I noticed this behavior this evening and I was wondering if anyone
else could duplicate it. I have VFO A on 6M USB and VFO B on 10M USB. When I turn the VFO B knob, the VFO frequency changes, but the mode changes to LSB. If I turn VFO A now, the VFO A frequency changes and the mode goes back to USB. If I do a band down, I don't get 10M on VFO A, instead I still see 6M, plus get a PLL error message flash by. Does anyone else see this? _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Yes, when I asked they said don't do that: specifically, don't put VFO B
on a different band from VFO A until the subreceiver comes out. It will also switch in the bandpass filters for VFO B's band any time you touch VFO B. Leigh/WA5ZNU On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 4:16 pm, Ed K1EP wrote: > I noticed this behavior this evening and I was wondering if anyone else > could duplicate it. > > I have VFO A on 6M USB and VFO B on 10M USB. When I turn the VFO B > knob, the VFO frequency changes, but the mode changes to LSB. If I > turn VFO A now, the VFO A frequency changes and the mode goes back to > USB. If I do a band down, I don't get 10M on VFO A, instead I still > see 6M, plus get a PLL error message flash by. > > Does anyone else see this? > > Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
Reminds me of the old comedy routine -
Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this. Doctor: Don't do it. If I am casually tuning around, hunting DX and I want to check on two different bands (like the current multi band/op dxpeditions), the easiest thing for me to do is put one freq/band in one VFO and the other freq/band in the other VFO. Hitting A/B allows me to conveniently switch between the two. Seems fine as long as I don't accidentally hit VFO B in the process. I don't have exceptionally fat fingers, but I do manage to hit the wrong knobs once in a while. I don't think that it is good behavior for this to happen. What if you don't purchase the second receiver? Are you not allowed to do this? At 1/17/2008 07:36 PM, Leigh L Klotz, Jr. wrote: >Yes, when I asked they said don't do that: specifically, don't put >VFO B on a different band from VFO A until the subreceiver comes >out. It will also switch in the bandpass filters for VFO B's band >any time you touch VFO B. >Leigh/WA5ZNU > >On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 4:16 pm, Ed K1EP wrote: >>I noticed this behavior this evening and I was wondering if anyone >>else could duplicate it. >> >>I have VFO A on 6M USB and VFO B on 10M USB. When I turn the VFO >>B knob, the VFO frequency changes, but the mode changes to LSB. If >>I turn VFO A now, the VFO A frequency changes and the mode goes >>back to USB. If I do a band down, I don't get 10M on VFO A, >>instead I still see 6M, plus get a PLL error message flash by. >> >>Does anyone else see this? >> _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
Why not tune VFO A to desired frequency on 10m and then BAND^ to desired frequency on 6m. Then you can toggle between BAND^ and BAND Down with one touch. Same number of keystrokes as A/B but you are switching the BPFs correctly. 73, Bill W4ZV |
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Ed,
I just went through this last week. It is a known problem and is on Wayne's things-to-do list. What ever you do, don't press the SPLT button to go into split mode when you have the condition you described because if you do, you will screw up the band sequence when you step through the bands. At one point I had 3 80m bands and no 60m and 40m when I cycled through the bands. Until Wayne gets it fixed, be careful to not have different bands in VFO A and B. John [K7SVV] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed K1EP" <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:16 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3: Strange VFO Behavior >I noticed this behavior this evening and I was wondering if anyone else >could duplicate it. > > I have VFO A on 6M USB and VFO B on 10M USB. When I turn the VFO B knob, > the VFO frequency changes, but the mode changes to LSB. If I turn VFO A > now, the VFO A frequency changes and the mode goes back to USB. If I do a > band down, I don't get 10M on VFO A, instead I still see 6M, plus get a > PLL error message flash by. > > Does anyone else see this? > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: > 269.19.6/1229 - Release Date: 1/17/2008 11:12 AM > > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Hi Ed,
I ran into this a few weeks back, reported it to Elecraft and was told that this is a known problem. Imho, it is not a trivial problem, so the firmware fix may take awhile. vy 73 de toby _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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I hope someone is making a list of tips like this, they will be invaluable
for us all. David G3UNA Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Strange VFO Behavior > What ever you do, don't press the SPLT button to go into split mode when > you have the condition you described because if you do, you will screw up > the band sequence when you step through the bands. At one point I had 3 > 80m bands and no 60m and 40m when I cycled through the bands. Until Wayne > gets it fixed, be careful to not have different bands in VFO A and B. > > John [K7SVV] > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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I may just have come across this, at one point I couldn't get 160m - I power
cycled and all was ok. John, if someone does get MBS ('Missing Bands Syndrome'), does a power cycle fix it? On 18/1/08 02:49, "John [K7SVV]" <[hidden email]> sent: > Ed, > I just went through this last week. It is a known problem and is on > Wayne's things-to-do list. What ever you do, don't press the SPLT button to > go into split mode when you have the condition you described because if you > do, you will screw up the band sequence when you step through the bands. At > one point I had 3 80m bands and no 60m and 40m when I cycled through the > bands. Until Wayne gets it fixed, be careful to not have different bands in > VFO A and B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed K1EP" <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:16 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3: Strange VFO Behavior >I noticed this behavior this evening and I was wondering if anyone else >could duplicate it. > > I have VFO A on 6M USB and VFO B on 10M USB. When I turn the VFO B knob, > the VFO frequency changes, but the mode changes to LSB. If I turn VFO A > now, the VFO A frequency changes and the mode goes back to USB. If I do a > band down, I don't get 10M on VFO A, instead I still see 6M, plus get a > PLL error message flash by. > > Does anyone else see this? The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe. -Peter De Vries, editor, novelist (1910-1993) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Yes, or rather Wayne is maintaining a operating Tip page on Ecraft site and
zerobeat has LOTS of info, including error message tips and FAQ etc at http://www.zerobeat.net/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page On 18/1/08 07:22, "David Cutter" <[hidden email]> sent: > I hope someone is making a list of tips like this, they will be invaluable > for us all. > > David > G3UNA > > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Strange VFO Behavior > > >> What ever you do, don't press the SPLT button to go into split mode when >> you have the condition you described because if you do, you will screw up >> the band sequence when you step through the bands. At one point I had 3 >> 80m bands and no 60m and 40m when I cycled through the bands. Until Wayne >> gets it fixed, be careful to not have different bands in VFO A and B. >> >> John [K7SVV] Trust in Allah, but tie your camel. -Arabic saying _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Preferably in a form that can be printed out and stuck on the wall. I've already hit several "issues" that were known faults. Trouble is, I'm getting to the stage where I can't remember something I was told five minutes ago, never mind what I may have read a week or more back. :(
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At 1/18/2008 03:57 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
>I may just have come across this, at one point I couldn't get 160m - I power >cycled and all was ok. > >John, if someone does get MBS ('Missing Bands Syndrome'), does a power cycle >fix it? I have come across that several times. You can spin the dial quite a bit (not recommended) or just manually enter a frequency in the band that is missing. I use the band up or down button to get to the band that is missing and just enter a frequency manually through the front panel buttons. >On 18/1/08 02:49, "John [K7SVV]" <[hidden email]> sent: > > > Ed, > > I just went through this last week. It is a known > problem and is on > > Wayne's things-to-do list. What ever you do, don't press the > SPLT button to > > go into split mode when you have the condition you described > because if you > > do, you will screw up the band sequence when you step through the > bands. At > > one point I had 3 80m bands and no 60m and 40m when I cycled through the > > bands. Until Wayne gets it fixed, be careful to not have > different bands in > > VFO A and B. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ed K1EP" <[hidden email]> >To: <[hidden email]> >Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:16 PM >Subject: [Elecraft] K3: Strange VFO Behavior > > >I noticed this behavior this evening and I was wondering if anyone else > >could duplicate it. > > > > I have VFO A on 6M USB and VFO B on 10M USB. When I turn the VFO B knob, > > the VFO frequency changes, but the mode changes to LSB. If I turn VFO A > > now, the VFO A frequency changes and the mode goes back to USB. If I do a > > band down, I don't get 10M on VFO A, instead I still see 6M, plus get a > > PLL error message flash by. > > > > Does anyone else see this? >-- >The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the >combination is locked up in the safe. >-Peter De Vries, editor, novelist (1910-1993) > > >_______________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Post to: [hidden email] >You must be a subscriber to post to the list. >Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm >Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Both good sources, but a list of "don't do this..." as advised by John
[K7SVV] might save a lot of headaches. It would be an impossible task to make such a list from scratch, but if operators find things out the hard way, it might also lead to software changes. David G3UNA ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrington, M0XDF" <[hidden email]> To: "David Cutter" <[hidden email]>; "Crafters" <[hidden email]> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] List of tips > Yes, or rather Wayne is maintaining a operating Tip page on Ecraft site > and > zerobeat has LOTS of info, including error message tips and FAQ etc at > http://www.zerobeat.net/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page > > > On 18/1/08 07:22, "David Cutter" <[hidden email]> sent: > >> I hope someone is making a list of tips like this, they will be >> invaluable >> for us all. >> >> David >> G3UNA >> >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Strange VFO Behavior >> >> >>> What ever you do, don't press the SPLT button to go into split mode >>> when >>> you have the condition you described because if you do, you will screw >>> up >>> the band sequence when you step through the bands. At one point I had 3 >>> 80m bands and no 60m and 40m when I cycled through the bands. Until >>> Wayne >>> gets it fixed, be careful to not have different bands in VFO A and B. >>> >>> John [K7SVV] _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
I'll ask for a 'DontDoThis' page on the wiki and start if with that
If anyone has and good (bad?) don't do this's, let me have them please. On 18/1/08 10:36, "David Cutter" <[hidden email]> sent: > Both good sources, but a list of "don't do this..." as advised by John > [K7SVV] might save a lot of headaches. It would be an impossible task to > make such a list from scratch, but if operators find things out the hard > way, it might also lead to software changes. > > David > G3UNA > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Ferrington, M0XDF" <[hidden email]> > To: "David Cutter" <[hidden email]>; "Crafters" > <[hidden email]> > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 9:04 AM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] List of tips > > >> Yes, or rather Wayne is maintaining a operating Tip page on Ecraft site >> and >> zerobeat has LOTS of info, including error message tips and FAQ etc at >> http://www.zerobeat.net/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page >> >> >> On 18/1/08 07:22, "David Cutter" <[hidden email]> sent: >> >>> I hope someone is making a list of tips like this, they will be >>> invaluable >>> for us all. >>> >>> David >>> G3UNA >>> >>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Strange VFO Behavior >>> >>> >>>> What ever you do, don't press the SPLT button to go into split mode >>>> when >>>> you have the condition you described because if you do, you will screw >>>> up >>>> the band sequence when you step through the bands. At one point I had 3 >>>> 80m bands and no 60m and 40m when I cycled through the bands. Until >>>> Wayne >>>> gets it fixed, be careful to not have different bands in VFO A and B. >>>> >>>> John [K7SVV] > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com -- The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. -Japanese proverb _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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How did you set that up, I have found I can't get VFOA to go out of 10M band
when VFO B is set on 10M. And when I enter freq for VFO A directly, say 51.0, VFO B changes to that too. On 18/1/08 00:16, "Ed K1EP" <[hidden email]> sent: > I have VFO A on 6M USB and VFO B on 10M USB. When I turn the VFO B > knob, the VFO frequency changes, but the mode changes to LSB. If I > turn VFO A now, the VFO A frequency changes and the mode goes back to > USB. If I do a band down, I don't get 10M on VFO A, instead I still > see 6M, plus get a PLL error message flash by. -- Power is no substitute for Skill. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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Hows this?
http://www.zerobeat.net/mediawiki/index.php/DontDoThis On 18/1/08 09:56, "G4ILO" <[hidden email]> sent: > David Cutter wrote: >> >> I hope someone is making a list of tips like this, they will be invaluable >> for us all. >> > Preferably in a form that can be printed out and stuck on the wall. I've > already hit several "issues" that were known faults. Trouble is, I'm getting > to the stage where I can't remember something I was told five minutes ago, > never mind what I may have read a week or more back. :( -- If you have the same ideas as everybody else but have them one week earlier than everyone else then you will be hailed as a visionary. But if you have them five years earlier you will be named a lunatic. -Barry Jones, politician, author (1932- ) _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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At 1/18/2008 06:07 AM, David Ferrington, M0XDF wrote:
>How did you set that up, I have found I can't get VFOA to go out of 10M band >when VFO B is set on 10M. >And when I enter freq for VFO A directly, say 51.0, VFO B changes to that >too. Good question! On 6M, I had set up the M1-M4 quick memories for 50.125, 50.110, etc. For some reason, when I used them yesterday, VFO B ended up on 10M. >On 18/1/08 00:16, "Ed K1EP" <[hidden email]> sent: > > > I have VFO A on 6M USB and VFO B on 10M USB. When I turn the VFO B > > knob, the VFO frequency changes, but the mode changes to LSB. If I > > turn VFO A now, the VFO A frequency changes and the mode goes back to > > USB. If I do a band down, I don't get 10M on VFO A, instead I still > > see 6M, plus get a PLL error message flash by. > >-- >Power is no substitute for Skill. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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As long as that list is purged when every firmware upgrade comes out, I
would agree. Usually such lists are never updated and it becomes a 'worry list' left there to confuse new owners long after the problem has been fixed. 73, Don W3FPR David Cutter wrote: > Both good sources, but a list of "don't do this..." as advised by > John [K7SVV] might save a lot of headaches. It would be an impossible > task to make such a list from scratch, but if operators find things > out the hard way, it might also lead to software changes. > > David > G3UNA > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
Since I've started it, I'll undertake to identify old entries that are no
longer valid as soon as I'm made aware of that. On 18/1/08 13:47, "Don Wilhelm" <[hidden email]> sent: > As long as that list is purged when every firmware upgrade comes out, I > would agree. Usually such lists are never updated and it becomes a > 'worry list' left there to confuse new owners long after the problem has > been fixed. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > David Cutter wrote: >> Both good sources, but a list of "don't do this..." as advised by >> John [K7SVV] might save a lot of headaches. It would be an impossible >> task to make such a list from scratch, but if operators find things >> out the hard way, it might also lead to software changes. >> >> David >> G3UNA >> > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: [hidden email] > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com -- Cats know exactly how we feel. They don't give a damnĀ but they know. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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BTW: this whole scenario is VERY EASY to fall into if you start tuning
around the Shortwave Bands and accidently bump VFO B and/or start cycling through the bands. The quickest "cure" I have found was to remember (ha!) to return VFO A to the Ham Band frequency from which I started BEFORE I move VFO B. 73 es hv fun -- Don N4HH K3# 83 <SNIP> -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of John [K7SVV] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:49 PM To: [hidden email]; [hidden email] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3: Strange VFO Behavior <SNIP> At one point I had 3 80m bands and no 60m and 40m when I cycled through the bands. Until Wayne gets it fixed, be careful to not have different bands in VFO A and B. <SNIP> _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> As long as that list is purged when every firmware upgrade comes out, I would > agree. Usually such lists are never updated and it becomes a 'worry list' > left there to confuse new owners long after the problem has been fixed. And that's exactly why the folks involved ask for the input, cooperation and participation of folks who have current information. With out that, there will always be critical comments, and sometimes by the very folks who could have been part of the solution. Thom,EIEIO Email, Internet, Electronic Information Officer www.baltimorehon.com/ Home of the Baltimore Lexicon www.tlchost.net/hosting/ Web Hosting as low as 3.49/month _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [hidden email] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com |
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