Tech Notes
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| KX3 Tech Notes and Articles | Contributed By |
| KX3 complete portable station box* (dk6ah.darc.de) | Andreas Herzog, DK6AH |
| K3 Tech Notes and Articles | Contributed By |
| Switch box for local and remote operation* (dk6ah.darc.de) | Andreas Herzog, DK6AH |
| K3/0-Mini with wifi* (dk6ah.darc.de) | Andreas Herzog, DK6AH |
| How to get on 500 kHz with your K3 (.pdf)** | Dick Hissink, PA3CW |
| K2 Tech Notes and Articles | Contributed By |
| SP2 Companion External Speaker for the Elecraft K2 (.pdf)** | Dave White, VE6DRW |
| Using the Elecraft K2 with a Microwave Modules MMT144/28 Transverter (.pdf) | Dave Johnson, G4AON |
| K2 Cheap and Dirty Signal Tracing (.pdf) | Tom Hammond, N0SS |
| Transverter Application Note, How to interface your K2 or any other rig to a transverter. (.pdf)** | Dave Olean, K1WHS & Jay Rutherford, K1UC |
| Transverter Supplemental Notes (.pdf) | K1JD |
| Modifying the K2 to bring out signals for digital modes. (.pdf) | Paulí Nuñez, EA3BLQ |
| Update to add Pauli's digital board to K2's with a KAF2 installed. (.pdf)** | Paulí Nuñez, EA3BLQ |
| An Audio Notch and Band-Pass Filter for the K2 (.pdf) | Randy Hargenrader, WJ4P |
| K2 Mod Articles * (www.qsl.net/w3fpr/) | W3FPR |
| An FT900 Knob for my K2* (www.qsl.net/w3fpr/) | W3FPR |
| Setting the K2 power control for 5w maximum (.pdf)** also in German (.pdf)** | Ingo, DK3RED |
| Care and Feeding of Your K2 Battery (.pdf) | Bob Lewis, AA4PB |
| K1 Tech Notes and Articles | Contributed By |
| K1 Cheap and Dirty Signal Tracing (.pdf) | Tom Hammond, N0SS |
| Tech Notes and Articles | Contributed By |
| Electronic Design Magazine Article "Why I Design"* (www.electronicdesign.com) |
Wayne Burdick, N6KR |
|
Musings on an Experiment in QRP (.pdf)** (Reprinted by permission from CQ Magazine) |
Bob Locher, W9KNI |
|
The DX Prowess of HF Receivers (.pdf)* (ARRL QEX magazine) |
Tadeusz Raczek, SP7HT |
| Miniature Magnetic Loops (.pdf) | David Posthuma, WD8PUO |
| Soldering Tutorial, What to do, and what NOT to do, to get excellent solder joints. (.pdf)** | Tom Hammond, N0SS |
| A Switchbox for Digital Modes with Auto Compression Disable* (www.qsl.net/w3fpr/) | W3FPR |
| Ask Dr. Solder (.pdf) | Conrad Weiss, NN6CW |
| ABX Variable Filter Mod for the Sierra (.pdf) | Wayne Burdick, N6KR |
| Confessions of a QRO Op gone QRP (.pdf) | Ed, W0YK |
Tech Notes features technical articles submitted by our customers and others. Topics can be Elecraft related or more general interest. Articles range from radio mods to technical 'how to' write ups. New articles will be posted monthly (or more often) and previous ones will also be archived on this page. We hope this page becomes a clearing house for useful information to the amateur radio community.
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