[Elecraft] Microkeyer II and K3

I know several of you out there have this set up, and this has been my second biggest purchase since the K3. Only problem is, it's been no where near the 'plug and play' that everyone else says it's supposed to be. Part of that is my fault, I'm running windows XP under VMware - but I cant trace

[Elecraft] Xverters

Being new to this sort of thing, I hope someone could explain the benefit of the elecraft transverters. Here's the question: Why go for the elecraft xverters when I can get another 2m/70cm band radio to work sats with for less? neg 1. two more boxes to move around rather than one (I travel a

Re: [Elecraft] Xverters

Tom, My background is physics, not rf theory. But you're saying that the xv144 gives you better performance than a rig that was designed for that? I guess thats not too hard to believe, but still counterintuitive from my standpoint. Do you think I would get acceptable results from adding a

Re: [Elecraft] Xverters

Good points. I'm glad to hear from someone with a bit of experience. I'll seriously consider one now. Giulio Pico wrote: 2008/6/6 cptpatmcd [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Tom, My background is physics, not rf theory. But you're saying that the xv144 gives you better performance than a rig

[Elecraft] K3 in Iraq

I case you wanted to know: YI9FMW is now set up (minimally, someone forgot the balun and coax...) on 40m. Once it gets dark in the US (1900 EST?) I'd like to see if I can reach any other elecrafters. Right now I've got a makeshift extended Zepp, with military commo wire acting as makeshift

Re: [Elecraft] K3: R-MH2 mic problems

Well, it might go so far back as SN#671. I'm brand new at this, so I have spent the past 12 hours trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong. My Heil pro-set plus plugged into a kenwood adapter into the front. With RP.H it works fine, FP.H/L As soon as I plug in the stereo headphone part into

[Elecraft] ATU problem or Law of physics problem... I don't know which

Hmm I have a 66' (20m-ish) center fed dipole at 6 feet off the ground in my back yard. The ATU in my KX1 reads P 0.3 and r9.9 at 7090 khz. This doesn't look right to me. Did I dork something up when I twiddled the knob? -- View this message in context:

RE: [Elecraft] ATU problem or Law of physics problem... I don't know which

So, if I understand you right... Sorry about getting OT here. I can make it resonant by extending it about 1 foot on each end? 33 feet/x=7.09/7.3 x=~34 My main problem are junipers. I can raise the antenna about 20' in the air but then the antenna is literally in the trees. Would that