I've had lots of good rigs over the years and my K3 sounds as good if not better on SSB as any of them. Maybe the bad sounding K3s receiver EQ settings were misadjusted or left on factory default fla
There are different SNS F connectors. The SNS connectors will have different sleeve colors depending on application. http://www.tnb.com/pubint/docs/snapnseal.pdf I use the red sleeve connectors on fl
I forgot to include the part number of the red sleeve connectors - SNS1P6U 73 NA4M -. .- .- -- Phil Duff na4m[at]suddenlink.net _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.co
The big box stores sell wireless/remote AC switches to control outside Christmas lights etc. Check their web sites - I had to order mine for store pickup and it works fine on my fence charger used t
Anyone care to hazard a guess as to what soil conductivity numbers might define poor soil conductivity for low band vertical antennas/polarization losses? Here in central Texas with arid rocky poor
In the last couple weeks here in central Texas VP8EME has been on 160m FT8 with a decodable/workable FT8 signal most evenings that I happened to be on. Even decoded him sending a report to a DL one
Look into a magnetic loop such as the design by N6RK as described in a past NCJ: http://www.n6rk.com/loopantennas/NCJ_loop_antenna_N6RK.pdf I use one on 160/80 and find it effective at improving the
Perhaps magnetic loop was an incorrect term - shielded-loop is better. Yes - there are better low-band RX antennas. I also have a Hi-Z 3 element vertical triangle array. It works, has directivity and
Assuming that copper wire mesh isnt readily available for the screen that leaves galvanized chicken wire mesh fence/netting or perhaps galvanized welded wire fencing. Would galvainzed welded wire fen
Interesting. Ive used PL-259s for over 45 years for HF & most all 6m & 2m plugs. The rare random problems with them were the result of cheaping out with poor quality connector, inadequate weather-pro
Fred KE7Xs K3 book (pg 162) suggests the Mini-Circuits ZFSC-2-1-75 so I picked up a couple used ones on eBay some years ago. These have some isolation between output ports. Have been to be working fi
A misconception. K1JT's WSJT-X software has a transmit watchdog timer with I believe a 5 minute max limit - can be set lower of course. de NA4M -. .- .- -- Phil Duff na4m[at]suddenlink[dot]net _____
ARRL stopped issuing new RTTY DXCCs in 2011 when it became Digital DXCC for RTTY, PSK, JT9, FT8, FT4,<insert newest digital mode here>. Same as SSB, AM, FM all count as Phone DXCC. So I suppose we c
From my experience - it's simply that there is much more DX using FT8 on all bands than other modes. Not long after FT8 was released firing it up on 80m at fall morning sunrises was very revealing.
Dan - Ive been licensed and active for 49 yrs so I guess I qualify as an old timer - but maybe not by some standards. I enjoy FT8, and also SSB, CW, RTTY, FM, etc. Thats the whole point - if you enj
I've 2 Dell Windows 10 Home systems in shack. 1 connected to my K3 and dedicated to ham radio tasks. The other for general purpose use. No driver, USB prefs, connection, or any other problems with
Unclear how this might help? Aren't most rotors and their masts normally grounded thru the rotor body and mast clamp & mounting bolts to their tower/support? Have run 160m QRO shunt-fed tower with CD
At least 2 rotor manufacturers (Orion, Spid) have used a simple pulse encoder scheme for some time instead of a pot strip indicator. A magnetically actuated reed switch generates pulses when the rot