Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Product Selection ..Dummy Run..

2005-03-09 Thread Paul Bruneau
On Mar 9, 2005, at 9:04 AM, Andy GM0NWI wrote: Guy's... Can someone point me in the correct direction on this one Ifsomeone wanted to make a selection of say a... Fully Loaded K2 Transceiver...with the options of the users choice How...is this done on the website in the View

Re: [Elecraft] QRO Power Supplies

2005-03-10 Thread Paul Bruneau
On Mar 10, 2005, at 1:36 PM, ANNE NORMAN wrote: From: Pete Norman, g0pks. I've come across some very neat, physically small, switch mode power supplies, rated at 23A. Is the general consensus that these are A Good Thing or To Be Avoided At All Costs? I'll be needing to equip myself with

Re: [Elecraft] The K2 can compete with the big boys.

2005-03-12 Thread Paul Bruneau
On Mar 12, 2005, at 8:02 PM, Larry Phipps wrote: That's $4000 in 1978 dollars... probably less than a K2 in today's dollars. I wish I still had my TR7... Unless I am misunderstanding what you mean, I think you went the wrong way with the dollars...$4000 in 1978 is about $12,000 today.

Re: [Elecraft] K2 construction options, now or later?

2005-03-20 Thread Paul Bruneau
On Mar 20, 2005, at 4:35 PM, Yves Dussault wrote: Hi K2 friends! I have built a K1, with all options and it works beautifully! But, now, I would like to build the K2. My question: may I build the basic K2 and add options later when my bank account lets me do it, like the 100 watts options or

Re: [Elecraft] Delaware! AGC

2005-03-28 Thread Paul Bruneau
On Mar 28, 2005, at 10:55 AM, Mike Markowski wrote: Last night I completed what the manual calls Assembly, Part I of the RF board. What a great feeling to power up the K2 to check out the control and display boards, and to hear the relays click and see the menus working. So far the only thing

Re: [Elecraft] z5 resonator leads

2005-03-30 Thread Paul Bruneau
On Mar 30, 2005, at 12:23 PM, Dan Barker wrote: The confusion would come from the warning not to trim the leads of the relays. Trim ALL other leads. Even ICs?? ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to

Re: [Elecraft] z5 resonator leads and AGC voltage

2005-03-30 Thread Paul Bruneau
On Mar 30, 2005, at 1:34 PM, Rolf Moberg, OH6KXL wrote: My own (SN 4759) measurements with external DMM were as follows: - U2 pint 5 max 3.79 V - U4 OUT 7.9 V I understand there is no big difference between 3.80V and 3.79V. However, when manual asks (page 47) to adjust R1 for a reading of

Re: [Elecraft] AGC Alignment

2005-04-09 Thread Paul Bruneau
At least a few of us saw exactly the same thing in the last few weeks. We never heard anyone giving grave warnings that we were in trouble...so I don't know what to tell you, except that I'm in exactly the same boat. I planned on measuring it again when I get to the next alignment/test where

Re: [Elecraft] Fw: Need winding machine?

2005-04-12 Thread Paul Bruneau
There are always mean, bossy, overreacting people who want to be the police of the world. Don't let them ruin your day, Earl. On Apr 12, 2005, at 8:39 PM, Mike S wrote: DO NOT forward spam to a list. Most certainly DO NOT - NEVER, EVER - buy a product advertised via spam. To do so is the act

[Elecraft] Quoted text

2005-04-14 Thread Paul Bruneau
Is there a specific reason why some of you folks don't have your email software adding the quote characters to the quoted material from the messages to which you are replying, or is it just an accident? It makes it very hard to see what the reply is and who has replied (see below for an

Re: [Elecraft] Quoted text

2005-04-14 Thread Paul Bruneau
On Apr 14, 2005, at 8:46 AM, Dan Barker wrote: The reason we do our quoting manually is that many list-members are on very slow or pay-by-the-kilobit connections, and all 'Crafters on the list are supposed to minimize the amount of text quoted. If I'd just let Outlook quote your note, 3,811

[Elecraft] Low PLL reference oscillator range

2005-04-21 Thread Paul Bruneau
Hi all- K2 #4818 here, I'm in Alignment and Test part II Everything has gone great, my soldering is nice if I do say so myself, I'm very careful with my parts, but I have an issue with the PLL Reference Oscillator Range. My High freq: 12099.03 My Low Freq: 12089.77 My range: 9.26 The book

Re: [Elecraft] Low PLL reference oscillator range

2005-04-21 Thread Paul Bruneau
:08 PM, Tim Cailloux wrote: 9.8 is fine. Wayne has mentioned in the past that 8.8 is the real minimum. I just finished #4539 and I was at 9.8 also. .. Original Message ... On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 18:55:06 -0400 Paul Bruneau [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My High freq: 12099.03 My Low Freq

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K2 S/n 01432...LIVES.!!

2005-04-22 Thread Paul Bruneau
On Apr 22, 2005, at 10:04 PM, Andy GM0NWI wrote: Still got a couple of problems to sort out,... Like WHY..the S-Meter is still sitting at S3 of constant... when there is nothing to be heard on the band...or any stations on a particular frequency Suppose I'll come across why later in the

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K2 S/n 01432...LIVES.!!

2005-04-23 Thread Paul Bruneau
On Apr 23, 2005, at 7:16 AM, Tom Hammond wrote: At 09:29 PM 4/22/05, Paul Bruneau wrote: And as I turn down the RF gain, the S meter climbs and climbs until it is all lit up. I don't know if that is the way it is supposed to be or not. Most S-Meters digital or analog act this way

[Elecraft] K2 #4818 on the air

2005-04-24 Thread Paul Bruneau
I haven't finished the final construction (speaker, etc), but I couldn't wait to try my new K2 out so I answered a CQ this afternoon on 40 and was heard by poor KE4FIG. The band was iffy (lots of fading) and my code is currently horribly rusty so I had to bail out early, but my new K2 went

Re: [Elecraft] Premature Emails on the Amp $$$

2005-04-25 Thread Paul Bruneau
On Apr 25, 2005, at 4:37 PM, Lee Buller wrote: Gosh fellows Lets stop talking about the price. It seems that we are jumping to a lot of conclusions here. Remember, the guys at Aptos are reading on this and we need to give them the benefit of the doubt. Yes, I'm sure they are reading

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Can Elecraft take over the global HF ham radiobusiness ?

2005-05-01 Thread Paul Bruneau
On May 1, 2005, at 8:46 AM, Nigel KC8NHF/G8IFF wrote: Most people, I would imagine, build primarily as a means of saving money. There's no point in building something if I can buy something similar for less money. Greetings Nigel- I can't argue with you because I don't have any stats (just

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Can Elecraft take over the global HF ham radiobusiness ?

2005-05-01 Thread Paul Bruneau
On May 1, 2005, at 11:43 AM, Nigel KC8NHF/G8IFF wrote: Sokay Paul, you're entitled to voice an opinion. It must also be remembered that most amateurs are not on this reflector. Most of those here will be keen constructors. Yes, but you weren't talking about most amateurs. You were talking

Re: [Elecraft] start with straight key or paddles?

2005-05-10 Thread Paul Bruneau
On May 10, 2005, at 11:23 AM, Jeff Rosenberger wrote: Mike wrote: When I took my Extra exam 25 years ago, they had already eliminated the Morse sending test. Too bad, I thought. When I took my commercial telegraph exam the same year, Morse sending tests were still required (one minute

Re: [Elecraft] Morse on the Tonight Show, Tonight, Friday the 13th

2005-05-13 Thread Paul Bruneau
On May 13, 2005, at 11:12 AM, Ken Miller, K6CTW wrote: All, Tonight Chip, K7JA and I, K6CTW will be having a contest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. It will pit morse code vs text messaging (by the current US champions). Please watch, and if you enjoy the segment, please write,

Re: [Elecraft] Morse on the Tonight Show, Tonight, Friday the 13th

2005-05-14 Thread Paul Bruneau
On May 14, 2005, at 10:14 AM, Don - W7DAH wrote: Paul wrote: and for reliable point to point communication, the instant messaging devices are way better in every way. My experience with employer-company-supplied-paid cell devices has been different. When I worked one of this U.S.'s

Re: [Elecraft] Single versus Dual Lever Paddles

2005-05-18 Thread Paul Bruneau
As was stated, the slapping comment was not aimed at the Leno guy. It was about some old news guy or something. I really hesitated to send this for fear that it just adds to the noise about this topic, but it doesn't seem to want to die! On May 18, 2005, at 4:51 AM, VR2BrettGraham wrote: By

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Net Errata

2005-05-23 Thread Paul Bruneau
On May 23, 2005, at 1:23 AM, Kevin Rock wrote: KB8NMZ - Paul - MI - K2 - 4818 (not 4808) Sorry :( KJR Hey, between my location, my marginal antenna (a multiband Hustler vertical with no radials and about a 2:1 swr), my power of 12 watts and my poor code skills, I was thrilled to be able

[Elecraft] KX1 C45 or C56?

2005-07-04 Thread Paul Bruneau
Hi- I have KX1#1194 construction going well, but I can't tell C45 from C56. The manual says to rely on the lead spacing, but both caps' leads have the same spacing of about .1 The manual does say that C45 might be a disc cap, and one of my 68pF caps is indeed a disc, but it says to go by

Re: [Elecraft] RE: KX1 C45 or C56?

2005-07-09 Thread Paul Bruneau
Well, two people thought C45 was the one on the right, and two thought it was the one on the left. No one from Elecraft wrote, so I'm still waffling. One person made what seemed to be a good argument for the blue one to be C45, but then another person said that Wayne himself told him that

Re: [Elecraft] RE: KX1 C45 or C56?

2005-07-09 Thread Paul Bruneau
On Jul 9, 2005, at 12:37 PM, W3FPR - Don Wilhelm wrote: Paul, Use the small blue one at C56. It not only fits better, but it looks like that one more closely resembles the cap shown in the photo on page 34 of the manual. I agree with you (as well as the other 2 or 3 who agree with you

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Mic wiring problems

2005-07-21 Thread Paul Bruneau
On Jul 20, 2005, at 8:38 PM, W3FPR - Don Wilhelm wrote: I would advise anyone contemplating cutting one of those 'very flexible' mic cords (particularly the coiled ones) to create an adapter rather than cutting the cord - only becuase of the soldering problem. Great advice, Don. They make

Re: [Elecraft] MY SECOND K2

2005-08-30 Thread Paul Bruneau
On Aug 30, 2005, at 4:18 AM, Nick Waterman wrote: Bill Coleman wrote: Antennas where disconnected and the house next door took the direct hit and blew a big chunk out of the back of the house. Don't just disconnect your antennas - GROUND them. Possibly would have saved your rig. Serious?