Re: [Elecraft] Poor Man's Spectrum Analyzer

2005-10-09 Thread Bob - W5BIG
. With this arrangement, you have an easy-to-build wideband matching circuit without transformers. The loss is 4db which can be accounted for when you calibrate the SA. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: Matt Osborn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, October

Re: [Elecraft] IMHO

2005-09-28 Thread Bob - W5BIG
IMHO = in my humble opinion YMMV = your milage may vary (you may get different results from what I got) Good reference: http://www.gaarde.org/acronyms/ 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robert C. Abell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] Re: Building Hints

2005-09-20 Thread Bob - W5BIG
/ Bob - W5BIG === - Original Message - From: Ingo Meyer DK3RED [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 11:39 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Re: Building Hints Hello Alan, ... After

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Birdies

2005-09-06 Thread Bob - W5BIG
, ferrite cores on the cables may be necessary. 73/Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 3:56 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 Birdies Bob Wehking wrote: I have been tuning my receiver have

Re: [Elecraft] Measuring Inductance with the MFJ-259

2005-08-29 Thread Bob - W5BIG
a toroid, L5, in the KAT2 with both close spacing and loose spacing. The data can be seen here: http://w5big.home.comcast.net/L5Analysis.htm 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: Darrell Bellerive [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent

Re: [Elecraft] Interference from Computers

2005-08-10 Thread Bob - W5BIG
Hi Tom, One major source of noise is the CRT monitor. It helps to make the screen display as uniform as possible, like a blank window or a plain background without texture. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: tom.w3qs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Elecraft Reflector' elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Low receiver sensitivity, XG1 example

2005-05-12 Thread Bob - W5BIG
-137dBm. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: Ron D'Eau Claire [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 1:24 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Low receiver sensitivity Bart, PA3GYU wrote: Look up

[Elecraft] Antenna Measurements

2005-04-20 Thread Bob - W5BIG
for new features are always welcome. 73/ Bob - W5BIG ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Elecraft] Potential Elecraft Kit: Spectrum Analyzer, Specs?

2005-04-12 Thread Bob - W5BIG
Hi Wayne, That's sounds very interesting. What frequency range and resolution would you like to have in the spectrum analyzer? What dynamic range is required for it to be useful? Other specification? 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: Wayne Reed [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Elecraft] Fillet or not?

2005-03-30 Thread Bob - W5BIG
. This may be hard to see. A fillet is easier to inspect. If the height of the lead sticking out of the board is critical, it's no extra trouble to trim the fillet along with the lead. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] Rubber Knob for K2

2005-03-03 Thread Bob - W5BIG
I have a light blue broccoli-band on my K2 and I like the dash of color it adds. Decorative, functional and healthy too. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: Thom R. Lacosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jim Sheldon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Elecraft Reflector' elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent

Re: [Elecraft] Calibration Standard

2005-02-14 Thread Bob - W5BIG
Maxim has a nice family of references (MAX6126) speced at 0.02% in several voltage values. It's around $6 but they'll send you a free sample. http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/3623 73/Bob - W5BIG === - Original Message

Re: [Elecraft] Keying Waveform Measurement

2005-02-09 Thread Bob - W5BIG
used to control the amplitude of the signal. 73/ Bob - W5BIG It had occurred to me that a cheaper strategy would be to run the rig into my Heath Cantenna (remember those?) and connect a regular high-Z compensated scope probe (the probe is good up to 100 MHz) across the dummy load resistance

Re: [Elecraft] ESD and Storms

2004-12-27 Thread Bob - W5BIG
experienced damage once with only a six foot length of coax. Always short a open transmission line before connecting it to your rig. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: Dave G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 11:07 AM Subject: [Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - Power up reset

2004-12-01 Thread Bob - W5BIG
the micro does power up correctly so it can initiallize the watchdog timer. Later if something goes wrong, it can issue a software reset. This is also good for recovering from very rare and almost-impossible to catch software issues. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: Stewart Baker

Re: [Elecraft] Highest power supply voltage for K2?

2004-11-30 Thread Bob - W5BIG
with no load. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: Dan Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 7:29 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Highest power supply voltage for K2? I've always done the following to see if I was going to toast

[Elecraft] Hot air soldering tool

2004-11-22 Thread Bob - W5BIG
Circuit Specialists also has a hot air soldering tool: http://web-tronics.com/hotairgunwdi.html Has anyone tried this for surface mounted parts? 73/ Bob - W5BIG ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber

Re: [Elecraft] Possible REALLY GOOD BUY on T/C Soldering Stn AND DE-Soldering Stn

2004-11-21 Thread Bob - W5BIG
to the other very easily for right or left handed use. Don't forget the Free DMM they offer with orders of $50. This is a very nice meter. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: Tom Hammond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 8:03 AM

Re: [Elecraft] Circuit Simulation Software

2004-11-17 Thread Bob - W5BIG
models with it and you can get more from various semiconductor manufacturers. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: Howard W. Ashcraft [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:44 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Circuit Simulation Software I am looking

Re: [Elecraft] PICs re-writable?

2004-11-04 Thread Bob - W5BIG
disassembling the unit. This makes it possible to get firmware updates over the internet. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: Michael Studer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 1:37 PM Subject: [Elecraft] PICs re-writable? Since I

Re: [Elecraft] K2 et al, Ref Designator Search

2004-10-03 Thread Bob - W5BIG
on the assembly drawings too(Appendix F), but not all of them. Perhaps it would be possible to update the pdf file to include all the reference designators, since the basic frame work for searching is already there. 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: Paul Bartlett [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Elecraft] Unmodules for K2 web page?

2004-10-03 Thread Bob - W5BIG
Hi Ben, You can find a link to the original K2 un-module page at this url: http://w5big.home.comcast.net 73/ Bob - W5BIG - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 11:14 AM Subject: [Elecraft] Unmodules for K2 web page