Something that has always surprised me is that the K2 has no front panel
indication of when it is on transmit. The only way to tell is when there is no
audio out of the loudspeaker, or the S meter has no LED's lit. If the AF gain
were turned fully down there is no way of knowing.
I can put my
Hi John,
It may seem strange to get some advice from a VK1 re the Bitterroot Valley!
I lived in Seattle from 2000 to 2003. In 2000 I read a newspaper article re
the re-introduction of Grizzly Bears to the Bitterroot. This sparked my
imagination because it implied that the area would probably be
Don't want to drag this out, but I am with you Ron. I find that the warts
give the K2/100 an unfinished look, stands out like a sore thumb against
most other gear in the shack. I hope that any new products that might come
from Elecraft will NOT have warts.
73,
Geoff GM4ESD
- Original
Gary,
Specs would also need to address possible RFI problems caused by MUX etc,
transmit and receive. Can be a problem if design is skimpy, electrically and
mechanical. But great idea, if relays don't wake neighbours.
73,
Geoff.
GM4ESD
- Original Message -
From: Gary Hvizdak [EMAIL
I've used the AT11-MP with my K2/100 (I wanted the
metering). You should be able to use the KAT100 with
the addition of the KIO for QRP without any problem.
You can keep or sell the KIO once you go with the
KPA100. With the LDG, you just won't have the quick
band change as with the KAT100 directly
I own several tuners to operate other equipment, which I must sadly
admit I own, and Elecraft tuners outperform, IMHO, all of them!
Bill
WR Johnson
920-421-1172
-Original Message-
Three reasons:
1. (obvious) the integrated, automatic
I wrote:
The Elecraft tuning algorithm is recursive,
passing the implicit null(s) and finding the
real
one. Once you have this feature, you won't go back.
Andrea asked:
Could you elaborate on this point?
Well, perhaps an elaboration is best made by the guys
that made the thing.
The
Just used my newly completed K2 for my first contest - FYBO.
There was only one thing that was not 100%. I found that, on 40m and below,
with or without a headset, there was a popping kind of sound in the audio
when transmitting WITH THE PREAMP ON.
It was not detectable with the Preamp OFF,
Am getting a bit fed up of my K2 scratching it's brother (KPA100/KAT100 in EC2
case) and a FT1000MP - well forget the last one..
Might do the countersink mod some time.
73
Stewart G3RXQ
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 10:02:40 -, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
Don't want to drag this out, but I am
I have had my K2/100 with KDSP2 for 4 months now and almost never use the
DSP. The stock filters in the K2 seem to work just as good, and often
better, than the DSP filters but that is very much a matter of taste I
think. I operate only cw and my comments apply only to cw mode.
I like the
Folks,
Top posting is officially OK here. It is by far the fastest way (with
fewest scrolling key-strokes) for me to read the high volume of emails I
receive daily from the Elecraft list. Bottom posting is a killer for me.
(I'm using Mozilla Thunderbird email..)
Please, lets kill this
Don wrote:
I have had my K2/100 with KDSP2 for 4 months now and almost never use the
DSP. The stock filters in the K2 seem to work just as good, and often
better, than the DSP filters but that is very much a matter of taste I think.
I operate only cw and my comments apply only to cw mode.
I
I have to disagree with the other guys .. I like the DSP in some
circumstances, it seems to be able to dig weak CW out of the noise on
occasions where I can't hear it at all with the normal filter (and
just barely with no filter). Where it really shines in on the digital
modes .. I user the RTTY
Hello.
Been playing around with my newly built ATU for the KX1 and I'm a bit
puzzled by a few minor things:
1) my G5RV, accidentally shortened because of a wind gust, cannot be
tuned by my IC-736 in 30m while the KXAT1 happily reports a perfect
match (r1.0). Is that plausible?
2) in
Hi to all,
I have been using my K2/100 #4618 for the last month with marvelous results
both in RX and TX. I have also been using a manual ATU to tune my inverted V
in all bands, where I have the data on a paper and I adjust accordingly in a
matter of a few seconds.
The only thing that I do
The following is only my opinion...
I had the KAF2 and then built the KDSP2. The denoiser is ok, but I found that
the DSP filters made the rig hard to listen to. This is more pronounced on SSB.
The auto-notch was helpful, but it didn't make up for the irritating quality of
the DSP filters. I
I have yet to find settings where I can use the DSP NR on SSB; it sounds
like I'm listening through a pillow. Works great, otherwise!
73,
David
N2RDT
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scoring and not play defense... On defense you have to be thinking.
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hello all,
i joined this list not long ago to keep up
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the elcraft rigs. now, with uncle sam giving me a
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pocket, i will be making a purchase in the
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I had the KAF2 and then built the KDSP2. The denoiser is ok, but I found that the DSP filters made
the rig hard to listen to. This is more pronounced on SSB. The
auto-notch was helpful,
How about switching KDSP2 DSP-filters off? Use DSP filters only when
conditions
Hi Andrea,
As the designer of the KX1 and options I thought I'd chip in here.
1) my G5RV, accidentally shortened because of a wind gust, cannot be
tuned by my IC-736 in 30m while the KXAT1 happily reports a perfect
match (r1.0). Is that plausible?
Tuners in some commercial transceivers are
Thanks, I'll have to go back and re-check the AGC. The radio is just great,
save for SSB w/NR. I don't have a lot of experience with other rigs, so I
appreciate the feedback that I can probably make it better.
73
N2RDT
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It takes brains. It's not like forward, where you can get away with
Dear All,
Page 47 in the (error) manual says: Adjust R1 on the control-board to 3.8 V.
I can only reach 3.6V at pin 1 of U2
( R1 is fully turned counter clockwise).
With no signal at the antenna (IF-Gain MAX) i have 3.58 V at pin 1 of U2.
With iF-Gain at MIN i have the 4.6V. This seems ok. But
Hmm.. pretty quiet about this tuner. Pictures surfaced on the Nor Cal
site. http://www.norcalqrp.org/mtg2005_02.htm Bottom of page.
Just bought an AH-4 and would have liked to have had a T1 in the 100w range.
Should I return the AH-4 and wait?
tnx.
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73
Fernando N2FQ/NNNØJYM
San Jose, CA
wayne burdick wrote:
Just tune up into a dummy load on any band you want to reset.
Ok, I'll try that asap, but I'm still curious as to why there's no relay
activity on 30m when forcing a tune operation: the antenna is not tuned
to 30m natively, only on 20m, but on 20m the atu clicks and on
I didn't think it was worth the trouble. I like having the KAF2 filters and
they're tight enough so that I can get around most hetrodynes. If conditions
were marginal, the de-noiser often made things worse, not better.
If you think about it: Sometimes you can copy weak signals best with the
Michael,
If you are unable to adjust the AGC Threshold to 3.8 volts or higher with
the RF gain control set fully clockwise, the first thing to check is the 8A
voltage supply rail. Checking it directly on RP6 pin 3 would be the best,
but if you can't get to that point with power on, check at the
I went to the suggested website and looked at the pictures. However, there
is no more information about this tuner. Can anyone tell us when the T-1 will
be available and what the price is expected to be?
Ci Jones
WU7R
FISTS 10789
NAQCC 306
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HI all.
I'm doing the test and alignment on the KPA 100. My trouble starts when
I try the SWR bridge null adjustment. No matter what I do with C1 I
can't get a 1.0-1 indication on the K2 LCD. When I adjust C1 the
indicated power out swings from low to high but the SWR doesn't change
at all.
For what it's worth, I never use it on fone .. but then I don't use
fone all that often :)
de John/W1RT
On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 15:24:28 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The following is only my opinion...
I had the KAF2 and then built the KDSP2. The denoiser is ok, but I found
On page 28, Front Panel Resistance Checks
J1 pins 1 - 7 no movement on DMM
J1 pins 9 - 14 no movement on DMM
Advice to trouble shoot ?
Have looked for bridges, un soldered connections with good glass
VR,
al
KI4HRN
Allan Bacon
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Allow me to set the record straight. There is *no* hyphen in Elecraft
T1 :)
More later.
73,
Wayne
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Hi all. Some of you may recall that a few weeks ago I posted an announcement
about Carl, N4PY, planning to add DSP control capability to his software.
Well, he's done it and it works great. He's added a set of buttons to the
front panel to select DSP on/off, step through the four filters,
Hi all
My K1 (#1963) is now ready to go but have a problem.
At the top of transmission I find a little frequency shift
which we sometimes found in old days.
I do not know what I say in a word, chirp ???
Following are test condition,
*Dummy load connected
*external PS for 100W class
I am just at the 40m L1/2 alignment for my K2.
On rx with the lcd set at nite, I show 13.6v @ .18a.
Using an external analog wattmeter into a dummy load, I measure at 5
watts 12.9v and 1.8a. Also, the display shows the power output at 3.5w
instead of 5. When I tune the power output control so
I received my new revision of the N4PY software yesterday and have already
managed to give it a good workout with my K2. I'm really pleased with the
new DSP controls. Until now I had been using 3 of the 6 user configurable
buttons for primary DSP control. Now I can use those 3 buttons for other
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