Tom,
For a moment I was getting excited because I thought Elecraft had
introduced an Antenna Analyser kit! Now that would be a useful addition to
their product line.
Regards,
Steve
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Ladies and Gents,
If I remember rightly there is either a Weller expert on the
list or someone who knows one. Could one of you kind souls put me in touch
with them off list.
Kind Regards,
Steve G0XAR
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Hi Guys,
I am reading a book called "I WOZ" the biog of one of the
founders of Apple Computers. It's a great read!. He mentions having a Ham
licence in his 6th grade (not sure how old that would make him). Seemingly
he read a book called "SOS at midnight" which got him hooked and th
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Here is the reply from Steve : -
In 6th grade I had a Novice license which expired in 1 year.
In 11th grade I had a Technician's license which lasted 5 years. It was
equivalent to a General for the test except a slower code speed. I didn't
want to go to San Francis
snip
I don't use a sponge,
however. I use a 'curly' stainless steel kitchen pot 'scrubbie' and
need only to plunge the tip down into the scrubbie to clean it off
without losing any of the tip temp to the moisture of a damp sponge.
=
FWIW Maplin
et to Pacificon this year...should I buy another K2, a K1, or..we
have an expression over here which is "Spoilt for choice" which is what I
feel when I look at the range of kits you produce..
Take care,
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Stephen Farthing G0XAR
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My K3 has worked flawlessly since I got it over a year ago, until
yesterday. It now shuts down if the power is advanced over 11 watts (pa
in). The power supply seems to be ok as it runs my TS 850 at 100 watts
without complaint. I have checked and swapped cables between the K3 and
my dummy load.
gards
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Stephen Farthing G0XAR
PS Is anyone going to Pacificon next month?. Jan, Alan and I shall be there
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it they wish to part with.mine seems to have
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It is not clear to me from the schematic or the owner manual whether
this is for a 10 MHz or 49 MHz input signal .. the faq indicates
that it is 10 Mhz (and presumably converted up to
49 MHz ) but on cursory perusal of the documentation I cannot see how
this is done.
I was hoping to use a gps di
Just to let you all know, there is a guy selling 40' fiberglass
military mast with carrying case with a buy it now price of $25.00. He
also has a "Military Nylon Rope Tie Down Kit" that has two 50' ropes
(so what) and six velcro straps with rings you can use as guying
connectors.
Link to store:
ht
the front (that
little panel could lift) like the vent on the back of a Porsche! Perhaps
replacing that little panel with a perforated one would help?
I'm a little surprised at how quickly the fan comes on (on cw, I haven't
used ssb yet), and also quite taken aback by its noise!
73 Ste
the offer of a coffee or
something!).
Thanks for the steer
73 Stephen G4SJP
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to see how long that takes. As for the
K3, not ordered yet, but I have a feeling that the elecraft family here is
set to grow! Got to get the XYL used to one thing at a time, and then claim
I've actually had it lying around for ages collecting dust at work! I'm
sure she's onto me thou
Greetings from stormy England,
http://www.tek.com/Measurement/App_Notes/XYZs/
Points to a downloadable pdf of aTektronix guide describing how oscilloscope
works and how to take simple measurements.
Hope this helps someone.
Regards
Steve
nside will give
you 14.2 volts which is just about right. Perfectly safely and without
stressing anything. I use it to run my K2 and external KPA100. They are
less than 100 ukp over here so should be cheap as anything on your side!
73 Stephen G4SJP
On 17/11/07 18:45, "Dick Dievendorf
Opinions are like noses. Everyone has one. So here is mine. I have been
licensed since 1965, and have been a contester, both phone and cw, almost from
the begining. My first contest was the 1966 Novice Roundup.
Matt has some good points here. However, you may not wish to baptise a ne
7;d be grateful for any advice!
Thanks,
Stephen G4SJP
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If one purchases two receivers in one K3, can one 'split'
dual-receive (one freq in left ear and the other in right ear) ala
FT1000D and others?
Can it be done with one receiver 'split'?
73,
Steve AA4V
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I just worked 4U1UN, with only 100 watts and a delta loop antenna, on 14.005
MHz. He is listening up one. He is about 579 in Portland, Oregon. Go get him.
73,
Steve Brandt N7VS
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I just worked 4U1UN, with only 100 watts and a delta loop antenna, on 14.285
MHz. He is listening up one. He is about 5 and 7 in Portland, Oregon. He has
just changed to ssb. Very easy to work. Go get him.
73,
Steve Brandt N7VS
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yself, I probably would not be asking the question!
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would somehow squeeze the laws of physics a bit!
73 Stephen G4SJP
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Mike,
1. Please do bring a rig with you. I am sure you will be rewarded with loads
of contacts.
2. In the UK we have a mains voltage of 240 Volts 50 Hz and a different
mains plug. You will need to ensure that the 12 volt DC PSU you bring with
you will cope with the 240 volt supply. A simple US t
It looks like the K3 will be with us for a long time to come. At least I
hope so. I have heard several on in recent contests, and they sound good.
I hope to be able to purchase one after the dust settles. Perhaps in 2013
(hi hi). I hope that the K4 doesn't come along anytime soon.
73,
play data that is causing problems.
It's not life or death, but I'd be grateful for any advice!
Thanks and 73
Stephen G4SJP
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K60XV -
the KAT2 and KIO2 are still sitting in the top lid on the floor beside me.
I have checked everything that I have done at least once. There is about 90
ohms between the collector(s) of the PA transistors and ground.
Anyone have any ideas please?
Thanks
Stephen
?! :-((
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From: Stephen Prior <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:30:46 +
To: elecraft
Conversation: K60XV no tx power problem
Subject: K60XV no tx power problem
I have just spent the afternoon here putting the K60XV board in my K2 s/no.
4930. It works fine
David, many thanks!
You were very close - I had inadvertently soldered the centre of the coax at
J13 to the little hole next to hole X, not hole X itself. All working now,
covers going back on!
Thanks a lot
73 Stephen
On 9/12/07 21:48, "David Pratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
386 - and I tried so hard
to get it right first time!!
73 Stephen G4SJP
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the
output power on psk solely by audio input level - it was a bit touchy
sometimes!
I have a fan sitting on top of the heatsink, it's blowing down at the moment
and that seems to cut down the amount the noisy little fan comes on quite
noticeably.
73 Stephen
On 15/12/07 19:32, "R. Ke
e data audio in.
Thanks
73, Stephen G4SJP
On 17/12/07 12:06, "G4ILO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Stephen Prior wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the advice David, I shall do as you and Dave KD1NA suggest - at
>> least that way I suspect the setting of the o
deeper somewhere. I have googled, but
hit nothing useful.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated
Thanks and 73,
Stephen G4SJP
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from a DJ
on 40m in a noisy band so it's at least adequate. I am (just) not showing
any ALC and have set the output power control to 30W. So far I have been
using LSB, now I need to set up those RTTY filters properly!
Thanks again, and have a great Christmas!
73 Stephen
On 18/12/07 14:1
Tom
It sounds to me as if all of the ssb filter settings are wrong. I would
check them against the suggested values in the manual.
73 Stephen G4SJP
>>
>> I am trying to receive on an early K2, and it has been several years since
>> I
>> have used one. For some rea
Which of the Heil Proset (HC5) 8-pin adaptors should be used with the
K3? ICOM, Kenwood or Yaesu? If ICOM, should the
Heil have an ICOM specific mike (electret)?
73,
Steve AA4V
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components
to withstand that treatment.
73 Stephen G4SJP
On 2/1/08 10:40, "OE5CSP-Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Well, when setting up for SKN I did a dumb thing with my K2/100. My
> rig for SKN is a 40m two-tube transmitter that puts out about 50
>
An admirable lifestyle if I may say so!
73 Stephen G4SJP
On 10/1/08 21:26, "Don Wilhelm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> My wife says I sleep too late!! She is an early riser.
> Actually I awake in the vicinity of 8AM most days, but am not fully
> functional unti
Anyone who clicked on the link below probably had the same shock as I did!
The 's' at the end of 'fists' is significant!
73 Stephen G4SJP
On 14/1/08 17:30, "DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> FYI...
>
>
>
> -- Forwar
ntrol with running a PC on one end and a Mac on the other. I do
have XP on my mac but don't want to have to go down that road unless I
really have to!
Anyone been there and done it? I'd be grateful for any advice!
Thanks and 73
Stephen
settings every time I reboot the router which is very rarely.
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Hi NN5G,
Almost the same thing happened to me on my standard K2. However I
did not trash the LCD. The cause was not transmitting into a dummy load; I
had it connected into the wrong antenna connector. The net result was I
trashed the pa transistors. You might wish to check them in your deb
Leigh,
I do not have the manuals with me but i feel sure that the 5 brown 103
caps do the job...soldered them in on Saturday afternoon
Steve
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To: "Craig Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Elecraft List"
Sent: Mond
And you can use the "Protected by Smith and Weston" decal.
Never mind the dog. Beware of owner.
Best wishes for a Happy and safe, and sane, New Year.
All The Best in 2007,
Steve N7VS Portland, Oregon
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Hi Guys,
As there seem to be a number of people on the list who collect
K2 numbers and locations I would like to say that K23354 now has a new set
of PA transistors fitted and survived the smoke test. Is there really such a
thing as a K2 trainspotter?
FWIW I got the new PA transis
oesn't really matter as I'm more interested in the process and theory
of building the radio than using it.
Thanks
Stephen
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day. My first electronics
formal course was at a small "basic electronics"
course outfit, in Ft. Erie, Ontario - north of
Buffalo.
Thanks everyone for your advise and support. I think this is the
perfect project to eat up some of my spare time. Now to order the kit(s)!
Stephen
C
Question for the K2 listserv.
I have a K2 (s/n 377) and the KSB2 with the normal 2.1 KHz. bandwidth
configuration. I get excellent audio reports but it is narrow. I'm
thinking of purchasing another KSB2 board and want to make it either
2.4 or 2.6 KHz.
For any who may have made
Hello All, As a newly licensed tech, I am looking around for radio's. I am
interested in the Elecraft kits, but am debating whether to get the KX1 and
then an older used radio for home or to just get a K2.
I do a bit of camping and hunting, over the course of a year probably spend
about a month i
Will the k3 firmware support drm on hf broadcast bands?
zl1any
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On Friday, 04 May 2007 08:59:36,David Ferrington M0XDF
wrote the following:
What do people think of an optional 'roger beep'
(don't know any other term for it) at the end of each
trasmission, i.e. triggered by the PTT coming
off?
M0XDF
**
A roger beep? Only if a lifetime supply
Glad to see that some of you are at least brave enough to try. I
started
contesting in the old Novice Roundup in 1966. Made 353 contacts with, 75
multipliers, in about 15 hours of operation. I run about 100 watts output
to a Radioworks 40 meter "Superloop" up about 50 feet. I also have a
Andy,
There is a company in the UK which sells DIY Nickel Plating
kits. They target people in the vintage
motorcycle restoration hobby. Its not that difficult to do. I have an
address somewhere which I will post when i find it. you could also look in
the yellow pages of find a copu o
This is only a test. Please ignore. Happy New Year everybody.
73,
Steve Brandt N7VS
Portland, Oregon
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Here are two sources in the metro Portland, Vancouver, Salem area.
Frys off I5 near Wilsonville. Norvac Electronics in Beaverton and Salem.
Either of these two places should be able to take care of any anti static needs
that you might have. I have had good luck with both of these places.
"Your Novice Accent" was originally printed, in QST, in the mid 1950's. New
Novices were frequently sent reprints, by the league, shortly after they
received their Novice license. It was reprinted in the 1990's. Some of the
information found therein is a little dated, due to changes in technolog
Hi folks,
I want to take a stab at a homebrew remote control
application for the K2. Can anyone point me at a
source that describes the K2 RS-232 command
set/responses/etc? I understand it's related to the
Kenwood rs-232 but I still haven't had much luck
tracking it down. Any help would be appr
For many years, I have been an avid reader of the Elecraft reflector.
Yesterday afternoon, at SEAPAC, I officially joined the Elecraft family with
the purchase of K1 serial number 2379.
I started in amateur radio in 1965 with the call WN6QYP in the Los Angeles,
California area. I held
CW contacts are often easier to make. Especially at lower power levels.
Steve Brandt N7VS Portland, Oregon
> They obviously feel threatened by a ham with superior skills. :)
>
> The animosity exhibited even by some old-timers when the topic of CW
> comes up is amazing to me, especially i
To Whom This May Concern,
Tomorrow five more stamps in the lighthouse series will be issues.
Featured will be lighthouses in California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and
Hawaii.
The first day of issue ceremony will we held at Westport, Washington.
My wife Caroline, KC6MZY (ARLHS 120), and
The First Day of Issue ceremony was nice. Some nice lighthouse related
items were available. We also recommend the Maritime Museum in Westport,
Washington. The original Fresnel lens from the Destruction Island
Lighthouse is on display there. Very impressive.
The radio part did not work out
Will code Linux or Windows, C#, C++ or C for a K3 :)
Also know php, perl, a little VB, a little scheme and have been known
to dabble with Atmel cpu's in C.
Steve - KC2QXE
On 7/25/07, Leigh L Klotz, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Even if Mono isn't up to the task, a simple command-line version
reference to reliable drive that
input.
Thanks
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e grateful for any advice. There's always a camera case
and diced foam of course!
Thanks and 73
Stephen G4SJP
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You can buy the stuff in places like Halfords, where it is sold as a tool
drawer liner.
Hope that helps
73 Stephen G4SJP
On 20/9/07 10:09, "David Ferrington, M0XDF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyone in the UK know where this stuff can be bought over here?
>
> See
ecently saw a posting
which suggested I might be able to.
Can someone point me in the right direction please?
Thanks and 73
Stephen G4SJP
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re project! Excellent value for money though
with such a small drive level.
Thanks!!
73 Stephen G4SJP
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Hi Gang,
When going into "Bear Country", besides the pepper spray, take two
sticks. Bang them together at frequent intervals and shout "hi bear". Let
them know that you are coming. You are much better off.
73,
Steve Brandt N7VS
Portland, Oregon
> > Last night I finally got
The Pins are clearly there. The rig in the picture sure doesn't look like a
K2 however. Looks more like an old Icom rig. The link to "Order Ham Radio
Pins" did show some interesting pins. Let's hope they expand their product
line. I also happen to be looking for the old pins with the U.S. ama
Hello everyone,
During the alignment of the Top Band option of my K2 I did a stupid thing
and connected the dummy load to the wrong antenna connector. I used the tune
button and tried to align the filters to set the TX power using the power level
set to 2 watts. I got a high current warning
Hello all,
This is my first post to the group so I hope it works correctly!
Happy to report that K2 S/N 5556 is alive in Australia!
However I'm slightly concerned about the results I'm getting during
transmitter alignment.
After running through the TX alignment procedure twice the best results
G'day again,
I feel such a fool!
I almost have to ask everyone to disregard my previous post.
After turning off all the equipment ready to shuffle off to bed (it's very
late/early here) I'm looking at the lab style bench power supply that I'm
using an realise that it's max supply current is only
Mike,
Mine went on first time..here is a tip you might wish to
try(having first checked that you have not, by accident got the right
nut confused with another on your bench). Offer up the nut to the threads on
the antenna connector. Then turn it anti clockwise until you feel
Hi Elecrafters,
Hoping that some of you may be able to point me in the right direction.
I'm not having much luck with power supplies!
Although a suitable level of audio volume is a somewhat personal and
subjective assessment I have spent some time now reading the list archives
re 'low audio' and
, the other painted red. So
I'm planning on winding T1 using the dark grey .5 in.
core. Do any of you experts out there think there
would be any harm in winding RFC2 on a slightly larger
core (.5 in. red)? Or should I go back to Elecraft
and wait for a replacement?
Your input is appreciated
bout cooking up (literally) the custom power
transformer that particular design calls for. There
also doesn't seem to be much on the internet either.
So I'm wondering if any of you folks have come across
a design that would fit the bill.
Stephen
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To Whom This May Concern,
It appears that Canadian postage rates will go up next year. Don't be too
surprised if U.S. rates also go up in the next year or so. It would be nice if
they would be nice if we had even values like $0.35, $0.40 etc. Would be
easier for the vending machines.
To Whom This May Concern,
Sounds like a great idea. But I have one concern. Paper is a wonderful
generator of static electricity. Or least this was drummed into me many
time at work. Be sure to use proper esd procedures and be careful with
paper. Good luck.
73,
Steve Brandt N7VS
Greetings from England everyone,
Lead free solder is becoming difficult to get in Europe because of
the environmental legislation forced upon us by the somewhat undemocratic
European Union. If you guys in the states think you have problems with the
Federal Govt try living within the Europe
Hello Elecrafters,
Somewhat off topic (I have built a K2/100, which works great!-) but I'm
sure that this group will know the answer.
Question: How do you go about detecting common mode current on the outside
braid of your co-axial cable and then measuring or quantifying the amount
thereof?
I've
Hi Guys,
Due to my clumsiness in removing my blown finals I have managed
to damage the PCB of my K2. I managed to remove half of the land for the
Base of Q7 on the top of the PCB, and slightly lifted the land for the
emitter of Q8 on the underside of the board. I still have continui
Weather and propagation permitting, we will attempt to activate an
Oregon lighthouse, or two, tomorrow April 1st. This is a tenative
operation, dependent on reasonably good weather, and not an April Fool's
joke.
Not sure which one yet. All operations will be on standard ARLHS and Ten -
Ten I
When I started out as a Novice in 1964, I was advised to start with a straight
key. When I could send well at about 15 wpm, then consider changing over to
some kind of speed key. We didn't have iambics then. I switched to homebrew
solid state keyer, that I built myself, and a Vibroplex paddle
Hi Gentlefolk,
When I was learning the code, back then to get a UK class A licence one
had to pass a mandatory receiving and transmitting test, i used to practice
sending by hooking my straight key up to the serial port of my PC. I had an
excellent canadian program which took the input and
Bad boys race our young girls, but violet grey wins.
I learned this version at a components id class I was required to take at
work once a year. Goes over better in mixed company. Good luck if the
component has a fifth band. Yes, I also remember learning about Eli the ice
man.
For a
Gentlefolk,
Surface Mount is not that difficult even for old geezers
like me with less than perfect eyesight. NORCAL did an SM kit as an
introduction to the topic and I made that and it worked pretty well. I am
half way through building a 23cm transverter kit from Kuhn Electronic
Great keyer. One of my alltime favorites. They also make a nice audio
filter, SCAF-1, I am building one right now.
73,
Steve N7VS
> Jeff,
> Sounds like a good way to start, I'm starting with an
> Idiom Press CMOS 4 Keyer, then I'll tackle some
> Elecraft kit.
>
> 73,
> Clint
> WS1V
>
FWIW you might want to check that you have mot accidentally swapped the 4
meg and 5.??? meg xtals on the control board...from memory as I am away from
the K2 manual, the error means that the microprocessor on the Control Board
cannot talk to the one on the one on the RF Board. I had accidentally
Don't be foolish. Nothing is illegal until you are indicted. When I
was in shcool, a friend of mine was involved in an accident with an
ambulance with its siren on. He had his car radio on too loud. I don't
belive that hearing tests are a prerequisite for a driver's license in most
state.
Sounds great. It should work. I know I need to practice...
I have another problem
How do I put this... Sloppy sending?
I notice (particularly in contests) that many ops run the characters
together. I can't copy and my KX3 can't copy. Good keyers add the
proper spacing between characte
V 1.4.9.29 Win10
OK, it reads and writes from my KX3.
I can open/save from/to disk.
I can copy/cut from the data but can't paste.
Am I doing something wrong?
Steve WB3LGC
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into that bug about a month ago. Dick Dievendorff sent me to elecraft.com
to get a new version with the fix. You want to find version 1.15.8.18, bottom
of the page.
http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm
R,
Al W6LX
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I use a WELLER SOLDERING STATION -- MODEL WTCPN 60 watt
BUT my REAL recommendation is to get Kester 62, 36, 2 Sn, Pb, Ag solder.
It can be had in 1# AND smaller packs. It DOES a great job. The 2%
silver is what makes it work super...
73, Steve WB3LGC
On 24-Jan-16 4:04 PM, Reuben Popp wrote
Be careful. Not all LED's are the same.
Early on I purchased a cheap two-pack at HomeDepot.
Later I was using brand name. I started to have some noise problems -
the cheap no-names were causing problems. I am almost all LED's now.
I started because my YL could hear the CFL power supply buzzing
t
for me. Wayne told me there had been no change in code, but I have never
understood that. With my XYL away in London for the weekend, I might
devote some more time to it :-)
73 Stephen G4SJP
On 5 February 2016 at 15:27, David Kuechenmeister
wrote:
> Thanks. I'll try again and be very
OK, Trying to use KX3/PX3 with FSK D for the RTTY contest. I started
with MCU 2.38 DSP 1.37 then went back to 2.37/1.33.
20m decodes. 40m does not work (REV is ON and can not be changed) Both
versions. I don't remember ever seeing RTTY change like Side Band to
USB/LSB ??
I guess I can tr
I played for a few hours Friday night.
I used my KX3 with the PX3 and a USB keyboard for S&P calling and reply
including the serial number using function keys. I used logging to keep
track of the few contacts I made on a separate computer.
I operated on 80m and used FSK D on the KX3 to displ
a layer of
things to set up in the field (mid thirties celsius didn't help here) and
instead just controlled the KX3 from its front panel. Maybe I should take
another look at it, it's a fine piece of software.
73 Stephen G4SJP
On 27 February 2016 at 22:22, Mark, KE6BB via Elecraft <
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