On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Allen Ward wrote:
Both the Central Electronics 10B and 20A generated EITHER USB and LSB at 9
MHz.
I owned one each of these rigs. Mixed with 5 MHz (or various multiples
thereof) one could operate from 80 to 10 meters. You selected the sideband by
flipping a switch on
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, David Walker wrote:
How about better propagation for DX fans? A sign we have been neglecting
the Sun God for far too long.
I've been given to understand that in technically advanced countries, the Sun
God has fallen out of favor and prayers are now conducted at the
On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Julian, G4ILO wrote:
Mind you, you could break and replace several cheap DMMs for the price of a
Fluke...
YeaI have a cheap DMM at:
My tool kit
My computer took kit
My car
My parent's home
My daughter's apartment
The other advantage to cheap DMM's is that if you have
40 and 30 meters
Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, Mac Wiseman, Alison Kraus and Union Station,
Bill Harrell the Virginians, Stan Kenton-50's
73
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On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, K4KO - Greg wrote:
Now you're talking. the Del McCoury Band, the Osborne Brothers, Larry
Sparks, Flatt and Scruggs, the Seldom Scene and the Country Gentlemen
(loved John Duffy). Mac Wiseman lives on a farm not too far from me...
and Charlie Daniels (CDB) lives just a
On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, Dudley Chapman wrote:
So that's my 80m story. At 14, that was my 15 minutes of 80m fame. My
love for 80m persisted and I ended up doing a lot of ragchewing and traffic
handling on CW, but it all ended when I got my driving ticket and
discovered girls.
Thanks for the
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, Trevor Jacobs wrote:
Hehehhe...Ah the SX-28 wonderful receiver...layers upon layers of crummy old
resistors and caps to replace...where to start ;-) Been there, done that ;-)
Guaranteed the cap that's bad is the one that's the hardest to get to...
Don't forgetif you
On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, Mike Morrow wrote:
the defeat of BPL so that it can be used.
Well, without the defeat of BPL, for many of us it won't matter
what the sun does...we won't be able to hear anything.
73
Thom-k3hrn
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On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, wayne burdick wrote:
On Jul 20, 2004, at 11:20 AM, Julian, G4ILO wrote:
For ten thousand bucks it ought to have a button to control the
reflectivity of the ionosphere. :-)
And a compartment in the top for storage of your K2, K1, and KX1 ;)
I heard that ICOM is
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, jay gutknecht wrote:
Is there any modification to be done to operate the army mars frequencies?
Might help folks answer your question of you listed the frequenciesIt's
been years since I was in Army MARS, but unlike AirForce, I kinda remember
they were real close to
On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Jeff Davis wrote:
Folks,
The Articles Manager at eHam has pulled the article and related comments
off their site. He felt that my posting here was discourteous to him.
Send it to me and I'll post it at www.zerobeat.net/qrp/
Thom
http://www.baltimorehon.com/
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Don Brown wrote:
Hi
I think this is interesting. A few years ago everyone was complaining about the
K2 knob and looking fore something to replace it. It got to the point that
Yaesu parts had to stock extra knobs because of all the requests for
replacements used on K2's.
On Mon, 30 Aug 2004, John Clifford wrote:
If any US customer who purchased these HASN'T received them, please contact
me. They have all been sent out and should have arrived either on Saturday
or today.
What kind of connectors do they use...I got mine and don't recognize the
type...or might
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Charles Greene wrote:
oxy-acetylene mixture was ignited by the lighted torch. We were looking for
height not distance, and managed to top some 100' trees. Can you envision an
extended double zepp on 40 at 80'?
I can tell ya that way back when, I could climb big trees
On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Bud Rogers wrote:
On Sunday 12 September 2004 15:50, Eric Swartz WA6HHQ - Elecraft wrote:
I have no idea how they got their attachment to
pass through qth.net.
FWIW, they appeared here not as attachments but as uuencoded text in the
body of the message. Depending on
I know I am making a big mistake, since I will NOT be charging fees, NOT
requiring a subscription and NOT ruuning contests to let me beg for funds.
That being said, I have installed a reasonable Classified Ad system that
is open for all...there are a few categories, you can select whether or
I have obtained the dissenting report from the ARRL committe that the League
would not publish and you may view it, along with the ARRL proposal at
www.zerobeat.net/bandplan.html
Feel free to post your comments at www.zeroebat.net/qrp/forum, not here.
73,
Thom - k3hrn
On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Julian, G4ILO wrote:
FSK may be easier to do technically, but what's the point if you can't make
any contacts?
I think it needs to do PSK. There isn't enough MFSK activity. And the trouble
with RTTY is, weak QRP signals aren't as copyable as MFSK and PSK signals,
and
On Sat, 16 Oct 2004, John wrote:
To this day, it is difficult for me to solder without sticking the solder in
my mouth to pull some more of the reel. You know what they say about old
habits, they truly are hard to break.
Mabe you could get a dental dam from your dentist.
Thom
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On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Kevin Rock wrote:
And for Jim, K4GT, I cannot remember my own SN. Here is the correct one:
K2/100 #2511
There's' an online database for Eleccraft Owners where they can register their
rigsmight help ya all with the serial number stuff:
From time to time I make a post reminding folks that there's a web site where
the content comes from a submarine radio operator (www.zerobeat.net/submarine)
.
I'd love to do a similar site with the memories and stories of folks who made
their living pounding brass, whether aboard ship, at a
On Sat, 11 Dec 2004, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
Seeing how CW quickly died only a few years later, I was profoundly glad to
have been able to come back to the party for a just a little while before
they turned out the lights for the last time.
The sage who observed that we only live once and
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004, David A. Belsley wrote:
Does anyone know of a good way to remove frozen RF from an antenna?
Considering the season, you might want to find some eggnog and see if it
helps the RF escape. Even if it doesn't, if you drink enough, you may no longer
be aware of/plagued by
On Sun, 2 Jan 2005, Marinos Markomanolakis, M.D. wrote:
For example an expensive and/or difficult to build but optimized NB module
will be FAR more desirable and effective feature in a real world Rx
performance improvement rather than a similar DSP module that is already
available from
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Parker Buckley wrote:
Aw Geez. All I had to do was send an email to the group and the KIO2 started
working.
The Elecraft Mojo also lives on the mailing list.
73,Thom-k3hrn
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On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Stephen W. Kercel wrote:
Just seeing if I hit the reflector.
It hit back
Thom
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On Sun, 13 Feb 2005, Gregg R. Lengling wrote:
I've upgraded a couple old K2 including one for a friend that was Serial #
5** and you'd be suprised at the performance after the upgrades. One upgrade
may not do a lot but if you bring your early K2 up to current level it'll
blow your socks off
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Craig Rairdin wrote:
I suggest selling on eBay rather than offering it for sale directly. My
experience is you get a better price. I got $35 for an aviation calculator
that you can buy new for $60. I would have sold it for $20 to anyone who
asked.
How times have
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Mike Sexsmith wrote:
Hello all, Seems like many folks post to this mailing list announcing
the arrival/ completion of their new baby. In keeping with this tradition
KX1 ser# 1034 was completed last night and will be on the air in the backyard
and adventure radioing.
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Another K2 is on the Air. This one SN# 4728,
Congratulationsyou might want to add it to ther Elecraft Online Owners
Database at http://www.zerobeat.net/qrp/k2data.html
73,Thom-k3hrn
www.zerobeat.net Home of QRP Web Ring,
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Jim Sheldon wrote:
Yeah, but that looks tacky hi hi. The K2 is more elegant than that. Buy
yourself one of those finger dimples. It looks good on the knob, and once
you get used to it, makes speed-tuning a snap.
Use of the rubber band helps promote the Mojo back to
Is there a list of the frequency bands that the K2 can receive/transmit out
of the Ham Bands.
Thanks
Thom
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
On second thought, you can order a replacement guaranteed not to have been
attacked by gastric acids from Elecraft...
I assume at some point the gubmint will order a large numner of T1s and feed
them to the dog, in order to have units that can be
On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, jay gutknecht wrote:
Is there any modification to be done to operate the army mars frequencies?
Finally, after 8 months, Army MARS responds:
If your Elecraft K2 transceiver frequency coverage can be opened up to transmit
and receiver on ALL HF frequencies from 2 - 30
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thom Jay,
I know the feeling. Over 2 years ago I was interested in joining Army
MARS.so I Googled their web site, read the info and, as per their
instructions on the web site, I requested they send me an application for
membership...I'm
On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, n2fq wrote:
Hello.
I'm a member of Navy Mars. We usually operate a tad outside the Ham Bands on
80M and 40M.
Here is an invitation for Navy Mars. Check our url http://www.navymars.org
Replies are prompt and they are always looking for qualified candidates.
I'd be more
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, S55M wrote:
Yes math is beautifull (callculating needed space for 3d antennas HI.
But google can spare some time and paper.
:)
http://home.att.net/~numericana/answer/algebra.htm#quartic
ANd now I know why my daughters always hated math, and why I never passed the
test to
On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Kevin Rock wrote:
P.S. Buy needs to be in association with some other word (which I have
forgotten).
KJR
It's the place where prices for Ham gear have risen through the roof.
There, they don't beg for funds and offer door prizes...it's very, very
commercial.
On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Craig Rairdin wrote:
Eric posted the instructions to subscribe and unsubscribe just a few
days ago.
Yes, but did he post the instructions to unSUNscribe? I think that's where
the confusion lies.
Truly Amazing! Each message from the list has this information at the
If you use 30 meters for CW there may be an unpleasent surprize on the horizon.
I've posted information about it at www.zerobeat.net
If you operate CW at low poer levels, you really should read the material.
73,Thom-k3hrn
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On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Mike Walkington wrote:
All,
For what its worth, I have started adding some Elecraft K2 user web pages to
del.icio.us using elecraft and K2 as the tags.
If everyone that has an elecraft centric web page does this using applicable
tags selected from the likes of: elecraft,
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just hooked a Drake MS-4 speaker to my K2 and boy does this thing sound
nice.
Sounds like a big rig, for sure hi.
May be the result of the Drake and Elecraft mojo's working in tandem.
73,Thom-k3hrn
www.zerobeat.net Home of QRP Web Ring,
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Lloyd Lachow wrote:
http://www.cablecomponentsinc.com/ and the minimum
order is $10 - for $10.70, you could get 100. Maybe
the Wizards of Aptos could keep some on hand for
oddballs like me...???
Be a sportorder a hundred and make them available to
other owners who need
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
One of the best tests I've ever used to see for myself whether I'm happy
with my CW is to record some stuff I sent and then play it back several days
later.
I usually do that with a large piece of humble pie at the ready.
We used to train
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, R. Kevin Stover wrote:
I encourage everyone to review the proposal which can be found at:
(www.arrl.org/announce/bandwidth.html)
and I'd be glad to engage in an off-reflector dialog to gain some
enlightenment in what it really means.
There is at least one mailing list
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, Thom R. Lacosta wrote:
There is at least one mailing list set up for those discussions. Feel free
to join the one at zerobeat.net
Send email to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
body of message should be
subscribe bandwidth
Senility strikes.
it's subscribe bandplan
Sorry
Thom
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, wayne burdick wrote:
But for the ultimate in Morse rhythm, brought to my attention by Ron, AC7AC,
see:
http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2005/01/15/1/
Click on the NY6Q Blues link. As a musician/ham, I really loved this piece.
Thanks.it's greatand solid copy.
On Sat, 9 Apr 2005, Sandy wrote:
Color code is easy! Remember the rhyme we learned in radio school:
Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly!
May not be Politically Correct!
73,Thom-k3hrn
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Earl W Cunningham wrote:
I just received the following e-mail about a toroid winding machine.
Perhaps it may interest some of you Elecrafters. It was spam, so take it
for what it's worth.
Thanksmy local ISP traps these as spam...never figured it would get sent via
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Julian, G4ILO wrote:
Just do a Google search on toroid winding. You don't have to look far to
turn up Elecraft list posts and postings from lists.contesting.com where the
subject has been mentioned, complete with full email addresses.
But to get back to some basicsDo
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Douglas Westover wrote:
So I guess if Earl had said I ran across this torrid winding machine that
might
be of interest to Elecrafters, and had made no mention of spam, it would
have
been okay?
Would that involve forwarding the spam message to the list?
Or perhaps he
On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, John Young wrote:
Rubber bands sound good to me - being that I am cheap.
They also qualify you for the Low-Tech Award!
You'll understand why I was thrilled one day when I went to the local
supermarket and found a gazillion asparagus rubber bands at the salad bar.
I got
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005, W2AGN wrote:
Seeing all the discussion on the possible new amp, as in 800 watts or 1500
watts, $1500 or $2800...
All I can say is, Sure hate to see so many going over to the Dark Side (QRO).
What's next? A new Elecraft Echolink Computer?
But...before that, you can build
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My own program K2Net provides a remote K2 front panel that can be used
across the Internet. However it is not, and is never likely to, do all the
things TRX Manager can, especially as I have somewhat lost interest in
writing software for radio hams
On Wed, 4 May 2005, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
If you don't need glasses, reading glasses are available in drug stores,
book stores, etc. that will do the trick.
At a buck a pairbuy a selection of strengths.
lenses. Ignore the looks from the clerks as you try them on under the
OptiVisor
On Thu, 5 May 2005, EricJ wrote:
Good luck finding them for a buck a pair. More like $12-20/pair. Even at
that, they are relatively inexpensive. I use them all the time.
Most of the dollar store chains carry reading glasses. Dollar Tree usually has
Foster Grants for a buck.
My eye doctor
On Fri, 13 May 2005, 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, telegram, call
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On Fri, 20 May 2005, Mike Morrow wrote:
I think the bottom line is that you prefer whatever technique
you've trained on.
There's 100 percent agreement here! Learn one mode and the other will seem
impossible.
I haven't any moral objections to mode B, just to the firmware designers who
The first time I posted about this the QSL.NET spam catcher got me, since the
message used some forbidden terms(the joys of automated content filtering).
It would appear that Yahoo has a Group Snoop feature that may affect you if
you're a member of their groups.
So, you can read about it at
It would seem that the G3YCC site and all of the memorial sites that several
of us maintain are missing two filespitank.gif and ccsys.jpg
I beleive pitank.gif was hand drawn by G3YCC, it is referenced in the file
oxo.htm
ccsys.jpg may have been in the SPRAT issue referenced in the
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Art - W6KY wrote:
Have you ever wondered what to do with those small (amplified) speakers
from your old PC's? Perfect for a K1.
They can also let you know when there's RF in the shack (g).
73,Thom-k3hrn
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On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Stuart Rohre wrote:
The ARRL Operating Manual addresses correct usage of abbreviations and notes
Q signals are for CW only. However, there is widespread mis-use as we most
all can admit to.
Thank goodness that everything we do in life is not dictated by the ARRL and/or
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But I've been meaning to ask you to clarify how you put the antenna in
your pocket. What comes to mind is a whip that easily flops over
while you're walking. Which pocket? How deep is it? How do you keep it
secure?
my importantly, how do walk
On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Charles B. Wilber wrote:
Could someone point me to a MARS mod for the K2? I am contemplating trying my K2
out on the MARS frequencies to see if its excellent receiver would be helpful at
my very noisy QTH. Thanks.
Remember the old line If I tell you, I will have to kill
On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, Mike Morrow wrote:
Every MARS organization *banned* Morse operation about ten years ago, even
including training nets and repeater IDs. What a way to ruin the outfit!
MARS, at least in my experience is about as realistic as tent-stretchers and/or
polka-ddot paint.
I
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On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Margaret Leber wrote:
wayne burdick wrote:
There are also bacteria that produce hydrogen, when properly trained.
The problem with that so far has been the feasibility of the nanotech-based
whip and chair. :-)
To say nothing of the nanotreats to reinforce the desired
On Sun, 10 Jul 2005, Klaus-Dieter Hanschmann wrote:
Hi to all,
just finished the KX1, passed all alignments and did the first qsos on
40m/30m/20m.
And, you can add it to the Elecraft Online Owners database at
http://www.zerobeat.net/qrp/k2data.html
73,Thom-k3hrn
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On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
Don, W3FPR wrote:
Of course there are those who still advocate the broccoli ring solution G
-
Keep talking Don, there is a field of the stuff here, nice and green looking
On Wed, 13 Jul 2005, Mike Fitzgibbon wrote:
Hey!
I like a nice wide red rubber band, the type that comes around one of my
favorite foods, broccoli,
Hmmm, the broccoli bands here are purpleamybe we could setup a WABB
award.
73,Thom-k3hrn
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On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, wayne burdick wrote:
A more sophisticated noise blanker is certainly possible.
Still, this is definitely on the wish-list. When we do get to it, we'll be
looking for testers who have all sorts of horrible noise to throw at it.
Hand raised, Baltimore's worst electrical
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Paul Gates wrote:
I would think that be-moaning the fact of a better noise blanker would be to
find the source of the noise which is pretty easy to do usually and with the
help of the FCC things change.
Let's see, using that logic, I can get rid of all the locks on my
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, John D'Ausilio wrote:
Why does that imply pre-assembly? Lots of us out here are perfectly
comfortable with SMT, and there's enuf builders-for-hire to support
those who aren't ...
An interesting, and market driven to boot, approach would be if some
enterprizing
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, EricJ wrote:
I'll pass on the beta testing. I'll probably pass on an SMT kit. I build for
fun. If it isn't fun, I might as well get one built better than hand
assembly by some machine.
But, Maybe some of us that would like to operate who can't now because the
existing
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Vic Rosenthal wrote:
If we want the best performance and to take advantage of modern components,
we will need to use SMT. So most likely, future kits will include
machine-made SMT subassemblies which will be put together by the builder.
Is this bad? I don't think so.
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, EricJ wrote:
I have no problem with that. I'd probably buy it myself fully assembled to
contend with my S5-S8 afternoon noise level. My last sentence quoted below
actually says that.
Sorry if I mis-read it.
BUT, if Elecraft starts offering more and more pressembled
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, WØIFL wrote:
I didn't wanna say anything but I get better audio reports with a Radio
Shack el-cheapo mic than I do with the MH2 with my voice.
When I decided I wanted to try SSB with the K2, I realized I no longer had a
mikeso, I took the rig and the docs to the
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Craig Rairdin wrote:
OTOH I know I'm dangerously close to sounding like an Old Fart. I'm somewhat
disgusted to think that there will be Extra Class licensees that don't know
code but will be indistinguishable from me. (At the same time, the fastest
code test I passed was
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Paul Gates wrote:
One other thing Thom When I got my Extra in 2002 @ 72 years old, there
were Extra's who were unhappy about 5WPM So I said, OK guys I passed a
13 WPM test for your information. And, let's get down to brass tacks I
will take a 20wpm test and you
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005, Craig Rairdin wrote:
So my question is, should a bunch of us be able to get together and ask that all the
technical requirements for ham licenses be dropped just because it's hard? That's what
this no code thing sounds like to me. To me dropping the code and only having
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Mychael Morohovich wrote:
When I became licensed 4-1/2 years ago, it wasn't an option to take only the
Extra segment of the test. I had to take [and pass], in succession, all
three elements.
Perhaps there is some confusion between taking and passing all 3 elements and
On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Paul Gates wrote:
I don't think they were wrong if I tell you the way it was... Maybe I was
not clear at first. Here are two guys that know nothing about ham radio.
They attend the beginning of a General Class. The instructor said you must
take the Tech. exam first before
This might help folks not only visualize a covered bridge, but by using
and advanced search, you can look in a specific area:
http://images.google.com/images?q=covered+bridgehl=enbtnG=Search+Images
73,Thom-k3hrn
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On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, EricJ wrote:
But none of them have antennas! What gives?
Years ago, when I was fueled by 807s, a few of us erected a long wire
antenna that went the length of the bridge and then went off to a tree limb
above my parked car.
I had a set of Morrow Twins that had NEVER
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Terry Conboy wrote:
When I worked for a power company in the 1980's, the radio service techs just
called it a Cushman. Like this one:
http://www.eham.net/classifieds/detail/175153
Even when other manufacturers got in the game, the guys still called them
Cushmans.
On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Sandy, W5TVW wrote:
Jeese! What's next? I guess this is another excuse to watch football on TV and
work a contest at the same time?!
Wonder when they will advertise the automatic logging and QSOing Contest Robot
software? Just plug it in, programming and hit the start
I could use a suggestion or twoI live in a very congested areamy house
is 11 foot wide and 25 feet long...with a yard that is 10 feel deepI have a
10 by 10 deck on the second floor.
I used to have an endfed wire that ran across the street to a phone pole...but
new houses cut that
On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Thom R LaCosta wrote:
I could use a suggestion or twoI live in a very congested areamy
house is 11 foot wide and 25 feet long...with a yard that is 10 feel
deepI have a
10 by 10 deck on the second floor.
Thanks to all for the many suggestionsI'll post
Forgive the OT nature, but this may prevent some of the OT Internet Explorer
posts.
For what it's worth, Opera is a very nice web browserit's very fast has
none of the security flaws of Internet Explorer and none of the bloat Netscape has.
For today only, Opera is giving away registration
On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Stuart Rohre wrote:
NTS techniques can be taught for phone just as well as CW.
72,
Stuart
K5KVH
Red Cross Comms Officer, Katrina Relief
It might be instructive for you to fill us in one how the Red Cross uses
its HF frequenciesI assume it's SSB.
73,Thom-k3hrn
On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, EricJ wrote:
Your post didn't include this quote from Mr. James Screeden who is a Vice
President at Motorola working in the field, drawing a salary, and tending to
the needs of his commercial accounts, NOT the suffering people of New
Orleans.
A well meaning member of the
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Rob Locher wrote:
I called Mr. Gorecki to hear Motorola's side of the affair. I was referred
to someone else, who is apparently handling public relations for this issue.
He apologized for five minutes to me. (That was way more than I needed for
my own satisfaction.) He
Just picked up a VW solar panel...is there a low cost, ie other than buying a
charge controller, to use this to charge a gell cell?
Thanks
Thom
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On Sun, 21 May 2006, ron wrote:
Hay!!
No K1 pins! :(
I guess we K1 owners must be
second class(heh heh)
Perhaps research showed that none of you had lapels?
73,Thom-k3hrn
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On Sun, 21 May 2006, Ken Alexander wrote:
My...such high-tech solutions! I just take my shoes
off and walk around the area barefoot for the rest of
the day. The missing parts eventually embed
themselves in my foot...problem solved. Naturally,
this works best with sheet metal screws!
Great
On Tue, 23 May 2006, Ken Alexander wrote:
Same here. At those prices the amps are completely
out of reach.
I understand the amps are of modular construction. I
wonder if Elecraft would consider selling each module
separately? That way you could buy and build one when
you can save the money,
On Wed, 24 May 2006, Toby Deinhardt wrote:
But Bill...
BUT PLEASE don't make it like the form factor of the
TITANTIC Y brand product line.
...don't you know,m that real radios have to weigh at least twice as much as
the OP... hi hi
And at the very least require that they be mounted in a
On Fri, 26 May 2006, Dale Putnam wrote:
Circuit City really doesn't like that.
Never shop in a box store and display any tehnical know-howit scares them.
73,Thom-k3hrn
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