Re: [Elecraft] Re: wire antennas

2007-02-20 Thread rohre
Even simpler is a 80m dipole fed with balanced line to a tuner for all band use. The window line is less costly than coax. A good quality tuner is less lossy in multiband use than coax/ tuner balun, etc.. Balanced antennas have fewer problems than off center feeds. Balanced line to dipole does

Re: [Elecraft] re: vertical antenna

2007-03-02 Thread rohre
The Force 12 vertical dipoles are Excellent, and do not require radials, as Cebik notes in his models of vertical dipoles. A dipole is complete unto itself as a radiating antenna. In the far field , good RF earth can help this one like any antenna with its far reflections, but up close to it, it

Re: [Elecraft] Vetical Antennas

2007-03-02 Thread rohre
Keith, I suggest you get Walter Maxwells book Reflections II and read it cover to cover a few times. It takes time to grasp all the good antenna info he has in there. But, it corrects the many myths most hams have heard. The tuner really tunes your line and antenna as a system! Reflections II ca

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Silica-gel trivia

2007-04-18 Thread rohre
Silica gel is available in little pillows commercially for insertion into other packages. Stuart K5KVH ___ 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 et

Re: [Elecraft] K2 near the sea: leave on or not?

2007-04-18 Thread rohre
Actually, Jack very little electronics is outside the building, but inside the inside air conditioner unit. Outside is the compressor, and a relay. In some parts of Tx, the outside residential units fail regularly, becauser the field of electric current for the relay attracts fire ants who try to

Re: [Elecraft] Re: K1 on USB CW

2004-06-17 Thread Stuart Rohre
I mis remembered, it was a 9 MHz VFO in the radio I described, the one from ZL1AAX, apparently. Thanks math gurus. 73 Stuart

Re: [Elecraft] carrying cases and ESD

2004-08-09 Thread Stuart Rohre
Hi, Indeed, vibration in mobile transport creates triboelectricity, a charge build up by friction of wires insulations against conductors. It could be not the foam of the box, (which usually is grey or black indicating carbon content) but the wiring inside the radio. It is always good practice to

Re: [Elecraft] SCS modems with a K2

2004-08-09 Thread Stuart Rohre
Tom, The local SCS modem expert is Lewis Thompson, W5IFQ here at ARL. email him at the adr I will send, for info on the interfacing of the SCS. He has successfully interfaced them to the little 5 watt Yaesu radio, I know. I think it is pretty straightforward to interface the SCS to anything.

Re: [Elecraft] Hum Coupling

2005-01-03 Thread Stuart Rohre
Leigh, most of your coupling may be magnetic, if shielding did not reduce the RFI. You might want to experiment with steel shim stock or even tinplate from cans. The easiest fix is distance: Moving the rig away from magnetic and electric field sources of transformers as you have found. GL, Stua

Re: [Elecraft] Hum Coupling

2005-01-04 Thread Stuart Rohre
Aluminum foil has very slight magnetic shielding, but there is commercial mu metal foil that is very expensive but very good. Thin sheet metal is cheaper and more readily found. Check it with a magnet to see if it will work as magnetic shield. If magnet sticks it is steel or ferrous (shield abil

Re: [Elecraft] Leather Case for K2

2005-08-17 Thread Stuart Rohre
You can find many suitable cases at places selling to other markets than ham radio. One time, I realized a lot of QRP rigs fit the insulated coolers for six packs. Makes a good way to store your rig in a car full time. Larger cases with room for air to circulate would work for operational fiel

Re: [Elecraft] Re: OT: Affected areas/ net frequencies

2005-09-01 Thread Stuart Rohre
Well, John is with his unit and deployed even before the hurricane struck. His priority is the Red Cross satellite phone traffic, and Red Cross radio band. -Stuart K5KVH Red Cross Austin

Re: [Elecraft] Soldering Iron Weller WTCP-S / WTCP 51 tip groundingdirect or via 1MOhm res. ?

2004-06-10 Thread Stuart Rohre
The Weller tip goes directly to AC power ground to meet UL and American safety codes, (National Electrical Code) Otherwise there is a shock hazard if a shorted element contacts the sleeve. -Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailm

Fw: [Elecraft] OT: Long loop antennas

2004-06-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
- Original Message - From: "Stuart Rohre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Long loop antennas > Yes Rhombics are fun. Back in

Re: [Elecraft] Featherweight Yagi Design Questions

2004-06-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
Jack, Yes, the beam could be shortened with helical wound elements of wire. This was a beam shown in the ARRL Handbook way back, not sure if 1957 or when. You could even make the elements of ham sticks! You can fed one side with a monopole approach to get impedance matching, see the Kent Brittai

Re: [Elecraft] Sideband, Which Sideband? (WAS: K1 on USB CW)

2004-06-17 Thread Stuart Rohre
The use of the conversion from 5 MHz VFO is indeed how the USB vs. LSB convention got started. With 9 MHz IF you got 4.0 MHz (80M) and 20M, (14 MHz.) 9 -5 in one case, 9+5 in the other, with opposite Sidebands. The first use of such was probably the Central Electronics or similar tube transmitt

Re: [Elecraft] Sideband, Which Sideband? (WAS: K1 on USB CW)

2004-06-17 Thread Stuart Rohre
Yes Bob, I corrected my post. It was 9 MHz VFO to switch SB. -Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft You must subscribe to post. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, Unsub etc

Re: [Elecraft] Dumb(?) dummy load question

2004-06-22 Thread Stuart Rohre
Eric, the RS resistors are inductive, and probably wire wound and unsuited for 50 ohm impedance to RF. You would need compensation capacitor networks for them for each band. You only measured their DC values as 50 ohms. Impedance is an AC /RF quantity. RS used to carry a true QRP dummy load, b

Re: [Elecraft] Metal Oxide Power Resistors Inductive?

2004-06-22 Thread Stuart Rohre
Trev, Way back in 1960's I wondered the same about Corning tin oxide resistors like these axials. I measured many after work with HP Vector Impedance Meters, forerunners to the MFJ et al. The results I got showed they were good up to 108 MHz the high end of the 4815 Z meter. I also had run them

Re: [Elecraft] RFI from PC

2004-06-28 Thread Stuart Rohre
Buy a flat screen monitor, and not plasma. Really, a CRT monitor radiates from cabling and from the screen tube itself. You might have to slide the ferrite choke along the cables to find optimum effect from it. GL, Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing li

Re: [Elecraft] Bending component leads

2004-07-01 Thread Stuart Rohre
I ALWAYS grip the component with thin needle nose pliers against the body before using a bending jig or my fingers to move the leads 90 degrees to the case of component. I have seen diodes fracture if not. 72 Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post

Re: [Elecraft] Bending component leads

2004-07-02 Thread Stuart Rohre
The parallel jaws of extremely thin needle nose pliers will grip the lead by the body of a part and resist the bending forces at 90 degrees to the wire lead that might cause internal stress on diodes or other component terminations inside a part. The jaws have cross wise serrations that get a firm

Re: [Elecraft] Modify an Astatic D104 Desk Microphone

2004-07-02 Thread Stuart Rohre
Some rigs will take it fine, as is. Is it the one with amplifier in base? that type will surely work with all modern rigs and proper adjustment of the amplifier. On some rigs, with low Z mike inputs, a high Z to low Z transformer can match the high impedance crystal element of the D-104 to the m

Re: [Elecraft] Audio seems low

2004-07-05 Thread Stuart Rohre
Lee, Maybe a latent bad solder joint? How about the speaker mounting screws being overly tight? A couple of the obvious things to check. 72, and GL, Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to

Re: [Elecraft] Mobile problems

2004-07-06 Thread Stuart Rohre
Ford trucks are notorious for having need of filters added to the in tank fuel pump and possibly at the computer. There is a service bulletin, he may have to go back a few years. Ask dealer to contact the regional or National RFI people at Ford. There is a company here who makes filters for Ford

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Frequency Calibration

2004-07-07 Thread Stuart Rohre
Isn't the tone alternation of WWV between 400 and 600 Hz? It used to be. -Stuart K5KVH ___ 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://ma

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna?

2004-07-07 Thread Stuart Rohre
Doug, the feedline length may be a problem on 30m. Try adding or subtracting 5 or 10 feet to it. 72 Stuart K5KVH ___ 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] Queries posted from sites that need the answers authenticated

2004-07-07 Thread Stuart Rohre
Posters should disable their anti spam authentication if they want a direct answer to their question. A recent query resulted in my receiving a long complicated request for me to go to web site to prove may answer was not from a machine. The web site took too long to come up, so I canceled the re

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna?

2004-07-08 Thread Stuart Rohre
Doug, Hams have to remember, even if using coax, with a tuner on the rig, the coax is part of the antenna system and can radiate if a critical length. This is obviously why the 30m band is hard to match. You have to make the antenna plus coax of an electrical length the tuner can match. GL and 7

Re: [Elecraft] Problem? Don't know

2004-07-09 Thread Stuart Rohre
You may have better results with a dipole antenna, or at least you will be able to tell if it is the band. A very low antenna as you describe, 12 ft., radiates mostly straight up and is only good within your state except for exceptional propagation conditions. Try something from a tree to the pea

Re: [Elecraft] K2/100 for Emcomm Use?

2004-07-14 Thread Stuart Rohre
John, It would be perfect for a mobile or to the field shelter rig. you would use it with low doublets for NVIS propagation, (straight up). NVIS is a very viable HF technique for around the state communications. 72, Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing l

Re: [Elecraft] a few basics please, watt to watt compare

2004-07-14 Thread Stuart Rohre
Bands such as 80m and 160m have a lot of thunderstorm static in summer, and are best in that regard , (lower noise) in winter. 40m is more of a daytime band for shorter ranges, and skip lengthens out at night. If you are trying to work in state, 80 and 160 m are best for that at night. Bands ab

Re: [Elecraft] Another dumb one- Sunspot cycle

2004-07-19 Thread Stuart Rohre
If the average Sun Spot cycle can be called 11 years, and if 2002 was the peak year, (somewhat muddied because of an apparent double peak this time); then, from a peak to bottom should be 5 1/2 years. The bottom would be in 2007, and then another 5 1/2 years would bring the next peak around 2013.

Re: [Elecraft] Another dumb one- Sunspot cycle

2004-07-19 Thread Stuart Rohre
The great Sunspot cycle peak in 1957 was the greatest ever recorded. For some of us that were just coming into radio, it is hard to take cycles that do not reach those dizzy heights. For a young ham in 1957, sitting in a mobile with AM rig of about 50 watts, talking to Australia in the middle of

Re: [Elecraft] Another dumb one- Sunspot cycle

2004-07-20 Thread Stuart Rohre
Bob, You might have another world round table. I did one in about 1991, New Zealand, Australia, Alaska, Chile, and Texas. SSB, 100 watts, wire K5KVH varient of the G5RV. (Flat top was tee made up of 40 feet phase line plus the wire doublet). 73, Stuart K5KVH ___

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Effective Antennas for use with K2 ATU

2004-07-22 Thread Stuart Rohre
Nicolas, you will never go wrong with the simple dipole. With your restricted space, you might have to bend a dipole to fit, but that should be considered as opposed to a less effective antenna. The 44 foot dipole plus the tuner hits a number of good DX bands. You can bend it to fit your space.

Re: [Elecraft] 44 ft. doublet magic lead length and "bats in my belfry"

2004-07-26 Thread Stuart Rohre
Doug, I guarantee that a whole box of moth balls will evict your furry attic resident. However, it will permeate to the house, unless you can seal the attic entry from the house with masking tape for a few days. Be sure to find the entry point and be ready to screen it off as soon as the furry fr

Re: [Elecraft] More antenna problems

2004-07-27 Thread Stuart Rohre
I agree with Phil, that a ground mounted vertical would pick up more household noise than a horizontal dipole placed away from the house. See the Cebik web site; www.cebik.com for antenna ideas that really work for limited space. 72, Stuart K5KVH ___

Re: [Elecraft] More antenna problems

2004-07-28 Thread Stuart Rohre
Indeed, I agree that a horizontal antenna may be less noisy than the ground mounted vertical. You can try a simple wire dipole made of hook up wire at little expense to check local noise situation and its orientation may make a big difference in noise. The wire should not be parallel and at same

Re: [Elecraft] Long wire balun question

2004-08-02 Thread Stuart Rohre
As others have noted two radials is a minimum. They should be used in balanced numbers, pairs. You also may benefit to have one radial in each direction you wish to work, as that increases the signals from that direction when you have only one radial in that direction. Pairing radials is suppose

Re: [Elecraft] Like MFJ's 931 Artificial Ground

2004-08-02 Thread Stuart Rohre
Artificial ground tuners are series resonant circuits with a current sensing metering circuit so that you can tune for maximum current in the series circuit, an indication of optimum cancellation of the reactive ground lead, (resonance). Stuart K5KVH __

Re: [Elecraft] Like MFJ's 931 Artificial Ground ?

2004-08-02 Thread Stuart Rohre
The nice thing about the Ten Tec kit, is that it can be easily converted to an "L" network tuner, if you switch the point where the pick up circuit monitors current, and substitute a coax jack for the connection in one original hole. That way, it can be converted back to artificial ground service

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Awards Announcement

2004-08-04 Thread Stuart Rohre
In other words, a revival of the "Rag Chewers Club" formerly available from ARRL! Very good Larry. 72, Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change,

Re: [Elecraft] Another "dipole" with a simpler tuner and feedline

2004-08-05 Thread Stuart Rohre
The Windom is not a cure all antenna, and indeed has a number of potential problems. Its original version was a one band antenna, and modern uses of similar antennas are like stuffing a model ship in a bottle--doing something other than the physics show is the simplest antenna. As an off center f

Re: [Elecraft] SMT kits and Elecraft

2004-08-11 Thread Stuart Rohre
Yes, I think we can do simple kits with 1206 parts with home hand tools and possibly a hold down fixture home made. In fact, that would be a great "kit", a set of SMT sized tools: Needle Nose pliers, light spring tweezer, hold down device that would sit on desk and exert weight on a 1206 compone

Re: [Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?

2004-08-11 Thread Stuart Rohre
SMT: Actually, you can use your present soldering station if it is heat controlled, and just get a smaller conical 750 degree tip for the Weller, or Ungar lines. For home use, this works for 1206 components well enough. The secret is to not apply heat too long, you are not soldering like you did

Re: [Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?

2004-08-11 Thread Stuart Rohre
Sandy, What kind of soldering station do you have now? How about $5 to put you in SMD capable soldering set up? Or maybe $10 outside, the cost of a proper tip if you have a heat controlled station now. 750 tips would do it, with the narrow end suited to 1206 pads. 73, Stuart K5KVH _

Re: [Elecraft] SMT kits and Elecraft

2004-08-11 Thread Stuart Rohre
For manual SMT parts, 1206 is a workable size: 0.12 in. by 0.06 in. Stuart K5KVH ___ 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://mailman.

Re: [Elecraft] OT: SMT kits?

2004-08-11 Thread Stuart Rohre
Yes, the Princess line of irons with replaceable tips can be used for SMT. Stuart K5KVH ___ 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://ma

Re: [Elecraft] What tuning knob is best on K2

2004-08-11 Thread Stuart Rohre
Why not get the spinner attachment for the standard Elecraft knob? Easy addition as it glues on. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub,

Re: [Elecraft] SMT kits and Elecraft

2004-08-11 Thread Stuart Rohre
Peter, There are water clean fluxes that might answer your concern. I was thinking of ones that dissipate with soldering heat, just a dot on land of the component that was to be the "down side." Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@

Re: [Elecraft] SMT kits and Elecraft

2004-08-13 Thread Stuart Rohre
Pete, I have tried cyanoacrylate and when it heated it let go. -Stuart K5KVH ___ 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://mailman.qth.n

Re: [Elecraft] KX-1, Picnic Table Portable and TVI

2004-08-16 Thread Stuart Rohre
There is a fix for this well known susceptable Wineguard amplified antenna. Check out the ARRL web site, or Wineguard web site. Something was in QST I believe also. They have to fix or trade in the antenna with Wineguard. It is not possible to fix at the ham station. 72, Stuart K5kVH

Re: [Elecraft] K1 transmitter alignement problem

2004-08-18 Thread Stuart Rohre
Sometimes reheating what "look" like good joints will fix a problem. Are you sure the enamel got well removed from toroid leads before soldering those leads? GL, Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a sub

Re: [Elecraft] RE: SSB Transmit Audio

2004-08-23 Thread Stuart Rohre
You can roll off low end by decreasing the coupling capacitor in series with the mike hot lead, or adding another to the mike alone to effectively do the same. You may need to change the gain of the mike preamp to optimize for the Heil mike. 72, Stuart K5KVH _

Re: [Elecraft] CW QSO's from around the house

2006-11-28 Thread Stuart Rohre
When not in sight of the rig, as in the yard, you are probably required to follow the FCC remote control rules. Review Part 97 before doing any remote work. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subs

Re: [Elecraft] Solvent

2006-12-13 Thread Stuart Rohre
You could always go to a Liquor store and get some Everclear, pure spirits. However, cleaning of the Elecraft boards is NOT necessary nor desirable. You never know what the plastics in today's parts will do in the presence of solvents. Use of the cut off acid brushes will work, but only as long

Re: [Elecraft] Probe For Tek 465 Scope

2006-12-18 Thread Stuart Rohre
There are a number of independent probe makers. Goggle, Test Probes Inc., (TPI) and Probemasters. They are carried in the electronic Distributors catalogs. Check out Newark, Allied, Mouser, DigiKey etc. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post

Re: [Elecraft] Morse test elimination

2006-12-18 Thread Stuart Rohre
FCC commissioners and bureau heads today are usually lawyers, not technical types. The commissioners probably have never been technical types since they are political appointees. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.

Re: [Elecraft] Pomona 3296 Parts Source?

2005-06-20 Thread Stuart Rohre
The Pomona web site lists all the major distributors as stocking their products: Allied, Newark, Arrow, McMaster Carr, Powell, as well as Mouser. Maybe not all stock every item, but Allied , Newark, and McMaster Carr are usually widely stocking down here. 73 Stuart K5KVH

Re: [Elecraft] RE: Low Antenna on Mountain Top

2005-08-12 Thread Stuart Rohre
The definition of Marconi antenna is that it is quarter wave. A half wave antenna is called a Hertz antenna in some older literature. Stuart K5KVH

Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft. G5RV Question

2005-09-26 Thread Stuart Rohre
The 80 m dipole feed with ladder line and a tuner can work well even with multi lobes on the higher bands. See any edition of the ARRL Antenna book or handbook for typical patterns, or www.cebik.com antenna web site for patterns. If you take into account the lobe directions you will have fine

Re: [Elecraft] DK9SQ Pole Modification

2007-01-04 Thread Stuart Rohre
Don't worry about the carbon in the pole. It is bound up in a matrix of plastic such that it does not make a good conductor. You can check with an ohm meter two places say a foot apart; what does that read on your pole? (don't break the outer covering, just hold the probe side against the pole

Re: [Elecraft] Rf in the shack distorting audio

2007-01-22 Thread Stuart Rohre
Bob, you need quarter wave insulated radials in the shack right at the rig ground post to eliminate the hot rf problem on each high band. Connected at the ground rod, they do no good, since that is 18 feet ? away from the RF source, (Rig). Also, how close is your antenna to the rig? Making t

Re: [Elecraft] Rf in the shack distorting audio

2007-01-24 Thread Stuart Rohre
Bob, The length of conductor from the rig chassis to the eventual ground rod, including the length of the rod to the physical dirt, all makes a resonant system. If such a "ground" lead is 1/4 wave or a substantial length at a given band, you will have a poor RF ground. As someone said, you nee

Re: [Elecraft] Re: wire antennas

2007-02-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
Jim and the group, At every field day, our club W5KA uses 80 M Inverted Double Extended Zepp element wire doublets. We have had up to 250 feet of two types of window line, and with the large Dentron tuner, we have a low loss match, and it works every signal we hear. That is on multiple bands wh

Re: [Elecraft] wire antennas

2007-02-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
How low did you have your horizontal loop? We always use a 2 wave or so one for field day, (80m), but mostly use it on 40m and up to 15m. It is always only 20 feet high, as that is the limit of reach of our portable ladder. We get great signal reports, and work all over the country from the Ce

Re: [Elecraft] wire antennas

2007-02-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
Mike and the group, I am currently routing heavy duty 300 ohm twin lead from a 5/8 leg 20m antenna, thru a slot cut into some foam pipe insulation that acts as a panel in the bottom of a aluminum sash window. The window has aluminum sill, and frame, and individual panes of glass with aluminum s

Re: [Elecraft] Vetical Antennas

2007-03-05 Thread Stuart Rohre
I have toyed with adding 160m to an existing "80 to 10m band" vertical by the simple expedient of placing an 80m trap at the top of the vertical, then leading off a wire to make an L antenna with enough horizontal length to load the whole on 160m. Remember, you get nearly the efficiency of a di

Re: [Elecraft] Tinning toroid leads

2007-03-08 Thread Stuart Rohre
The video on tinning toroid leads, does point out the ease of doing it by first scraping even a single bare copper spot on the lead, and then starting the application of iron heat and solder wire there. I had not seen this before. He used an Xacto knife blade and one swipe to start the spot.

Re: [Elecraft] Fishing rod poles in the US

2007-03-13 Thread Stuart Rohre
Wal Mart stores abound in the South, and Orlando should have some well equipped with fishing poles. They will be cheaper there, (less dear), than in the dedicated fishing shops. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.n

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Analyser - Phase Angle Sensor

2007-03-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
It is not too simple to measure phase with a additional circuitry. However, it is simple to move the frequency of the antenna analyzer and see the Reactance change, IF it is increasing with frequency it is inductive reactance, (+); if decreasing with frequency increase, it is capacitive react

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Analyser - Phase Angle Sensor

2007-03-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
Thanks Don, my work around has worked for simple antennas like dipoles, loops, verticals, etc. His OCF antenna has an interesting sharp resonance which must be the principle one, but also a non harmonic resonance which is interesting. I had not looked at a horizontal OCF (off center feed) one

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Analyser - Phase Angle Sensor

2007-03-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
I was referring to a narrowband case of examining a simple antenna to see if it is long or short. One with well defined sharp peaks and valleys of impedance, and one principal resonance which you can estimate from the dipole physical length. Seems to work using my Autek or MFJ 269. I was not

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Analyser - Phase Angle Sensor

2007-03-16 Thread Stuart Rohre
I did not mention that obviously, one has to watch both the impedance variation and the reactance term to use my approximation to finding the sign of the reactance. Larry's antenna is a good exception to the performance of simpler antennas. Most ham antennas have well defined harmonic related

Re: [Elecraft] Vertical Antennas

2007-03-24 Thread Stuart Rohre
Both the half wave and 5/8 wave antennas are complete resonant structures without the need for radials. See L. B. Cebik's web site, www.cebik.com for his discussion modeling half wave verticals, and little was gained by modeling radials under them. The reflections you are concerned about are i

Re: [Elecraft] N Connectors on KPA100 and KAT100

2007-04-20 Thread Stuart Rohre
This won't really buy you any advantages, and might cut down chances of resale, since most hams don't want a modified from stock radio in more recent models. N connectors are most suited for outdoors or UHF applications. Or powers much higher than Elecraft radios! -Stuart K5KVH

Re: [Elecraft] What's a panadapter?

2007-05-03 Thread Stuart Rohre
The original Panadaptors, as I recall, in the WW2 era, worked in the receiver IF, as RF spectrum analysis was but a dream when it came to affordable circuitry. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a

Re: [Elecraft] here is how to "get a feel" for a roofing

2007-05-03 Thread Stuart Rohre
Additional comments on using an A/D at the front end of a radio. High Speed A/Ds that can handle the wide dynamic range of radio signals are still an art form. Any A/D suffers from the need to have filtering in front of it to avoid a malady known as aliasing. In A/D theory, without band limi

Re: [Elecraft] Ham Radio (was H mode mixer)

2007-05-14 Thread Stuart Rohre
Augie, You are correct, Ham Radio went to CQ Pubs., then to ARRL, as Communications Quarterly was incorporated into QEX. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscri

Re: [Elecraft] OT: balun rating exceeded

2007-05-16 Thread Stuart Rohre
Brett, There ARE kilowatt baluns, but the balun probably will not help a G5RV due to the fact it is resonant on 20 as a gain antenna, and somewhat of a mismatch on any other band. In fact, you would be better off running open wire line all the way to a Tee tuner, then using a ferrite bead 1:1 b

Re: [Elecraft] POW Receiver

2005-10-13 Thread Stuart Rohre
Frank, There are steel blades still sold at Home Depot for painting clean up of windows. Single edge razor blades. Now if the school official "crazies" won't stomach those, you can simple substitute some plated metal or even a rusty slip of steel. I wonder if a scrap of blue banding metal tap

Re: [Elecraft] POW Receiver

2005-10-13 Thread Stuart Rohre
I wonder if the blue blades are the same steel coating procedure as bluing a gun barrel? If so, you can get solution for treating steel at most gun shops that cater to those restoring firearms. Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecr

Re: [Elecraft] 2005 MID-MO ARC (N0SS/0) FIELD DAY RESULTS

2005-10-17 Thread Stuart Rohre
The rules are pretty clear, what ever stations you run, free ones included, the highest power run determines the class of operation. If in battery class all stations have to be on battery at 5 watts!! No exceptions. I have always thought that the arbitrary 5 watts for both CW and phone modes w

Re: [Elecraft] Antenna Analyzer

2005-11-14 Thread Stuart Rohre
You can determine the sign of the reactance by simply tuning higher in frequency. IF the reactance increases it is inductive, if it DECREASES, it is capacitive reactance. Remember the basic formula for inductive is Xl = 2Pi fL, while the inverse formula is for capacitive reactance, thus it de

Re: [Elecraft] KX-1 Antenna Recommendations

2005-11-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
For 20 meters and up, the Minuteman antenna I have has been very good in performance and ease of use. It does require some guying in a wind, and I modified the upper section to have another PVC pipe section to provide more Velcro attachments to stabilize the collapsible whip. Stuart K5KVH

Re: [Elecraft] Doublet Antennas (WAS: Helix-wound EDP)

2005-12-14 Thread Stuart Rohre
A lot of these antenna ideas have been modeled by L. B. Cebik, W4RNL at his excellent antenna web site: www.cebik.com Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber I

Re: [Elecraft] Horizontal Loop Antenna

2005-12-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
Whether you will get good results with your loop under the shingles depends on the amount of metal flashing on the edges of your roof. Also, on the amount of metal enclosed by it in your attic. we tried one on a Red Cross building that had perimeter flashing and even on standoff insulators, th

Re: [Elecraft] Open Wire Feed Line Arrestor

2006-01-06 Thread Stuart Rohre
The device is stated to have toroid cores on each side of the line conductor so as to provide a DC short to the antenna side of the box. On the transmit side, it may be AC coupled, which is fine when the right size cap is used for RF. The cores with their windings act as RF chokes while allo

Re: [Elecraft] QRP viability during solar cycle min?

2006-01-12 Thread Stuart Rohre
L. B. Cebik reports favorably on vertical dipoles at Cebik.com. When elevated sufficiently; since they are a complete antenna, not requiring a radial set; they radiate quite well at DX angles. See www.cebik.com -Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing l

Re: [Elecraft] Wanted: circuit diagram

2006-02-08 Thread Stuart Rohre
The standard "circuit" Ten Tec uses to test their noise blankers is a relay wired to open its own coil circuit and then remake. The arcing at the contacts makes a good close by test source for this. 73, Stuart K5KVH ___ Elecraft mailing list Post

Re: [Elecraft] Electrostatic ground

2006-02-16 Thread Stuart Rohre
To adequately "ground" for electrostatic charges does not require a connection to physical earth at all. In fact whether to use a strap at all depends on your local temperature and humidity at the work station. Dry cold winter weather is more risk than a wet spring unless you have a cold air co

Re: [Elecraft] QRP Antenna

2006-02-21 Thread Stuart Rohre
Ron makes a good point about an antenna backed by an upslope, such that the antenna is below the highest objects, be it hill or house. You can possibly get more interesting contacts by arranging a rotating guy ring to which to attach the high point of the antenna. Then, get some rebar to act

Re: [Elecraft] Re:QRP Antenna

2006-02-23 Thread Stuart Rohre
Verticals are probably preferred for tight locations, and in any case have a nice low angle of radiation even given ground mounting, or low elevated mounting. Of the two, if you can get the antenna up six or more feet, so much the better. Then you could use gull wing elevated radials to improv

Re: [Elecraft] KPA100 Fan Noise

2006-02-27 Thread Stuart Rohre
Ball bearing and similar fans have a longer life with quiet than sleeve bearing fans. You might check out the offerings from Mouser in small fans. -Stuart ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post

Re: [Elecraft] Coax Switch between two rigs

2006-03-03 Thread Stuart Rohre
My measurements on ham grade coax switches show 40 dB or less isolation between positions. IN FACT, 60 dB is high even for a commercial grade switch. The simple types from MFJ that are wires to a multiposition wafer switch do not shield quite long wire runs from the adjacent connectors. Those

[Elecraft] Correcting the parent co. of Multicore Solder

2006-03-03 Thread Stuart Rohre
The parent co. is now of the Loctite products group, who make thread locking compounds to paint on nuts and bolts. (Permatex whom I thought of makes the gasket compound, or 'goop'. Both products, Loctite and the gasket stuff are a kind of 'goop', thus the confusion. Multicore Solders, formerl

Re: [Elecraft] Solder?

2006-03-06 Thread Stuart Rohre
Solder is a very subjective thing. The thing to do with any solder unfamiliar to you is use it on some cables, components, connectors and evaluate the quality of joints it makes with your soldering tools, skill, etc. You can see if it takes more or less heat than old solder you are familiar wi

Re: [Elecraft] No more RS232 ComPort!!!

2006-03-08 Thread Stuart Rohre
A lot of times you can make RS 232 work even without the handshake lines like CTS, DTR, RTS. You loop back pin 4 to 5 of the 25 pin D connector, and you hook 6, 8, and 20 together. 2, and 3 are your transmit and receive, and pin 7 is the common. Pin 1 is chassis ground, but do not share it wi

Re: [Elecraft] Broken core

2006-03-15 Thread Stuart Rohre
Super Glue should be fine. Some epoxies however, have fillers in them and might NOT be passive to the RF specs of the core. I saw this happen while working in the EMC field. We were testing a transformer for a customer that had to attenuate RF passage thru its core and windings. It was a thr

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