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Fred Bennett N9TA-2

KAT500??

So....what the heck has happened to the KAT500?

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wayne burdick

Re: KAT500??

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We revised the PCB one more time to make it easier to manufacture.
Should have these "final" (we hope) boards in by next week. If all
goes well, we'll be down to one final impediment: me. I have to revise
the sheet metal drawings.

Sorry for the delay.

Wayne

On Mar 8, 2012, at 2:48 PM, Fred Bennett N9TA wrote:

> So....what the heck has happened to the KAT500?
>
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Don Wilhelm-4

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Patience is a virtue!

I recall on a long plane trip between North Carolina and California, the
XYL was getting restless from being in the same cramped plane seat for
so many hours - I finally wrote "patience" in very small letters on a
small piece of paper and handed it to her with the words "now you have a
little patience"!

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/8/2012 5:48 PM, Fred Bennett N9TA wrote:

Fred Bennett N9TA-2

Re: KAT500??

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Have you any idea of pricing? And will it be kit or assembled?
And thanks for the info....this IS me being patient. With my
antennas I can use the KPA500 on small bits of only three bands!

73
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Burdick [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 6:01 PM
To: Fred Bennett N9TA
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT500??

We revised the PCB one more time to make it easier to manufacture.
Should have these "final" (we hope) boards in by next week. If all
goes well, we'll be down to one final impediment: me. I have to revise
the sheet metal drawings.

Sorry for the delay.

Wayne

On Mar 8, 2012, at 2:48 PM, Fred Bennett N9TA wrote:

Mike Reublin

Re: KAT500??

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How long was your hospitalization?

73, Mike NF4L

On 3/8/2012 6:01 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> Patience is a virtue!
>
> I recall on a long plane trip between North Carolina and California, the
> XYL was getting restless from being in the same cramped plane seat for
> so many hours - I finally wrote "patience" in very small letters on a
> small piece of paper and handed it to her with the words "now you have a
> little patience"!
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>

KE8G

Re: KAT500??

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Wayne,
I, for one, would rather wait and know I am getting the best that Elecraft
can offer; design, component, & price wise.

I've seen too many jobs/products rushed into to meet the market demand, only
to have problems down the road and end up doing a re-design.

73 de Jim - KE8G

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT500??

We revised the PCB one more time to make it easier to manufacture.
Should have these "final" (we hope) boards in by next week. If all goes
well, we'll be down to one final impediment: me. I have to revise the sheet
metal drawings.

Sorry for the delay.

Wayne

On Mar 8, 2012, at 2:48 PM, Fred Bennett N9TA wrote:

> So....what the heck has happened to the KAT500?
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Joe K2UF

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Thanks Wayne. Information is therapeutic. Helps to relieve anxiety. We are
a fragile lot.

73 Joe K2UF

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Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 6:01 PM
To: Fred Bennett N9TA
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KAT500??

We revised the PCB one more time to make it easier to manufacture.
Should have these "final" (we hope) boards in by next week. If all
goes well, we'll be down to one final impediment: me. I have to revise
the sheet metal drawings.

Sorry for the delay.

Wayne

On Mar 8, 2012, at 2:48 PM, Fred Bennett N9TA wrote:

Phil Hystad-3

Re: KAT500??

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Don't let the KAT500 cut into your on-air time!

On Mar 8, 2012, at 3:00 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> We revised the PCB one more time to make it easier to manufacture.
> Should have these "final" (we hope) boards in by next week. If all
> goes well, we'll be down to one final impediment: me. I have to revise
> the sheet metal drawings.
>
> Sorry for the delay.
>
> Wayne
>
>
> On Mar 8, 2012, at 2:48 PM, Fred Bennett N9TA wrote:
>
>> So....what the heck has happened to the KAT500?
>>
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wayne burdick

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Phil Hystad wrote:

> Don't let the KAT500 cut into your on-air time!

Don't worry. I'm averaging a blistering one QSO per day right now.

A couple of days ago I worked ZS1JX on 7.001 using the KX3. I was
running 12 watts to a random wire antenna just a few feet off the
roof, but we had a solid, 5-minute QSO. Doesn't get much better than
this!

Wayne
N6KR

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Phil Hystad-3

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Pretty good catch on 12 watts. I just checked my log book, no entries for yesterday and the day before. Been busy so I am going to go find someone on 40 meters -- maybe around 7.030 or so.

phil, K7PEH

On Mar 8, 2012, at 5:55 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> Phil Hystad wrote:
>
>> Don't let the KAT500 cut into your on-air time!
>
> Don't worry. I'm averaging a blistering one QSO per day right now.
>
> A couple of days ago I worked ZS1JX on 7.001 using the KX3. I was running 12 watts to a random wire antenna just a few feet off the roof, but we had a solid, 5-minute QSO. Doesn't get much better than this!
>
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>

Michael Mussler

K2 QRP QSOs

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I took my K2 along on a recent cross country ski trip to a century old log
cabin located north of Steamboat Springs. Running 3 watts into a four feet
per side square loop antenna hung from the clothes pegs INSIDE the cabin, I
worked Texas, Idaho and Washington on 30m. There was four feet of snow on
the ground outside the cabin. Now that made my day!
73
Mike, AI8Z

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Vic Rosenthal

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My guess is that this was about an hour after sunset in California, and just before
sunrise in ZS. I have noticed really good conditions on this path and this time, even with
my low-ish dipole on 40 -- apparently signals arrive at high angles. The opening is pretty
short, so Wayne must have hit it just right. The opening is there on 80, too.

On 3/8/2012 5:55 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:

> A couple of days ago I worked ZS1JX on 7.001 using the KX3. I was
> running 12 watts to a random wire antenna just a few feet off the
> roof, but we had a solid, 5-minute QSO. Doesn't get much better than
> this!
>
> Wayne
> N6KR
>
>
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