Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Announcement

2005-02-06 Thread Donald K. Duncan
Hi all - I'm working on K2 #4607. I'm to the point of Alignment and Test, Part II. A couple of problems have come up. 1) The K2 is failing the PLL range test with a range of 9.47kHz. L31 is currently 10uH. I've emailed elecraft regarding this. Grepping the archives indicate that replacing

[Elecraft] VCO/PLL Alingment and Test Part II

2005-02-06 Thread Donald K. Duncan
Pardon the earlier malformed subject... Hi all - I'm working on K2 #4607. I'm to the point of Alignment and Test, Part II. A couple of problems have come up. 1) The K2 is failing the PLL range test with a range of 9.47kHz. L31 is currently 10uH. I've emailed elecraft regarding this.

Re: [Elecraft] Favor to ask...

2005-01-07 Thread Donald K. Duncan
Anyone out there with a Blue Max crimp kit? I've used small pieces of angle iron and some vicegrips to do this. The angle iron distributes the force on the connector during crimping so that it isn't damaged. Works great in a pinch (pardon the pun... :). ~Don

Re: FW: [Elecraft] OT - Way off topic, but Dell is giving away machines

2005-01-04 Thread Donald K. Duncan
About the Desktop vs Server question, Dell does not support does not mean it won't work. It does mean there is no AGP slot, but a PCI graphics card is fine for everything except Gaming, DVD viewing and CAD. Heck, the onboard Video is probably fine for hi-res, non real-time applications. The SC420

Re: [Elecraft] Freebie CAD program

2004-12-15 Thread Donald K. Duncan
I need to produce a couple of quality schematics. Anyone know of a freebie CAD program to do this. gschem under Linux/FreeBSD works great. Not sure about windows. Here's a reference: http://www.geda.seul.org/tools/gschem/ Screen shots are available. ~Don

It's all Tom's fault - was: Re: [Elecraft] CW Tuning Indicator - Window of Opportunity Still Open

2004-12-07 Thread Donald K. Duncan
Ok, so I just ordered two of N0SS's SMD kits but I didn't have a K2 to put it in. Well, I rectified that and ordered a K2 for Christmas :) Long overdue. Thanks for the nudge Tom! :) ~Don K7DKD ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: