[Elecraft] Re: RTTY Filter and low end of BFO range

2005-05-19 Thread Bill Coleman
were high enough that my filters might actually attenuate it a bit. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing li

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - data mode r bar

2006-04-22 Thread Bill Coleman
nd is used to reverse the inversion. So, the filter shape you see using R on 40m will be R- on 15m and vice versa, but the actual sideband you receive will always be LSB and USB, respectively. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand year

[Elecraft] Now, that was stupid.... Advice?

2008-01-01 Thread Bill Coleman
e any advice on components to check in a K2/100 and KAT100 that have had RF fed down the wrong way? I did end up with three contacts for SKN. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilb

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Net Announcement

2004-06-06 Thread Bill Coleman
nal Field Day outing), I'll be chewing the rag with someone on 30 meters. That's fine. Just remember that for any WPX contest, you could likely generate a pileup from Oregon by calling CQ. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "

Re: [Elecraft] 3 questions

2004-06-07 Thread Bill Coleman
also belong to two Heathkit lists and the RFI list, too. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Pos

Re: [Elecraft] Experiment: can we create an instant "band opening" on 40 meters?

2004-06-11 Thread Bill Coleman
hatever reason, will do a contest from a single band -- generating activity that wouldn't otherwise be present. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 _

Re: [Elecraft] The Big Four: YETI

2004-07-01 Thread Bill Coleman
new and better engineering -- I suggest a more proper reference might be "YETI" -- for Yaesu / Elecraft / Tentec / and Icom. You left out Kenwood? Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"

Re: [Elecraft] Log Book of the World - LoTW

2004-07-17 Thread Bill Coleman
mplaint is that there aren't more QSOs uploaded, especially from DX stations. Getting a certificate is a heck of a lot of trouble, especially for DX stations, but well worth it. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand yea

Re: [Elecraft] Need help to cope with the K2-KPA100 Info 080 message

2004-07-19 Thread Bill Coleman
ssors try to talk to one another. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.ne

[Elecraft] Current requirements for KPA100?

2004-08-15 Thread Bill Coleman
running noticeably hotter than before. This while transmitting into a 50 ohm dummy load. Any suggestions would be appreciated. The rig appears to operate just fine, I'm just a little concerned about the signal quality and the extra heat. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL P

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - VOX - Straw Poll

2004-08-17 Thread Bill Coleman
ut, even though I can trigger the rig by shouting into the mike. Since I've changed R14, this happens less often. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Firmware change request

2004-08-17 Thread Bill Coleman
own to a third, and then work back up. This way, the first few dits aren't reduced to zero, but perhaps only by 3-6 dB. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"

Re: [Elecraft] Current requirements for KPA100?

2004-08-23 Thread Bill Coleman
ter than before. This while transmitting into a 50 ohm dummy load. Any suggestions would be appreciated. The rig appears to operate just fine, I'm just a little concerned about the signal quality and the extra heat. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Elecraft] Another Glowing Review of the K2

2004-08-25 Thread Bill Coleman
On Aug 24, 2004, at 10:52 PM, Steve Lawrence wrote: And when the K2 evolves to a two knob true dual VFO/receive radio it will rise to yet another notch. For the price of those two knob true dual VFO/receive radios, you can build TWO K2/100s Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail

Re: [Elecraft] Photo Album of the build of KX1 SN: 821

2004-08-25 Thread Bill Coleman
On Aug 24, 2004, at 11:50 PM, k4zm wrote: http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jim_you2002/ album?.tok=phXAroBBOihzJ6Ir&.dir=/cc00&.src=ph "The File You Are Looking For Is Inaccessible." Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a

Re: [Elecraft] build time for KPA100

2007-01-26 Thread Bill Coleman
8. I remember being surprised at how quickly it went together, and that it worked perfectly the first time. Also, wondering about the KDSP2 (looks quick) and KNB2 (also looks quick). A couple of hours each. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within

Re: [Elecraft] KPA100 oscillation -- NOT fixed

2007-01-28 Thread Bill Coleman
of LEDs on the KAT100. Dropping power to 70W seems to prevent it. Are you sure your antenna system isn't arcing? If you have an SWR shift under power, that's usually a good sign of an arc. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a th

Re: [Elecraft] PROs/CONs on KPA100

2007-01-30 Thread Bill Coleman
n top of the KPA100 right between the transistors. With this, I can run 50 watts without problems. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___

Re: [Elecraft] RTTY FL Settings

2007-01-31 Thread Bill Coleman
e peak with smooth slopes, you might as well go to the OP1 filter. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing lis

Re: [Elecraft] SKN - REPORT YOUR RESULTS!

2007-01-31 Thread Bill Coleman
ut my transmitter was a homebrew 6CL6 Osc / 6146 PA crystal-controlled rig. What fun! Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ E

Re: [Elecraft] Revisiting the tuning indicator

2007-02-04 Thread Bill Coleman
uld try calling CQ and then people would have to net to your frequency Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing l

Re: [Elecraft] KPA800 and KPA1500

2007-02-28 Thread Bill Coleman
ged back in December (although it should have made that process easier). So, the answer your last question -- they'll be available when the certification is complete. When that actually occurs is anyone's guess. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "N

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft customer service: appreciate it!

2007-05-02 Thread Bill Coleman
stability mods all seem significant to me. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to

[Elecraft] K2 Improvement Ideas

2007-05-03 Thread Bill Coleman
r than the KRC2 because it is just the buttons. (Might also be useful for the K3) 4) Remote Tuning Knob -- borrow the idea from Ten-Tec. Perhaps part of PFx module. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Improvement Ideas

2007-05-04 Thread Bill Coleman
ot defacing the front panel board. You'd want to come in through the AUXBUS. Since the protocol isn't published, it really has to come from Elecraft. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Improvement Ideas--Adding on

2007-05-04 Thread Bill Coleman
though I'm considering making a couple of bypass cap mods to improve this. I think KI6WX published a mod that involved a half-dozen chip capacitors. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Improvement Ideas--Adding on

2007-05-04 Thread Bill Coleman
happens to your antenna, you might not notice, especially if you have more than one antenna on each port and you press the Tune button after switching bands. The rig will be happy even if the antenna is partly busted. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: &quo

Re: [Elecraft] K2 improvements

2007-05-04 Thread Bill Coleman
27;d rather use SPLIT and put the Tx frequency in VFO B. I can just hold REV and hear my Tx frequency. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 _

Re: [Elecraft] Improvement changes to K2 and K1 transceivers

2007-05-08 Thread Bill Coleman
e the dynamic range of the signals after the AGC of the IF stage is pretty limited, the NE602 is a pretty good choice. It wouldn't be easy to do better, especially at the price point for the K2. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand

Re: [Elecraft] K3 RX performance (tantalizing preview)

2007-05-13 Thread Bill Coleman
is required is for the second receiver to be able to receive (likely on a different band) while the transmitter is transmitting. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilb

Re: [Elecraft] OT mercury

2007-05-16 Thread Bill Coleman
s, children's vaccines, latex paint, and amalgam tooth fillings. Mercury in these uses isn't likely to evaporate and be inhaled. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"

Re: [Elecraft] KDSP2

2005-10-15 Thread Bill Coleman
x27;t know about NO heterodynes. But it does knock them down about 30-40 dB. Since the signals are S9+20 or more, they certainly don't disappear, but they aren't nearly as painful to hear. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand

Re: [Elecraft] KAT100 woes... Time to 'fess up...

2005-10-19 Thread Bill Coleman
as in the car and I was taking a nap on the sofa. I still have a piece of test equipment that needs repair from that strike. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"

Re: [Elecraft] QRP in the novice subbands

2005-10-19 Thread Bill Coleman
eived a similar petition from the ARRL. I think the FCC is just biding it's time until it can make a bunch of rules at one whack. For a good QRP band, there's always 30m, too. No Novices, but it is restricted to 200 watt PEP just the same. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail

Re: [Elecraft] QRP in the novice subbands

2005-10-20 Thread Bill Coleman
which proposes to simply drop Element 1 (the 5 wpm code test) and make no other changes at all. The ARRL regulation by bandwidth petition is a separate deal. I thought the Novice band refarming was still active. Seems there was an NPRM for that, too. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft at Stone Mountain Hamfest

2005-11-06 Thread Bill Coleman
e group to know the importance of wearing your Elecraft shirts, to hamfests. Who knows, maybe in New England you could get a lobster, Texas BBQ and California abalone, if you wear your Elecraft stuff. Well, it is just an idea. Worth a shot. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMA

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL November Sweepstakes CW

2005-11-13 Thread Bill Coleman
cially higher in the band. If calling CQ doesn't work, you can call the QRQ ops and say PSE QRS. Most will oblige. Personally, I call many ops in contests, but the super QRQ ops going 40+ wpm, I just tune by. I'm not there yet. Keep practicing! Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL November Sweepstakes CW

2005-11-13 Thread Bill Coleman
n the National Contest Journal (NCJ) about 10 years ago, achieving any sort of competitive level of operation has yet to happen. There's no need for a separate operating class yet, and human operators have little to fear at the moment from hordes of robotic operations. Besides, why let

Re: [Elecraft] CW-Pitch 600 Hz or 700 Hz or what?

2005-11-13 Thread Bill Coleman
g to 600 Hz. Or is it all stupid personal impression? The response would be equally as broad at 600 Hz as at 700 Hz. I'd leave it. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!&

Re: [Elecraft] Re: Competition for Elecraft???

2005-11-13 Thread Bill Coleman
r the Ten-Tec Orion? Or even two K2/100s w/ KAT100s, if I want the whole build-it experience? It's hard to perceive what niche the Sienna is targeting. We'll have to wait and see how well they do. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a

Re: [Fwd: Re: [Elecraft] Problems with SSB Audio]

2005-11-13 Thread Bill Coleman
too, but then when I added the PLL temperature compensation mod, I found it was a necessary change. Otherwise, my rig hand much LESS temperature stability. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"

Re: [Elecraft] Re: K2 muting

2005-11-17 Thread Bill Coleman
I also have a low dipole I can share between the K2 and the Kenwood. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailin

Re: [Elecraft] K2 with MacOS Classic

2005-11-24 Thread Bill Coleman
connectors are terribly difficult to solder) Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailm

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Anomaly

2005-11-28 Thread Bill Coleman
rig may cause the power knob to move slightly, enough to signal a change in the K2 firmware. I have this happen with the power and also the keyer speed, occasionally. I wouldn't worry about it. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thou

Re: [Elecraft] C6AWS - CQWWDX with K2/100

2005-11-29 Thread Bill Coleman
ere's to hoping you upload your log to LoTW.... Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elec

Re: [Elecraft] OT: WONKY

2005-11-29 Thread Bill Coleman
al term and should not be used lightly. Websters.com includes an entry from the Jargon file that pretty much describes the proper use of the term. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL 160 & Rx antenna

2005-12-06 Thread Bill Coleman
designs for effective low-band receiving antennas. These are quite lossy, having gain 20-30 dB below that of a transmitting antenna. Examples include Beverage antennas, Flags, Pennants, EWEs, K9AY loops. Despite being lossy, they can have quite sharp patterns, especially the Beverage antenna

Re: [Elecraft] ARRL 160 & Rx antenna

2005-12-07 Thread Bill Coleman
ipod sitting on a 2nd floor porch and ran a single #8 or #10 ground wire (Aluminum from RatShack) to a copper ground rod made of 4 to 6' of 3/4" copper pipe. That's the thing about antennas -- EVERYTHING WORKS. Even dummy loads can be used to make contacts. But you'll work a

Re: [Elecraft] Clever antenna tuning ideas wanted

2005-12-07 Thread Bill Coleman
m. There's even a freeware program out there to compute the length of the coax - Coaxtrap. Google for it. If you're going to make 80m a habit, some 50-60 foot radials would be nice. K2VCO should also consider some longer radials. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PR

Re: [Elecraft] K2 BFO Test

2005-12-10 Thread Bill Coleman
t of C174 and C173 To get the BFO range I needed for RTTY, not only did I have to pad C173 and 4, but after I had added maximum capacitance there, I went ahead and added 2 pF to pull the crystal. I have not noticed any stability problems, and the BFO range is just about perfect. Bill Co

Re: [Elecraft] BUG NIGHT

2005-12-22 Thread Bill Coleman
On Dec 19, 2005, at 2:41 PM, Indy wrote: Each year more and more have participated in SKN (Silent Key Night) with these keys. SKN is STRAIGHT KEY NIGHT! Using a bug during SKN would be, er, sacrilege (or something) Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote

Re: [Elecraft] SKN

2005-12-23 Thread Bill Coleman
they be able to use it on SKN? I'm certainly not going to step on anyone else's fun, but, for me, using something other than a straight key kinda dilutes the whole SKN experience. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand yea

Re: [Elecraft] SKN rigs

2005-12-23 Thread Bill Coleman
wide spacing, loose trunnions, pivot on your elbow and have your whole arm move when you key. If you key just with the muscles of your wrist, you'll tire out in no time. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ev

Re: [Elecraft] K2 minimum power our

2005-12-24 Thread Bill Coleman
On Dec 24, 2005, at 10:22 PM, Bill Coleman N2BC wrote: I'm considering a K2. The power out spec says <.5W... how much less? I'm not much of a QRP op, my amplifier only needs 100 to 150mW. If the K2 will reliably go to 100mW or less I can skip inserting an attenuator and

Re: [Elecraft] CW filter question

2005-12-29 Thread Bill Coleman
kinda narrow for quickly scanning the band. But it is a good width for most conditions. 400 is good for congested contest conditions. I rarely use 160. OP1 works well on an empty band, when you are searching for activity, like on 10m these days. But, it is hard to zero-beat stations with thi

Re: [Elecraft] K2 compared to ?

2005-12-29 Thread Bill Coleman
and then the FT-1000MP series. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You

Re: [Elecraft] One more on the "stupid" thread

2006-01-03 Thread Bill Coleman
happened to fall across the buss bars, shorting out the 48 volt supply. As it was described to me, the wrench melted instantly, and just kept on falling between the buss bars Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man eve

Re: [Elecraft] Stupid? Top this!

2006-01-04 Thread Bill Coleman
On Jan 4, 2006, at 10:17 PM, Scott Richardson wrote: I used a *plastic* container for my first etching project. Nice fumes, fascinating meltdown. Ferric Cloride (the active ingredient in the etchant) shouldn't attack plastics. In fact, it is shipped in plastic bottles! Bill Co

Re: [Elecraft] Is CW a Language? OT

2006-02-07 Thread Bill Coleman
ere. Either deaf or has his receiver somewhere besides his frequency. I remember a moment from 30 years ago -- hearing a guy at 5 wpm send 57 CQs in a row before I got tired and moved on. Never knew if he ever signed Are ham license classes teaching proper procedures anymore? What we need i

Re: [Elecraft] Is CW a Language? OT

2006-02-07 Thread Bill Coleman
handful of letters repeated over and over. Plus, the morse is depicted on the chart and the speed is slow (like 5-8 WPM). My instructors were impressed when I would identify VORs without looking at the chart Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not wit

Re: [Elecraft] Don, you're a genius! (Poor soldering)

2006-02-28 Thread Bill Coleman
art of the final product. Typical "start" kits like this are 5-10% the price of the whole deal. Elecraft kits are a lot smaller investment, so there's probably not the similar incentive. The mini-kits are a good start choice, although they aren't part of the final unit.

Re: [Elecraft] Filter alignment once again

2006-04-17 Thread Bill Coleman
ettings on 21 MHz and above, due to the inversion at the first mixer. I ended up using 1500 Hz as the center frequency for RTTY (I use tones of 1415 and 1585 Hz). This also made it easy to program the KDSP2 for RTTY as well. I still had to modify the K2 BFO to get sufficient range. Hope thi

Re: [Elecraft] Heil Proset question

2006-04-17 Thread Bill Coleman
find a schematic for a pre-amp on this web site. (I found a bunch of other stuff, though) Could you cite the actual circuit you used? Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilb

Re: [Elecraft] Is a K2 Realignment Advisable

2006-04-18 Thread Bill Coleman
h for 2-3 days and not be able to use it. Well, what does everyone say. Go for it or not? Thanks for the help and bandwidth. Wait until you want to make a mod or some other change. Enjoy it in the meantime. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "

Re: [Elecraft] Is CW a Language? OT

2006-04-18 Thread Bill Coleman
or example, uses the Name and State, Province or Country. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Po

Re: [Elecraft] Is CW a Language? OT

2006-04-18 Thread Bill Coleman
stal controlled, but sadly very few people who "tune around", even a couple of kHz. with the RIT control. Or open up the filter bandwidth, at least. Anyway, the sum of it is, nobody seems like they are teaching ANY really good operating practices anymore. And we agree h

Re: [Elecraft] K2 - data mode r bar

2006-04-18 Thread Bill Coleman
-bar to be whichever sideband you want -- but I suggest LSB and USB, respectively. I use R for RTTY and R-bar for PSK31. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" --

Re: [Elecraft] K2 and MacOS

2006-04-18 Thread Bill Coleman
Cocoamodem) I bought my wife an iBook two years ago, and she's become completely inseparable from it. It changed her life. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"

Re: [Elecraft] K2 problem or is it the antenna?

2006-04-19 Thread Bill Coleman
evident at the 20 watts or so of the auto-tuner of the K2/100, but show up with 50 or more watts. Intermittent problems of this sort are difficult to track down. Inspect everything. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years wi

Re: [Elecraft] K2 SPLIT MODE AND LOGGER 32

2006-04-19 Thread Bill Coleman
e this possible, and even convenient for the user. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecra

Re: [Elecraft] QRP Antenna

2006-04-20 Thread Bill Coleman
t, no. The 40m dipole is too low to show much of a pattern (I do see a 2 S-unit (12 dB) null off the ends), but it works better than anything else I've put up. The shunt-fed tower is only 1/10 wavelength long on 160m, but I've gotten 43 states confirmed and 10 countries using 100 w

Re: [Elecraft] R14 Change on SSB board

2006-04-20 Thread Bill Coleman
10 k. I'm currently considering adding a small pre-amp circuit and going back to the 1 k resistor for R14. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" --

Re: [Elecraft] RTTY Filter Settings

2006-04-20 Thread Bill Coleman
t's right), but didn't get quite enough range. A 2 pf cap across one end of the crystal to ground fixed that. This mod is documented in the archives. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"

[Elecraft] Re: K2 and MacOS

2006-04-22 Thread Bill Coleman
Might save some desk space.... Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You

Re: [Elecraft] 8T & 8R

2006-04-22 Thread Bill Coleman
out, or does the K2 simply clip 15ms or so of audio before it is transmitting? I can see how this works for CW, since the K2 can delay the keying waveform by 15ms. How about SSB? Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man eve

Re: [Elecraft] Filter alignment once again

2006-04-22 Thread Bill Coleman
he BFO. If both sets of values (DAC _or_ FREQ) are on the SAME side of the filter center frequency, then they're both on the same sideband, though possibly not on the same exact frequency. Yup. Made that mistake once myself. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quo

Re: [Elecraft] Is CW a Language? OT

2006-04-22 Thread Bill Coleman
uickly. E-S-P-E-C-I-A-L-L-Y during a QRP contest! Won't people EVER learn? Not everyone runs QRP in contests. And not every QRP signal is down in the noise. Just how much time does sending a "DE" or a "K" take? Not much, but NOT sending them takes less time Bil

Re: [Elecraft] Is CW a Language? OT

2006-04-22 Thread Bill Coleman
or continue to call and call and call and call, even when the DX has long since come back to someone else. Really poor operating practice. However, contests, by and large, do not resemble DX pileup operation. Contest pileups share some characteristics with DX pileups, but they aren't

Re: [Elecraft] Max Watts KPA100 RTTY

2006-04-23 Thread Bill Coleman
sink, you can run 50 watts or so. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.q

Re: [Elecraft] Recieve antennas in an Urban area

2007-06-02 Thread Bill Coleman
feet that is mounted under a small oak tree. It works very well on 80m, to a lessor extent on 40m and 160m. If you have a shrub or tree that can support a wire 10 feet or so high, then you should be able to configure a K9AY loop. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Elecraft] RTTY Problems

2007-06-02 Thread Bill Coleman
rtant. Even though you might only use the LSB sideband for RTTY, remember the sidebands are swapped on 15m and above due to the inversion. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilb

Re: [Elecraft] spectrogram for mac or linux?

2007-06-02 Thread Bill Coleman
. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post t

Re: [Elecraft] Spilling the HF beans .....

2007-06-02 Thread Bill Coleman
business literature, this is known as the "Osbourne Effect" for this reason. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ E

Re: [Elecraft] Tuning Clunks was:K2 compared to others rigs

2007-06-02 Thread Bill Coleman
7;ll hear someone sending something, so you'll stop sending -- and the signal disappears. Kinda defeats the purpose of all that big dynamic range Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!&

Re: [Elecraft] a K3 owner's contest reflections on the K2

2007-06-02 Thread Bill Coleman
stations, 439 prefixes, and a claimed score of 991,262. Not too shabby for a $600 box. Good score! Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901

Re: [Elecraft] K2: sending PSK31

2007-06-02 Thread Bill Coleman
Chen that will key a serial port pin (DTR) when it is time to key the transmitter. Works great with Cocoamodem. I've also used the K2 with MMTTY and N1MM software. N1MM is interesting that it can key the transmitter with a serial port command (not just DTR), and that seems to work pretty

Re: [Elecraft] K3 IF/AF Dsp questions (comparisons)

2007-06-02 Thread Bill Coleman
in noise S1 -- I know you're there, but too weak to get more than occasional letters. This is exactly what I do! My S5 is a bit higher, but, yeah, if there's any indication on the S-meter, you are S5, easy. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: &qu

Re: [Elecraft] Hate the word "ham"

2007-07-06 Thread Bill Coleman
y put it all on any test -- no one would ever be licensed. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Pos

Re: [Elecraft] K2 and SSB

2007-07-06 Thread Bill Coleman
d the 100 watt amp to the K2. If I'm going to do that, I'll just buy a K3! I also work a lot of QRP CW. The 100 watt amp can be deactivated just by turning the power knob down. The K2/100 is still a great radio. The KAP100 is only what $389? A K3/100 is more than four times as muc

Re: [Elecraft] K2 or K3

2007-07-06 Thread Bill Coleman
hat's important. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be

Re: [Elecraft] K3 - 2.7 kHz Shape Factor

2007-07-07 Thread Bill Coleman
ve broadcaster, ultimate rejection would seem to be of critical importance. Similarly, if you are at a M/M station on the second rig on a band, ultimate rejection is key, as there is another 1.5 kW signal within a handful of meters of your receive antenna. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL

Re: [Elecraft] K3 RS323 and Data Modes {was YAQ - Yet Another (K3)Question}

2007-07-08 Thread Bill Coleman
art of offering high-performance gear at an excellent price point. I want a whole boatload of demodulators there in the K3's DSP with access coming out to me in some convenient fashion -- like on an ethernet connector. Sounds like what you really want is something more like the 1995 pipe

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SSB

2007-07-08 Thread Bill Coleman
ng in many ways, but the K2 does hold its own. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] K3 SSB

2007-07-08 Thread Bill Coleman
the way down on the IC-761 main radio. I indicated that I preferred to hear the monitor. During the course of the contest, I kept turning the monitor down and down. By about the sixth hour of the contest, I had it all the way off. He was right. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [E

Re: [Elecraft] Re: radios on networks

2007-07-11 Thread Bill Coleman
d get this advantage. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You mus

Re: [Elecraft] Solid State Amps

2007-07-12 Thread Bill Coleman
ts output using transistors and the tube finals in rigs have long been gone. So, is this just a natural evolution of amplifiers or is some new technological breakthrough happened in high powered solid state amplifiers? Looks like just the continuing evolution of electronics. Bill Coleman,

Re: [Elecraft] Spilling the HF beans .....

2007-07-13 Thread Bill Coleman
uction in sales bankrupted the company before they could finish and ship their PC- compatible design. Of course, the wikipedia entry indicates that perhaps the role of the pre-announcement was overstated: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Osborne_effect Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [

Re: [Elecraft] Spilling the HF beans .....

2007-07-13 Thread Bill Coleman
ation every time I use Excel Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] Spilling the HF beans .....

2007-07-13 Thread Bill Coleman
5 used the AppleSoft BASIC license renewal to extort a license to the Macintosh UI elements? This agreement basically allowed Microsoft to rip off any part of the Macintosh design for Windows 3.1. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand

Re: [Elecraft] Spilling the HF beans .....

2007-07-13 Thread Bill Coleman
On Jul 13, 2007, at 9:14 PM, Gary Montalbine wrote: Switch to OpenOffice. Its free and works. I'm really hoping the next version of iWork includes a spreadsheet.... Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASELMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quote: "Not within a thousand years will ma

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