq.com/geocache/ > > Click on the pic... > > 73 Tom > > -Original Message- From: Charlie T > Sent:

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

Our local sheriff is a pretty nice guy but this is not the way I would set out to meet him :)     Kevin.  KD5ONS On 01/07/2018 04:54 PM, Charlie T wrote: If the tree is in your yard, remove the device and saw it open. However, if the tree is NOT in your yard, remove the device and saw it open

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but.....

You haven't said anything nasty lately about the president of the US, have you? VE7XF __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

Geocaching ethics require landowner permission before establishing a cache. Of course, not everyone does that. 73 Bill AE6JV On 1/7/18 at 5:10 PM, tom...@videotron.ca (Tom) wrote: Mystery Solved Cops sent two cars, ...climbed the tree... https://va2fsq.com/geocache/ Click on the pic...

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

Wellthat certainly spoiled some kids adventure.   Wonder what the officers wrote in their reports. 73 Bob, K4TAX On 1/7/2018 7:10 PM, Tom wrote: Mystery Solved Cops sent two cars, ...climbed the tree... https://va2fsq.com/geocache/ Click on the pic... 73 Tom -Original Mes

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

Mystery Solved Cops sent two cars, ...climbed the tree... https://va2fsq.com/geocache/ Click on the pic... 73 Tom -Original Message- From: Charlie T Sent: Sunday, January 7, 2018 7:54 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info..

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft KIO3B and WSJT-X

Adafruit had some nice 12V displays. Most of them are HDMI which may be a problem. They change what they have frequently and it's been a while since I last looked. 73 Bill AE6JV On 1/7/18 at 3:04 PM, donw...@embarqmail.com (Don Wilhelm) wrote: Josh, See if you can find a monitor with an ext

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

Careful!!! You might get visitors arriving in black suburbans with the occupants wearing sunglasses. The devil made me say it! Bill W2BLC K-Line __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: htt

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

If the tree is in your yard, remove the device and saw it open. However, if the tree is NOT in your yard, remove the device and saw it open. Eventually somebody will come looking for it, possibly accompanied by the local sheriff. 73, Charlie k3ICH -Original Message- From: elecraft-bo

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

I’m going with Geocache ... maybe be even a case for one of those Garmin Chirp things? On Jan 7, 2018, at 18:38, kevinr wrote: It looks like a geocache. Keep an eye on it and you may see folks wandering around with their GPS gadgets in hand looking for it. Kevin. KD5ONS > On 01/07/2018

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

It looks like a geocache.  Keep an eye on it and you may see folks wandering around with their GPS gadgets in hand looking for it.    Kevin.  KD5ONS On 01/07/2018 02:15 PM, tomb18 wrote: Negative, no lenses or antennas... Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message ---

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft KIO3B and WSJT-X

Josh, See if you can find a monitor with an external power supply that produces 12 volts. If you can accomplish that, connect the monitor to the shack 12 volt power system instead of using the switching 'wall-wart' that comes with the monitor. 73, Don W3FPR On 1/6/2018 5:16 PM, Josh wrote:

[Elecraft] KFL3A-1.0K FS

$90 shipped to lower 48. John W4DX -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/ __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.

[Elecraft] FW: Very off topic, but trying to get info...

- 73 and good DX de Mike, K6MKF, Past President - NCDXC > -Original Message- > From: Mike Flowers [mailto:mike.flow...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2018 2:32 PM > To: 'tomb18' > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info... > > It's a toy, folks. The lo

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

Negative, no lenses or antennas...  Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: Terry Date: 2018-01-07 5:07 PM (GMT-05:00) To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info... It looks very much like a surveillanc

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

It looks very much like a surveillance camera.  I just wonder what they are looking for? Terry, KQ5U On 1/7/2018 3:13 PM, Bob Stevens wrote: I go with some sort of a hunt. Looks like a piece of painted ceramic Sent from my iPad On Jan 7, 2018, at 2:55 PM, John Harper wrote: Looks like a kn

[Elecraft] Thanks to all for many great suggestions about a PTT Switch

Following Kevin Stover’s and Don Wilhelm’s advice – a normally open push button mounted in a film can or in a Sharpie cap respectively -- I have settled on fitting a button switch into a tennis ball . . . . If I drop it, it might come right back With their usual

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

I go with some sort of a hunt. Looks like a piece of painted ceramic Sent from my iPad On Jan 7, 2018, at 2:55 PM, John Harper wrote: Looks like a knuten valve to me, possibly out of a brimborian. No idea why someone would put such rare object in a tree... John AE5X https://ae5x.blogspot.com _

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

This is not April 1st... Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. Original message From: John Harper Date: 2018-01-07 3:55 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Elecraft list Subject: [Elecraft]  Very off topic, but trying to get info... Looks like a knuten valve to me, possibly out of a brim

[Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

Looks like a knuten valve to me, possibly out of a brimborian. No idea why someone would put such rare object in a tree... John AE5X https://ae5x.blogspot.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

Something for a foxhunt/geocache?? Trying to attribute a benign end. On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 15:27 Tom wrote: > HI, > Sorry for this post but I am concerned as to what this is. Two days ago > an out of province Honda CRV stopped on my street and put a device in a > tree. > Here is a picture...

Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

I use my old J-38 straight key wired to a RCA plug that goes into the PTT jack on the rear of the K3. The advantage is that you don't have to pick it up to use it or put it down to type. Easy to wire up too. Buy an audio cable, lop off one connector, dress the leads out and connect them to the k

[Elecraft] Very off topic, but trying to get info...

HI, Sorry for this post but I am concerned as to what this is. Two days ago an out of province Honda CRV stopped on my street and put a device in a tree. Here is a picture... https://va2fsq.com/20180107_144552/ Click on the image to zoom it... Anyone know what this is? I Figure this is a good pl

Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

Well...back in the good ole days...yada, yada, yada. I said jack instead of plug. My bad. R. Kevin StoverAC0H ARRL FISTS NAQCC SKCC -Original Message- From: Dauer, Edward [mailto:eda...@law.du.edu] Sent: Sunday, January 7, 2018 12:38 PM To: ksto...@ac0h.net; elecraft@mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] Strange thing.

Mal, I have after playing with macros and settings. Just reload last good config file. That has happened to me twice. It is like having a computer problem and file corruption can happen. My first time I sent in and that's an expensive lesson other than mine got a thorough exam and recalibrat

Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

If you don't want to build something, check out a music store. The kind of foot switch bands use is very rugged and reliable. Alan N1AL On 01/07/2018 11:18 AM, Mel Farrer via Elecraft wrote: I have tried hand switches and always found the need to use that hand also,  Darn.  So I built up a

Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

Also available from Digikey ... You might consider ED913 or E913 which are less expensive than the ED903. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 1/7/2018 2:40 PM, Jack Brindle wrote: Ed; It is easier tha

Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

Thanks, Don. At this very moment I am scanning everything in my office for a suitable candidate . . . I just thought of it – a tennis ball! Also useful for stress relief when waiting for a nitch in a pileup . . . Ted, KN1CBR On 1/7/18, 12:35 PM, "Don Wilhelm" wrote: Ted,

Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

Ed; It is easier than fabricating switch bodies. Mouser has several candidates - look at their 502-ED903. It is a nice hand-held switch in a comfortable case, costing about $12. Add wire and appropriate plug (mine has a phono plug for the K3) and you can build a very nice PTT switch for less th

Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

Ted, Get a round body pushbutton switch, then look around for something to contain it which feels comfortable in your hand - the cap from a Sharpie marker or the body of a fat ballpoint pen come to mind. Drill a hole in the far end if there is not sufficient opening to pass the wires, and pu

[Elecraft] Strange thing.

I strange thing happened to my K3s this morning. Both the mic gain and compression were set to 0. After trying to get into a net, and not being heard, I discovered the problem. I did not touch any settings from the last time I used the rig, which was yesterday afternoon. Has anyone had this proble

Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

I have tried hand switches and always found the need to use that hand also,  Darn.  So I built up a simple foot switch with a "hinge"  Yes a door hinge and put a micro switch on the bottom with a simple flexible cable about 10' long to the radio.  KISS and not bulky. Mel K6KBE From: David

Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

I rolled my own using a small microswitch from my junk box. No larger than a couple of sugar cubes. A little shrink tubing to cover exposed terminals. Cost almost nothing and works better than any other I have used. Force to operate is small so no fatigue. David K0LUM > On Jan 7, 2018, at

Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

Neat idea; thanks for sharing. But a 35 mm film canister? What’s “film”? Ted, KN1CBR (and old enough to remember switchboards, rabbit ears, Rolodexes, and “the phone company”) On 1/7/18, 11:34 AM, "ksto...@ac0h.net" wrote: I rolled my own. Normally open push button switch built i

Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

I rolled my own. Normally open push button switch built into an old 35mm film container a hunk of RG-174 coax and a 1/4 inch jack. You could spend a ridiculous amount of money and get the official Heil switch which was built into a pistol grip. R. Kevin StoverAC0H ARRL FISTS NAQCC SKCC

Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3 - postscript

I wired up my own using this hand switch. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T6RCGNC I think Heil sells a hand PTT switch. Foot switches are pretty popular, too. I don’t have one, but I’ve seen recommendations on this list. wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org

Re: [Elecraft] PTT switch for K3 - postscript

Yes, I know I can use VOX. I prefer a hand-operated switch. From: "Dauer, Edward" Date: Sunday, January 7, 2018 at 10:57 AM To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" Subject: PTT switch for K3 I plan to try the SSB QSO party next weekend, and have the adapter for the K3 and a Heil headset – but I need

[Elecraft] PTT switch for K3

I plan to try the SSB QSO party next weekend, and have the adapter for the K3 and a Heil headset – but I need a remote PTT switch with a ¼ inch mono plug on one end and a pushbutton switch at the other. All I have been able to find online are nurse call buttons – which I suppose would work but

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Make that a SSB net, hi Sent from my iPad On Jan 7, 2018, at 6:37 AM, Bob Stevens wrote: Is there a sub net also? Thanks, Bob K9ING K line owner Sent from my iPad On Jan 6, 2018, at 10:45 PM, kevinr wrote: Good Evening, Weather has returned to normal: foggy, rainy, and mild. I remember

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

Is there a sub net also? Thanks, Bob K9ING K line owner Sent from my iPad On Jan 6, 2018, at 10:45 PM, kevinr wrote: Good Evening, Weather has returned to normal: foggy, rainy, and mild. I remember the cold of Wisconsin winters and am not missing it. Hopefully the folks out east will get