[Elecraft] A955 = λ

[Andy McMullin]

But much better advice from Knut. 

Wonderful if you're in the limited group of Word users under Windows. Not so useful for the much larger group of email users on every platform. 

Sorry if there are any typos,
this is sent from my iPad
Andy

> On 17 Jul 2016, at 12:33, Alan Slusher <aslusher599 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Good advice from Charlie, K3ICH.
> 
> Check the following website:
> www.asciitable.com/index/extend.gif
> 
> Scroll down to "Extended ASCII Codes"
> 
> Hold the "ALT" key and type the three-digit number on the right-hand-side
> number pad on a standard keyboard (not the numbers across the top of the
> keyboard - I have not yet figured out how to access the number pad on the
> reduced-size laptop keyboard).  Good idea to print the section.  Very
> useful for tech- and language-writing in WORD.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alan V31FA
> 
>> On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 11:02 AM, Charlie T, K3ICH <pincon at erols.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Instead of typing out "lambda", just hold down the "ALT" key and type 955
>> = λ
>> 
>> Same for :
>> Alt 171 = ½
>> Alt 172 = ¼
>> Alt 0216 = Ø
>> Alt 227 = π
>> Alt 234 = Ω
>> 
>> There's lots more where those came from...
>> 
>> 73, Charlie k3ICH
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Hank
>> Garretson
>> Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 12:38 PM
>> To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Power Supplies
>> 
>> Counterpoises are good.
>> 
>> Also very helpful is to adjust total length of flattop and feedline to be
>> an odd multiple of Lambda/4 for the bands of interest. This keeps max RF
>> voltage peaks out of the shack. Not always convenient to do if you want
>> multiple bands.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Hank, W6SX
>> 
>> 
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