[Elecraft] Delaware! & AGC (was: Elecraft CW Net Announcement)

[Mike Markowski]

Kevin,

Kevin Rock wrote on 03/26/05 23:15 ET:
> 
>    Now to get someone from Delaware or South Dakota to check in to the
> Elecraft Net.  I don't believe folks use amateur radios in Delaware. 
> Prove me wrong tomorrow evening ;)

I live in PA but will be glad to operate from my parents' or sister's
place down in DE one of these days, but there's a catch.  I'm still
building my new K2.  :-)

Last night I completed what the manual calls "Assembly, Part I" of the
RF board.  What a great feeling to power up the K2 to check out the
control and display boards, and to hear the relays click and see the
menus working.  So far the only thing that hasn't quite reached
recommended values is that my control board AGC voltage maxes out at
7.92 V rather than the 8 V mentioned in the manual.  I'll have to search
& see if anyone has reported a similar thing.

Anyway, once the K2 is up and running I'll be glad to check into the net
from Delaware once I make a portable dipole for 20m.  Maybe another
month, plus or minus a little.  In my year and a half on the air as a
ham I've never checked into a CW net, though, so that'll probably be an
adventure itself!

Mike  AB3AP