Purchased a used KPA-500/KAT500 with a bunch of cables; took me a month
to sort-out
The following are extras ~ KUSB, KXUSB, and E850465/PCX4097 [has 15pin
male, labelled Yaesu]
Contact me off list if interested to purchase
Cheers, Jan K1ND ~ enjoying the K4 daily ~
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This email has been
Comparison with a real dipole...
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My local expert (and the ARRL Handbooks) and others, including I believe
Joel Hallas of the ARRL, all say an OCF Dipole IS A DIPOLE and
radiates just like a center fed dipole, but with a different feed point
Here is a list of the stations checking in to the 20M ssb net for this date.
Thank you to all the relay stations who helped out checking in stations.
Here are the nets on Sundays:
20M Net 1800Z on 14.303.5 or 14.310 if busy40M Net 1900Z on 7.280Zoom meeting
at 2000Z contact Carl K8NU for the
Here are the stations checking in for October 24-2021. Thank you to all the
relay stations who help check in additional stations.Our nets are as follows:
20M Net 1800Z on 14.303.5 or 14.310 if busy40M Net 1900Z on 7.280Zoom meeting
at 2000Z contact Carl K8NU for the link80M. Net 0100Z
Here is the list of stations checking in to the 20M net on the 17th of
October:Eric WB9JNZ
N6JW John CA K3 936
AE6JV Bill NH K3 6299
Hello again,
Still building a K2. I got to the PLL reference oscillator range test and did
have to remove one turn from the toroid.My range at first was 20.6 Khz.
I got it down to 15.38Khz. I am worried if I remove another turn it will be too
low. I went ahead with the continued testing and all
Hi David,
Thanks for the synopsis below. I found it very useful being unfamiliar
with amateur practice over the years with OCF antennas. My antennas are
all center fed.
I replied to this message because it was the most informative. Other,
later messages on this thread were also
It should be noted that Jim is an opinionated, crotchety, 80-year old man.
I get a pass while saying this because I am also an opinionated, crotchety,
80-year old man.
Wes N7WS
On 11/4/2021 12:37 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
It should be noted that K8JHR is a lawyer, not an engineer or scientist.
I wonder if this food fight might reach its denouement on another channel?
It seems to have been sparked by an OCFD discussion not relevant to anything
Elecraft, and to have evolved into personal preferences and grievances.
Maybe we should take on End Fed Zepps next? Or take the whole thing
On 11/4/2021 12:38 PM, Bill Lederer wrote:
Can you have fun with OCF or other compromise antennas? Yes. But other
antennas are likely to do better.
Exactly right. On my Chicago city lot, I had a fan dipole for 20/15/10,
a trap dipole for those bands, and an inductively loaded dipole for 80
Bill,
Make certain you have +12 volts on U4 pin 1 and +5 volts on U4 pin 16
and about -25 volts (-8 to -27 volts) on U4 pin 8.
If those are correct, replace U4 and it should work)
73,
Don W3FPR
On 11/4/2021 3:29 PM, Bill Coleman wrote:
About 10 days ago, I was having trouble with the
Not Dick Tracy here, nor am I K9YC.
I had very good results running mobile with 100 watts and a hustler on the
roof of my Suburban. I also have fun with my kx2 and a random wire 15 feet
high out the window to a tree.
Your notes about the success of various real-world examples leaves out what
the
It should be noted that K8JHR is a lawyer, not an engineer or scientist.
73, Jim K9YC
On 11/4/2021 9:59 AM, JR wrote:
Jim Brown says --
I suspect you don't understand the physics of
the problem. OCF antennas are a yesterday's approach
to multiband antennas. They are a recipe
About 10 days ago, I was having trouble with the K2/100, as it was no longer
talking to WSJT-X correctly. I could get the audio running, but it would never
contact the radio.
Trying to set up for CQ WW Phone, I had the same trouble with N1MM.
Tried to use the PORT TEST feature by going to the
When I ordered the SYN board, I was told "some time around the end of Sept"
- from Support, not Maddie.
Well, at least now I can feel like I ordered a K4 cuz I'm waiting too.
de Doug KR2Q
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Sorry about the October 1st mention - I thought I had
placed my order for the KPA3A 100 watt upgrade
module at the end of June 2021, but it was the
end of July. I estimated 12 weeks from end of June,
and that is the source of the mistaken October 1st
date (the "shipping no earlier than" date).
I
Jim Brown says --
I suspect you don't understand the physics of
the problem. OCF antennas are a yesterday's approach
to multiband antennas. They are a recipe for RX noise
and RF in the shack.
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Hi Dan
Good question. I'll answer as a non-expert as best I can.
This is essentially a quest for a multi-band dipole that is easy to make and
use. If you can put up mono band dipoles and beams for all your bands, you
probably will not bother going this route.
The popular description of
My story is too good to pass up this bragfest. On October 7 I had a
serious lightning strike. It damaged five pieces of elecraft gear, K3s,
KX3, KPA500, KAT500, and P3. All have been sent to Elecraft for repair and
I must say the response from them has been excellent. I was left with two
With I could go back to Galapagos again!
On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 06:20 Wes wrote:
> I own an upgraded K3, a K3S, a KPOD, a KPA500 and a KAT500. I used the
> latter
> two with a brand K transceiver and very modest antennas to work them (so
> far) on
> 25 of the 29 slots they operated on.
>
> In
I own an upgraded K3, a K3S, a KPOD, a KPA500 and a KAT500. I used the latter
two with a brand K transceiver and very modest antennas to work them (so far) on
25 of the 29 slots they operated on.
In my book six-meters doesn't count and they only made a handful of 60-meter CW
and SSB Qs so
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