Re: [Elecraft] 14.316 help!

2011-04-24 Thread Kevin Rock
Which crystal frequency did they use on the IBM PCs before the AT came out? Kevin. KD5ONS On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:09:17 -0700, Rich Heineck ric...@frontier.com wrote: 14.318 Mhz has been widely used on PC motherboards going back to the original IBM PC-AT. That would be high on my

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-04-23 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Today was a wonderful sunny day. It felt very warm with a temperature of 62 degrees. I went for a hike around the property and found my first trillium blooming in a protected spot. About that time I heard a sound off to my left and saw three deer trying to sneak away

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-04-16 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, After three days of snow today turned better. A little sun but still cold. I have heard that spring has arrived in other areas but it's not yet here. It did warm up to 52 one day and I heard the local frogs awaken. Then right back to cold and frost. Luckily my wood

Re: [Elecraft] New Elecraft product: XG3 All-Band RF Signal Source

2011-04-14 Thread Kevin Rock
Not many people at all would understand the measure of inverse seconds. Hz or cps are measured in 1/s increments. Kevin. KD5ONS On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:41:41 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz wrote: I sympathize with Tom. We honor people by adopting their name for measurements and

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 10th 11th, 2011

2011-04-11 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Morning, I got busy last night after the second net and never got back to this report. As you can see the nets were sparsely attended. However the bands were not very active either. I heard some contest activity when I began the first net but did not notice where they were.

Re: [Elecraft] understanding screw sizes

2011-04-09 Thread Kevin Rock
No one has mentioned the other set of tools required to work on British bikes: Whitworth. Yes, I have three sets of tools to work on American, Japanese, and British gear. Now tell me how the threads are the same on metric bolts from across the world. From what I have learned there is no

Re: [Elecraft] understanding screw sizes

2011-04-09 Thread Kevin Rock
No one has mentioned the other set of tools required to work on British bikes: Whitworth. Yes, I have three sets of tools to work on American, Japanese, and British gear. Now tell me how the threads are the same on metric bolts from across the world. From what I have learned there is no

Re: [Elecraft] understanding screw sizes

2011-04-09 Thread Kevin Rock
If there were a standard for metric threads around the world it would speed the adoption of metric nuts and bolts in the US. As it is I can purchase bolts from Houston and nuts from Cleveland and know they will mate. The same is not true if I buy nuts in Japan and try to mate them with

Re: [Elecraft] understanding screw sizes

2011-04-09 Thread Kevin Rock
You missed the joy of tickling the Amal carbs, setting the spark advance, pulling the compression release, oil leaks, and Lighting by Lucas: Prince of Darkness :) Changing the cardboard on the garage floor was a monthly ritual for my BSA, Ariel, and Triumph. I miss them :( 73,

Re: [Elecraft] Xyl/KPA500

2011-04-09 Thread Kevin Rock
Actually my wife's estate bought my K3. Kevin. KD5ONS On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:38:27 -0700, george fritkin georgefrit...@yahoo.com wrote: Boy we sure have a bunch of wimps here. Just tell the old lady you are buying some more ham gear! (Would some one pass me the cheese and an

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-04-09 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, It finally stopped snowing for a few days. Plus, yesterday we got to see the sun for the entire day! Wow, it was a very nice day. It almost got warm. But my forecast for next week has more snow in it and no sun. We need to enjoy those few sunny days we get. It was a

Re: [Elecraft] KX-1 buttons

2011-04-04 Thread Kevin Rock
Hi Ray, I most likely would not have heard you. Band was not happy during ECN/20. 73 and GL, Kevin. KD5ONS On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:15:57 -0700, Albers alb...@embarqmail.com wrote: Last night I was ready to try checking into ECN-20 with my KX-1 but couldn't get off

Re: [Elecraft] Taxes Due

2011-04-02 Thread Kevin Rock
Indeed, if my taxes were that low I would rejoice! On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:50:22 -0700, David Ferrington, M0XDF m0...@alphadene.co.uk wrote: It's either a miss-post or Larry's email has been hijacked! However, I wish I had taxes that low - all mine do it go up :-( 73 de M0XDF, K3 #174,

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-04-02 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Propagation was decent this week. The weather was not. It has been snowing on and off all day. I get enough sun between storms that it all melts but still this is getting old. I would like spring to really show up and stay for a while. I had very high winds a few

Re: [Elecraft] Taxes Due

2011-04-01 Thread Kevin Rock
Please let's not bring up taxes on this list. They are painful enough as it is! Kevin. KD5ONS On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:07:16 -0700, Larry East w1...@ultrasw.com wrote: Karen, Looks like you owe $236 this year -- $200 less than last year. Your self-employed income was greater but your

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] Hardened K2 for HFPack?

2011-04-01 Thread Kevin Rock
Check the archives. I think someone did that in the past and may be available to make more of them for you. Kevin. KD5ONS On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:22:11 -0700, eric norris gliderboy1...@yahoo.com wrote: I recently saw a string of posts on the HFPack forum about a dream radio for

Re: [Elecraft] Forums?

2011-03-27 Thread Kevin Rock
With all this talk of forums I had another thought. What about seminars or tutorials? We go through many email cycles on the list but how about more directed sessions? 1) Set up for your K2, K1, KX1, or K3 on CW for DXing, contesting, or ragchewing. 2) Set up for your K2, K1, KX1, or K3

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 27th 28th, 2011

2011-03-27 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Those were two tough nets. The first had good signals for the most part but from only a few areas. The second had a lot of noise and a couple stations interfering with us. I don't think they could hear me at all but they were quite loud to some of the check in stations.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-03-26 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The sound of fine hail on the roof is loud. At first I could not figure out what it was. Then I looked out the window and saw the ground covered in pellets. Winter is still holding on but it is not snowing. I guess that counts for something. Now to get to the 50 degree

[Elecraft] Klaatu

2011-03-26 Thread Kevin Rock
I watched the movie about a month ago. The special effects hold up well and the story is interesting. I remember the first time I saw it but viewing it again was fun. I have always wondered about the damaged gift to the nations. Oh, and the mass of equations on the professor's

Re: [Elecraft] Klaatu - Cthulhu

2011-03-26 Thread Kevin Rock
Cthulhu?? Trust me, Cthulhu does not come in peace :) On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:00:45 -0700, Nick-WA5BDU nick-wa5...@suddenlink.net wrote: I thought it sounded like H.P. Lovecraft. 73- Nick, WA5BDU __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and Field Day

2011-03-21 Thread Kevin Rock
Hi Wayne, I have worked you three times if memory serves me. I have never worked Eric. At least once you were walking along the shore in Michigan with your KX1. I don't remember what you were up to the other times. Guess his monster signal just cannot get to Oregon ;) 73,

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 20th 21st, 2011

2011-03-20 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The first net went rather well. Some fading but mostly signals were good. The second net was plagued by RTTY signals. I found an open frequency but then got zero beat a couple times by RTTY stations. I wonder if they were running above 7105 kHz? There may prove to be

Re: [Elecraft] LED vs LCD PC Monitor: RFI?

2011-03-18 Thread Kevin Rock
I have four monitors running in front of me right now. None of them make any hash on my K3. Two ViewSonic VG2230wm which are LCD with fluorescent backlights. The other two monitors are Asus VE278 which are LCD with LED backlights. The LED backlighting is superior. As I mentioned there

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft SSB report (3/13/11)

2011-03-16 Thread Kevin Rock
In ECOM we have alternate frequencies for just such occurrences. If the offender does not respond to a polite query to cease and desist we move to freq A. That normally rids us of the problem. Kevin. KD5ONS On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:56:15 -0700, Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net wrote:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 13th 14th, 2011

2011-03-13 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, While the first net was plagued with QRM the second had poor propagation and QRN to contend with. But I was not skunked. In all the years ECN has been running that has never once happened. It was tough for me to hear during the first net because the winds were so high

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-03-12 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Time change this week so make sure to check your clocks. Tomorrow's nets will be at the same local time as they were last week. This time I copied and pasted from last session where we ran Daylight Savings Time. This should be correct :) I need to go close down the wood

Re: [Elecraft] Maxwell's Equations.

2011-03-10 Thread Kevin Rock
I remember JFK saying (and I paraphrase) ... we do it not because it is easy, but because it is hard ... Do any of you think the K3 was designed in a week? From what little I was told it was a matter of four or five years and it still being developed as we sit. We did not get to the

Re: [Elecraft] Maxwell's Equations.

2011-03-09 Thread Kevin Rock
the theory in the present form. FitzGerald, Lodge, and Heavyside plus others. Am just now reading The Maxwellians that has this story. 73, tom n4zpt On 3/6/2011 5:37 PM, Kevin Rock wrote: I have always wondered how he condensed the original twenty equations in twenty unknowns down to just four

[Elecraft] Maxwell's Equations.

2011-03-06 Thread Kevin Rock
I have always wondered how he condensed the original twenty equations in twenty unknowns down to just four of them. The quaternions he used initially were out a favor with the physics community of the day so he needed to get them into vector form. Heaviside did a good job but how do you

Re: [Elecraft] Maxwell's Equations.

2011-03-06 Thread Kevin Rock
about it. In short, Cartesian vs vector! 73, Mike ab3ap On 03/06/11 17:37, Kevin Rock wrote: I have always wondered how he condensed the original twenty equations in twenty unknowns down to just four of them. The quaternions he used initially were out a favor with the physics community

Re: [Elecraft] Maxwell's Equations.

2011-03-06 Thread Kevin Rock
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_equations and about halfway down look for the section named A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field where it talks a little about it. In short, Cartesian vs vector! 73, Mike ab3ap On 03/06/11 17:37, Kevin Rock wrote: I have always wondered how he condensed

Re: [Elecraft] Maxwell's Equations.

2011-03-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Reading the Principia is also a chore. Interesting though. Kevin. On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:03:29 -0800, Herb Case herbc...@msn.com wrote: The amazing thing is he didn't have the electron! Everything he did was based on mechanical wave models until he reached radiation. That's where

Re: [Elecraft] Maxwell's Equations.

2011-03-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Nut!! On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:47:11 -0800, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote: Interesting discussion. Gives me an idea. We'll soon be announcing a very cool new test instrument (it's the same size as our T1 antenna tuner but not related to it in any way). We'll give one of these

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-03-05 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, It took some coaxing but I finally got the fire warm enough to defrost and raise my dough. N0AR has led me down the path to making pizza from scratch. It is very addictive! So, once a week I put in a few hours making dough and cooking up some sauce. Luckily I make too

Re: [Elecraft] What made you decide on purchasing an Elecrafttransceiver?

2011-02-22 Thread Kevin Rock
You are welcome Carl! My first introduction to the K3 was at Ozarkcon the same day as Visalia. I was stalking N0SS and slipped into his room. He got a call from Wayne who gave the go ahead to announce the new rig. That was when Tom let me look on his laptop at the files about the K3. I

Re: [Elecraft] UK Elecraft Net

2011-02-22 Thread Kevin Rock
There is one Canadian net which runs voice on a frequency which Americans are limited to CW. So, I set my rig for cross mode and did just as Ron mentions. BK got me a happy response from the voice op NCS who told me he did not copy code well. He immediately asked for help from another op

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 20th 21st, 2011

2011-02-20 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, There was a little contest activity nearby when the first net started but it was not a problem. Conditions were good with very little noise. Just a little flutter on a few stations. The second net was a little noiser with rather more QSB. During the first net I had

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-02-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The snow has finally ceased falling for a day. Since last Friday there has been not a day without snowfall. The forecast is for one sunny day and then back to more snow. For some silly reason I thought winter had mostly avoided me. I was wrong. Nice slippery snow too

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 13th 14th, 2011

2011-02-13 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Conditions on both bands were better this week. Noise was still high on 40 meters but that is normal. There was more QSB there too. We did get a chance to hear what the KPA500 could do when Oliver checked in from Hawaii on both nets. His temperature report sounded way

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-02-12 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, If the house or antennas do not get blown away in the next twenty-four hours then we can have a net. Currently the wind is howling and the rains have begun. It was sunny earlier in the day but never calm. I awoke to branches hitting the roof and jake brakes rumbling by.

[Elecraft] Previously unposted Elecraft CW Net Reports

2011-02-10 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I had a chance to find the top of my desk today. I collected all of the unposted net reports and filled their respective spots within the database. Hopefully there are few or no errors. Only time will tell ;) Two days of sunny weather has increased my productivity. I

Re: [Elecraft] Dayton 2011

2011-02-08 Thread Kevin Rock
They have no sales tax in Oregon :) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:17:02 -0800, Rex Lint r...@lint.mv.com wrote: They gave free shipping at the NE convention last fall. -Rex- K1HI Rex Lint Merrimack, NH WWW.QRZ.COM/db/k1hi

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for February 6th 7th, 2011

2011-02-06 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, My grey day turned blustery and then rainy a short time ago. After the second net I was in a big hurry to get something to eat so rushed off. I think it was the smell of bread dough rising which was driving me crazy :) Luckily I had moved it off the wood stove because

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-02-05 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Winter has returned to Oregon. Cloudy skies with rain. Freezing every night. But sun every week for at least an hour or two. Luckily for me this winter has been very mild. All the wood I collected last summer and fall is lasting quite well. I will have some left over

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-01-30 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Sorry this is so late but I got involved with a few projects. Weather unsettled. Normal Oregon weather. Got to 57 degrees yesterday with sunny skies now snow and 25 degrees are in the forecast :) That is why we drive around with all sorts of foul weather gear in our

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 - just 500 watts?

2011-01-25 Thread Kevin Rock
The Woodwright or the New Yankee Workshop? On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:11:03 -0800, Rich NU6T reh...@ix.netcom.com wrote: I've seen some really hacked carpentry done with power tools. If I had to compare weekend warrior power tool work to master craftsman hand tool work, I'd go with the hand

Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 - just 500 watts?

2011-01-25 Thread Kevin Rock
The four stages of fishing: 1 - I caught a fish! 2 - I caught a LOT of fish! 3 - I caught a Trophy fish! 4 - Did I bait my hook? (the Zen state has been achieved) Now how do these relate analogically to amateur radio? Kevin. KD5ONS On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:53:38 -0800, eric manning

Re: [Elecraft] get to your local library.

2011-01-22 Thread Kevin Rock
be verified by checking articles and contest results in QST. - Jim, KL7CC Anchorage ARC VEC, Inc. Kevin Rock wrote: If you ask your local VE very nicely they will give you the code exams. All of them :) It is fun to see how you do on each for a little practice. 73

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-01-22 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, A long rainy week just ended with a sunny and very pleasant Saturday. It looks like the week beginning tomorrow will have many sunny days with temperatures rising into the mid 50s. That will be nice. It is hard to imagine how cold it is in most other parts of the US.

Re: [Elecraft] get to your local library.

2011-01-21 Thread Kevin Rock
If you ask your local VE very nicely they will give you the code exams. All of them :) It is fun to see how you do on each for a little practice. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:38:01 -0800, tony rowland biggsbigb...@yahoo.com wrote: heard someone say that the tech.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-01-15 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I am unsure whether it is winter now. The rain is so heavy the roads are getting very rutted. Down in the valleys the streams are almost overflowing. Where on Monday I had cold and snow I now have a deluge. Internet connectivity has become intermittent due to the heavy

Re: [Elecraft] P3 S meter variance

2011-01-15 Thread Kevin Rock
I have quoted Shakespeare in my ECN notes as well as other authors. Many times an apt quote can say what we cannot say. Or, more often, say it much better than we ever could. Kevin. KD5ONS On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 23:32:58 -0800, Don Wilhelm w3...@embarqmail.com wrote: Alan,

Re: [Elecraft] ec2 computer

2011-01-14 Thread Kevin Rock
K5JAZ, Jim from Louisiana 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:00:18 -0800, John Cooper w...@gt.rr.com wrote: A long time ago in a galaxy far away someone put a computer inside an EC2 enclosure and it was posted on elecrafts website or at least a picture was. Cant

Re: [Elecraft] K2 warping

2011-01-12 Thread Kevin Rock
All you need to do to have it sit flat is to move one of the rubber bumpers on the bail to whichever side makes it sit best. I had this problem and it was solved in a matter of moments after few iterations of this technique. Kevin. KD5ONS On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:52:43 -0800, John

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 9th 10th, 2011

2011-01-09 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Twenty meters was very good today. Sitting at the rig watching the snow fall and working folks all over was fun. There was some QSB but not like on forty meters. The snow was coming down in large flakes but it was pretty bright outside. I was expecting the sun to break

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-01-08 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, More snow is falling as I sit by the fire. Not too cold with very little wind so it is pretty nice outside. I am right at snow line so it has come and gone over the last week. Never quite goes away and never really builds up either. Kind of a steady state system. We

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 2nd 3rd, 2011

2011-01-02 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, There was quite a difference between twenty and forty meters today. Both were rather long but twenty was crystal clear. Copy was easy and pleasant. Forty meters was noisy with a lot of fading. It took three tries to get a couple of you. Two new operators but

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-01-01 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Weather has been rather chilly here on the backside of the recent front. Very sunny skies have made it better though. With the snow being so dry it is nice when I split wood. The activity feels good in the crisp air while the sun makes me happy. The dry snow is easy to

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Reort for December 19th 20th, 2010

2010-12-26 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Conditions were rough this afternoon and evening. Forty meters was especially so but that may have been due to the snow storm I was in at the time. Very dry snow was falling and producing large amounts of QRN. There was a lot of fading going on too. Stations would

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 26th 27th, 2010

2010-12-26 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Conditions on both twenty and forty meters were not very good today. It was snowing again today. Forecasts changed radically just before I went to bed Christmas night. All day it had been predicted that we would get a week of rain. The update changed the precipitation

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-12-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Merry Christmas! I hope you all are doing well this evening. Even though it was my cooking I had a very good dinner today. It is fun to make a nice meal now and then. But there seem to be a lot more dishes to wash than normal :) I feel drowsy though. Maybe I'll get to bed early and

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-12-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Once again Oregon weather has given us every possible condition. Full sun with warm days. Rain in torrential amounts. Now snow, freezing rain, sleet, and pellet snow. Makes life interesting. Good thing they warn us so we can prepare. I am cozy in the cabin with things

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for December 12th 13th, 2010

2010-12-12 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I had to move the database to my new Internet computer and reinstall the software to run it. Now life should be easier (cross fingers here). Currently the connection to the tower at the top of the mountain which provides me with wireless Internet service is not being

[Elecraft] [Net] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-12-11 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, It is raining. It has been raining. It will be raining. I feel like I am conjugating a verb :) The weather has gone from cold to medium. Soon it will be 50 degrees or better; but with rain. Looks like my spate of winter has passed. But the calendar has yet to say

Re: [Elecraft] K3 and Docs in general...

2010-12-08 Thread Kevin Rock
I agree with you on the use of pdf for distributing files. The format allows one to lock the document so it can look the same across platforms and operating systems. I also intensely dislike MS Word for technical writing. You have to fight it every step of the way. I use FrameMaker

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-09-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I just got done with a late dinner after a long day spent moving wood. I am very relaxed. Relaxed to the point where I could fall asleep on the keyboard right now. The wood pile is growing but I won't know if I have enough until next spring. One never can tell how much is

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 12th 13th, 2010

2010-09-23 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I have missed two net reports so I am busy getting them logged into the database and out to you. Forty meters has not been great lately but last night (September 22nd) it was better. Maybe we should try later but the sun is doing it for us. Soon the second net will be well

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 19th 20th, 2010

2010-09-23 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Here is the second report which is required for me to catch up. I just heard the weather report for the next few days. Temperatures are going over 70 degrees!!! Wow! After a week of soggy days and temperatures at or below 60 degrees this will be a treat. It may be the last

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-09-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, It has been very soggy. Lots of fog rain and now the real thing; in buckets. The new ditching dug this summer will be tested on its way down the mountain. I drove into town earlier and the road is developing a lot of drainage systems right down the middle. I think they

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-09-11 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, A cool, wet week here. I just heard a frost advisory on the radio. Odd to think it is still summer and we may get frost. But there is some cheery news inside this cloud. There will be some sun and the temperatures will zoom into the high 60s again; there may even be a day

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 5th 6th, 2010

2010-09-05 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Even though I had been stacking wood all morning I was still able to send semi-literate CW. The twenty meter net was long enough to tire my overworked hands with my fist growing worse toward the end. I immediately went outside to finish clearing out the driveway of excess

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-09-04 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Another chilly week. This has been the shortest and coldest summer since I have lived in Oregon. Folks here are talking about summer coats and gloves. They are not kidding! I have only had a couple t-shirt days and those are spaced out on those rare days when the

Re: [Elecraft] Price changes 9/14

2010-09-02 Thread Kevin Rock
Exactly what I was thinking! Labor Day and the kids going back to school; a perfect time for a 30% off sale of all Elecraft products. Kevin. KD5ONS -Original Message- From: DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL doug...@gmail.com Sent: Sep 2, 2010 4:34 PM To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 29th 30th, 2010

2010-08-29 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Conditions on twenty meters were fair but on forty meters they have been poor for the last few weeks. Only one station east of the Sierras checked in with us. Maybe that net should be moved to another time. As the season changes hopefully forty meters will too. There was

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-08-28 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Fall is definitely in the air. The temperature got up to 62 today and the leaves of a few trees are falling. I have seen a few color changes too. Split wood is stacking up in the forest but it needs to find its way home and into a stack before the rainy season begins.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 22nd 23rd, 2010

2010-08-22 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Twenty meters was good today. Some QSB which varied from place to place. From very rapid and deep to just a slight influence. There was very little noise. As we move into fall I think twenty will gain more strength. Here it feels like autumn with temperatures in the mid

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-08-21 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The weather has turned chilly again. High 40s each night with low 60s during the day. Looks like there may even be some rain soon. That will cut down on the fire danger even though it has not been very high at all this year. Propagation on twenty meters was pretty good

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 15th 16th, 2010

2010-08-15 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Conditions were unsettled this afternoon. QSB on twenty meters had some folks at S2 one moment and S9 the very next. Forty meters had some QRN as is normal for summer on this band but only Scott was able to reach this far west. Lately forty meters has not been very

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-08-14 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Summer has returned to the Pacific Northwest. Temperatures for the last two days and for the next four or five days average in the nineties. Quite a shift from last Tuesday when it was 50 degrees outside. I am glad I have enough wood to make it through the summer heating

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 8th 9th, 2010

2010-08-08 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Twenty meters was fairly quiet yet it provided strong signals. Two CT stations both of whom sounded very good. However, I wonder where everyone else has gone? Maybe the long spate of unfavorable propagation has forced them into other endeavors. Maybe a bit of advertising

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-08-07 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The weather has been nice this week. Mid-70s for much of the time but today it has become cloudy. Looks like there may be some rain for a day or so. Temperature will drop this coming week staying in the mid 60s. Propagation has been odd due to the hammering the sun has

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for August 1st 2nd, 2010

2010-08-01 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The nets were interesting tonight. I had a persistent cough which made it difficult to send and receive code. The more I thought about the cough the more I coughed. So I looked out the window, viewed the very pleasant weather, and thought of something else. Some of the meds

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-07-31 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The weather was pleasant this week. Not too hot nor too cold. Some mornings had heavy fog roll in off the ocean but it burned off before noon. I have not seen any deer this week but I did have one snort at me a few nights ago. They like to see how high I jump :)

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 25th 26th, 2010

2010-07-25 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, When I received weather reports this afternoon I had the next to hottest temperature. Only Steve, K4JPN, in Georgia was warmer at 95 degree. Even now I am still sticking to the desks at which I seat myself. The breeze running through the house is regulated by where the most

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-07-24 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Weather is on an up cycle at the moment. 70s on Thursday, 80s on Friday, and 90s today. Things will taper off slowly during the coming week. I got onto the roof today and repaired an antenna. Then I got out my chainsaw and cleared a path to the tower on top of the mountain

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 18th 19th, 2010

2010-07-18 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I had an odd occurrence between nets. I was sitting at this computer checking a call. When I turned around to get to my chores I saw there was a car parked on the road through my property. This is not normal since I rarely get any traffic on Sunday and never a car. I walked

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-07-17 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, I have had a very pleasant day and week. The weather has stabilized with temperatures in the high 60s to low 70s. Under the canopy of the forest it is cool enough to work even on the hottest days cutting and hauling wood. Another month or so and I should have around 2000

[Elecraft] Very Efficient Ear Buds

2010-07-14 Thread Kevin Rock
I just heard about some ear buds which are quite efficient. They use multiple drivers for each frequency ranges. Here is a link to a description of them: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-20005384-47.html More here: http://www.jhaudio.com/store/ I think it would be fun to test them in the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 11th 12th, 2010

2010-07-11 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Twenty meters was interesting. The QSB I had experienced during the week was even deeper today. I would give a signal report only to have it blown away in the next second when any given op came back. Sometimes signal strength would change by four to five points during the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-07-10 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The season changed this week. From wet to dry in only a few days. The temperature changed too. One day I awoke to 39 degrees only to have it hit 85 by 1 PM. The last few days have been over 90 degrees up here and nasty hot in the valley. I ventured off the mountain once

[Elecraft] Fw: [Radiomarine] Announcement: Night of Nights XI

2010-07-07 Thread Kevin Rock
-Forwarded Message- Night of Nights XI is upon is upon us! Each year the MRHS commemorates 12 July 1999, the date on which the supposed last commercial message was sent in the US. On that date we pick up the thread, keep the faith and maintain the traditions of maritime radio

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for July 4th 5th, 2010

2010-07-04 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Conditions were strange today. I was able to work all over the place but where my signal landed was spotty. As far east as Connecticut and Georgia but not much in between. I did get Michigan and Colorado but the West Coast seemed to be favored. I expect a lot of folks were

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-07-03 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Weather for Field Day was wonderful. After a few weeks of cold there were two sunny days of 70 degree weather. Then, promptly, the temperatures dropped back into the fifties with rainy, grey skies. We did enjoy our two days of summer; it is being talked about fondly at the

Re: [Elecraft] rather provocative advert from Kenwood

2010-07-02 Thread Kevin Rock
This is broken too. After crashing my system twice I find it is not worth my time to download the .pdf Kevin. KD5ONS -Original Message- From: Lew Phelps K6LMP k6...@me.com Sent: Jul 2, 2010 2:19 PM To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] rather provocative

[Elecraft] No ECN today

2010-06-27 Thread Kevin Rock
The Elecraft CW Nets are not going to be held today. The NCS is going to be taking a much needed nap :) Now that Field Day is officially in the past I can stop copying code in every squeak or rustle. During my catnaps I could not stop logging. Then with five minutes to go my computer locked

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 20th 21st, 2010

2010-06-20 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Conditions were so-so today. Twenty meters had QSB and QRN while forty meters had strong QRN from a very active storm. On the twenty meter net I got Scott's hail sign easily and then he was gone. I expect QSB was a problem as well as storms in the upper Midwest. He

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-06-19 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, Weather has not quite gone back to normal. It is grey and rainy so that is OK but the temperature is low which is not. Highs should not be in the high 50s but somewhere in the 70 degree range. Flowers are blooming and trees are adding new growth. Hummingbirds have slowed

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 13th 14th, 2010

2010-06-13 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, The twenty meter net was a lot of fun. The band was strong with some QSB and there was a small pile up I had to dig through. The forty meter net was not similar except for the presence of some QSB. The furthest station heard was in Colorado which does not seem all that far

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2010-06-12 Thread Kevin Rock
Good Evening, We had a new season today. The temperature zoomed to 74 degrees with a bright sun. I worked behind the house until the heat pushed me to the front yard. However, I got most of the weed whacking and tree trimming done before then. I was going to get on the roof and repair an

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