[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement
Good Evening, Snow stopped falling early this week. Now it is slowly melting. Only a foot is left, but it is dense. I don't see a lot of runoff so it is soaking the ground. I heard a Pileated woodpecker this afternoon and a Barred owl at dusk. Some birds are returning but it will take another week for them to find much to eat. My daffodils are not in danger of the final snow storms of the year, they are well protected. The sun is quiet this week, at least on our side. There is one active spot on the other side which caused a polar blackout and a few nights of aurora sightings. A CME may hit late tomorrow. There should be moderate levels of QSB and noise. Time to start planning my next antennas before the ferns grow tall. A day with a chainsaw will improve a few paths for them. Please join us on (or near): 14050 kHz at 2200z Sunday (3 PM PDT Sunday) 7047 kHz at z Monday (5 PM PDT Sunday) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS - I worked on my federal and state taxes this week. When that grew frustrating I went back to writing software. It was soothing to work on logical paths built from plainly stated equations. What is it about bureaucratic directions which make them so mind numbing? __ 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: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KPA1500 produces birdie
I've been chasing RFI over the last couple of days and one surprising source is the KPA1500. It produces a birdie at 1832.4 which wanders a bit. Turning off the power to the KPA1500 results in it going away slowly as some capacitor discharges. Turn it back on again and the birdie pops up again. It's about 12db above the noise floor so not insignificant. FWIW the whole station other than the KPA1500 is currently running on a big gel cell which isn't my normal practice, only when chasing RFI. Anyone else see this? Jim ab3cv __ 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: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] Elecraft Test Equipment Applications
Fun today using Elecraft test equipment for purpose of measuring Ferrite loss as a function of power. K3, DL1, and CP1. Visit QSL.net, requires password access, https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/ft240-52-power.855486/page-3#post-6489172 https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/ft240-52-power.855486/page-4#post-6489595 John KN5L __ 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: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] KXIBC2 module installation and observations
Hi Mike, KX2 Utility will be updated to allow time to be set on the KXIBC2. 73, Wayne N6KR elecraft.com > On Mar 18, 2023, at 9:49 AM, Michael McShan via Elecraft > wrote: > > Hello, all. > > This may be my first post to the reflector. I received the KXIBC2 module > yesterday and installed it in the KX2 this morning. A few notes from the > process… > > 1. Installation is pretty straight forward. Soldering the B and E pins is a > little tricky but not too bad. I pre-tinned pin E, the one that is soldered > to the ground of the DC input jack, as well as used a tiny drop of flux to > facilitate soldering. > > 2. Be sure that you have updated the KX2 firmware to 3.01 or above so that > the new menu item is available. It’s all described in the instructions. > > 3. If you turn on the KX2 using your 13.8V power supply, and the new LED just > flashes and goes out, it probably means that the internal battery is fully > charged. To confirm that the charger is working, leave the KX2 on using just > internal battery power for awhile until the voltage drops some. Then apply > the external power, and the LED should light, indicating charging. All of > this assumes that you are using a power supply that matches the specs > described in the installation sheet. > > The one odd thing that I saw was that the “Set KX2 Time…” menu item in the > KX2 Utility program is now grayed out. The new real time clock is working, > and the time can still be set directly on the radio but not using the Windows > program. Everything else in the utility program still works as before. Any > thoughts on this? Maybe a revision of the utility program or firmware is > needed? > > 73, > Mike W5RST > OKC > __ > 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: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.com __ 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: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] KXIBC2 module installation and observations
Hello, all. This may be my first post to the reflector. I received the KXIBC2 module yesterday and installed it in the KX2 this morning. A few notes from the process… 1. Installation is pretty straight forward. Soldering the B and E pins is a little tricky but not too bad. I pre-tinned pin E, the one that is soldered to the ground of the DC input jack, as well as used a tiny drop of flux to facilitate soldering. 2. Be sure that you have updated the KX2 firmware to 3.01 or above so that the new menu item is available. It’s all described in the instructions. 3. If you turn on the KX2 using your 13.8V power supply, and the new LED just flashes and goes out, it probably means that the internal battery is fully charged. To confirm that the charger is working, leave the KX2 on using just internal battery power for awhile until the voltage drops some. Then apply the external power, and the LED should light, indicating charging. All of this assumes that you are using a power supply that matches the specs described in the installation sheet. The one odd thing that I saw was that the “Set KX2 Time…” menu item in the KX2 Utility program is now grayed out. The new real time clock is working, and the time can still be set directly on the radio but not using the Windows program. Everything else in the utility program still works as before. Any thoughts on this? Maybe a revision of the utility program or firmware is needed? 73, Mike W5RST OKC __ 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: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
