Long shot: kpa100/kat100

[Niel Skousen]

This is a long shot, but anyone have either/both a kpa100 / kat100 that is partially complete or inop and collecting dust ??  

I'm thinking of adding an amp for my K2 and looking for something I can get very Inexpensively  and fix up...  

I am aware of the Italian and Chinese amp's on eBay and the HobbyPCB amp/tuner, and thought I'd check here for something collecting dust first.

Please contact off the list to discuss ...
Thanks for the bandwidth && 73

Niel
WA7SSA

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[Ed Muns]

From today's Daily DX:
 
On Wednesday K8ZOA, Jack R. Smith, passed away from liver, kidney and
respiratory complications.  He was both a lawyer and engineer working
for both the FCC and private practice law firms.  Jack was an inventor
and created Clifton Laboratories.  Earlier this month DX Engineering
purchased Clifton Laboratories and plans to continue manufacturing
those "products in the exact same fashion and service Jack did", says
K3LR, Tim Duffy, Chief Operating Officer of DX Engineering.

Ed W0YK

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[Michael Walker]

Ed

Thanks for sharing.  Jack helped me debug a problem in my Pixel loop.  He
designed the pre-amp for it.

He was a pretty smart guy.

Mike va3mw


On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 1:54 PM, Ed Muns <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From today's Daily DX:
>
> On Wednesday K8ZOA, Jack R. Smith, passed away from liver, kidney and
> respiratory complications.  He was both a lawyer and engineer working
> for both the FCC and private practice law firms.  Jack was an inventor
> and created Clifton Laboratories.  Earlier this month DX Engineering
> purchased Clifton Laboratories and plans to continue manufacturing
> those "products in the exact same fashion and service Jack did", says
> K3LR, Tim Duffy, Chief Operating Officer of DX Engineering.
>
> Ed W0YK
>
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[Craig Smith]

Jack was indeed a fine gentleman and an excellent designer.   Never had the pleasure of a face-to-face meeting, but was the recipient of his expertise and kindness more than once.

I really appreciated his designs.  Excellent performance, of course, but also incredible attention to detail in terms of documentation and user support.   When I was active in CW contesting he was kind enough to lend me some prototype equipment for evaluation.  

The ham community is much the poorer for his loss.

73   Craig   AC0DS

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[briancom]

Jack was quite approachable.

I talked to him a number of times on the phone with rather elementary
questions regarding his studies and kits.  He was always polite and sent
me down the right path.

His well designed, affordable kits and detailed webpages were really
appreciated.  Glad to see that DX Engineering is picking up the kits.

A true embodiment of Ham Radio at its best.

RIP Jack.

73 de Brian/K3KO



On 6/27/2016 18:31 PM, Craig Smith wrote:

> Jack was indeed a fine gentleman and an excellent designer.   Never had the pleasure of a face-to-face meeting, but was the recipient of his expertise and kindness more than once.
>
> I really appreciated his designs.  Excellent performance, of course, but also incredible attention to detail in terms of documentation and user support.   When I was active in CW contesting he was kind enough to lend me some prototype equipment for evaluation.
>
> The ham community is much the poorer for his loss.
>
> 73   Craig   AC0DS
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[Bill Steffey NY9H]

way back when the K2  was THE elecraft radio....
I bought from Jack a Panadapter,  a kit, quite a kit.
It plugged into a Jack supplied jack on the back of the K2 for an IF tap.
While I enjoyed the scope, continuing my interest in such devices, I
was blown away at the documentation for the unit. Fold out page by
page of every circuit, with voltages ac & dc & pictorials of scope
measurements of almost every junction. Never seen quite as fine a set
of docs, far beyond the 100+ pages of service manuals from my ICOMS.

Sold the Z-90 panadapter ...but I have his preamp on my Pixel, now DX
Engineering loop!!!

Someone mentioned he was an ex-tektronixs guy, which I would well believe.

Another great contributor lost to our Hobby-Service-Sport.

bill ny9h

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Tnx for posting Ed.
 
Jack K8ZOA and I were friends for a long time. Back to the days in the  
mid-late 1960's when we were in EE studies at Wayne State University the same  
time. We were lab partners in most every undergraduate EE course that had a
lab.  That branched out to a personal friendship that lasted a long while.
 
Jack was a brilliant student and engineer. Anyone who had contact with him  
will say the exact same thing. He always had something going on technically
 and he was fun to learn from.
 
After our BSEE days, Jack worked for the FCC (Detroit office) for a bit,  
then got his MSEE and eventually his LLD. We lost touch with eachother during
 most of his lawyer years but reacquainted when he retired and began
Clifton  Laboratories. I am happy that DX Engineering will continue to offer his
fine  products
 
We even collaborated on a final project, about three years ago, when he  
asked me to help him gather old photos from our classmates, depicting the days
 at WSU, and put an album together. Fun stuff.
 
RIP Jack!
 
73, Bob K8IA
 
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Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2016 10:54:55 -0700
From: "Ed Muns"  <[hidden email]>
To: "'Elecraft Reflector'"  <[hidden email]>
Subject: [Elecraft] K8ZOA SK and Clifton  Laboratories

>From today's Daily DX:

On Wednesday K8ZOA, Jack  R. Smith, passed away from liver, kidney and
respiratory  complications.  He was both a lawyer and engineer working
for both the  FCC and private practice law firms.  Jack was an inventor
and created  Clifton Laboratories.  Earlier this month DX Engineering
purchased  Clifton Laboratories and plans to continue manufacturing
those "products in  the exact same fashion and service Jack did", says
K3LR, Tim Duffy, Chief  Operating Officer of DX Engineering.

Ed  W0YK
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