John – There are too many other factors involved in determining media life to make a blanket statement like that. For example, CD-R drives can be expected to last 50 – 200 years according to the indus

Because this question continues to arise ... Disabling Windows 10 (and earlier) Automatic Updates - Change the Setting of the Group Policy Editor The Group Policy feature is not available in the Home

OK, my KAT500 frequency training and configuration tweaking efforts have worked well. In Manual mode now, I am hearing very little – if any – relay chatter when changing bands, even when being driven

Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2020 8:01 AM To: Elecraft-K3@groups.io Subject: Re: [Elecraft-K3] Any production K4 shipped with Linux update (orprior to)? Ø > Elecraft is NOT the only company having issue

Special thanks to Dick Dievendorff for his patient assistance in guiding me through a step-by-step troubleshooting process on my KAT500. Ultimately the problem was found to be external to the KAT, whi

Joe - The setting Dave changed is indeed application specific, and will not affect anything else. Good catch tho, thanks. 73 Lyn, W0LEN

Dave - In the VARA TNC window (the "Dashboard" sitting down on your Taskbar, not the Session window) under Settings, click on Soundcard. You'll see it. 73 Lyn, W0LEN

Dave - The rig settings on VARA and ARDOP are in two different places. For VARA, you need to open the TNC window. I am sending you info on the ARC exercises directly (there is no link). Feel free to s

Dave - There's another issue ... Winmor has been discontinued as of July 1. If you try to send a Winmor message thru an RMS station, it will not happen. P2P Winmor still works, but for messages design

Dave - Windows 10 attempts to lock down USB port assignments as a security measure, and does so again with each update. Some apps are smart enough to deal with this, but Winlink is basically a 1990s e

What is the policy of other manufacturers in the ham market today? (Not that Elecraft should be guided by contemporaries who may be perceived - rightly or wrongly - as ‘lesser’ - but still … ). Back i

I had to ship my factory built KPA500 back to the factory for warranty service twice in the first year. The first time, I used the original packaging. They returned it to me in new packaging, and I us

Or more likely, an issue with RF entering the USB circuit thru the cable. I have experimented with many USB cables over the years, and the only one I have found to consistently be trouble free is the

Bruce – I can’t speak for anyone else, but for me the notice was too short. Sorry. I was in fact in QSO with a WA station on 40m at that time. Will you be conducting another test? Thanks. 73 Lyn, W0LE

It’s easy. In the US, we can just note which way the water circles when flushing a toilet. But in the UK, toilets are far more complex. I understand some of them are actually reversible. 73 Lyn, W0LEN

Bob – Ø Further, using a known good 50-ohm dummy load, allow the ATU to resolve a match into the load. Do this on each band. This is necessary to prove the ATU integrity. Do the same power increment t

Charlie – I made the (not so hard) decision that the only ‘standard’ I need is MY standard. 73 Lyn, W0LEN

I have replaced several troublesome APP connectors with these, and have had zero failures: <https://www.amazon.com/MCIGICM-Upgrade-Female-Bullet-Connectors/dp/B07Q2SJSZ1?ref_=ast_sto_dp> 73 Lyn, W0LEN

Scott – I have sent the 17 page PDF of KPA500 schematics direct to you. Note that there may have been changes since these were submitted to the FCC. 73 Lyn, W0LEN PS – Sending direct because file is t

Jan – They are not. But like all such products, you can find full schematics (minus recent alterations) on the FCC website. If you can’t find them, get back to me and I will send them to you. 73 Lyn,