Re: [Elecraft] !

2012-06-07 Thread kevinr
I have my Elecraft mike hanging next to the rig too. Not plugged into anything; it is more like sculpture :) Kevin. KD5ONS On 6/7/2012 3:48 PM, stan levandowski wrote: Wayne, I think I will just leave well enough alone. To avoid launching my new KX3 off the side of the desk, I will

Re: [Elecraft] !

2012-06-07 Thread kevinr
It is how you move a canoe. Kevin. KD5ONS On 6/7/2012 6:00 PM, John_N1JM wrote: What's a paddle? -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-0325-tp7557268p7557287.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for June 3rd 4th, 2012

2012-06-03 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Conditions on twenty were a little weaker than normal while forty meters was its usual self; starting with decent signals and low QRN but ending with better signals and higher QRN. On twenty meters my inverted-V G5RV tuned up nicely. However, on forty meters it did not want

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-06-02 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, After a week of partly sunny skies and cool temperatures it looks like we're due for a change. Colder temperatures with rain most of the week. It is surprising to think it is June and I've not had one day in the 70s yet. I was hoping for a much warmer year. Last year there

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-05-26 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, A quick note about tomorrow's first net. Depending on how close the contesters are around 14050 kHz there may or may not be a twenty meter net. Listening today I heard quite a few on twenty, fifteen, and ten meters. So if they all spread out I may get a frequency for the

Re: [Elecraft] Best add on for K3

2012-05-23 Thread kevinr
You may want to add the 100 watt amp. Kevin. KD5ONS On 5/23/2012 12:06 AM, Wayne wrote: I have a K3 and it is time to upgrade it, I do not need anymore filters so what is the best step for here it was a bare bones when I got it and I added the tuner and filters that is all. What

[Elecraft] Running Mac on Windows

2012-05-22 Thread kevinr
I have found Virtual Box is great at testing and using various OSes from one machine without rebooting. I have one box running eight different OSes when I want them. Linux in its many flavors, Windows of various generations, Mac OSes of various eras, and my latest find: Haiku. For those of

Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Dayton- new hf rigs?

2012-05-21 Thread kevinr
Back in '98 we hooked a very high end Mac to 9 monitors just to see if we could do it. Worked great and the customer was quite pleased. Those $10,000 Macs were fine machines. Kevin. KD5ONS On 5/21/2012 3:07 PM, Rick Prather wrote: Actually you can hook up two monitors to a current

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for May 20th 21st, 2012

2012-05-20 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Radio is fun on a foggy, chilly day. I got to see the eclipse vicariously via many viewpoints. One photo in my inbox already; maybe there will be some more. The comment about seeing many, many crescents under the trees was my favorite since I had seen it before in a near

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-05-19 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Another fine week here in Oregon. Now to have a clear day for the solar (annular) eclipse tomorrow. Does not look good for me with the clouds rolling in from the ocean. Looks like Alaska is sending me another storm when I should be getting them from Hawaii. Guess the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-05-12 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Propagation has been up and down lately with our active sun tossing ions our way on a very regular basis. A CME is on the way due to give our ionosphere a glancing blow. From what I have read it will hit after both nets tomorrow. It got very warm today; all the way to

Re: [Elecraft] Radio Displays

2012-05-09 Thread kevinr
What happens if you take off your polarized sunglasses and turn them 90 degrees with respect to the display? Kevin. KD5ONS On 5/9/2012 10:54 AM, WILLIS COOKE wrote: I think a more practical solution is to ditch the polarized glasses. Since the LCDs work by polarizing light, the

[Elecraft] High-performance HF transceiver design: A ham's perspective

2012-05-09 Thread kevinr
http://www.edn.com/article/521690-High_performance_HF_transceiver_design_A_ham_s_perspective.php?cid=Newsletter+-+EDN+on+Embedded+Processing Elecraft gets some good ink in this story. But for most of us it is a refresher in RF design. Good though :) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Reminder

2012-05-06 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon, The second net will be at its new time: Monday 0100z (Sunday 6 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Hopefully this is late enough for 40 meters to wake up. If not I'll move the 40 meter net one hour later next week. Let's see how it works, Kevin. KD5ONS

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-04-28 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Since forty meters does not open up as early this time of year the second net has been pushed later by an hour. If this does not work I'll push it another hour next week. Thus the forty meter net will begin at 0100z or 6 PM Pacific time. Hopefully the time change will help

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-04-21 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Spring has arrived. The temperature got into the 60s today for the first time this year. Flowers are popping out. Birds are happy. The local population of frogs is ecstatic. When I looked at the satellite photo of the Western US there were no clouds over land from

[Elecraft] Fwd: [QRP-L] QRPTTF April 28 Rules

2012-04-18 Thread kevinr
With all the talk lately of QRP comms you may want to try QRPTTF on April 28th. There will be a lot of folks running QRP and since it is joining with the SOTA gang I am sure there will be a number of QRP SSB ops working too. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 15th 16th, 2012

2012-04-15 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Somewhere between Dave, K1THP, and Dave, W8OV, I heard what seemed to be a wall of QRN. It rose in a matter of minutes and kept on going. When I closed the first net I don't think I could have heard my next door neighbor let alone someone in Colorado. I had read the sun was

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-04-14 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The sun is about to set on a very fine day. 55 degrees and sunny; the hottest day of the year so far. For an hour and a half I hiked across the property seeing which plants were getting ready to leaf out. Lots of pollen from the alder trees but not enough to sneeze. I

Re: [Elecraft] K3: PTT IN problem - cause found...Joe picked it...

2012-04-12 Thread kevinr
I am fairly new to SMD soldering and rework. I found these tutorials which may help you remove and install that RFC. The first of four is located here: http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/36 Good luck and have fun, Kevin. KD5ONS On 4/12/2012 10:13 AM, Rick Tavan N6XI wrote: Having

Re: [Elecraft] Titanic radio traffic link

2012-04-12 Thread kevinr
Too bad Pete Hoover is no longer with us. He could describe how his grandfather helped form amateur radio service in those days after the Titanic sank. Kevin. KD5ONS On 4/12/2012 6:08 PM, Nate Bargmann wrote: In addition to the link provided by the OP, here are a couple more gleaned

[Elecraft] Best AA battery for QRP?

2012-04-09 Thread kevinr
http://denishennessy.com/2012/04/08/measuring-battery-capacity-with-an-arduino/ This guy tested ten brands of AA batteries while looking for the best bang for the buck. Schematics and code are posted too so this gadget can be replicated. Kevin. KD5ONS

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for April 1st 2nd, 2012

2012-04-02 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Those were two fun nets! Propagation was better on twenty while forty meters produced three check ins. John was running the linear on his K3 which was easy to tell when he gave me a 359 and I gave him a 599. I am not sure when the ionosphere will calm down since 1429 is

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-03-31 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, A soggy day spent reading by the fire is a good day. Not much snow last night and today it is all gone. Propagation has been all over the map lately. One day it is great the next you cannot hear a thing. The sun has been mildly active but sunspot 1429 is back to wreak

Re: [Elecraft] DXCC map

2012-03-30 Thread kevinr
When did they give out t-shirts with the K3? Maybe I should not have bought one so early :( Kevin. KD5ONS On 3/30/2012 11:36 AM, Dave New, N8SBE wrote: I really like the one shown at the link below. Seems like Elecraft could give one with any order at the show. Kind of like the K3

Re: [Elecraft] Listings out of control

2012-03-30 Thread kevinr
This Reflector was very different in 2001. Kevin. KD5ONS On 3/30/2012 4:12 PM, David Gilbert wrote: Nobody is going to have a clue what might be boring to you or not, or what your attention span might be. You're the only one who presumably knows that. That's why email clients have the

Re: [Elecraft] Dale is the best

2012-03-29 Thread kevinr
Ron, AC7AC, your faithful manual writer is a pretty good guy too. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On 3/29/2012 5:38 PM, Rich Arland wrote: Reflector wide apology: It's Don Wilhelm, W3PR, NOT Ron. Don, not Ronrepeat after me: Don, not Ron. Gary, on the other hand, is still

[Elecraft] Versioning systems for older manual recovery

2012-03-28 Thread kevinr
Hi Dale, While writing software, which requires multiple modules to compile, it is common to use a versioning system such as Subversion. After the inevitable bug fixes and patches for updates the code is often changed so much it is not much like the original code. The versioning

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-03-24 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, I hope your weather was as pleasant as mine. Temperature peaked at 50 degrees with southern winds. Much of the snow melted and a few bugs appeared. I got to split a lot of wood and clear off some of the storm damage. I still have plenty of antenna bits to collect. Now to

[Elecraft] Fwd: [QRP-L] Simple Accurate Power Measurement presentation online this week on Teamspeak (Tuesday 8pm EDT)

2012-03-19 Thread kevinr
This is timely concerning the power measurement thread. Kevin. KD5ONS Original Message Subject:[QRP-L] Simple Accurate Power Measurement presentation online this week on Teamspeak (Tuesday 8pm EDT) Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:13:06 -0400 From: George N2APB

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-03-17 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Another soggy week but I saw some snowdrops blooming a few hundred feet lower. Maybe spring is coming. Heavy wind tested my antenna again but as of dusk it is still there. I expect it to stay up until next winter at this rate. But losing it twice in two months was enough.

[Elecraft] Live aurora webcam

2012-03-14 Thread kevinr
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/live-feed-aurora/ If you have never seen auroras move across the sky in real life here is an option for you. We have all been effected by the latest solar storm; now you can see how it interacts with our magnetosphere in real time. Kevin. KD5ONS

Re: [Elecraft] KX3 and Data modes

2012-03-13 Thread kevinr
Alaska is easy copy for me as well as Phil, who is located further south of me in Oregon. My doublet, which runs N-S, is in an inverted V configuration which does help 'round out' its reception pattern. I am not sure why but QRP signals from Palmer are normally strong. Juneau was

Re: [Elecraft] another broken URL/Eric trying to say something ;-)

2012-03-12 Thread kevinr
Try this link instead: http://electronicdesign.com/article/boards-modules-systems/wayne-burdick10751 Kevin. KD5ONS On 3/12/2012 8:47 AM, Robert Galambos wrote: http://www.elecdesign.com/Articles/ArticleID/10751/10751.html *Electronic Design Magazine Article Why I Design, by Wayne Burdick

[Elecraft] ECN time correction

2012-03-11 Thread kevinr
I should not do a time change late at night. Mea culpa :( The real zulu times are as follows: Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday z (Sunday 5 PM PDT) 7045 kHz I will see you in the not too distant future. Kevin. KD5ONS -

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for March 11th 12th, 2012

2012-03-11 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Surprisingly the bands were not as bad as I had anticipated. However, there was a lot of one way propagation. My newly repaired antenna was hearing well but not everyone was hearing me very well. I did have a check in from Alaska which had great signal strength. Sam, I

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-03-10 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The sun has been quite active this week. I have been following the news since Paul Harden first sent a message to QRP-L. Here are two links to follow the action: http://spaceweather.com/ http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/downloads/20120310_202000_anim.tim-den.gif Today the

Re: [Elecraft] New home page

2012-03-09 Thread kevinr
It is indeed a fine looking web page. Just for fun I looked up the Elecraft site during the months before I purchased my K2. My how time flies :) Great job guys I think you have come a very long way in the last 11 years. Thank you! The July 2001 site is located here:

[Elecraft] Knobs

2012-03-07 Thread kevinr
I have been trying to find replacement knobs for my K3 on the order page. Does anyone know where they are located? I was fiddling with my gain controls yesterday while waiting for my sked when I noticed a crack had developed between the Allen screws. I have had the rig for a number of years

[Elecraft] Fwd: [QRP-L] X5 flare 6Mar 1730MST

2012-03-06 Thread kevinr
Original Message Subject:[QRP-L] X5 flare 6Mar 1730MST Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:46:03 -0700 From: n...@zianet.com To: QRP-L qr...@mailman.qth.net At about 1730MST/1630PST an X-5 flare is in progress. For those with sun still over your heads (west coast US),

[Elecraft] Fwd: Re: [QRP-L] X5 flare 6Mar 1730MST

2012-03-06 Thread kevinr
Original Message Subject:Re: [QRP-L] X5 flare 6Mar 1730MST Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:03:17 -0700 From: n...@zianet.com To: Jim Miller j...@jtmiller.com CC: QRP-L qr...@mailman.qth.net Jim Miller writes: technically speakingthat's a biggun!! Yes,

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Reports for March 4th 5th, 2012

2012-03-04 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Thanks to Dale, WC7S, and Brian, K0DTJ, the nets were run very well. It was fun to sit and listen. Plus I found out what it is like to get the net control's attention :) As I have found dropping my hail sign at the lull works best. Dale started the twenty meter net and

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-03-03 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, There will be a net tomorrow but I will not be the net control. Even though I have found most of my latest antenna it may not be repaired in time. So there will be at least one net control if not two of them. If I get my antenna back up I will check in but the nets will

[Elecraft] Call for Elecraft CW Net volunteers

2012-03-01 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon, I now have power back on again but the trees are still unloading snow and branches onto the power lines. I may not have power for long. Last night the snow was heavy on the trees but then it changed to rain which made the trees start to crack and fall. My new antenna, a

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-02-25 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon, I have to send this out early or not at all. Looks like I will be losing power any time now. I better top up the battery bank for the rigs now. Please join us tomorrow afternoon and evening. 1) Hail signs (first letter or two of the suffix of your call) 2) NCS help

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net cancellation

2012-02-19 Thread kevinr
Hello, Due to whichever contest is dominating the bands the Elecraft CW Nets will be cancelled for this week. See you all next Sunday. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] K-line?

2012-02-19 Thread kevinr
Does the K-line designation include all of the Elecraft rigs or only the K3 constellation of components? Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net cancellation

2012-02-19 Thread kevinr
The biggest problem is they don't want to chat about anything. 5NN and they are gone. Kevin. KD5ONS On 2/19/2012 12:42 PM, gdaug...@stanford.edu wrote: Kevin wrote... Due to whichever contest is dominating the bands the Elecraft CW Nets will be cancelled for this week. But

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net cancellation

2012-02-19 Thread kevinr
It is interesting to note how peoples' tastes differ. Kevin. KD5ONS On 2/19/2012 2:02 PM, Tommy Alderman wrote: If the ECN (I guess that means Elcraft Cw Net?) is for chatting on a clear frequency, why is it not on the WARC bands (contest free) and/or why is it on the weekend when it is

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-02-11 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, I hope you all have had a great week. Weather here has been on the edge of wet and dry and sun and fog. Only a few downpours though there have been some days where the fog was so thick it was dripping. Propagation has been good with various types of QSB making life

[Elecraft] QSB

2012-02-08 Thread kevinr
Watch this video and you will understand how QSB can happen in multiple ways simultaneously. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] K3: CW in SSB mode broken?

2012-02-03 Thread kevinr
You can use this to check into nets where US (or at least lower 48) folks do not have voice privileges. There are some Canadian and Alaskan nets which run SSB but welcome folks running CW from the lower 48. Kevin. KD5ONS On 2/3/2012 11:41 AM, WILLIS COOKE wrote: Terry, my understanding

[Elecraft] QRSS grabber prototype

2012-02-01 Thread kevinr
There is an interesting article on designing a QRSS grabber. An mbed board is attached to one of Tony's (KB9YIG) SoftRock boards. He uses the 1 pulse per second signal from a GPS board to stabilize the SoftRock's receive frequency. Looks like a kluge now but the author promises a cleaner

[Elecraft] Fwd: [qfox] RIT / split freq. tips, pse

2012-01-31 Thread kevinr
Original Message Subject:[qfox] RIT / split freq. tips, pse Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:01:20 - From: gio.flynn gio.fl...@gmail.com To: q...@yahoogroups.com Good Day All, OK, so I've decided to try the QRP Fox Hunt. Reading over the web site, the

[Elecraft] Elecraft Net Reports

2012-01-31 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Here are a few of the net reports lying on my desk waiting to be free. Only a few more left and I am up to date. It was nice to have an antenna Sunday. I think it may be more directional than I would like. More testing is in order. However, being able to hear for

Re: [Elecraft] Winkey Keyer

2012-01-29 Thread kevinr
I have the Winkey keyer. It works very well with N1MM and my K3. The software to add character strings to the keyer come with the kit. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On 1/29/2012 3:49 PM, Frank MacDonell wrote: I am interested in getting into CW contesting and have seen reference to the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-01-28 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Is it just me or is there an immutable order in which songs must be played from the White Album? After a few hours of antenna work I am sitting here listening to tunes. I have a new 204 foot doublet over the house. One end to a Western redcedar, the other leg to a Nobel

[Elecraft] Fwd: [QRP-L] Friday's X2 solar flare (long)

2012-01-27 Thread kevinr
Original Message Subject:[QRP-L] Friday's X2 solar flare (long) Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:41:13 -0700 From: Paul Harden NA5N n...@zianet.com To: qr...@mailman.qth.net Gang, I've gotten a few emails wondering why I haven't commented on the recent solar

[Elecraft] Space weather

2012-01-23 Thread kevinr
http://www.spaceweather.com/ A very interesting day on SpaceWeather.com. The sun has been and will be very active for the next day or so. The ionosphere is being compressed from the force of the lastest CME. When all of this calms down I'll bet the bands will be in very good condition.

Re: [Elecraft] ECN 22/23 Jan Z

2012-01-22 Thread kevinr
Thank you very much for running the nets today. I appreciate it Fred. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS On 1/22/2012 7:00 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: 22/2300Z 20M W0CZ 569 KEN FARGO ND N7HTS 559 WY K3 #6062 K0DTJ 439 K1THP 589 DAVE CT K4JPN 429 W8OV 579 DAVE PLANO TX K3 #3139 K2DGM 559

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-01-21 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon, I would like to announce the nets for tomorrow but I have a problem. Oregon and Washington had a little weather earlier this week. Said weather dropped a large amount of very wet snow on the fir trees holding my antennas. The limbs in some of the trees failed and broke.

[Elecraft] Call for Elecraft CW Net volunteers

2012-01-21 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, I will not be able to run the nets tomorrow due to storm damage. Once I get to the broken antenna it should be easy to repair. It will take me at least a day to get close to the break. If anyone wants to run the net please send me an email. If not we can cancel them

Re: [Elecraft] Unbelievable!

2012-01-21 Thread kevinr
I have asked (more than once in fact) for a new and improved TARDIS. Wayne demurs. Kevin. KD5ONS On 1/21/2012 5:48 PM, Phil Hystad wrote: I'm with you Fred. I wish Elecraft made cars. They would read our minds, last for 20 years and get 300 mpg! Actually, I would think that Elecraft

[Elecraft] ECN guest Net Control

2012-01-21 Thread kevinr
Good evening once again, I received an email from Fred, K6DGW. He will be the NCS for the CW nets tomorrow. Thank you Fred. Have fun and keep them under control :) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-01-14 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, I am happy tonight sitting by my warm fire reading as the snow level mounts. Winter finally arrived and decided to drop about two feet of snow on me. Luckily there was some warning so I am ready for a few days without access to the outside world and possibly a power outage.

[Elecraft] [K*] Hooks into the RTOS for an API

2012-01-10 Thread kevinr
When the original Macintosh was introduced it booted from ROM. Hooks were provided in the ROM code to allow external fixes to the OS. An API was released so application or OS programmers could modify the existent code. There are good and bad sides to this. In the case of the K2, K1, K3

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 8th 9th, 2012

2012-01-08 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Twenty meters was rather good today while forty meters was noisy. The local stations in California were both running 5 watts. Copy on them was great. But, as the distance increased, the others were weaker and covered with more static. There was some QSB which caused

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2012-01-07 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The fog is quite thick today. While I was bringing in some wood it turned to slush and slid down my neck. With the temperature right near freezing the snow level rises above me and falls below me by the hour. It may snow a lot but the accumulation amounts to zero.

[Elecraft] Yocto to Yotta meters

2012-01-06 Thread kevinr
http://htwins.net/scale/index.html Find mil at the 25 um size range. (2.5 times 10 to the -5th meters) Zoom from the quantum foam to past the edge of the universe. I had never heard of yottameters before :) 73, Kevin. KD5ONS

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for January 1st 2nd, 2012

2012-01-02 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon, Both nets went pretty well last night. Forty meters had some QRN but that is normal for this time of year. QSB was mild in most cases adding only a flutter. Remember to QNZ (zero beat net control). If you don't you fall outside of my filter's skirts making copy ESP or

[Elecraft] Noise sources

2012-01-02 Thread kevinr
For those of you interested in tracking down sources of household RF noise here is an article describing one source you may not have considered: cellular telephone chargers. Modern cell phones have become thinner and thinner and are commonly recharged via a USB connection. A comprehensive

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-12-31 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Propagation has been very nice recently. Much better than the long doldrums we lived through. The sun has been active and almost gobbled a comet. I wish I were in the Southern Hemisphere so I could see Comet Lovejoy. Photos just cannot do justice to something like that.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-12-24 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon, Tomorrow will be a busy day for most of us. I could try to work the two nets in around all of the other activities but I think it is best to postpone them until the following Sunday. So, there will be no Elecraft CW nets tomorrow. Enjoy the company of your family and

Re: [Elecraft] Searching the reflector archives

2011-12-19 Thread kevinr
Do any of those archives go back into the year 2000? Kevin. KD5ONS On 12/19/2011 5:02 PM, Leigh L. Klotz Jr WA5ZNU wrote: In addition to mail-archive.com, Nabble also supports search, as does Google Groups. (I set up all three) See them here: See http://www.elecraft.com/elist.html For

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-12-17 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Weather was quite pleasant today. Dry enough for a crosscountry walk and sunny enough to see well underneath the canopy. As I was hiking I kicked up a few deer and few grouse. Grouse always startle me even when they are not underfoot when they flush. Lots of sign of elk

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-12-10 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, After a long string of sunny days winter has returned. As I was driving into town for supplies I first saw mist falling. Up here it had been fog while below it was clearer. When I was near the valley floor hoar frost was riming the fir trees. At the lowest elevations the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement errata

2011-12-04 Thread kevinr
There really will be two nets this afternoon. My cutting and pasting left something to be desired last night since I left off the early net. Just trying to do too many things at the same time. I checked for spelling and grammar but not content. H... I need a better Q/A person. Sunday

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-12-03 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Wonderful early winter weather all week has allowed me to stay outside much of each day. All this sun is unusual so it is very special. But as I work I look down into the valleys and find they are filled with dense fog. That may explain why so few people drove by over the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-11-26 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The weather has been typical of Oregon this week: 60 mph winds, torrential rain, snow, and chilly temperatures. Then sunny and mild with no wind at all. That was in the matter of 12 hours. As usual if you don't like the weather just wait a bit, it will change :)

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-11-19 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The first snow of the year is starting to melt. It was odd to see so many leaves showing through the snow today. Many of the trees had not yet changed color let alone lost their leaves. What a very strange year for weather. No summer to speak of and then a swift descent

[Elecraft] Fwd: Belated CW Net Reports

2011-11-13 Thread kevinr
Original Message Subject:Belated CW Net Reports Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:26:39 -0800 From: kevinr kev...@coho.net To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Good Afternoon, A few rainy days have kept me inside. This was a good time to catch up with logging

Re: [Elecraft] Overtighted Case Screw Removal?

2011-11-13 Thread kevinr
Backward drill bit? Would that be an Easy Out? Kevin. KD5ONS On 11/13/2011 2:06 PM, DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL wrote: I recently upgraded my first run K3 and SN 822. 822 was fine, but with #295, I had the same thing as you describe..several times. I sure did not tighten them that much when I put it

[Elecraft] Test

2011-11-12 Thread kevinr
test __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-11-12 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The weather switched to foggy and cold and wet yesterday. It has not ceased raining since then. Luckily the very last thing I did before driven inside was to cover the brand new wood pile with plastic. The grasshopper has finally gotten his winter heat supply ready. Now

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-11-05 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Nice rainy day. Good day to stay inside. Well, that is not what I did. I went out for a trip and then a hike and then a little light exercise with a sledge hammer. There is more than one way to stay warm. Lots of elk sign but I never see them. Good thing, if I could see

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-10-29 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Weather has really gotten cooler and wetter this week. Rainy days alternate with sunny days but the temperature does not go up. Winter is very close as those folks who shoveled their first snowfall in New York will agree. Propagation is very good so this should be

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-10-22 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, We had a surprise sunny day which got warm. 50 degrees felt very nice. It got me out working so I could bring back most of a cord of wood. It is now stacked and ready for the fire. Hopefully I won't get to this pile until January. But there is more timber lying down

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for October 2nd 3rd and October 9th 10th, 2011

2011-10-16 Thread kevinr
Good Afternoon, I have a little time to catch up on these reports today so I will get them out before the first net. The sun is shining and the temperature has zoomed up to 56 degrees F! Very warm after the cold we had last week during all that rain. No wind but there is some gunfire.

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-10-15 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, OK, Rangers are going to the Series. Weather has become a little warmer. Into the 50s with less rain. I saw the temperature forecast at 60 degrees for Wednesday but I will wait for that to happen. Propagation was very good today. I was monitoring ten for part of the day

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-10-08 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Since last weekend there has not been a day over 53 degrees. Next week even those warm temperatures will be gone. Night time temperatures are just barely in the 40s. Rain and heavy fog almost every single day keeps the sun from warming anything. We went from a very cool

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-10-01 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, It has really cooled down. Dropped into the low fifties and won't go up for as long as my forecast reads. I don't think it is going to frost soon but the deciduous trees are changing colors. Lower down they the leaves are already falling. I spent the last few days

[Elecraft] Space Weather

2011-09-26 Thread kevinr
It appears 15 meters may have a lot of activity on it. Much of it directly from the sun. Go to www.spaceweather.com to listen to what the sun can do on this band. More X-class flares may land here on Earth in the next few days. Sunspot 1302 is quite active. 73, Kevin. KD5ONS

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 25th 26th, 2011

2011-09-25 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Both nets went quite well today. I had my gain controls down because reception was so easy. Working El Salvador is a case in point. Very good copy into Oregon. The active sun is finally making a large difference in the bands. We also have the added advantage of the

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-09-24 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Signs of autumn are all around me. Red of the vine maple and gold of the big leaf maple. The fir and hemlock are just a tad greyer than they were a few months ago. Deer are rather scarce but the hunters keep looking for them. Satellites are whizzing overhead but they only

Re: [Elecraft] Net

2011-09-19 Thread kevinr
To which net are you referring? ECN is here - Sunday 2200z (Sunday 3 PM PDT) 14050 kHz Monday 0100z (Sunday 6 PM PDT) 7045 kHz Kevin. KD5ONS On 9/19/2011 10:04 AM, Martin Staffa wrote: I have been trying to get on the net for some time now, Is on the reflector am I missing it. Martin

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Report for September 18th 19th, 2011

2011-09-18 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, The bands were more spread out today. I just noticed I did not work anyone from Colorado. Normally I get two on twenty meters and often one on forty meters. Today not a peep. But I did work Connecticut on both bands. Indiana too. Luckily the sun got into the act this

[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2011-09-17 Thread kevinr
Good Evening, Summer is over. From the 85 degrees of last Sunday to the 52 degrees of today the weather has not only gotten much colder but now it is back to rain and clouds. I have never had a summer that lasted only two weeks. Now the long range forecast has changed so next year will

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