Don, I sort of had the opposite experience at FD. I was the only real CW op in our local club, but my K3 was at home. One of the other club members had an Omni-VII setup as the CW rig. I used it to make 500 contacts in about six hours of operating time (using a multiband dipole). I actually seriously considered getting the Omni-VII two years ago before I decided to purchase my K3. In short, the Omni is a nice little rig, but doesn't have the fit and finish of a K3. After operating 40M CW for several hours, I immediately fired up my K3 as soon as I arrived back home. I was curious to see how 40M sounded on my K3 versus the Omni. It was just amazing how the K3 separates the signals and quiets down the band during a busy contest. Plus the K3 has much better ergonomics and access to critical controls. Of course, I suppose that I am preaching to the choir! Still, FD is always a good time to try other rigs.
Dave, N4QS Proud owner of the K-Line ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Wilhelm" <w3...@embarqmail.com> To: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 at Field Day > I had a similar experience. My K3 was used on CW and digital modes, > and only about a half hour on CW. > Our club had a guest operator who was very proficient with CW, and he > was quite pleased with the K3 and the way it operated. > > He especially was excited by the QSK. the auto-spot and the DSP > filtering. At one point, he commented that the K3 had so many operating > conveniences that he expected the "kitchen sink" to appear out of it at > any time :-) . > It helped that I had Quick-memories set up on the keypad for band > changing and then changed to the sub-band (CW, Data, or SSB) with the > M1, M2 and M3 buttons. That made it easy for everyone to change > bands/modes/filters. > > I think our guest CW operator will be ordering a K3 soon. He had > thought all Elecraft gear needed soldering of thru-hole components, and > was pleased to learn that the K3 was a plug-together kit. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 6/27/2011 12:24 PM, John Fritze wrote: >> Once again, I took my K3 to F/D this year with the P3. Again, I had a >> tough >> time getting to sit down at my own transceiver. It seemed as soon as >> someone got up from the operating position, another butt was in the seat. >> Many comments were heard praising the receiver, the vox, the smoothness >> of >> the VFO (I have the N8BX knobs on both the main and sub) and of course >> the >> coolness of the P3. >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
