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Archives

Older Updates are archived monthly. Click on the month below to read the archive

 

July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006
January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007
July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007
January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008
July 2008 August 2008        
 
 

Sticky Updates (Revised 15 December 2007)

F Revised firmware release 610 for Z90 is now available The revised firmware permits you to reverse the sweep direction, thereby placing signals in their correct orientation when the Z90 is used with equipment that inverts the IF frequency, such as the K2 on most bands. Download the firmware at the Software Updates page. (04 Nov 2007)

F Revised firmware release 2.2 for Z100 is now available . Z100 Firmware release 2.2 implements an additional operating mode, central green LED plus high/low direction indication. Download the firmware at the Software Updates page. (15 Dec 2007)

Z100 CW/RTTY Tuning Aid

The Z100 CW tuning aid is in stock for immediate delivery.

Second Run - Z10000-K2 and Z10000-U Buffer Amp Boards Now Shipping

The Z10000 buffer amplifier is now shipping. For more information, click here.

 
The latest weather in Clifton VA from my Davis Instruments weather system.

You can click on the image to jump to data from my weather station at Weather Underground. Or, you can click here for 24 hour data uploaded directly to my Clifton Laboratories web site.

 
05 September 2008

At the suggestion of Geoff, GM4ESD, I've added measurements of two headphones taken in stereo mode, i.e., one transducer, not both in parallel, in free space (headphone cups aimed outward) and on a simulated head (two thick paper catalogs). I've added the data at the Headphone Impedance page.

 

04 September 2008

I've added a new page Headphone Impedance with measured impedance data over the range 20 Hz - 6000 Hz for several headphones and loudspeakers.
 

02 September 2008

I've added LIN OUT plots for LIN OUT gain settings of 2 and 5 to the Elecraft K3 Receive Audio page. I also added (at 4 PM EDT) two spectrum analyzer plots showing how the LIN OUT picks up much different 60 Hz hum levels depending on the K3's orientation.

 

01 September 2008

I've made additional measurements of audio distortion in my K3, with single and dual tones within the SSB passband. The new data is at the end of my Elecraft K3 Receive Audio page.

 

01September 2008

As is my practice, I've moved the August 2008 updates to an archive page, readable by clicking here or via the links at the top of this page.