Thankyou so much everyone who replied to the list and many
privately about soldering temperature.
I will set the Hakko at 700 F as a start and see how it goes.
With over 35 years of using a 15 Watt Antex, the variable
temperature was an unknown to me.
My AMQRP DDS-60 and AD9851 have arrived, a
On Friday 19 October 2007 12:17:06 Ken Kopp wrote:
> When using a straight key one's wrist ond/or forearm should
> never touch the desk. The thumb and fingers rest on the key
> knob and the elbow on the desk. The wrist then becomes a
> "spring" or shock-absorber. Sending with only wrist up-an
On Friday 19 October 2007 14:03:48 Ian Stirling wrote:
> Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #49262
Oops - wonder Elecraft would like to have sold
that many K2s.
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On Thursday 01 November 2007 05:37:11 Craig wrote:
> Sorry about the typos!
>
> I just checked out K8LP's web page,
>
> http://www.telepostinc.com/
Larry's station is N8LP.
73,
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On Thursday 01 November 2007 17:07:51 Simon Brown (HB9DRV) wrote:
> What Elecraft are achieving is unique in Amateur Radio, not just equalling
> but surpassing the quality of all other players.
With the K3 being as good as is said, and the predictions on this list
about the demand for it, Elec
On Friday 09 November 2007 13:33:56 Julian G4ILO wrote:
> But that doesn't invalidate the
> principle that we should be more willing to pay for software.
[snip]
> I'm
> writing my soon to be K3 control program in Lazarus, an open source
> clone of Delphi.
Did you pay for Lazarus?
Ian, G4ICV,
On Saturday 24 November 2007 14:22:49 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I had intended to snag a bunch of new counters for my Elecraft DXCC
> Award today before having to go to work at 1900Z. The US "Big Guns"
> were splattering 20M to pieces this morning. I've always wondered what
> that sounds like
On Monday 26 November 2007 12:54:13 Ken Kopp wrote:
> I'm one of those who is VERY glad we can keep
> our call when moving! (:-))
It would be good to do as Great Britain does and modify
the prefix depending on location. I have operated as
GM4ICV and GW4ICV. The incumbent system in the USA prev
On Wednesday 05 December 2007 12:40:42 Alan Bloom wrote:
> I think pretty much all email programs can be set up to filter
> messages. For example I am running an old version of Ximian Evolution
> on a Linux computer.
I have just set my KMail filter to send email from this list
containing "K3" i
On Thursday 20 December 2007 01:15:21 Shaun Oliver wrote:
> I quite agree. even the vaunted yaesu ft817 with a few jumper
> modifications can be made for general coverage tx.
The FT817 in general coverage TX with a variable attenuator
is a useful bench signal generator - just as my IC-735 was
wi
On Tuesday 25 December 2007 17:24:21 Brian Mury wrote:
> It is still considered good practice for email clients to wrap text in
> outgoing email to less than 80 characters.
That makes it break the common long URIs for a particular
product or article. It also wraps a reply, causing alternate
lo
On Thursday 10 January 2008 08:53:24 pm bill KE5KWE wrote:
> Also
> make sure that you match parts to their pictures and don't be hesitant of
> calling the guys and girls at Elecraft, when a part does not quite match.
> Turns out that certain parts have changed appearances by color or shape.
Recently I bought a Hakko 936 soldering station and
several T-1 fine conical bits.
My first SMD soldering is a 28 pin SOIC chip to a PDIP
adapter PCB so that I can experiment with a CS8427 in a
breadboard. The CS8427 is a digital sound s/pdif AES3
transceiver, which I'm using as a general purpo
On Thursday 17 January 2008 09:46:10 pm Joel R. Hallas wrote:
> -- but the key
> data should be out there pretty soon!
I'm really thinking about a 220 volt AC supply in my
basement in New Jersey, whether a voltage doubling
transformer or a two phase to my shack in order to
use and hear my Eddyst
On Tuesday 29 January 2008 02:00:00 pm David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
> Great, there is only one other company that I have experience of, that
> responds in this way, and that is DogPark Software who wrote MacLoggerDX.
I had an email answer from an engineer at SGC within an hour of
sending a que
On Tuesday 06 November 2007 21:40:47 David Fleming wrote:
> OS X and Linux versions of the K3 Utility are
> currently under development!
How about a minimal http interface in the K3?
Then any browser on any OS would be compatible.
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On Saturday 02 December 2006 17:51, Fred Bennett wrote:
> I just came back from the local electronics superstore with a USB to 2 port
>
> serial converter made by SIIG.
I bought a VSCOMM PCI dual serial card for a year old
compaq computer that had no serial ports. I had to
find a supplier on t
On Friday 08 December 2006 13:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I am still wishing for a truly balanced auto tuner with one set of
> capacitors and two sets of inductors.
I have an SG-231: its manual states that it can be used
in a loop, one end to the 'hot' terminal and the other
to the 'ground'
On Saturday 09 December 2006 09:55, Mike Harris wrote:
> This has been asked for for years. Sadly it will fall on totally deaf
> ears at Elecraft. Not even a hint if it's possible or not.
This is the problem with proprietary firmware.
Does Elecraft think that someone could make a rival
produ
On Saturday 09 December 2006 13:59, Vic wrote:
> The main problem is this: How would Elecraft support the K2 if the
> firmware could be changed? Could anyone guarantee that his change to,
> for example, the frequency control, didn't impact the t/r switching?
> Note that slowing down the code
On Monday 18 December 2006 00:35, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> There is the '30 second rule' that you have to contend with.
In the non paranoid days, this time could be changed by
tweaking a pot, and it would be obvious from the published
circuit diagram. Now it's locked into proprietary firmware.
Ia
On Sunday 24 December 2006 15:26, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Kevin,
>
> The RA resistor on the thermistor board is intended to compensate for drift
> AFTER warmup
In 1978 I bought an Eddystone EA12 from Tom, G3YTO,
sadly SK in 1985. It used to keep my bedroom/shack
warm - thermal stability, and the gl
On Saturday 30 December 2006 11:11, dave wrote:
> I am aware that one cannot make single errors in the assembly process -
> if the wrong part is stuffed into a pair of holes then the correct part
> must then be stuffed into the wrong pair, making for two errors rather
> than one.
This leads
On Thursday 01 February 2007 20:08, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> As Larry said, there are many sources on the 'net. If you don't know what
> they look like, here's a couple of URL's that have pictures
>
> http://www.conservationresources.com/Main/section_19/section19_02.htm
>
> http://tinyurl.com/
I just had two QSOs with my K2, the closest to any band edge
I've ever ventured in nearly 28 years of operating.
I heard F6FAI calling CQ and my K2 frequency was 7.0005 MHz.
I trusted that Jean was inside the band and I had set my
K2's master oscillator using WWV. Then Bill, G4EHT called me
zero
On Tuesday 06 February 2007 18:17, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Experimental Methods in RF Design has a nice article showing how to make a
> small environmental chamber from a picnic cooler and a light bulb.
I made my wife a bread proofing box from two 27 inch
television boxes, Styrofoam tiles, lots of
On Tuesday 06 February 2007 17:33, Dan KB6NU wrote:
> W5ALT says that the maximum bandwidth for a CW signal (assuming
> you're modulating with a square wave) is 26 x wpm (http://
> www.comportco.com/~w5alt/cw/cwindex.php?pg=5). So that makes the
> bandwidth--at most--520 Hz. I would assume th
On Friday 09 February 2007 13:07, Nick Henwood wrote:
> Would welcome encouragement or cautionary advice.
Nick,
I wound my own a year and a half ago.
The diagrams in the manual are very clear in showing
the direction of the windings. Follow them exactly as
in the diagrams. If the wire exits
On Saturday 10 February 2007 22:37, Mark J. Schreiner wrote:
> The CW QRP calling frequency
> is 1810 kHz. I've been able to work most states
Is this an American QRP frequency?
In Region 1 it's the edge of the legal frequency on this band.
It used to be 1.800 to 2.000, years ago when I earned
On Wednesday 07 February 2007 10:15, Sandy W5TVW wrote:
> You will find the receiver supurb during heavy QRM situations like contests!
? with the first mixer being an NE or SA 602 or 612?
The K1 is not a K2 lite:
domestic kittens, no matter how much fun they are,
don't grow up to be tigers.
On Thursday 15 February 2007 09:17, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Check out Wes Hayward's comments at the beginning of The "Western
> Mountaineer" article on page 12.7 of Experimental Methods in RF Design.
Don,
I bought EMiRFD just a week ago. It's a great book.
I've yet to explore the CD that comes w
On Tuesday 20 February 2007 10:50, J F wrote:
> "RIT - In my entire 33-year ham career I have never
> felt the need for RIT (and XIT even less).
I use it all the time - when people call me they're
nearly always off my frequency and outside the narrow
filters' passbands. Not everyone has an E
Although none of us (AFAIK) are allowed access to the
control firmware source, its action is well specified and
effectively forms an Application Programming Interface.
It would be possible to put the K2 into a bigger box,
remove the front panel and wire up a custom microcontroller
to all the bu
On Tuesday 20 February 2007 17:48, you wrote:
> Why reinvent the wheel. Elecraft has put the functionality into the unit by
> adding the K2 command set using the RS232 port. I do all you want and more
> using HRD (Ham Radio Deluxe) via a great control screen on my computer. All
> I do with the K
On Tuesday 20 February 2007 18:19, you wrote:
> Rig control software for people who use "real" computers (Fedora Core
> here). http://www.hamsoftware.org/ Haven't used it, but saw your
> comment and did a quick google. This is the first one I ran across, may
> be others. Are you on Mac or L
My Delaware QSL card for WAS is from Mike, KA0AMJ
the 27th of February 1980, 3:00pm to 4:00 pm on
21 MHz, RST 579, Sussex County.
My Indiana WAS card is from Maurice Wells, Sr., WB9UTC,
ex 9CJA 1922 - 1928, Age 83 at 1350 - UTC July 8 1979,
report 339, Freq., 21132, Xmtr TEMPO-ONE
Ant. TRI_BAND_
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 08:40, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> I suggest the 'solder blob' method for tinning the toroid leads.
I was told, twenty seven years ago, that this puts
carcinogenic chemicals into the air.
I use a scalpel blade to scrape the enamel off.
Seeing the shaved enamel on my workbench
On Sunday 29 April 2007 01:52, wayne burdick wrote:
> Would you like to write a Mac version of the K3 Downloader, presently
> written in Microsoft C-sharp?
Is there room in the firmware to run a minimal http server?
If a browser could be used to load firmware, cross machine
architecture would
On Sunday 29 April 2007 22:19:02 Bernard Gaffney, N8PVZ/QRP wrote:
> Just faxed in my K3 order
> Yabba Dabba Doo!
I'll wait for the RadCOM, QST and eham reviews.
And I'm still waiting for an answer about a
minimal http server that would make firmware
updates machine architecture independent.
I
On Monday 30 April 2007 00:56:51 wayne burdick wrote:
> Menu entry; max timeout still TBD. Suggestions?
Sec. 97.213 Telecommand of an amateur station.
(b) Provisions are incorporated to limit transmission by the station
to a period of no more than 3 minutes in the event of malfunction in the
c
On Wednesday 02 May 2007 11:37:54 nick lidakis wrote:
> Did he happen to mention the format of the saved file? If it's MP3, he
> might have to pay royalties to the current patent holders.
LAME (Lame Aint an Mp3 Encoder) contains no patented software
and many encoders are based on it. MPEG does
On Thursday 03 May 2007 21:29:00 Lyle Johnson wrote:
> In the olden days, analog radios would use two IF filters and slide them
> back and forth against each other to form variable bandwidth filters.
Yes indeed.
My Eddystone EA12 receiver that I bought from Tom Roberts, G3YTO (SK 1985)
is a d
On Saturday 05 May 2007 20:44:39 Joseph Trombino Jr wrote:
> I'd really like to see another xtal or two added to the KX1 I.F. filter3
> poles just doesn't get it...the 4 pole filter in the K1 and 5 pole filter in
> the K2 are noticeably better than the 3 pole filter in the KX1.
The K2 has
On Saturday 05 May 2007 22:24:11 Joseph Trombino Jr wrote:
> Correct IanI didn't count the last two xtals since I believe these two
> xtals are used more for removing I.F. noise than for providing
> selectivityat least this is what has been mentioned in other receiver
> articles I have
On Tuesday 08 May 2007 05:59:03 Mike Tatum wrote:
> Here in the UK the dealers take the USA price figure, for example US
> $2000.00 and change the sign to pounds so it becomes UK £2000.00
> but if we look at the exchange rates US $2000.00 = UK £1000.00 so we
> are charged DOUBLE the price with
On Saturday 29 October 2005 23:30, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> That is why I recommend pulling the air upward from the heat sink - so it
> will help pull the air from inside the KPA100 as well - in the same
> direction as the internal fan moves the air.
I had a dramatic demonstration of how importan
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 23:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> An ad for this was in the latest CQ. Not yet available.
>
> _http://www.getboost.com/dz/sienna.htm_
> (http://www.getboost.com/dz/sienna.htm)
Starting at $3000 and going up to $6000?
The K2 achieves complete HF coverage of the
amat
I've heard that the MFJ doesn't give the sign
of the reactive component - in otherwords, can't
tell whether it's a capacitor or an inductor.
I have an Autek Research VA1 - can hardly believe
that it has an old 68HC705P6 as its engine, but
it works as advertised and I like it.
Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR
On Sunday 27 November 2005 03:52, Kevin Rock wrote:
> Good Evening,
> Mozart's symphony #40 is playing in the background
Kevin,
I can't resist writing a reply.
I am a radio amateur and also a concert pianist
and musician.
My performance of Mozart's #40 first movement is
at http://www.opu
Thankyou for the accolades everyone.
An earlier version for the Soundblaster Live
reached number six on the classical list of
the old defunct mp3 site, and with over 5000
downloads, not even one person wrote to me.
Radio amateurs, and maybe especially
Elecrafters, are friendly and communicativ
Hello ..
I really wanted to buy an Elecraft automatic tuner.
The T1 is too low power capable and the KAT100 requires
the K2 KSIO or KPA100. (and requires a K2 anyway).
Without looking at the circuit, presumably it needs
frequency information from the K2 serial port rather
than a built in frequ
On Saturday 24 December 2005 01:45, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> I've wondered about the same things that Jessie has. I was taught to send
> using my whole forearm. That is, with my elbow is resting on the table and
> all of the muscles in my arm are involved in operating the straight key.
I hold t
Hello all,
I finished my K2 in June, bare K2 with 160m.
I have listened around since then but I was
never tempted to transmit while I was using my
old manual ASTU.
I finished making a control box, not necessary
but useful, for my new SG-231 automatic tuner.
My aerial is half an incomplete hor
On Wednesday 04 January 2006 20:05, Allan Bacon wrote:
> If you can get a desoldering tool with heated pencil and desolder vacuum
> built-in
> go for it. I got a Hako 808 and removed many remove components from
> boards without damaging components or boards on any PCB's. Double-sided,
> singles
I can't find information about KPA100 pricing.
On the K2 page, under accessories, the KPA100
entry has no link.
Is the information somewhere else?
Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962
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Thanks everyone.
I fetched the KPA100 manual.
That and the price page is all I wanted.
Odd that there are three replies to the
list but I haven't received my original post.
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QRP from a bare K2 isn't so easy when
there are people who are just plain rude.
I called a G station on 160m on a clear
frequency (widest filter) and received a
QRZ? back.
Someone, callsign witheld, pinned the last
LED on my K2 with no preamp, speeding nearly
twice the G speed and blocked me o
On Monday 16 January 2006 03:35, Clint Sprague wrote:
> When you install a component on the printed
> side of the circuit board, and then you tip the board
> over to solder, what are accepted methods to keep the
> compenent from falling off?
I use a pencil eraser between the board and workbench
On Wednesday 25 January 2006 20:58, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> Here's an informative link explaining Mode A and Mode B for anyone still
> scratching their head in wonderment...
>
> http://home.att.net/%7Ejacksonharbor/modeab.pdf
I have no idea, before I read about A and B, what
everyone is talki
On Wednesday 25 January 2006 23:07, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> Oh NO - there is yet a 3rd one - the 'ultimatic'!!! (and maybe there is a
> 4th and 5th as well).
Don,
Are you sure the ultimatic follows the Mk 2 in 1980?
I have the 1980 magazine but joined the RSGB in 1979,
so don't have the May 1977 is
On Thursday 16 February 2006 00:53, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> The wire Elecraft uses also strips very easily when drawn over a slightly
> sharp edge.
Exactly.
I use a medical scalpel.
There are toxic vapours burning the enamel directly.
K2 number 4962 is fully functional, and I wound the
co
I haven't been too happy with the power output
of my K2, but I didn't know if my vintage 1979
Heathkit power meter is reading low.
Today, I used an oscilloscope and measured
70.4 Volts peak to peak at 1.817 MHz into a
50 ohm dummy load with the meter indicating just
under 10 Watts.
I trust th
On Tuesday 21 February 2006 18:25, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> An RF Probe or 'scope to measure the RF Voltage along with an accurate
> non-reactive 50 ohm dummy load will provide much better accuracy (except
> when the wattmeter has been properly calibrated at the power output that it
> is being used to
On Thursday 23 February 2006 16:24, Stephanie Maks wrote:
> When I have the K2 set for the 10 Hz tuning it sounds pretty smooth
> to me, but if I have it set for the 50 Hz tuning (as I usually do) I
> can very clearly hear the steps as I tune up or down past a CW signal.
My K2 sounds continu
On Friday 24 February 2006 22:33, Fred Jensen wrote:
> Anyone know how safe these automatic Windoze updates my computer wants
> to do are? This would be a GREAT one to respond to directly and not on
> the reflector!
Fred,
What a tease .. Windoze .. gnu/linux .. uggh ..
I'm posting from my
On Thursday 02 March 2006 09:20, Dave Lowenstein wrote:
> I found winding the toroids a lot less boring and time-consuming than
> installing several hundred resistors and capacitors that I could hardly see.
Winding the toroids was the only part of building
my K2 that I could share with my wife
On Wednesday 15 March 2006 15:29, Mike Morrow wrote:
> Please...if you are requesting help, don't insult me by expecting me to jump
> through these idiotic processes that say, in effect, that your time is more
> valuable than mine.
Mike,
You have a 'Reply To' in your postings' headers that
di
On Wednesday 15 March 2006 10:28, Darwin, Keith wrote:
> I have a static mat
I built my K2 and many digital designs and circuits
over the years, many of my own design. I never used
static precautions and have never had a component
failure.
I don't think there is a conspiracy to sell static
mat
On Monday 20 March 2006 15:01, Darwin, Keith wrote:
> I'm trying very hard to avoid any rework. Rework means I have to take
> the board to work and I don't want to do that. I believe by being
> careful I should be able to avoid any rework during the process. We'll
> see...
Keith,
I built my
On Thursday 30 March 2006 13:22, Rich Lentz wrote:
> We went through this a few years ago, but it sure would be nice for Elecraft
> to make a USB interface and scrap the serial adapter altogether. I think now
> is the time as the last two computers I bought have NO SERIAL PORT and no
> way of add
On Sunday 16 April 2006 10:26, Jeremiah McCarthy wrote:
> if solder won't flow, do not raise the heat, use a bigger iron
I used my 15 W Antex soldering iron that I bought
in 1971 to build my K2. I like it so much that I
use a voltage doubling and mains isolating transformer
to use it here. I
On Wednesday 19 April 2006 00:22, wayne burdick wrote:
> I only use the PC when I have to write firmware or run hardware
> modeling software.
I use a free 68HC908 assembler and a programme
I wrote in C for FreeBSD and gnu/linux to programme
the chips because I hate to do software development
o
On Sunday 23 April 2006 18:43, Alexandra Carter wrote:
> Translation: Wipe on a wet sponge before use. 73 de Alex NS6Y.
I was rebutted by an instructor when I worked for
the BBC in 1979 when I said 'a wet sponge':
he corrected and emphasised, 'a damp sponge'.
Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962
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On Monday 24 April 2006 10:54, Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote:
> You didn't mention gMFSK,
gmsfk is available for FreeBSD too.
I am using KDE on FreeBSD 6.0.
The complete list of the current 14380 ports is at
http://www.freebsd.org/ports/master-index.html
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On Monday 04 June 2007 11:27:17 Brian Lloyd wrote:
> What we really need is a general purpose device that interfaces on
> the network and may be easily addressed by software.
It's not widely known that the Linksys WRT54G series wireless
routers have two serial ports that are brought to a boar
On Thursday 07 June 2007 17:44:31 Kevin Rock wrote:
> Do people really use a meter to give signal reports to people?
I don't and never have done in my 28 years as a Radio Amateur.
My K2's bar meter is switched off.
Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962
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On Sunday 10 June 2007 18:34:21 Mark Bayern wrote:
> Not sure about your definition of 'cheeky' -- but it is tiresome. If
> someone is that concerned about future software support, try getting a
> radio with out any software.
My Eddystone EA12 contains no software.
And if I could edit the K2 fir
I don't mind the term, "Ham".
What I really hate is "Amateur Radio operator".
Many Radio Amateurs are much more than mere
operators - designers, builders, elmers, experimenters
and so on.
Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962
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On Wednesday 27 June 2007 12:00:40 Don Wilhelm wrote:
> There is also the conversion I use because I never can remember when and
> where to add or subtract 32 degrees without thinking about it.
The way I remember is that the freezing point of water
is zero degrees C and 32 degrees F - and conve
On Friday 29 June 2007 00:45:44 Charles Harpole wrote:
> Please, no offense meant, but could Elecraft posters please put the model
> name of the subject of your post in the subject line of the message?
I wish people would understand that hitting "reply" on a message
in order to pick up the list
On Friday 29 June 2007 03:29:18 Julian G4ILO wrote:
> Hitting "reply" here addresses the reply to the sender of the posting
> I'm replying to, not the list, which is a real pain as I'm getting too
> old and stupid to always remember to change the recipient to
> elecraft@mailman.qth.net before hitt
On Wednesday 04 July 2007 10:27:58 Mike S wrote:
> Here's some info on calculating Morse speed:
> http://www.kent-engineers.com/codespeed.htm
That page gives the definition as
wpm * (dot length in milliseconds) = 1200
although not explicitly.
This is the definition in many RSGB publications.
On Monday 09 July 2007 04:10:17 Julian G4ILO wrote:
> Yes, I did get a bounce message back to say that my reply "looked like
> spam".
I suspect your two web site references in your signature.
Spam filters are suspicious of external references, and I think
the word "best" following one of them ma
On Wednesday 11 July 2007 14:25:35 Gary D Krause wrote:
> I was just wondering what people prefer.
I have used audio zero beating since my first station:
separates, an Eddystone EA12 and Yaesu FL-101.
And I tune my own pianos.
Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962
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On Wednesday 19 September 2007 10:54:19 Darwin, Keith wrote:
> No DSP, no Audio Filter, no 160 module, etc.
My K2 has only the K160RX.
I don't consider it an option.
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On Wednesday 26 September 2007 22:03:36 jgabbard wrote:
> Still looking for that Non- working HW9 to restore and use, with docs&
> complete Thanks, John KF7OM
You will have a very long wait I think.
I doubt that a non working HW-9 exists because owners
will have fixed them.
Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR
On Sunday 30 September 2007 21:36:16 KBG Luxford wrote:
> I think the analog meter par excellence is the Avometer.
The Avometer has only one linear scale, as I remember.
All those cramped at one end AC scales on other meters
are clumsy by comparison. The 20,000 ohms/volt lack of
sensitivity can
On Wednesday 03 October 2007 11:07:43 Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
> I just talked to Lisa and she is double checking to make sure she didn't
> miss your emails in the flood of spam we receive every day.
Eric,
I use a whitelist email filtering method where the default
destination is
Hi guys,
My Hakko 936 with several T-1 for surface mounted tiny
components arrived today. It is not warm yet.
I have been using an Antex 15 Watt iron since 1971, and
I built my K2 #4962 with it. Now, variable temperature is,
well, a variable that I have never had to consider.
So, my questio
On Monday 08 May 2006 20:20, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> I was not able to hear your mp3 - I could not get the long URL to work, but
Don,
It works here. It's in three lines though and needs
stitching together. A copy and paste of the three lines
puts in two gaps that need to be edited out in the lon
try this ..
http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/FileSharing.woa/wa/default?user=bsandersen&templatefn=FileSharing11.html&xmlfn=TKDocument.11.xml&sitefn=RootSite.xml&aff=consumer&cty=US&lang=en
Guaranteed no line wrap on my outgoing sender - if it's split, it's your line
wrap.
But .. is that URI len
On Saturday 13 May 2006 17:40, Phil LaMarche wrote:
>
> One of our members recommended this program and I love it. Only one
> problem, every Elecraft email goes to junk. I recover it to regular email
> but it isn't "learning" not to do this. Ideas?
My KMail filter looks for elecraft@ on the
On Tuesday 23 May 2006 17:25, Phil Kane wrote:
> A device that can plug into a computer USB port and read out
> the computer UTC time (RTC) in large digits.
Phil,
Have you investigated GPS clocks?
Google comes up with lots.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=gps+clock&btnG=
CW only, optimized, completely analogue, airspaced variable capacitor tuned,
quality mechanical reduction (not planetary), mono-band, single conversion,
preferably Top Band first, transceiver.
I'm working on it myself - bought twelve 15"x12" double sided copper clad
boards at $4.25 per board f
On Sunday 28 May 2006 20:05, DickandSandy wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am building K2 #5538. All was going well until I got to the PLL upgrade
> kit. By all the previous emails I have figured its an engineering change.
> My two questions are:
>
> 1. Can I use solid wire to mount/connect the upgrade board
There's an easy way to check if it's genuine email.
When contacting by email regarding account details,
Ebay and Paypal always address the client by full name,
not something like 'Dear Paypal Client".
Here's a great page within a site - just about every
hard-to-find US telephone number and way
On Monday 05 June 2006 17:01, Jim and Carol wrote:
> Contemplating a K2 kit and have glanced over the archives but may have missed
> one on this subject. My biggest concern right now is ruining components. I
> haven't built a kit since Heathkit days where this was not as big of a
> problem.
On Monday 19 June 2006 22:53, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
> As far as I know, there is NO such thing as a "RS232 cable".
My several Amigas have a 25 pin 'serial' port.
There is also +/- 9v AC on a couple of pins to
power external equipment. It's welcome:
I designed my own midi interface using +9 AC
On Wednesday 21 June 2006 19:50, Fred Jensen wrote:
> Disconnect your K2. Disconnect all your gear. Unplug it from the surge
> protectors in a thunderstorm.
Fred,
I agree on the first two, but not the third.
If I see thunderstorms predicted, or I predict a
local one myself, I will disconnec
On Friday 23 June 2006 15:13, Fred (FL) wrote:
> I'm always puzzled why users would burden themselves
> with LINUX machines?
I'm with you Fred .. my main machine is FreeBSD 6.1.
Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962
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