[Elecraft] KE7X

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Ken, We all miss our professor.73 Doug EI2CNSent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
-------- Original message --------From: Ken G Kopp <kengkopp at gmail.com> Date: 13/01/2020  15:29  (GMT+00:00) To: Elecraft-KX at groups.io, Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> Subject: [Elecraft] KE7X Fred was a dear friend of mine, and entered many contests using my stationhere in Montana.  He especially excelled at SO2R, often working twostations at once.  Awesome to watch.  GAWD I miss him!73Ken Kopp - KoppOn Sat, Jan 11, 2020, 16:14 Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:> I will second that recommendation for the Fred Cady book.> It sounds like you are getting frustrated by many different angles that> are may not be related to each other.>> Go through Fred's book from front to back, doing his exercises as you go.> When you are finished, you will be responding to questions on the> reflector instead of asking them.>> Fred was a great teacher and writer.  He told me that his experience as> a professor told him that there were 3 types of learning.  Those who> could understand from just reading, and those who had to have hands-on> and those who learned best from doing visuals and exercises.  Fred> covered them all in his writings.>> I (as an engineer) have no problem following the basic Elecraft manuals,> and Fred has said that he has nothing in his books that is not covered> in the Elecraft manuals, but his presentation methods are different and> more expansive.>> 73,> Don W3FPR>> On 1/11/2020 5:45 PM, Rich wrote:> > I highly recommend "The Elecraft KX Line" by Fred Cady KE7X (SK).   You> > can order it from the Elecraft web site.> >> https://elecraft.com/collections/kx-line-books/products/the-elecraft-kx-line-book-by-fred-cady> >> >> >> > On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 3:04 PM Karl W Hubbard via Groups.Io> > <karlwhubbard=yahoo.com at groups.io <mailto:yahoo.com at groups.io>> wrote:> >> >     How do I get rid of the CW sounds when I input either via tap or> >     push to hold functions on my KX3? I don't know whether I've enabled> >     some macro function or what.> >> >     My 40 meters has now switched from LSB to USB indication . What am I> >     missing? Anything?> >> >     Now my ATU won't tune anything . Stays at 24.1-1 and powers down to> >     3.0 volts, even after refresh several times, even when I manually> >     tune my Alex loop to within 1.5 SWR. ( I had used the ATU to> >     routinely  fine-tune down to 1.1-1 -until today.)> >> >     I am getting more frustrated with the KX3 as time passes. Even> >     setting up my Heil headphones is a hassle.> >> >     The manual should be written with a goal oriented task., ie. I have> >     a pair of mic headphones which I want to use with KX3. Now what do> >     you think I will want  to do? Well, I'll  need to input a slew of> >     parameters,  VOX delay, pitch volume, monitor compression etc. These> >     should be organized under one topic:Headphone - mic use.  using> >     headphones with voice mic including troubleshooting tips, not> >     scattered all over the manual.> >> >     Really thinking now about just selling all of my stuff, two mint> >     condition Kx3s with covers, heat sinks , KPA100s, PX3s with covers,> >     redundant extra cables. It seems every time I try to use my rig, I> >     encounter a new problem. Obviously, i would like to upgrade my> >     antenna, but at this point, I am more inclined just to bail.> >>> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-> Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group.>> View/Reply Online (#65232): https://groups.io/g/Elecraft-KX/message/65232> Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/69628295/2064844> Group Owner: Elecraft-KX+owner at groups.io> Unsubscribe:> https://groups.io/g/Elecraft-KX/leave/4393303/1161009125/xyzzy  [> kengkopp at gmail.com]> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=->>______________________________________________________________Elecraft mailing listHome: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraftHelp: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htmPost: mailto:Elecraft at mailman.qth.netThis list hosted by: http://www.qsl.netPlease help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage delivered to turnbull at net1.ie