assume the BNC sockets on the XV50 are 50 ohm variants. I know the
pin diameters of 50 and 75 ohm are supposed to be compatible but maybe
that on the off the shelf BNC lead I used, presumably 75 ohm, has
thicker pins which caused the issue.
73 Dave G3YMC
On 21 Nov 2015 at 10:45, Dave Sergeant wrote
Danny
Decent BNC connectors have identical pin diameters in both 75 and 50
ohms versions and are fully compatible (unlike N type which are
definitely incompatible). But obviously these cheaper ready made up
cables use cheap plugs so may well have fat pins.
As an interim measure I have taken a
> stage.
>
> 73.
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 11/20/2015 11:22 AM, Dave Sergeant wrote:
> > My XV50, which worked fine for this summer's sporadic E season, has
> > suddenly gone faulty and has no output in either CW or SSB. The input
> > from the K2 is present, although
My XV50, which worked fine for this summer's sporadic E season, has
suddenly gone faulty and has no output in either CW or SSB. The input
from the K2 is present, although of course 5mW is pretty hard to
measure accurately with my scope. There is also no signal at the input
of the power
And to confirm that replacing U4 78L06 got the KAF2 working again. A
mystery why it failed though...
73 Dave G3YMC
On 8 Dec 2014 at 10:56, Dave Sergeant wrote:
Further investigation shows the output of U4 78L06 regulator to be down
to 1V. So it appears the 78L06 has failed and once I have
Not in my XV50 built a couple of months ago Note that there is
already a 0.01uF across the source of the CO line, C71 on the RF board
(the signal is confusingly called OD on that board).
I did see the flashing lights once while I was aligning it but have not
used the transverter in
Further investigation shows the output of U4 78L06 regulator to be down
to 1V. So it appears the 78L06 has failed and once I have found one I
will change it.
Thanks for the help.
73 Dave G3YMC
On 6 Dec 2014 at 15:57, Dave Sergeant wrote:
My KAF2 has been working fine in my K2 for some years
My KAF2 has been working fine in my K2 for some years, not that I
actually use it that much. Today I came into the shack to find no audio
coming out of the K2 and when I tried to change the AFIL settings it
said 'not installed'. I cannot change the RTC menu settings either.
I have moved S1 on
OK, I am not a beginner, but having worked 253 DXCC with 5W and very
modest antennas on my K2 I would not agree with that statementAnd I
never find myself 'struggling', I just work the stuff.
73 Dave G3YMC
On 6 Dec 2014 at 12:45, Don Butler wrote:
TMm of the opinion that QRP is NOT the
On 24 Oct 2014 at 13:49, Dave Sergeant wrote:
R39 is correct (10k pot) as is R10 (100k) and all the measurements
confirm this. The adjustment range, measured at pin 2 of the amplifier
module, is 2.5-4.7V, also what is expected from the circuit. The maximum
voltage is limited to 4.7V because
Indeed, sad news. Julian has faced a brave struggle for a long time
and kept his face up throughout it. As it happened I was only looking
at his blog yesterday while hunting for XV50 information and wondered
how he was. May he rest in peace.
73 Dave G3YMC
On 25 Oct 2014 at 22:06, Brendan
I am aligning my new XV50, latest build using the RA30H0608M module and
having issues with setting the quiescent bias of the pa as per the
manual. I see others have had this same problem but I can find no
answers.
The manaul calls for R39 to be adjusted for 20mV on the DMM across
TP3/4
the
assembly?
73,
Don W3FPR
On 10/24/2014 6:46 AM, Dave Sergeant wrote:
I am aligning my new XV50, latest build using the RA30H0608M module
and having issues with setting the quiescent bias of the pa as per the
manual. I see others have had this same problem but I can find no
answers
It is your choice to use these challenge/response systems. Many of us
find them worse than spam itself. Why should I click on a strange link
in an unexpected mail which could be anything?
73 Dave G3YMC
On 5 Oct 2011 at 16:56, Jim Brown wrote:
My email server is protected by challenge and
It is good that you chaps in the USA are having a whale of a time
working T32C (and it is just a stone's throw from VK land...). But it
is a different kettle of fish from northern Europe where the path
passes straight through the auroral circle (both short and long path).
I have been trying
On 21 Aug 2011 at 6:56, John Ragle wrote:
I would like to suggest that the good folks at Elecraft consider
making paper manuals an optional item at check out time.
It may suit some, but I cannot see how you could sensibly build a K2
from an electronic manual. You would have to print out
It seems every week or two a simple spam mail like this gets a long
thread on the reflector.
I preview mail with Mailwasher. This one was so obviously spam that it
was deleted there straight away. And Mailwasher also allows you to
easily see where the URL points (links to nastysite.com...). It
SO2R means single operator two receivers. Where does a second linear
come into this?
73 Dave G3YMC
On 4 Aug 2011 at 7:46, David Pratt wrote:
I'm now seriously thinking of buying a 2nd kpa500 amp for SO2R!
Cheers
Ken..G0ORH
Alternatively, Ken, you could operate your second KPA500 in
I have not actually been following this thread but I should add that
working split in pileups is an acquired skill. Just managed to grab a
QSO with ST0R on 17m CW this morning (5W to my bit of string...). In
this case the pileup was spreading 10kHz up the band and sounded
fierce. But he was
On 31 Jul 2011 at 22:07, vicki glover wrote:
Until I built my K2 (7186) I had no idea that dx on 15 watts was even
possible. I have been running QRO for a couple of years and making the
contacts, but getting alot of these same contacts (Sweeden, Hungary,
Lithuania) on 15 watts with a radio I
On 26 Jul 2011 at 13:10, Dave New, N8SBE wrote:
Shouldn't be, since the special authorization for 600 meters expired in
the US at the end of 2010.
Really? That certainly doesn't seem to be the case if you visit
http://www.500kc.com/
There is also WSPR activity in the UK on 500kHz. G4JNT
Such a wonderful reflector!! I just deleted 25 messages - NONE of which
had a damn thing to do with Elecraft products or Elecraft technical
issues. This is becoming not an Elecraft reflector for product or
technical issues, but a place for all of you OF's to tell us how
important you are.
.0068uF is 6.8nF. That capacitor labelled 6n8 is the right one (ignore
the J63, which refer to the tolerance etc).
73 Dave G3YMC
On 16 Jul 2011 at 0:44, vicki glover wrote:
Guys,
Trying to build K2 Noise Blanker. Have part in kit labeled 6n8J63.
Missing part for C12 (.0068uF Disk or
On 10 Jul 2011 at 20:11, Kevin Rock wrote:
According to
SpaceWeather.com there are many spots on the sun but they are not
improving propagation. During the last few months I keep checking to
see if my antenna has fallen down.
Depends on what you class as 'many spots'. Most of them are
Gel-Cell is an informal name for a SLA (Sealed Lead Acid) battery. They
are one and the same thing.
73 Dave G3YMC
On 4 Jul 2011 at 2:04, Dana Roode wrote:
Folks, I've read this thread with concerns about the SLA battery in the
K2. However, the Elecraft web site says the K2 batter is a
The headphone jack and the volume control must be the two most common
things that are replaced. Some people seem to blow up PA transistors
but that is not common, but keeping a new set of insulating washers is
a good idea for if you need to do any work. Other than that I suspect
there is
Unfortunately you chose the wrong day to test out your new rig. HF
conditions are diabolical at the moment, with a low solar flux and K
index of 3-4 due to geomagnetic storming. Very little here on any band
other than 40m at the moment, and not much activity there either.
Probably your rig is
But bear in mind this is at 9996kHz, 4 kHz away from 10MHz. I thought
the way the K2 PLL worked meant you had to calibrate at exactly 10MHz,
so calibrating against RWM may not give correct tracking on all
frequencies. It also transmits a pure carrier only for a few minutes
each hour, making it
For your information, G3NKC who started this thread, has now
unsubscribed from the reflector.
If only people would use these properly in their subject lines the
filtering would do the job. Unfortunately they don't. We have for
instance KX3, KX-3, KX 3 - and I see today we even have CK722 and
Sporadic E does not really affect 20m. As for sporadic E, it is as per
its name 'sporadic'. Saturday here in Europe was excellent and I had
good fun on 10m. Yesterday it was a total anticlimax with the bands
being pretty flat again.
(and it looks as if the discussion on the new box has now
I have not read your USA SOTA association rules, but at least in the
General rules there is no requirement to climb a 25 metre ascent. The
only requirements are that operation must not take place near to a
vehicle, all equipment must be carried to the operating site, and that
site must be
I don't think you can conclude anything by monitoring the transmitter
with a separate nearby receiver. Have you tried measuring the power
output with a power meter or even an SWR meter? Your current readings
look just like what would be expected, and I suspect there is nothing
whatsoever wrong
On 30 Apr 2011 at 14:56, Geoffrey Downs wrote:
Probably not the hundreds of thousands who turned
out to watch the wedding in person or the millions who watched on TV in
the UK and that's without mentioning billions worldwide
That much quoted figure of 2 Billion watching it on the TV is
On 15 Apr 2011 at 18:59, K8QI wrote:
I've spent the week
learning the operation of the great little rig, 23 states and 3
countries (one was Yemen in a pile up.)
Really Yemen 7O has not been active for years and amateur licences
are currently impossible to get. Either a pirate or you
On 17 Mar 2011 at 18:17, Thomas Horsten wrote:
If I mistakenly transmit on the wrong frequency within the ham bands, I
may be causing a nuisance to others, but that's as far as it goes - but
if I transmit outside the ham bands I am (in my jurisdiction) committing
a crime and could (in the
On 27 Feb 2011 at 22:59, Edward R. Cole wrote:
Glad you survived with less damage and mostly inconvenience. Usually
one has to gather real-life experience to know what to have and do next
time. I lived in earthquake country for 40+ years (10 in CA, and 31 in
AK). We also have volcanoes and
The K2 has a real on/off switch. So always using that to turn it on and
off is certainly a good idea.
I am certainly puzzled at these claims of pa blowups. My original pair
of transistors is going fine after 9 years and some 30k QSOs. I have
removed the heatsink several times while fitting
On 11 Feb 2011 at 20:42, DL2FI, Peter wrote:
There is another big difference: QRPproject warranty is two years and
shipment under warrany is included. In USA you get one year warranty and
as you live outside USA, you have to pay both way shipments even under
warranty.
732 de Peter, DL2FI
On 7 Feb 2011 at 16:51, Phil Hystad wrote:
2. Question: is the DSP filter worth the money?
3. Question: is the Audio filter useful? Is the Audio filter still
useful if I buy the DSP filter?
I am an exclusively CW op. I have the KAF2 fitted but it is never used.
It may be useful for
No, Tom, they are NOT audio loop devices, but true bluetooth, and only
work with modern bluetooth hearing aids. And I am not sure what sort of
HiFi you expect, but if you have a hearing aid it is probably academic.
Full information at:
There is no 'have to' about it. Many, in fact probably most, QRP
operators do not add /QRP to their callsigns. It is questionable
whether it is legal under most amateur licences anyway.
I have been using my K2 at 5W for nearly 9 years now and have worked
all sorts of DX. I never use /QRP when
On 30 Jan 2011 at 21:52, Jerry Muller wrote:
I hope not too many of you guys called me this last weekend on 160 and I
couldn't hear you. I was using diversity RX with some pretty big
beverages on the SUB. There were more than a few times when I could tell
someone was calling but I couldn't
On 25 Jan 2011 at 10:00, Mel Farrer wrote:
Well, I agree that 120 VAC circuits can handle the 500 watt out or 1200
watt input, I prefer to make sure that there is more than one 20 circuit
available. I typically will run a separate circuit for what I consider
High loads and another for
On 24 Jan 2011 at 12:46, Max Kempson wrote:
After many decades of Ham Radio (licenced 1953) my ears are showing lack
of sensitivity and signal to noise! My friend showed me her new hearing
aid and it is Blue Tooth capable, her cell phone connects directly to
her hearing aids. It would be
You have probably already checked this, but:
Is the lead to the speaker plugged into P5 on th RF board?
Do you get audio if you plug the headphones or a speaker into the rear
Ext Speaker socket?
Is the speaker itself OK, and all wiring intact?
73 Dave G3YMC
On 19 Jan 2011 at 10:33, John Shadle
On 11 Jan 2011 at 15:03, Tony Estep wrote:
At the moment, Murphy is vacationing in the Spratly Islands. He will be
back to visit your shack right after the flag drops for the next
contest.
And that might be sooner than you think. Posted today from the DX0DX
team, still marooned in DU land:
On 8 Jan 2011 at 10:03, Paul Gates wrote:
Congressional Reform Act of 2011
And what has this to do with Elecraft?...
73 Dave G3YMC
http://www.davesergeant.com
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On 7 Jan 2011 at 13:48, Amateur Radio Operator N5GE wrote:
I've been a ham for 35 years now and have experienced the round the
world trip signals on CW during most good propagation when using QSK.
It's interesting, but not that rare, especially when you are using high
power and good
Cannot see any shift when trying to replicate this on my K2, #2498. I
suspect it is a poor joint or similar, or maybe even a torroid with
loose wires.
73 Dave G3YMC
On 5 Jan 2011 at 12:32, K1FFX wrote:
'm wondering if there was any resolution to this problem, first posted
just over a year
Well I guess this makes it at least three Nabble users...
Yes, it looks as if Nabble has died, still only one post there for this
year. So back to getting the list via email.
73 Dave G3YMC
On 2 Jan 2011 at 15:00, Julian, G4ILO wrote:
I'm wondering if there is a connection between that and
On 8 Aug 2010 at 12:09, Peter Wollan wrote:
This sounds like the K2's auto-detect feature, which allows connecting
both paddles and a straight key or computer, along with a couple of
diodes, at the same time and sending from either. If the paddles are
squeezed at exactly the same time, it
On 8 Aug 2009 at 8:15, Peter Wollan wrote:
This is a seductive argurment, but it's specious. People have been
talking a long time, so why can't they use cell phones while driving?
In the UK of course using a mobile while driving is illegal (unless it
is hands free), on the spot fine if
Mike Underhill G3LHZ had some good ideas but his ideas that the
theoretical loop equations were not valid were totally wrong. When I
was active on 136kHz some years ago I used a large vertical loop and
got reasonable results - in a QTH where I was severely restricted in
what I could use on
On 19 Jul 2009 at 8:15, Hector Padron wrote:
Maybe I am blind but I have been reading the factory manual and also the
nifty manual that came with my K2 that arrived yesterday morning and I
am really enchanted with it but I can't find anywhere how to change the
CW keyer speed,I am a qsk op and
On 18 Jul 2009 at 4:10, Hector Padron wrote:
The web site provided is not active,my IE did not find it,could anyone
tell what's the correct address? I am very interested to see it,thanks
AD4C
http://www.w3fpr.com/ works fine here (nice site...).
73 Dave G3YMC
http://www.davesergeant.com
On 17 Jul 2009 at 12:17, Jon Perelstein wrote:
I've seen a number of posts about using K3 knobs on K2s or K2 knobs on
K1s to get finger dimples. People seem to be trying to go through a lot
of complicated stuff to get the dimples.
Another little tip on the K2 knob (which I remember posting
The Nabble archive appears not to be working. Yesterday morning it
reported 'down for maintenance'. Now it comes with an error message
saying it is unable to connect to the list.
I have re-enabled email delivery for them moment. Has anybody any
infornation?
73 Dave G3YMC
On 29 Jun 2007 at 4:05, G4ILO wrote:
Hitting reply here addresses the reply to the sender of the posting
I'm replying to, not the list, which is a real pain as I'm getting too
old and stupid to always remember to change the recipient to
elecraft@mailman.qth.net before hitting send.
And those
With all the talk of the upcoming US FD I thought some of you would
be interested in seeing how we did the RSGB NFD at our local club,
Bracknell ARC. For several years we have put on a QRP station all
battery powered, and with great success (though haven't actually come
first yet...). Start at
On 12 Jun 2007 at 4:03, GM4SLV wrote:
As far as I can read in our regs there's nothing to prevent adding
/QRP to one's callsign. As long as your basic call is given
correctly then anything else is allowed in a QSO - tagging /QRP to the
end seems to me to be just part of the rest of the QSO.
On 8 Jun 2007 at 4:04, G4ILO
But who cares about S meters? I run QRP. Nearly every report I get is
599. Most of the people I work are not running QRP so I'm not about to
offend them by giving a lower report than I got. Besides, while he's
sending his first over I'm entering his details into
On 28 May 2007 at 4:04, K2RQ wrote:
3. What's wrong with the K2 for cw contesting (IMHO)
A. The QSK is almost worthless. At the first setting above ., you
just can't hear between the dits and dahs. And at zero, it's too
noisy.
B. Every time I change antennas (even on the same band),
On 30 Apr 2007 at 4:02, DJ7MGQ wrote:
For example a K3 with subreceiver would not be a legal TRX for the
IARU Region 1 FD in the limited class. In this class no secondary
RXs are allowed, so to legalize the K3, the KRX3 would need to be
removed.
The region 1 FD rules then seem to be
On 7 Apr 2007 at 4:03, W1TF wrote:
7040 KHz is one place for me to find new states or rag
chews. Have noticed racket there sometimes. Tuned
across the band and found this racket about every
10.66 KHz across all I can tune of 40 M (6998 - 7084)
with my K1. 7040.6 KHz is the center of one
I don't have a 259 myself but some of my friends do. It is clearly a
useful bit of kit.
But I have repaired a couple! I agree about the build standard, not
that hot, and not made easy to repair either with most of the
components inaccessible underneath the board. In both cases they had
been
On 12 Mar 2007 at 4:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nice work, Kevin. This is about how many Q's I had in all of EQP this
year :)
I didn't get round to looking into EQP at all this year.
The main reason is of course that those of us in the UK (and VE land)
were participating in BERU (or the
On 12 Feb 2007 at 4:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It could be an American frequency designation, just as 7040 kHz was
the American QRP frequency as well while the rest of the world was
7030 kHz (although according to QRP ARCI the transition has begun to
7030, but I still find plenty of
On 10 Feb 2007 at 4:04, AA0VE wrote
Terry:
Better the UPS than the K2. It did its job of protecting what was
plugged into it. Remember, the gel-cell inside can be removed and
used as a great power supply for any of your QRP rigs. I don't think
I've run my K2 on anything but gel-cells so
On 18 Dec 2006 at 4:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The 78L05 is a quad 8 bit DAC and the 77L06 is a 6 volt regulator. Not
the same at all.
The 77L06 is used in the KX1, not he K1 or K2. Contact Elecraft to get
the correct part.
Well not quite...
The 78L05 is a 5V regulator and is what is
On 15 Oct 2006 at 4:02, N7RR wrote:
The FCC Report and Order 06-149 has thrown us a curve by extending the
Amateur Extra Class phone band down to 3600 kHz (far more than the ARRL had
requested), meaning that practical CW and digital operations, which have had
lots of spectrum to play with
I am currently building (in fact completed) K2 #4848 for a friend and
found the tuning very strange. Investigation took me to L31, the 10uH
shielded inductor, in the PLL which is open circuit. It was OK when I
did the Part 2 tests but I did note before I put it in that it seemed
intermittent
On 11 Sep 2006 at 4:01, VA3IMO wrote:
Having successfully build a K1 and a KX1, I have finally bitten the bullet
and gone for the fully monty. My new K2 is going together fine, except I
can't find the 82 pf capacitors C71 C174.
Most times when people say they cannot find components they are
On 7 Sep 2006 at 4:01, WB3AAL wrote:
Just worked ZG2FK @ 22:39 UTC on 10106.25 MHz.
Gibraltar!!
Ernest gave me a 559, running the K2 at 5 w into Butternut HF9V on
ground.
ZG is indeed an alternative prefix for ZB and is shown as such in the
RSGB prefix guide and recognised as such in my
I knew this would stir things up a bit from the other side of the
pond.
Two final comments.
I did a search at the UK dti.gov.uk website, the issued ROHS
Directive and other linked sites, and NOWHERE could I find among the
numerous exemptions one saying that kit and homebrew equipment is (or
On 4 Sep 2006 at 4:02, Nick Waterman wrote:
After trying lead-based and lead-free solder on some of the mini-kits, I
went leaded for my K2 in the end. I knew it was going to be a whole lot
easier especially if I ever had to rework anything... but this comment
from Eric really stunned me:
On 26 Aug 2006 at 4:02, W3FPR wrote:
One often repeated error in assembly is failure to solder pin 1 of the Front
Panel U1 socket - result is a blank display.
Peer carefully under the LCD and backlight assembly and see if pin 1 is
soldered.
If it is not soldered, therre is a way to
On 26 Aug 2006 at 4:02, G0XAR wrote:
My understanding from the radio engineers at work is that lead
solder is permitted for use in the aerospace and military industries because
the lead free stuff is not reliable enough. What will become difficult in
time is obtaining leaded solder for
I welcome the moves by Elecraft to make their kits lead-free and ROHS
compliant. The legislation probably already means they are legal in
their old versions as it only applies to equipment 'placed on the
market' after the law came into effect this July.
There seems to be a lot of confusion on
On 25 May 2006 at 15:51, G3XYS wrote:
Today was like hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (although we are
into summer). I heard on my local 2M repeater, for the first time
ever, an amateur describing Elecraft, its K2, the support mechanisms
and how everyone involved functions as a Team, to
On 3 May 2006 at 4:01, KD1E wrote:
I've been wondering about the K2's viability as a main rig. The RX
has clearly proven itself as being fabulous. Well, a notch filter
would be nice, but other than that I'm pretty happy with it. But is
10 watts, give or take, enough? I decided to chase
On 28 Feb 2006 at 4:01, G3YIQ wrote:
I've recently completed K2 5336 but only today connected a properly
resonant antenna on 40m. The results surprised me. With the pre-amp on
the receiver suffers from serious overload and intermodulation and
40m - a problem that does not occur with the
On 23 Feb 2006 at 4:01, Chris:
K2 #5341 is up and running Have just worked 4o3ant for a new DXCC in
antarctica. it is working great .now what should I add to it the auto
atu the dsp unit ?
Don't get too excited. The stations on this week with the suffix ANT
are indeed celebrating
I have suggested it before and feel that all electronic keys should
have an 'Iambic OFF' mode in addition to the A and B modes. I have
for many years used a single paddle homebrew keyer but now have a
twin paddle G4ZPY keyer. Although I have the K2 set to mode B I never
ever conciously use the
On 13 Jan 2006 at 4:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If a station signs Callsign/qrp
do they want me to log them that way?
This would be an issue if I use LOTW or E-Qsl
Just been on my mind!!
:)
73 - Clint - WS1V ..
This has often been discussed on here and elsewhere. /QRP is not part
A couple of comments from this side of the pond.
The contest occurs on the same weekend as the RSGB Commonwealth
contest (BERU) which runs from 1000z Saturday 11th to 1000z on the
Sunday. I know this has no relevance for those who are not in the
Commonwealth as they cannot have QSOs anyway,
On 29 Nov 2005 at 4:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IIRC, the most likely cause was that one of the DAC's that monitor the
controls and reports any change was right near a switch point, so very
minor variations on voltages or even just tiny changes in the response
when it is polled for data will
On 22 Oct 2005 at 9:53, Nick Waterman wrote:
Nick Waterman wrote:
Is your servicing business covered by UK law? Are your suppliers?
The clock is ticking...
http://www.rohsdirective.com/timescale.htm
In fact, I believe this supplier is one of the ones you listed. Here's
a page with
On 21 Oct 2005 at 4:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am about to start building and Elecraft kit and note that lead free
solder is NOT recommended. In the UK it is virtually all lead free,
does anyone have any experience of using it?
73's Tom - G4IDL
There seems to be a myth that leaded
On 10 Oct 2005 at 4:01, G3RXQ wrote:
Have just returned from the RSGB HF Convention. My first visit last
year was good, but this year it was even better. Lots of good mentions
of the K2 in presentations.
It was a pleasure meeting those with K2's and those either building or
contemplating
On 21 May 2005 at 4:04, KK5F wrote:
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 design an embedded keyer in a rig to use only one mode
and that mode is mode B!
On 17 May 2005 at 4:04, KA5N wrote:
The easiest to get and a very excellent solvent for rosin on PCB is
Everclear (ethanol 95%) which is available at any liquor store. A
pint will last a long time (unless you quench your thirst with it).
It has the advantage of dissolving old rosin as well
On 5 Apr 2005 at 4:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It is my privilege to announce that there are two (not one!) new
members in the ranks of those who have earned the new Elecraft DX
Chaser Award. Kudos to George Davis G3ICO for earning certificate #
002; and to Gary Bartlett VE1RGB for earning
Another milestone was reached yesterday on my K2, serial 2498. V47Z
in St Kitts on 21MHz was my 200th QRP DXCC country on the K2 since
getting it three years ago. And its 10,134th QSO. Only another 135 or
so to go...
All these were on CW (usually around 25wpm...) at 5W into a low
longwire
WB3AAL wrote:
Just worked YU7GMN on 7002.7 MHZ @ 01:30 UTC with 5 watts.
Welcome to the world of QRP! It is amazing what you can do. Over the
past two years with my K2 I have had over 10,000 QSOs, all at 5W CW,
and worked 198 DXCC countries (can't make that elusive 200..).
This weekend I had a
Stewart G3RXQ wrote:
I am wondering if any other K2 user has experienced the following.
NO receive when NOT on transmit.
VERY occasionally I get the my K2 stuck on what seems to be
transmit.
If I press the MODE button to select the VOX function the display
shows SPCH 0.2 then returns to the
On 30 Jun 2004 at 4:01, W4ZV wrote:
You may have missed the point Jim. 100 watts is 13 dB stronger
than 5 watts. If most QRP stations like myself found that CQ-ing was
simply not effective and did SP only, the universe of stations to
work is FAR less. I suspect most stations
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