Re: [Elecraft] Re: K3 & KRC2

2007-10-24 Thread Darrell Bellerive
led > from a wide array of triggers, not just band selection. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to p

Re: [Elecraft] Co-ax for the K2

2007-11-13 Thread Darrell Bellerive
on a multiband antenna. The KRC2 is a nifty device to control relays to do just that. Yes, multiband antennas can be a challenge, but then again, any antenna is still better than no antenna. 73, Darrell VA7TO K2 #5093 -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7T

Re: [Elecraft] Re: KAT100 with Ladder Line

2007-11-16 Thread Darrell Bellerive
away 50%, 75% or even more of the transmitter's power in losses > and be completely unable to detect it by evaluating how easy or hard it is > to make on-air contacts. Shhh... Don't tell those QRO stations that they are really running QRP. :-) -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio

Re: [Elecraft] Re: KAT100 with Ladder Line

2007-11-16 Thread Darrell Bellerive
n you really have other problems that need to be dealt with. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post

Re: [Elecraft] Re: KAT100 with Ladder Line

2007-11-16 Thread Darrell Bellerive
tunes to a 1:1 SWR and contacts can be made, so it must be working well. The reality could be quite different. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecra

Re: WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! (was [Elecraft] ESD recommendation)

2007-11-24 Thread Darrell Bellerive
the rig in a vulnerable spot (while not wearing a wrist strap), then > the resulting surge discharging that person's charge to ground through the > rig's vulnerable circuitry would most certainly fry something! -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations

Re: WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! (was [Elecraft] ESD recommendation)

2007-11-24 Thread Darrell Bellerive
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darrell Bellerive > Sent: 24 November 2007 17:12 > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > Subject: Re: WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! (was [Elecraft] ESD recommendation) > > What about touching the circuit board pads with my Weller soldering sta

Re: [Elecraft] Ripple in K2 xtal filter?

2007-11-25 Thread Darrell Bellerive
700Hz filter > > setting shows no obvious ripple anyway. It does however certainly not > > look right on the waterfall on psk31! -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecra

[Elecraft] Ngen MAR-1 MMIC Source

2008-01-07 Thread Darrell Bellerive
them if I can't get some from Mouser. 73, Darrell VA7TO K2#5093 -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a sub

Re: [Elecraft] K2 -- RX audio

2008-01-17 Thread Darrell Bellerive
h signals. > > To lower the LP cutoff, I soldered 0.1uF SMD caps across > C25 and C26 on the control board. To my ears K2 now sounds better. > > 73, Matti > > ps. I use 2.4 kHz X-Tal filter -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stati

RE: [Elecraft] IC-7800 vs K2

2004-06-28 Thread Darrell Bellerive
Unfortunately this is becoming more and more of a common practice. Bells and whistles are demanded by the marketing folks, low manufacturing costs are demanded by the accountants, and a copy of what the most successful competitors product is demanded by the executive. Engineering and quality suffer

[Elecraft] FS: K2 with lots of options

2004-07-14 Thread Darrell Bellerive
B modifications have not been done. Asking $700 US funds plus shipping or best offer. I prefer payment via PayPal. Please note that the radio will be shipping from Canada. To keep reflector traffic down, please respond directly. Darrell Bellerive VE7CLA

Re: [Elecraft] FS: K2 with lots of options

2004-07-15 Thread Darrell Bellerive
Sold. On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 17:28, Darrell Bellerive wrote: > For Sale: > Elecraft K2 Serial #1973 with: >K2 Firmware ver 1.06F/1.02, >KSB2 ver 1.04 SSB Module, >K160RX 160 Metre $ RX Ant Module, >KNB2 ver 1.02 Noise Blanker Module, >KBT2 Battery, >

Re: [Elecraft] Line In cabling

2004-07-16 Thread Darrell Bellerive
Terry, You should go from the speaker jack on the K2 to a line in jack on the sound card. The headphone jack audio source rolls-off some of the highs and will make it a little harder to set the filters up. The speaker out is mono, so I would just use one channel. Some systems will treat the the

[Elecraft] Re: Barebones K2 Amplifier

2006-12-09 Thread Darrell Bellerive
features I don't need like SO2R and a price tag that is too high for me. I hope that Elecraft is considering a basic KPA400/KAT400 combination. Could the fan in the KPA100 be eliminated with a different heat sink? -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, Br

Re: [Elecraft] KPA100 Elimination?

2006-12-25 Thread Darrell Bellerive
the turn of a knob! I could get rid of my Titan II and be perfectly > content. > > - Tom K2TA > > - Original Message - > From: "Bob Nielsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Unfortunately (IMHO) the 15 dB maximum gain limitation was retained > > in the new

Re: [Elecraft] KPA100 Elimination?

2006-12-25 Thread Darrell Bellerive
pm, Darrell Bellerive wrote: > Yes, yes, yes > > From what I understand, the KPA800 has two 400 watt power modules combined > to produce 800 watts. So, a KPA400 with just one of the power modules, a > built-in lower power antenna tuner, no combiner, a smaller power supply, &g

Re: [Elecraft] PROs/CONs on KPA100

2007-01-22 Thread Darrell Bellerive
drift, etc. If the KPA100 is mounted in a separate EC2 cabinet, would the need for a fan be eliminated? What about if the KPA100 shares an EC2 with a KAT100? Or could a larger heat sink be substituted? -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia,

Re: [Elecraft] Re: wire antennas

2007-02-20 Thread Darrell Bellerive
eurs are simply unaware of the losses that occur in a multiband antenna system. However, any antenna is still better than no antenna. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mail

Re: [Elecraft] Custom K2?

2007-02-20 Thread Darrell Bellerive
ltipin connector. One could then build their own front panel with the knobs, switches, meters that they desire, and connect them to the large multipin connector on this alternate K2 front panel. > > > Is the K2 worthy of such elaboration? Even with it's few problems, it is hard t

Re: [Elecraft] Rf in the shack distorting audio - the results

2007-02-23 Thread Darrell Bellerive
is 150 watts. A convenient ground lug is located on the balun output side. How can a balun be switchable from 1:1 or 4:1? Surely the characteristic impedance of the windings will be missmatched at one of the settings. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, Brit

Re: [Elecraft] AGC Modification to the K2

2007-02-26 Thread Darrell Bellerive
Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page:

Re: [Elecraft] KPA800/KPA1500 Status Update

2007-03-01 Thread Darrell Bellerive
crease the gain beyond 15 dB? Will the power output be restricted on 30 meters? Darrell VA7TO K2#5093 -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: El

Re: [Elecraft] KPA800/KPA1500 Status Update

2007-03-02 Thread Darrell Bellerive
ace, has taken a lot of time and > effort. The good news is that we are healthy, profitable and in good > shape to continue to grow and supply you with great new products! -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Fo

Re: [Elecraft] KRC2 Config Band Map FREE download program now available!

2007-03-02 Thread Darrell Bellerive
, 2007 11:55 am, Brian Broggie wrote: > It is *Finally* here; the KRC2 Configuration Band Mapping program. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@m

Re: [Elecraft] More about Elecraft growth

2007-03-03 Thread Darrell Bellerive
> soon) > > 73, > Don W3FPR -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber

[Elecraft] AGC Measurements

2007-03-04 Thread Darrell Bellerive
ed. Installing Dave's mod will be my next K2 adventure. Darrell VA7TO K2 #5093 -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You mus

Re: [Elecraft] AGC Measurements

2007-03-04 Thread Darrell Bellerive
On March 4, 2007 12:25 pm, Darrell Bellerive wrote: > I suspect that U2 is playing a role in the > different minimum gain voltages seen here as compared to the directly > applied voltage on the MC1350 via R4. Just figured out why the voltages were so different. I was measuring at pin

[Elecraft] AGC Circuit Affecting IF Signal?

2007-03-05 Thread Darrell Bellerive
impedance at the input to the 2nd crystal filter and affect the filter shape? Darrell VA7TO K2#5093 -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] AGC Circuit Affecting IF Signal?

2007-03-06 Thread Darrell Bellerive
On March 5, 2007 08:07 am, Darrell Bellerive wrote: > Regardless of where I set the AGC threshold voltage via R1, the K2 always > has more gain with the AGC off than with the AGC on. The lower the AGC > threshold voltage the less the difference between AGC off and on. I removed C181 c

[Elecraft] VE6DRW AGC Mod Installed

2007-03-07 Thread Darrell Bellerive
is modification please post your results. 73, Darrell VA7TO K2#5093 -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to

[Elecraft] Re: VE6DRW AGC Mod -- comments and recommendations

2007-03-07 Thread Darrell Bellerive
mods is just so much fun. Darrell On March 7, 2007 11:48 am, wayne burdick wrote: > Darrell Bellerive wrote: > > For those of you following the saga of my AGC obsession, here's the > > latest. > > > > I installed Dave's mod > > Darrel, > > Thank

Re: [Elecraft] sidetone mod now works

2007-03-07 Thread Darrell Bellerive
he right modifications in it to sound well. > > Maybe this will be helpful information for others. > > 73, Fred KT5X -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list

[Elecraft] Fwd: Re: AGC Mod S-Meter

2007-03-07 Thread Darrell Bellerive
any longer. I'm glad the MOD is working out for you. Regards Dave - Original Message - From: "Darrell Bellerive" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dave White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 12:33 PM Subject: AGC Mod S-Meter > Dave, &g

Re: [Elecraft] sidetone mod now works

2007-03-09 Thread Darrell Bellerive
lytic capacitors or does it have a role to play with the audio? -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to po

[Elecraft] Sidetone Mod Working

2007-03-10 Thread Darrell Bellerive
e the intensity of the sidetone and it's harmonics. With testing one can optimize their K2 to their specific liking, but it comes at a price. I sacrificed the ability to change the sidetone pitch for a better sounding sidetone and less T/R thump. Sure is fun tinkering with the K2 though! -

[Elecraft] AGC Independent S-Meter?

2007-03-11 Thread Darrell Bellerive
AGC line would have to be disconnected. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber

Re: [Elecraft] AGC Independent S-Meter?

2007-03-11 Thread Darrell Bellerive
On March 11, 2007 04:16 pm, Sandy W5TVW wrote: > Circuitrywise, an "AGC/AVC free" S-meter is an oxymoron! Can't have one > without the other. Why not? -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, Bri

[Elecraft] Reflector Archive Problem?

2007-03-17 Thread Darrell Bellerive
Is there something wrong with the reflector archive at http://www.ac6rm.net/mailarchive/html/elecraft-list/ No matter what I search for it seems to only go back to March 14. A search of K2 produces on 43 results. Is there an alternate archive? Darrell -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio

Re: [Elecraft] Station computer OS

2007-03-18 Thread Darrell Bellerive
s Mepis, and Ubuntu. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub,

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

2007-03-24 Thread Darrell Bellerive
ng clunks." On March 24, 2007 03:25 am, Dave-Boat Guy wrote: > A bare-bones K2 is a fine radio, although there are > still a couple of unresolved issues, like the tuning > clunks you hear on crowded bands, due to the > synthesizer. I'm still puzzled why it hasn't been &g

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

2007-03-27 Thread Darrell Bellerive
l carrier levels of the BC stations above 7100 > kHz can approach -10dbm / -5dbm with an antenna looking East, and there > are many of them. It is not uncommon for my K2's LO system to lock onto > one of these carriers, and only let go after the receiver has been > retuned about 1 k

Re: [Elecraft] OT: Trade K2 for Drake TR4CW/RIT or C line

2007-04-12 Thread Darrell Bellerive
rigs are good for mobile or portable operation, but for home use a nice big front panel is such a pleasure to use. Menus are simply a way to reduce the size, number of controls, and cost of a rig. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand For

Re: [Elecraft] Re: Hexkey

2007-04-15 Thread Darrell Bellerive
ne else's paddle. With a bug, I can see where one would need to use the force that the thumb can more easily deliver to get that pendulum swinging, but that kind of force is not needed for keyer paddles. I suspect that is why the dits where on the thumb side of the bug for right hand user

Re: [Elecraft] Standalone K2 Amp?

2007-04-15 Thread Darrell Bellerive
quiet enough is one with the motor and blades removed and destroyed. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post

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

2005-11-12 Thread Darrell Bellerive
rned the code with a 1000 Hz tone or perhaps too many years of 1004 Hz test tones at the telco. Too bad the K2 will only go up to 800 Hz. Perhaps Eric and Wayne, you might consider adding this to the wish list of feature enhancements? -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and

Re: [Elecraft] KX1 on AAAs or Lithium Polymer?

2005-11-25 Thread Darrell Bellerive
tested, since some charge > controller generate significant noise. > > Any input on such a product would be appreciated. If there were > significant interest, we'd try to have it ready early next year. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > -- Darrell Bellerive Amateu

[Elecraft] KAT100 Relays?

2005-12-01 Thread Darrell Bellerive
Are the relays in the KAT100 the latching type or do they draw current as long as they are in the operated state? -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to

[Elecraft] KRC2 Configuration Utility?

2006-01-13 Thread Darrell Bellerive
Could someone please point me to the KRC2 Configuration Utility information on the Elecraft website? I been looking for a while but just can't find it. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, C

[Elecraft] K60XV Receive Range?

2006-01-16 Thread Darrell Bellerive
o, do the low pass filters in the KPA100 affect the sensitivity of the general coverage receive ranges? 73, Darrell VA7TO K2 # 5093 -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing

Re: [Elecraft] K60XV Receive Range?

2006-01-21 Thread Darrell Bellerive
No replies to this yet. Does no one have any info or should I just expect to see 5.0 to 5.5 MHz as the specs list? On January 16, 2006 10:52 am, Darrell Bellerive wrote: > Does the addition of the K60XV increase or improve the general coverage > receive capabilities of the K2? > > Wh

Re: [Elecraft] K60XV Receive Range?

2006-01-21 Thread Darrell Bellerive
other than 60m is not valid. > Somebody else may be able to comment better on that. I just proved that > to myself by scanning the 10m band quickly and found that the radio does > Rx over a 2 MHz range on 10m, so I guess the range does vary from band > to band. -- Darrell Bellerive

Re: [Elecraft] KNB2 - can“t bring it to work

2006-01-22 Thread Darrell Bellerive
what is wrong. > Is there an info-sheet available, what has to be seen with a > dual-scope-oszilloscope at which point and at what siganl level? > > 73 > Karsten > DK4AS > _______ -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO

Re: [Elecraft] Re: New Amplifiers ...

2006-02-04 Thread Darrell Bellerive
ching KAT400, BL4,... Darrell VA7TO K2 #5093 On February 1, 2006 08:48 am, wayne burdick wrote: > The K2 by itself cannot legally drive an amplifier to full power; the > rule states that at least 50 watts of drive must be required. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and V

Re: [Elecraft] Re: New Amplifiers ...

2006-02-04 Thread Darrell Bellerive
Yes, but with all those features and SO2R, and the capability of 1 or 2 KW, the price will be high. I'd love to see a 400 watt or so integrated amp for the basic K2 with no frills. A KPA400 option rather than a KPA100. A separate box would be okay, like some have done with the KPA100 in an EC2 c

Re: [Elecraft] Re: New Amplifiers ...

2006-02-04 Thread Darrell Bellerive
devices and it would be okay for Elecraft to build an amplifier for export only. I have since been educated. Therefore a KPA400 option looks like the most practical option. 73, Darrell VA7TO K2 #5093O on February 4, 2006 08:33 am, Darrell Bellerive wrote: > How about a version for all of

Re: [Elecraft] Re: New Amplifiers ...

2006-02-04 Thread Darrell Bellerive
Let's see: K2 + KPA400 vs. K2 + KPA100 + 800 watt amplifier. What would be the $/watt? You're right 800 watts is a very nice power level, but there have been a few transceivers that have featured 200 to 400 watts output like the Yaesu FTdx-400 or some versions of the FT-1000. Niche market to b

Re: [Elecraft] RANT front end protection

2006-02-08 Thread Darrell Bellerive
# 5093 -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.):

Re: AW: [Elecraft] Elecraft K2 Microphones?

2006-04-12 Thread Darrell Bellerive
ell me that the MC43 is to be preferred. > Also, it has a more flexible curly cable. The only thing against the > MC43 is that it does not have an Elecraft label on the back, but I can > live with that. > > 73 de David G4DMP -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO a

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Calibration using WWV

2006-04-24 Thread Darrell Bellerive
the K2 to exactly 10,000.000 kHz and at the next step up of the vfo be at 10,000.010 kHz. Seems a lot like an ARRL frequency measuring contest. :-) What tricks have others on the list found to tune WWV to within 1 Hz or less without expensive professionally calibrated test equipment? 73,

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Calibration using WWV

2006-04-25 Thread Darrell Bellerive
0 MHz, or at 54.0 MHz. 10 Hz, 100 Hz, no way. 10 Khz more likely. Darrell -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a s

Re: [Elecraft] Re: Elecraft KW Solid State Amps

2006-04-26 Thread Darrell Bellerive
eters with full break-in silent diode T/R? Could this be adapted to the XV-50? Sure would be nice to have full break-in silent diode T/R in the XV-50. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada _

Re: [Elecraft] K2 vs. the world.

2006-05-20 Thread Darrell Bellerive
tupid mistake) Elecraft K2B (Had to correct above mistake) Darrell VA7TO -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscrib

[Elecraft] K2 AGC Off Problem

2006-05-20 Thread Darrell Bellerive
kHz steps) finds a weak carrier at 5.070 that goes on and off with the power on the K2. Before I email Elecraft support, what else should I check? Darrell VA7TO -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada

Re: [Elecraft] K2 AGC Off Problem

2006-05-20 Thread Darrell Bellerive
; > > > You might try 10 pF at C8 or 680 pF at C7 > > I installed a 10pf cap at C8 and it worked. I'm sure someone else did the > same thing with success. > > Good luck. > > 73, Ken K3IU > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

[Elecraft] AGC Circuit Explanation?

2006-06-15 Thread Darrell Bellerive
ince a change of less than 1 dB is not noticeable to the human ear then perhaps this might be a good point for the AGC threshold? Comments? Is what I am seeing normal behavior in a K2? Everything seems to work just fine. Darrell VA7TO K2#5093 -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7

[Elecraft] High End Paddles

2006-06-15 Thread Darrell Bellerive
will find many used HEXKEYs, Begalis, or other high end paddles for sale. I would also be hesitant about buying such an expensive key on eBay for fear of getting one that has been abused. I'd like to hear your opinions and thoughts on my paddle selection, Darrell -- Darrell Bellerive Am

Re: [Elecraft] High End Paddles

2006-06-16 Thread Darrell Bellerive
t; those with robust habits will be better accommodated. But the HEX is > perfectly capable of being used by a very, very light touch. So I > guess I find their statement misleading. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada

[Elecraft] Free: N0SS Noise Generator Board

2006-06-24 Thread Darrell Bellerive
reply from someone who will actually build the generator and use it. I mail it anywhere in the world via regular surface mail. Darrell K2 #5093 -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecra

Re: [Elecraft] Scopes

2006-06-25 Thread Darrell Bellerive
wrote: > I'll follow this thread with interest, as I too am considering a scope > purchase. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.n

Re: [Elecraft] Scopes

2006-06-28 Thread Darrell Bellerive
design (like elecraft), so maybe someone can > improve them :-) > -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a su

[Elecraft] KAT100-1 Measurements?

2006-07-06 Thread Darrell Bellerive
tuner, so the measurements don't have to be exact. The coax will compensate for a slight offset. Thanks in advance! Darrell VA7TO K2#5093 -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, C

[Elecraft] KAT100-1 Relays?

2006-07-06 Thread Darrell Bellerive
Would anyone know the manufacturer and model number of the relays used in the KAT100-1? I would like to find the maximum contact voltage rating and contact spacing. Darrell VA7TO K2#5093 -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada

Re: [Elecraft] KAT100-1 Relays?

2006-07-06 Thread Darrell Bellerive
spacing of about 0.25 mm. Wow that seems very small. Have I figured this wrong? Darrell On July 6, 2006 03:09 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > KLT1C12DC12 made by Hasco > > Michael > N2ZDB > _______ -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations V

Re: [Elecraft] Blackwidow

2006-07-10 Thread Darrell Bellerive
next. Looks like you went for the mirror > effect - was it worth the effort? -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscrib

[Elecraft] Fwd: KAT100-1 Measurements?

2006-07-23 Thread Darrell Bellerive
Resending this as I have not received any replies yet. Could anyone possibly help me out? Thanks! Darrell -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: KAT100-1 Measurements? Date: July 6, 2006 03:52 pm From: Darrell Bellerive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] Fwd: KAT100-1 Measurements?

2006-07-24 Thread Darrell Bellerive
Thanks very much to all who have replied!!! Here is the average of the measurements for the archive: On July 23, 2006 03:48 pm, Darrell Bellerive wrote: > > Would someone be so kind as to take some measurements of the KAT100-1 > Antenna Tuner: > > The horizontal distance betwee

Re: [Elecraft] IF Shift, PB Tuning, and why neither completely eliminates QRM

2006-08-09 Thread Darrell Bellerive
than narrow. The same crystals > are used both in the main (stock) filter and the KSB2. All you'd need > to do is use smaller varactor diodes, preferably a matched set. You > might be able to get a 1200-2400 Hz passband range with acceptably low > ripple. -- Darrell Bellerive Amat

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna wire gauge, etc

2006-08-11 Thread Darrell Bellerive
On August 11, 2006 06:04 pm, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote: >And the ATU suppresses harmonics and other spurs even more. > Ron AC7AC Does the Elecraft KAT100 Tuner's L network work as a high pass, low pass, or band pass filter? Darrell VA7TO -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio St

[Elecraft] Logarithmic K2 Keyer Speed Pot Replacement?

2006-08-15 Thread Darrell Bellerive
-- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http

Re: [Elecraft] Logarithmic K2 Keyer Speed Pot Replacement?

2006-08-15 Thread Darrell Bellerive
much again. Help! My brain hurts. :-) Darrell VA7TO K2#5093 On August 15, 2006 03:05 pm, Mike S wrote: > At 03:03 PM 8/15/2006, Darrell Bellerive wrote... > > >As an alternative is there a direct replacement logarithmic pot that could > > be substituted for the linear pot sup

Re: [Elecraft] K2 vs. Drake 2B - New vs. classic.

2006-08-20 Thread Darrell Bellerive
er if there is a harsh note built into some > of the modern synth rigs. SSB sounds OK. > -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth

Re: [Elecraft] K2 vs. Drake 2B - New vs. classic.

2006-08-21 Thread Darrell Bellerive
> hear it. After all, this isn't some cheaply made Asian rig. > > Clearly I've gone past the realm of "reasonable" into the realm of > "splitting hairs" > -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada _

[Elecraft] K2 DC Ripple Requirements?

2006-08-27 Thread Darrell Bellerive
the power supply output voltage times 100? Darrell VA7TO K2#5093 -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to p

Re: [Elecraft] wherefore art thou, K3?

2006-08-28 Thread Darrell Bellerive
Darrell VA7TO [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Front Panel Extension

2006-08-29 Thread Darrell Bellerive
:56 am, Solosko, Robert B (Bob) wrote: > Question for everyone: If there would be a small hardware front panel > extension with say 16 or 20 pushbuttons and LEDs (either associated with > the buttons or for independent functions), what functions would you most > want? > -- Da

Re: [Elecraft] High current reading

2006-09-06 Thread Darrell Bellerive
at this might be the cause of the "High Current" reading blips. Darrell VA7TO K2#5093 On September 5, 2006 05:16 pm, Stephen W. Kercel wrote: > A very short instant after switching the VFO mode from split to > normal, I got a "High Current" reading. It only lasted for

[Elecraft] Smooth Voice Controller? was K2 RF Speech Processor?

2006-09-09 Thread Darrell Bellerive
Mini-Module Kit. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change

[Elecraft] Hearing CW - Fundamental Keying Waveform?

2006-09-19 Thread Darrell Bellerive
undamental keying waveform for the code to sound sufficiently crisp." What is meant by "the fundamental keying waveform"? How do we take "the need to hear one or more harmonics of the fundamental keying waveform" into account when setting up the IF and audio filters? 73, Da

Re: [Elecraft] Hearing CW - Fundamental Keying Waveform?

2006-09-20 Thread Darrell Bellerive
s offset so that the carrier beatnote is at either the high or low end of the bandpass, yet still within the flat part of the bandwidth, what will be the effect on the way we hear the CW? Will we hear a harder note for the same bandwidth? Darrell VA7TO K2#5093 On September 19, 2006 03:07 p

Re: [Elecraft] Hearing CW - Fundamental Keying Waveform?

2006-09-21 Thread Darrell Bellerive
And what about the effects of compression? Wouldn't the AGC tend to reduce the dynamic range between the noise floor and the CW elements? Would an audio expander help to make the CW stand out from the noise better and therefore easier to hear? 73, Darrell VA7TO K2 #5093 -- Da

Re: [Elecraft] noiseblanker

2006-09-25 Thread Darrell Bellerive
/K2_Noise_Blanker_Electric_fence.txt Darrell VA7TO K2#5093 On September 25, 2006 11:52 am, Arie Kleingeld PA3A wrote: > I tried to test the noisblanker (have an electric fence nearby). It does > not seem to blank noise. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia,

Re: [Elecraft] thanks for all the KX1 photos....

2006-09-26 Thread Darrell Bellerive
e amount of hours you and Eric put in. Thanks very much for all the hard work and wonderful products. 73, Darrell VA7TO K2#5093 -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing l

[Elecraft] OT: Elecraft Relays for BC-Band Energy-Reject Filter

2006-11-16 Thread Darrell Bellerive
. Please email me your comments. Thanks! -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations VA7TO and VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list

Re: [Elecraft] QSO with KI4DGH

2005-04-27 Thread Darrell Bellerive
wrong. -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations: VA7TO, VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, uns

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Can Elecraft take over the global HF ham radiobusiness ?

2005-04-30 Thread Darrell Bellerive
ice and jobs. Thank you very much Eric and Wayne. While you may never make the Forbes top 500 list, I would consider Elecraft to be one of a handful of truly great companies. Elecraft is a winner in my books! Darrell -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations: VA7TO, VE7CLA Grand F

Re: [Elecraft] Noise blanker [was: K2 battleplan?]

2005-04-30 Thread Darrell Bellerive
l.net/ve3mcf/elecraft_reflect/KNB2_Mods.txt -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations: VA7TO, VE7CLA Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (

Re: [Elecraft] Anything News at Dayton from Elecraft??

2005-05-23 Thread Darrell Bellerive
to > > fully drive it. > > > > Tom N0SS > > > > At 02:58 PM 5/22/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Was it a K2?.or a 100 watt K2/100? > >> > >> Rich K2CPE > >> K2 #1102 > >> > >> >It was dr

[Elecraft] K2 + KPA100/EC2 Backup Battery Power?

2005-06-03 Thread Darrell Bellerive
t impact the battery much. I would also like them switched on and off with the K2 front panel power switch. Is there a convenient place in a K2 to pull off the switched 12 volts and feed it to a rear panel connector? TIA and 73, Darrell -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radio Stations: VA7TO, VE7C

Re: [Elecraft] KNB2 Performance

2005-07-17 Thread Darrell Bellerive
> is irrelevant. Most impulse noise on the air in my area slips right > through. Compared to the FT1000 and FT736R it is a poor third. Time to > redesign it. Make it plug compatible and you'll sell many. My order for > KNB2-2 stands. Joe K4AA -- Darrell Bellerive Amateur Radi

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