I operated the 10m contest this weekend with my K3 and I did have the preamp on. In that condition, I heard a lot more than apparently could hear me.
If this could be quantified some way, perhaps we could get away from just comparing opinions? de W5OV > > Even though I do get a rise in band noise going from dummy load to > antenna, I > still hear weak signals on my 480 that I don't hear on the K3 on 10 meters > SSB. Not sure about cw (what's cw?) :-). Assuming my K3 is set up > properly, > I would hate to crank up the IF gain just for 10 meters. > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-in-ARRL10-tp5830988p5831388.html > Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html