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Too busy with other tasks. Sigh. Hope you're having fun.

Not to hijack the thread much further, but CK, I read that you're going to put the 17/12 about 5 feet above the EXP-14. I'll be interested to see how it works out for you. I dug my EXP-14 out of the barn (literally) a couple of weeks ago where it had been accumulating a nasty patina for the...

As you really want to work DX, plan to put up a directional antenna. When the Maximum Useable Frequency (MUF) is high enough there are really no better bands than 15-10m. However, as we're heading into a general decline of the solar cycle your better bets will probably be 20 and 17m. If you...

@iiiquaziii A couple of questions for you, no disrespect intended. I am curious as to what resources you availed yourself of when learning about the hobby and studying for your license? Did you read books or just what was found on the 'Net? If you did read books, what were they? If not...

@jon666 If you're almost anywhere in the jurisdiction of the USA, you're probably quite close to someone who has an established VE team. There may be some remote areas where a 100 mile drive might be necessary but folks that remote are used to driving anyway. If you're in the USA send me a...

Obed, you're absolutely correct, the old saying of leading a horse to water comes to mind. W9CLL, don't feel bad, getting one licensed is an achievement. The others, though they may not have become licensed now may come back later in life. At the least they may carry a knowledge of not just...

Perhaps my hurdle is that I was never "sold" amateur radio 35+ years ago as I was sold on it the moment I learned of it. Actually, radio and then especially two-way radio intrigued me from an early age. No one "sold" me to be a part of the radio hobby. I guess that given my experience it is...

The Field Day thread was kind of veering off into recruitment for a bit so rather than reply there I'm starting this thread. Recruitment is kind of a touchy subject it seems. It seems as though we've had sort of a caveman approach to recruitment, i.e. got out and club 'em over the head, drag...

For years AES was the standard for pricing of gear since their catalogs arrived for about a year after getting a license or upgrading or just even changing one's address. While I looked through their catalogs a lot I never ordered that much from them as it seemed that I gravitated to buying...

Murphy at his level best. :mad: Maybe set up a baby monitor next to the rig so you can walk around with an HT tuned to its TX frequency?

As I managed to snag a pair of large boxes that housed tower lighting control panels, I mounted one to the tower and the other on a stand outside the house. I then ran 2" conduit from the shack through the wall and into the box which houses the PolyPhasers. I will have underground conduits...

Building the station

I have the X50NA with the N connector that I put up on May 30, 2016. I have it side mounted on a KF7P standoff that supports my doublet. It is about three feet from my Rohn 25G tower at 40 feet above ground level. I do not have the permanent feedline installation complete from the house to...

We did and it's quite enjoyable helping someone get up to speed on things.

Over the years I've used various types and grades of rope for wire antenna supports. The lifetime of whatever I was using varied considerably from months for cheap poly rope found at discount stores (needed in a pinch) to years for cotton and plastic clothes line. As for the past 25 years or...

Our small club went back to a location that is publicly accessible but private property for the third year in a row. It is much higher and a more quiet RF location than any public place in town. Perhaps that goes against the spirit, but whatever. Our antennas consisted of a TA-33 @ 40', N0MST...

As I understand it, ARRL won't review a radio sent to them by the factory. Instead they wait and buy one from a vendor as any amateur would and review that. The idea is to avoid factory "ringers". So it will be on the market a while before the QST review is published.

Good to hear that Wayne helped you become a satisfied customer. Hopefully this is something they can correct. I know they have mentioned applying the AGC fix to the KX3 that the K3's firmware 4.51 addresses.

Nice, Tim. I'd yet to see the interior of the KX3. Like the K3 and P3, it seems to be ingeniously designed.

It's too bad you had to suffer through those issues. Perhaps as an early owner you'll expect do a bit more shaking out of bugs than later owners, but this almost seems as though there was a breakdown in QA someplace. However! Unlike some firms, the principles at Elecraft apparently did not...