Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

I guess a lot of us took the Commercial Radiotelephone License. I got my Novice and Technician License by my mentor. That was the General Class written exam back then. Tried several times to pass my General CW test at the Detroit FCC office (we lived 70-miles away so not qualified for a

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

I took my Tech and Advanced tests in Portland. I think I took the 13WPM twice before I passed. I also failed my 2nd Class Radiotelephone license (it was free and I didn't study enough and I failed by two questions). I remember the main guy was George Wager, and there was a woman named Sheryl who

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

Will this “Mystery” ever be solved? Sent from my iPhone ...nr4c. bill > On Apr 29, 2020, at 10:25 PM, Phil Kane wrote: > > On 4/29/2020 4:46 PM, Jim H via Elecraft wrote: > >> I did not like it when it was converted to General Radio Telephone and life >> time > > You weren't alone. I was

[Elecraft] Elecraft Evening Net Report

Good Evening,    Conditions were not too good for the inaugural evening event. However, I was not skunked.   On 7050.5 kHz at 0300z: KL7CW - Rick - AK He was much weaker than either of our last two contacts.  He was S9 on 20 meters and S7 on 40 meters.  Tonight he was around 559 with QSB

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

On 4/29/2020 5:52 PM, Macy monkeys wrote: > I took my General at the FCC office downtown Portland in the late > 60s. The examiner was a tough and gruff staffer named Francis McCann. > IMHO, he was extra tough on 14 year olds, hi. You know my heart was > racing when that series of V's came through

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

On 4/29/2020 4:46 PM, Jim H via Elecraft wrote: > I did not like it when it was converted to General Radio Telephone and life > time You weren't alone. I was one of the field supervisors whose opinion was being considered by the committee that dealt on how to do the transition, but the

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

Test Brian KB1VBF Sent from Mail for Windows 10 __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by:

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

I took my General at the FCC office downtown Portland in the late 60s. The examiner was a tough and gruff staffer named Francis McCann. IMHO, he was extra tough on 14 year olds, hi. You know my heart was racing when that series of V's came through those headphones! John K7FD > On Apr 29,

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

A google search brought up a number of websites with a history of ham licensing. They all say exactly what I said. From Wikipedia: "In the 1950s and 1960s, Novice, Technician and Conditional exams were given by licensees acting as volunteer examiners."

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

Hi all,This brings back old memories. In 1962, I was in Vocational School in St Paul, MN studying Electronics. My instructors told me to get a 1st Phone w radar endorsement as it would make it easier to get a job. So I did at the FCC office in St Paul, and since then every job I had, required a

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

I took my Extra at the FCC in St Paul somewhere 1985-1987. It was about 6 months before the FCC testing ended. I wanted to get it out of the way before the VE program started. Fear of the unknown, I guess. I worked as a VE early on in the program. I've seen some abuses, but overall I think it

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

I'm pretty sure it was in the early 80's. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 4/28/2020 9:27 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 4/28/2020 4:16 PM, EricJ wrote: but some time in the mid-50s it was given over to volunteer hams. My memory is that it was a LOT later than that. I'd

[Elecraft] Evening Net Invitation notes, addenda, and errata

Good Afternoon,    I have received a few messages about activities on 40 meters at my chosen time and frequency.  CWT may push us up in frequency but I don't want to get too far into the digital portion of the band.  The old novice band may be better between 7100 and 7125 if the QRS folks

[Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

I took the commercial tests in '69. I seem to recall having to learn the various oscillator circuits. I was an ATN2 on night check in VA-125 in Lemoore, CA. The night check AT shop Chief wanted to get his 2nd class Radiotelephone so he could work on aircraft electronics when he retired, so he had

[Elecraft] KX3 internal battery charger normal behavior? (BT * )

I set a 12 hour charge cycle on some 2000mah Eneloops in the KX3. After the charge cycle had completed the asterisk remained on when checking voltage, showing BT*11.6V (using vfo B). Is that normal? I checked Menu > Bat Charge, and it showed CHG OFF so the charging was completed apparently but I

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

It depends on the version and how it is configured. On 4/29/20 8:20 AM, Lyn Norstad wrote: Apparently Microsoft Outlook has none of the issues being described. 73 Lyn, W0LEN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

Ah, sadly, no. As much as I like to blame Microsoft, we have to start with RFC-1341 and Multipurpose Independent Mail Extensions. Microsoft did not contribute to that RFC. MIME allows more than one formatting option. We had something called "Rich Text" but Netscape brought us HTML as a

Re: [Elecraft] Power Supplies and Voltage drop

On 4/25/2020 8:21 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: > Here is what I did to remedy the situation.    I obtained two 10-32 x 2" > brass screws from the hardware store.  I got 4 nuts, 2 for each screw, 4 > flat washers, 2 for each screw and two wing nuts.   I then cut the head > off of each screw and

[Elecraft] Testing

I was given my Conditional Test by W4MLE(SK) in 1960. He was also my Elmer and a great guy. Vy 73 de Bob DJ0RD/WU5T __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

I’m running a one year old ASUS using Windows 10 and Hotmail/Outlook and Win10 is NOT in Win7 mode. I’m not aware of a problem, although I didn’t get any Elecraft emails yesterday…odd. Regards, John K8TCT K3S s/n 11718 Sent from Mail for Windows

[Elecraft] K3 - Using Mono Phone Jack Adapter in "Key" Port

I'm considering attempting modify the operation of my UR5CDX CT 755 paddle so that it acts like a cootie. I understand that this can be done by using a mono phone jack adapter on the end of the CT 755 cable (which terminates with a stereo jack) and plugging it into the "Key" port on the K3.

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

On 4/29/2020 7:04 AM, kk4kfg wrote: > So yet again Microsoft and Windows 10 does something absolutely stupid > and against every known specification for a mail client and the offered > "solution" is for others to fix it or mask a solution. I use Windows 10 on all my PCs and my wife's Microsoft

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 192, Issue 42

Well, this list is not incompatible with Mail for Windows10, Mail for Windows10 is incompatible with most lists. Am 29.04.20 um 18:16 schrieb elecraft-requ...@mailman.qth.net: Unless the list is capable of being re-configured (possibly with the ' *convert_html_to_plaintext* ' option?), I

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

I was stationed with the Coast Guard in Kodiak, Alaska between Summer 1976 and Summer 1978. I flew up to Anchorage to take my Extra exam before an examiner. Probably sometime in 1977. 73, Roger On 4/29/2020 10:47 AM, Ted Roycraft wrote: I took the test for Extra administered by an FCC

[Elecraft] Evening Net Announcement & Invitation

Good Morning, I have been running the Elecraft CW Net since 2002.  It started on 20 meters but requests from the West Coast had me start the 40 meter net a year later.  I have received numerous email messages and over the air requests for a mid week evening net.  I will finally get started on

[Elecraft] KX3 Firmware

Dear Elecraft, I'm sure you're getting lots of requests for FT8 but I have a simpler request. Would it be possible to add 75 baud RTTY to the KX3 firmware? BARTG and other RTTY groups are increasingly using it. 73 Ray W2RS __ Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

On 4/29/2020 5:31 AM, Chuck Chandler wrote: Unless the list is capable of being re-configured (possibly with the ' *convert_html_to_plaintext* ' option?), I would urge some notice be given to users that this list is incompatible with Mail for Windows 10, This reflector has been happily

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

Yep, that was the textbook for the Communications class I had in electronics school in 1983. One of the requirements to pass the class was to pass the General Radiotelephone exam. The FCC Examiner came over from the St Paul field office to the technical school to administer the exam to the class.

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

Another benefit is not getting a screen full of inane animated emojis  from friends and relatives when html is eliminated. Thunderbird logs in, sorts and processes email from three accounts for me. It puts elecraft email in one folder after stripping out any emails with product names from K3

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

Poor choice of words on my part, Jim. "Volunteer hams" were NOT VE's . They weren't recognized by or known to the FCC other than as ham licensees. A prospective ham would find a local ham to volunteer to administer the exam and sign some forms. I don't think it could be a relative, but other

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

Apparently Microsoft Outlook has none of the issues being described. 73 Lyn, W0LEN -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave Cole Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 9:46 AM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

I took the test for Extra administered by an FCC examiner, David Popkin, in NYC in 1964.  So there were still FCC examiners then. Funny that I still remember David Popkin's name but I can't remember what I had for dinner last night. 73, Ted, W2ZK On 4/29/2020 12:27 AM, Jim Brown wrote: On

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

=CUT= On 4/29/20 7:04 AM, kk4kfg wrote: Respectfully I offer the following. So yet again Microsoft and Windows 10 does something absolutely stupid and against every known specification for a mail client and the offered

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

Respectfully I offer the following. So yet again Microsoft and Windows 10 does something absolutely stupid and against every known specification for a mail client and the offered "solution" is for others to fix it or mask a solution. One of the reasons why Elecraft is a leader in radio

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

On 2020-04-29 9:30 a.m., KT5TE wrote: I've used Kontact for decades and have all the HTML formatting turned off. I have used Thunderbird for longer than I can remember. I have it set to use text only, even for incoming messages. I get to choose if I want to see HTML formatted messages. The

[Elecraft] Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

The text book of choice for the commercial license test was: Electronic Communications by Shrader. I have a copy, 2nd addition. I used it for passing my 2nd and 1st class commercial test...Now the General Radio Telecommunication License. Gerry, W0GV

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

What is all this Windows 10 stuff? ;-) I've used Kontact for decades and have all the HTML formatting turned off. Does Win10 Mail have a setting to use "text" only? -- 73, William KT5TE On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 9:05:40 PM CDT Fred Jensen wrote: > Inspecting the headers and msg body, your

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

Most email clients send both an html and a plain text component. Some lists strip the HTML and only display the plain text. Others can accept HTML without a problem, for example Groups.io lists. Using Mail for Windows 10 with them works fine. >From my limited research it seems Mail for Windows

Re: [Elecraft] Mail for Windows 10

I, too, use Thunderbird with Windows 10.  I have HTML selected in my Composition and Addressing options, yet my messages come through fine.  I do have unicode selected as my Encoding and auto-detect selected for Delivery Format, which may have something (or everything) to do with it. 73, Pete

Re: [Elecraft] OT: The Colpitts mystery

Yes, that's right.  I took the Novice exam in May 1954 and the General exam in May and June, 1955. both at the FCC in Detroit - flunked the code first time around.  Does anyone remember K8DX, long-time head of the Detroit office of the FCC and a truly formidable figure (especially if you're