Re: [Elecraft] New Call sign for Lew ex-K6LMP

2012-10-09 Thread Tom Meier
What in the world could this posting have to do with Elecraft equipment. Please end the thread and keep the garbage out of here Tom, K7ZZ On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Phil Hystad phys...@mac.com wrote: N6LEW is also very clear in CW. I don't see any confusing letters such as in the case

[Elecraft] K3-KPA500 Pelican Case

2011-08-07 Thread Tom Meier
Does anyone have experience with which Pelican case works well for toting the K3 and the KPA500 to a DX location? 73 de Tom (K7ZZ) __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] [K2] wire antenna lengths for portable operations

2011-06-17 Thread Tom Meier
Just to restate the obvious: Do not make the radials resonant on any of the operating frequencies. Doing so causes high current in the radials and you end up with a *very low *horizontally polarized radiator. 73, Tom (K7ZZ) On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz

[Elecraft] 7QP

2011-05-06 Thread Tom Meier
Tom, K7ZZ, and Jim, W7UG, will have a K3 high power multi-single County Line Expedition station on the air Saturday for the 7th Call Area QSO Party (1300 Z Sat. - 0700 Z Sun). They will be straddling the borders of semi-rare Crook (CRO) and Wheeler (WHE) counties in beautiful 70' high Ponderosa

[Elecraft] [K-3] RTTY for Dummies

2010-09-28 Thread Tom Meier
Has anyone got a *reallly simple* checklist for setting up the K-3 to run RTTY. I'll use MMTTY and I'll use AFSk and I will *not *use an outboard interface like Rigblaster, etc. I mean really simple as in Step 1: Turn on the radio. 73 de Tom (K7ZZ)

[Elecraft] Salt Water Verticals

2010-08-02 Thread Tom Meier
I've used vertically polarized antennas next to salt water for a number of trips with great results. If you can't get the antenna right next to the salt water ground plane, get it high enough that the vertical can see the salt water. Something that works extremely well is a *pair *of Sigma 5s.

[Elecraft] K3 interface to HP Mini

2010-01-21 Thread Tom Meier
Has anyone been successful with an audio interface between an HP Mini notebook and a K3? I have a TRRS splitter, but the microphone input side of it does work. Yes, the audio drivers are up to date. Yes, the Jack Mike is turned on. The real question is whether or not I'm using the correct plug

[Elecraft] Disgrunteled Japanese

2010-01-04 Thread Tom Meier
Was talking with a JA operator yesterday who said that Elecraft is getting a very bad name in that country - not for their product, but because of a business decision to have everything go through an exclusive dealer for both sales and service. The problem (according to this operator) is that the

[Elecraft] Software Upgrades

2009-08-24 Thread Tom Meier
One of the problems with having a radio that is way smarter than I am is that things take an inordinate amount of time to accomplish what should be a simple task. I've just spent three hours downloading the latest beta software. I freely admit that all of the mistakes were mine: from trying to

Re: [Elecraft] 7QP whaaahoooo!

2009-05-07 Thread Tom Meier
I also gave my K3 a pretty good workout in the 7QP. 1370 QSOs and about 220,000 for a claimed score. 73 de Tom (K7ZZ) On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Julius Fazekas phriend...@yahoo.com wrote: You were solid here anytime I heard you Dale. nothing wrong with wire antennas, even the lowly