Re: [Elecraft] Ducie Island - ARRL News Letter Excerpt

2008-03-01 Thread Bill NY9H
They said The outstanding receiver and transmitter characteristics allowed us to run two positions simultaneously on any band -- even the very narrow 30 meter band -- with absolutely no interference. Good design makes the complex appear simple: the ins and outs of this sophisticated radio

Re: [Elecraft] Ducie Island - ARRL News Letter Excerpt

2008-03-01 Thread David Cutter
Yes, but, the antennas were some distance apart and they had very good filters in their antennas. Don't try this at home... unless you have a similar set up. David G3UNA They said The outstanding receiver and transmitter characteristics allowed us to run two positions simultaneously on

[Elecraft] Ducie Island Confirmations

2008-02-28 Thread Craig D. Smith
I know that many of you on the list were active working Ducie Island. I got a pleasant surprise today. I downloaded my confirmations from LOTW and all 7 were confirmed by the Ducie Island folks! This is the first time I can recall that a major DXpedition used this method for confirmation. I

[Elecraft] Ducie ...

2008-02-27 Thread Chris Kantarjiev
All this talk of easy RTTY QSOs got me going: I rigged my K2 with a couple of patch cords to the sound card and figured out MMTTY: I just made my first ever RTTY QSO to VP6DX with 5W on 30M ... I've got them QRP/CW on 80-10 and RTTY on 30. I'll keep trying for 160 but my best antenna for that is

Re: [Elecraft] Ducie ...

2008-02-27 Thread T. David Yarnes
] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 7:56 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Ducie ... All this talk of easy RTTY QSOs got me going: I rigged my K2 with a couple of patch cords to the sound card and figured out MMTTY: I just made my first ever RTTY QSO to VP6DX with 5W on 30M ... I've

Re: [Elecraft] Ducie ...

2008-02-27 Thread Robert Tellefsen
: Chris Kantarjiev [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 6:56 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Ducie ... All this talk of easy RTTY QSOs got me going: I rigged my K2 with a couple of patch cords to the sound card and figured out MMTTY: I just made my first ever RTTY

[Elecraft] Ducie Sounds Great!

2008-02-15 Thread Lee Buller
The k3s on Ducie aresount great here in Kansas. Starting at 5:38 this morningI worked them on 80 SSB, 80 CW, 40 SSB and 40 CW ... all in about 35 minutes. The audio on the rigs were just fantastic. Clear. CW is sharp and nice to copy Tomorrow160 meters They have some