The same skills you use when running QRP also work when running
QRO...listening to where the DX station is listening and transmitting WHEN
he is listening is the best way to work him.
You compare brute force QRO to carfefully timed QRP and then say QRP is
better. You can use the same careful
I thought new FCC rules are going to relax limitations on amplifier gain. I
vaguely recall the Elecraft guys saying they might change the drive level
requirements of the KPA-800 to allow full output power when drivin by 15W
after the new rules went into effect.
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I'll probably get thrown off of the Elecraft list for what I am about to
say...8-)
Don't get me wrong...I love QRPmost of my contest participation is at 5W.
I can work the world with 5W. And on 10M during a solar peak I can break
pileups with 5W.
But my experience is that 100W with a
Question for Wayne/Eric and anyone else familiar with the XV-50.
As some of you know, my KAT-100 tuner is built flush against the bottom of my
K2/100 as a solid brick with no external interface wire or power leads. This
was possible due to the brilliantly conceived 2D fasteners as well as
Hi Jules!
I have a temporary workaround that I use...albeit a pain in the butt one.
That birdy seems related to an oscillator in the KPA-100 (HV PS?)..although
Don can be probably be more specific.
I've found that by turning the power level down that the birdy shifts a bit
in
I just stumbled across an old posting on the Elecraft list from two years ago
where Jules-N2WN mentioned submitting entries into contests as a group of K2
users or Elecraft Rig Users. Tom LA1PHA also expressed an interest.
Some contests require that the club be one where the members reside
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Old post about contests from 2004
Sounds like a great idea. I've noticed that for some contests I don't
have a valid radio club
K2TA
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From: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Old post about contests from 2004
I like Elecrafters too.
I don't see any club rules for the ARRL 10M contest so I've resubmitted my
Ran my K2 @ 5W for 3 hours...Conditions were great to the West and south.
Not a single VE heard. No NY. Only W1's were CT. But had a ball.
Ended up with 8190 points for Mixed Mode QRP entry from NY.
How many other's got on for the 10M contest with their Elecrafts?
73 de Tom K2TA
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I'm sure this has been asked before but I sure would like to have VFO-B have
its own 'mode' register so I could store 28.025 as CW and 28.500 as USB.
Is that possible or is there no room at the inn?
Also, does the RS-232 command set allow querying which VFO is active? I use B
for SSB during
I should have said ..so I could store 28.025 as CW on VFO-A and 28.500 as
USB on VFO-B
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From: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 7:37 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] K2 Firmware request
I'm sure this has been
As hinted to in Don's comments there is another reason for going with the
KPA-100.
I love the fact that the KPA-100 has an integrated solid state T/R switch so
you can run full QSK.
Most of the imported amps are relay driven via the PTT line or RF sensing
with a time delay and are not able to be
Hi Mike!
I have the Palm Paddle tapped and screwed to the side of my K2. My K1 also
had one expoxied to the right side of the radio. I forgot who on this list
bought my K1-4 but he can tell you his experience.
There are magnets too but they don't stick well to the aluminum cabinet of
the K1.
Sounds like everyone was putting their K2's through the paces over the
weekend.
I only got a chance to play for about 45 minutes in the ARRL 160M contest
with 75Q's and 29 sections at 5W to a dipole at 30 ft.
But last weekend in the CQWW running 100W I broke the old SOSB/80/LP record
for
Tom K2TA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [Elecraft] More 160 meter Elecraft MOJO
Be interesting to know what antennas/rigs/power the leaders were using
Consistantly over the past 40 years I reaffirm on a daily basis that, at
least on 40M, as the sun lowers in the west I can hear European stations
about 45 minutes to an hour before they can hear me.
I have no explanation for it but suspect that the signal level is the same
on both ends but
Hi Carter -
Instead of setting the K2 for Hand Key I chose to take advantage of the
auto-sense mode.
I connected a diode in series with the tip and a diode in series with the
ring across the paddle mini-plug and out to my sparkless Navy straight key.
So can send with the paddle and the
John - Sony may still offer decently priced repair/swap. I don't know if
there is any Sony service center near you but there is a large facility in
New Jersey.
I have an SW-100 that bit the dust last year and for a flat $75 I got it
repaired...it looks like they gave me a replacment unit in
of the contest.
One safe rule of thumb... If you never exceed 5W regardless of mode ALL
contest sponsors will acknowledge you as a QRP entry in their contests.
73 de Tom K2TA
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From: Jack Brindle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Elecraft
I've sent Bob and Kent a few examples of QRP contests (and ARRL Sweepstakes)
where participants define QRP as 5W CW and 10W SSB.
Since this in an Elecraft list let's see what the Elecraft QSO Party rules
have to say about QRP power levels...
When using QRP calling frequencies, use QRP power
Here are three roughly equivilent Linux terms for Macafee AV and
Symantec/Norton AV..
F-Prot
RAV (Reliable Anti Virus)
Clam AV.
First it was the border wars between the Canada and the US and now we are
having religious debates!
Wayne...you better start shipping those KPA-800's soon! We're
Nice setup Glen!
It's great to see so many Elecraft radios made it on the air for Field Day.
My hometown group gave up participating in FD this year so I decided that I
was going to take my Honda generator, put up a tent and put up a temporary
antenna on my own property to try to capture the
Yes Jerry...had my first 6M QSO with my FT-817 and internally mounted T1
last night in preparation for the upcoming VHF contest. It tuned my 80M
dipole on 6M just fine.
Tom K2TA
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From: nr5a [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006
While I currently never use RIT/XIT and rely on the A/B split feature I
think I am going to try to learn to incorporate their use in my daily
operation. Their advantage for most 5kHz splits would be to allow me to
leave VFO-A set for CW mode and CW freqs and VFO-B for SSB mode in the phone
As long as we are dreaming...I wish the KPA800 photo had a K2 or some other
way of determining the size/dimentions.
If the KPA800/1500 is not much larger than a Ten-Tec Orion then I would love
to see a K3 that matched the amp in size.
Make it modular and expandable. Have slots on the
Eric - When can I buy an EC8 enclosure (based upon the KPA800 cabinet) to
begin my home brew K3? ;)
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From: Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Augie (Gus) Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Add me to the list of people experiencing the K2/KPA-100/KAT-100 40M high
power reset problem.
Since my KAT-100 is built into the base of my K2/100 I do not have the
option of moving the KAT-100 farther from the K2/100.
One observation I made back when I was trying to track the problem down was
not seeing the LED's.
Thanks to Nigel for his example and also Wayne and Eric for designing the T1
in such a way as to allow this type of installation to be feasible at all.
The T1 is so cool!
73 de Tom K2TA
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From: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft
I see the FAQ for the T1 suggests that the T1 could be mounted in the FT-817
battery compartment With some effort.
I plan on doing this but would like to hear back from anyone who's been there
/ done that before I dive in.
Tom K2TA
Greenwood Lake, NY
-)
time passes
Yup...forgot to specify a method of shipping. I wonder if the $999 is a
bug or if it is a deliberate way of shocking the user into going back and
re-entering the data properly?
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From: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent
It depends on how you operate Alexander.My experience with the Ten-Tec
Orion's DSP as well as external audio DSP's on the K2 convinced me not to
buy the KDSP2 option for the K2.
I mainly operate CW. I tune around at 800Hz bandwidth but typically operate
at 150-200Hz. At such narrow
) CW I suspect you would not
feel the KDSP2 was worth the added expense.
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From: Alexandra Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAF2 or KDSP2 for K2 #5287
Ron ZL1TW and I have played with the AGC on the K1...here's a cut and paste
from one of our exchanges earlier this year.
My mod adds a .47 cap in series with the AGC On-Off line so that by turning
the AGC off I can return to the longer recovery time (which I never choose
to do).
Not sure if the
hadn't of changed the AGC time constant I would
still love it. I just love it a litte bit more now. 8-)
Tom K2TA
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From: wayne burdick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft Reflector Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Cc: Ralph Tyrrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED
If it would be possible to do that (retain mode per VFO) I would like that
very much.
PLUS (if possible)
Have ANT-1 and ANT-2 track with VFO-A and VFO-B.
I added a SPDT switch as per an Elecraft suggestion that directs both Ant-1
and Ant-2 to the Ant-1 jack. This gives me two separate
And if you take two FT-243 xtals and tape them upside down and back to back
you can electrically switch between two crystals at a time and flip them
over mechanically for a total of 4 frequencies (if there is headroom for the
pins that will be sticking above the top of the crystal that is
Steve - Most likely a magnetic field problem.
I had a similar experience. I've learned to keep the Titan II and its huge
transformer at least 2 feet from the K2 when it is turned on etc.
But I got caught recently with a Radio Shack giant LED 24 hour clock. It is
the same width as the K2
to the bottom cover and left the anti-stick paper attached to
the side facing the pc board.
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From: Don Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft Discussion List elecraft@mailman.qth.net; Tom Althoff
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft
Mike... That reminds me. I noticed that too. Whenever I picked up the K1
and sqeezed the bottom it would shift maybe even more than 100Hz.
There was a small double sided sticky tape covered hard rubber piece in my
packing material. I never saw what it was for in the instructions or if it
even
I played around during the last hour of the ARRL DX contest over the weekend.
After a few Q's with my K2/100 I switched over to the K1. Bam! Bam! I was
raising EU's with one call using 5W to a rotary trap dipole at 35 ft. Worked
28 countries on 40/20/15 in 35 mins. It was like riding
sweet young thang Are you sure it's ok for me to do this Thommy?
Thom Of course it is sweetheart... I'm a scientist! This is for the good
of science.
SYT Ok...for the good of science I'll take off the sweater. But my arms
are getting tired. This is the 22nd time you had me do this!
-
oops...sorry group! That was meant for Thom's amusement only.
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From: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Thom R LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Harvey Howell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft
Back in the 70's there was listening to a pileeup run by a famous VK (or it
MIGHT have been a famous ZL) who was standing by for East coast US stations
on 20M SSB from a little island in the Pacific.
A W6 kept calling and calling. The VK asked Are you on the East coast to
which the response was
When I was testing my KPA-100 to see how hot the heat sink would get during
contest level CQ'ing and didn't yet have my 300W dummy load I set up the K2
with an automated CQ on the low end of 10M around 28.013.I figured it
was a safe time of day on a dead band that wouldn't bother too many
Rule of thumb...if you expect no more dits after you let go of the paddle,
use mode A..
If you like having a dit added because you held onto the dah paddle a bit
too long use mode B.
Which is easier?
When I let go of the paddle I want the dit or dah that I am hearing to be
the last thing
Dan is right...it now comes down to personal touch. K can be squeezed
(both paddles held and let go at the 2nd dash) or dit-inserted (while
holding dash, tap dit then let go).
Dan's chart shows dit inserted paddle movement.
I squeeze my K's and this is where the difference between the two
Gerhard -
You'll definitely have fun especially if you are just looking to spend a few
hours in the contest.
I run my K1 @ 200Hz during contests and it separates the stations well. I
hear the front end is not as bulletproof as the K2's but I have not
experienced intermod in any of the major
I second this motion!
The only thing I can think of that might be a problem is maintaining QSK
performance. That and the unknown ammount of area left for addional code in
the firmware itself.
Wayne... A motion has been made and seconded. Can we take a vote and then
a response from the chair?
I'll use to operate AM
Use SSB on E-CARS to locate an old friend
Use teletype on 20, play with slow-scan mode TV
Use satellites or moonbounce with a mike or with a key
What mode I'm on does not define the person that I am
When asked how I define myself I simply say A ham
- Tom Althoff K2TA
One of the things I like best about the Elecraft list is how individuals
approach problems and what they come up with for solutions.
The taping of the resistors before soldering them to the backlight display
Mike is neat idea and one that I have never thought about but will use at
the very next
I don't think I've seen any comments regarding the KRC2.
Ever since my K2/100 booted my Orion out of the shack I have been using my
Array Solutions Rat Pak auto-antenna-switch in manual mode.
The KRC2 would put me back in auto-antenna mode again.
If I connect the KRC2 to my K2 I assume I can
Dang Kevein! You forgot to put a note on MY refrigerator!
I'll try to remember it is 6PM for next Sunday.
Tom K2TA
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From: Kevin Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 6:54 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW
Earlier works for me!
de K2TA
- Original Message -
From: Kevin Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 1:11 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net Query -- Survey
A few of you folks have expressed an interest in moving at least the
Hi Jim -
I got the mike connector from my local Radio Shack...I think I had to ask
for a Kenwood microphone connector.
I use MixWin and set the K2 for VOX operation instead of PTT.
I have the Heil Pro headset whose adapter has a nice jack for a mini plug
for the microphone and a 1/4 jack for a
When many stations are calling me then QRZ? as in Who is calling me?
seems a reasonable thing to send instead of initiating a new CQ.
Traditionally (my tradition...not anyone elses) I use CQ to originate a
call for anyone. If no one comes back I CQ again. If I get 2 or more
stations calling
Keith -
I was reading that the predicted low of the current cycle supposedly takes
place this September.
Using my K1 @ 5W there has been an opening to Europe every day for the past
two weeks on 15MI was impressed that there were any stations outside of
the usual North/South paths during
X!!! kX1!!
As Miss Natatile Latilla used to say.Never mind.
Sorryit's 5:45AM and not quite up yet.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 5:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 14.9V to KX1?
Hi
Woo-hoo! Time to dust off the old VISA
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From: Stan Rife [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'wayne burdick' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'N2TK, Tony'
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 2:17 PM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Re: Elecraft high power
Did you build #1014?
I did not build my #1117 but I did to some serious repair work on it. I
then added the noise blanker, KPA-100, SSB and KAF-2. I did the A to B
upgrade and all the other mods.
If I was facing your decision and I could afford it I would build a NEW K2
so I can have the
I agree Tom. What a great investment opportunity. This is going to be
Elecraft's iPod!
- Original Message -
From: Tom Bosscher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: Elecraft high power linear
wayne
: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Re: Elecraft high power linear
I agree Tom. What a great investment opportunity. This is going to be
Elecraft's iPod!
- Original Message -
From: Tom
Ron ZL1TW and I have been bemoaning the slow recovery time of the AGC that
we were experiencing with both of our K1's.
Ron's been doing some experimenting as have I using componants from out
junkboxes.
What we ended up with was changing C31 from a 2.2ufd cap to a 0.22ufd cap.
Ron added
Not sure but I think at least one or two of the moderators got sucked into
this and posted their own.
They never mentioned the K-9 prototype. It was a 136Khz crystal radio. It
had a cat whisker detector but was a real dog to get working. Wayne didn't
like it because there was no software in
Nabbed 19 countries (counting N0SS for USA) in 7 non-contest days with my
Christmas present K1 #2146 at 5 watts.
40M EA6 KV4 VE TI HC 6Y5
20M HB9 GM CO PY HC YU
15M V51 EA5 EA8 F G OM
Haven't had this much fun with QRP since my Argonaut 505 #109 during a sunspot
maximum using a Lafayette
Kevin was 579, Tom was 339, Fred KD6GW was 599+ with his K2/100.
I got to the 40M net late thinking it was on 7050 and by the time I heard
Tom N0SS he was closing down the net.
For the record I was using the K1 #2146 to check into the 20M net last
night.
Wonder if Fred heard me in CA? It
Since I am off tomorrow I should be able to check into both nets. At least
I can TRY to check in. I'll attempt with the K1 first on 20M with 5W and
switch to the K2/100 if necessary.
This will be my first Elecraft QNI since I first got my K2 last year!
Looking forward to hearing everyone
DOH!
Of course...If BOTH the dit and dah lines are shorted to ground and you have
auto-sense on...that would cause a continuous carrier instead of dits or
dahs. Didn't think about that at first...sorry.
Tom K2TA
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From: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft
Does anyone have a link to a photo of a K1 with the KBT-1 internal battery
installed with the K1's cover in place?
I cannot find any photo's of what the two knobs look like to access the battery
compartment.
Thanks!
Tom K2TA
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Tom K2TA
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From: Mike Morrow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K1 with internal battery
Tom asked:
Does anyone have a link to a photo of a K1 with the KBT
I need to replace U6 in my KPA-100 and have a TL05 from Radio Shack. It's a
dual op-amp with the same pinouts as the LM385 but not sure if they are
interchangable.
Any thoughts?
Tom K2TA
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WOW! Great job Steph!
I happen to have a 3-pin socket handy here. I think add the diode to the
RF board and follow your example on the stock K2 cover too.
Plus the 9-volt snap connector is fast. Also allows 1 or 2 quick contacts
with a 9 volt transistor radio battery in a real emergency.
I have three sources in my home that the KNB2 works well on and is great for
testing:
1) As Ron says...any light dimmer or touch-operated lamp
2) Electric razor plugged into the wall or held near the radio
3) Electronic ignition of my furnace...turn up the heat and listen to the
zapping of the
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From: Thom R LaCosta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] How can the KNB2 be tested?
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005, Tom Althoff wrote:
I have three sources in my home that the KNB2
Add my dittos to those singing your praise here Don. You have helped me
many times over some rough spots!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Tom K2TA
- Original Message -
From: Don Wilhelm [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qth. Net [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Elecraft reflector
Well...let's see if I can go three for three here before the year runs out.
Are there any K1 owners who are experiencing the following behavior of their
K1's?
If I use low impedance headphones I do not notice anything unusual.
If I use high impedance headphones and I turn down the AF gain all
Some of the sloppy fists you'll hear are due to the fact that not everyone
fills their cups with hot chocolate that night!
See you all on SKN (sober) with my Navy sparkless. Either using my K1 or
the K2/100.
73 de Tom K2TA
- Original Message -
From: Gregg mulder [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
If you have a squeeze key you can wire the dash paddle through 2 diodes to
the tip and the ring of the phone plug and leave the dot paddle to the dot
line.
You can then emulate a bug on the K2 if you have it set for auto-key-detect.
I haven't tried it...I was never very good with a bug above
Ok...I'm scratching my head. The last resistor on the tape never got called
for duriing the assembly of my K1 over the weekend. My eyes are not as good as
they once were and today's resistors I swear use PASTEL colors but this seems
to be a RED-RED-BROWN and measures 221 ohms.
I don't see a
Hello fellow Elecraftsmen -
I finished aligning my K1-4 #2146 tonight and before I could get the speaker
wired up and the cabinet bolted together I had a nice QSO with N5PHT in Texas
for my maiden voyage QSO.
I AM IMPRESSED WITH THE RECEIVER!!! I was worried that my daily use of my K2
would
Well...my tilt stand and backlight kit arrived today which I ordered AFTER I
had ordered my K1 and some parts to repair my K2/100/AT.
My disappointment? For some reason the order for the K1 and the K2
replacement parts did NOT get shipped out last Friday as originally planned.
8-(
They are
Wayne N6KR mentioned the following in a discussion about cable length
between a K2/(100) and a remoted KAT-100
2. If you're using a KPA100 in your K2, and you do find that power readings
are
unstable with the long KAT100 control cable, you can disconnect the VRFDET
wire at both ends of the
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From: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Wanted KIO2
Wayne N6KR mentioned the following in a discussion about cable length
between a K2/(100) and a remoted KAT-100
2. If you're using a KPA100 in your K2
I just sold my Disney 25 year service award (Tinkerbell statue) on E-bay and
bought myself new studded snow tires and a K1-4 with the loot.
I've been reading the manual for the K1I don't see mention of
auto-sensing of the paddle as in the K2. If I connect the dit and dah
lines together and
The K1 should arrive next week. I see a lot of mods got incorporated into
production K2's (AGC thump, NB audio and 100K pot linearity mod).
There is mention of shortening the AGC response time by swapping a 1.0uf for
the original 2.2uf.Did that mod make it to the current production units
I have the Ten-Tec Orion supply which is an Astron 20A and also experienced
that symptom as recently as yesterday. When I run on a car battery I do not
notice it.
After the reset I lost my sidetone. Luckily I asked Don W3FPR for advice
before I tore the radio apart. He pointed me to the
If anyone needs a QSL from Orange County, NY for the ARRL 160M test (or any
other QSO's for that matter) send SASE and I'll get one out to you.
Tom K2TA
K2/AT/100 #1117
Tom Althoff
PO Box 1259
Greenwood Lake, NY 10925
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From: J F [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: elecraft
Interesting thread! Let me put my 2 cents in before it gets shut down...
At Prudential Ins. Co in Newark NJ we ran ASP on a 370. ASP stood for
Attached Support Processor and the 370 controlled two 360's.
We were force to learn JCL one night because our shift supervisor didn't
like operator's
Tried a couple of times to check in on 14.050 but no go.
When Tom, N0SS, first checked in he was 599. When it was turned back to
him later in the net he was in the noise.
Kevin..you were 579-599 at times I was hearing you via 2 paths...kind of a
self-QRM.
W0CZ and WU5X were both 599 here in
Hi William -
If you are a member of the ARRL you can download the reviews of each radio
plus the detailed reports too.
I've owned an ArgoV, Orion and K2.Orion had best receiver but did not
copy anything during close-in contest QRM/DX pileups that the K2 couldn't
copy too.
The ArgoV was poor
I've always experienced low RF output on SSB from my K2/100 when using my Heil
ProSet Plus headset.
While building my KAT-100 I also upgraded from 1.02 to 1.09 firmware on the
KSB2 board.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE!Now I get full power output on all bands in SSB mode.
The sheet that comes with
For those who asked about cooling. There is no top cover on the KAT-100...the
bottom of the K2 is exposed (providing shielding between the KAT-100 and the
K2) and the position of the aux fan in the DB-9 location blows air across and
up through the ventilation holes in the bottom of the K2.
I
A few people have written with questions. Here are a couple more photos.
The top cover of the KAT-100 is not used.
Here's another photo of from the side showing how the two units are mounted to
each other:
http://www.k2ta.com/k2plus1_leftside.jpg
Also...as an afterthought I added a
I just finished the resistance check on my new KAT-100 and all looks ok. It
was a fun project to put together. Winding those large toroids is a breeze
compared to those in the K2 or KPA-100.
I am going ahead with my K2+1 (=K3?) where the KAT-100 will be an integral part
of my K2/100.
I
Another wierd behavior of the 28020 birdy is that is tunes the opposite of a
normal cw signal and changes pitch in large steps. I wonder if it is a
harmonic of the HV oscillator in the KPA-100 beating with something related
to the main tuning oscillator?
- Original Message -
From: Russ
I agree with Adi.
I'm sitting here with a check for $3,300 that arrived yesterday from the
sale of my Orion to K9FLY. A ham in Germany got the Orion speaker, Inrad
filter and microphone for $200.
I took $280 and bought the KAT100-1 auto-tuner for my K2/100.
The Orion has better ultimate
Is there anyone on this list who can confirm that the top cover screws of the
KAT100-1 are directly inline with the bottom cover screws of the K2?
Has anyone attempted to use 4-40 threaded rod and nuts to anchor the KAT100-1
beneath the K2? I would like to try that once I get my KAT100-1.
Please ignore...there is not a 1:1 relationship between the screws on top of
the KAT100-1 and the bottom of the K2. Drilling is required.
- Original Message -
From: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Elecraft elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 3:26 PM
Subject
@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Mounting the KAT100-1 under the K2?
It seems to me that the right way to do this is a set of side panels
for the combined set of K2 and KAT100.
Some day, maybe.
73, doug
From: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date
on 28020.
73 de Tom K2TA
- Original Message -
From: Tom Hammond [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Tom Althoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Birdy on 28020 with K2?
Tom:
I'm getting a birdy near 28.020MHz with my K2/100. Is there anything
I'm getting a birdy near 28.020MHz with my K2/100. Is there anything that can
be done to eliminate this or move it a few kHz?
Tom K2TA
K2 #1117
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