Congradulations Nick What kind of antenna did you use? On Nov 7, 2012 6:29 PM, "Nick-WA5BDU" <nick-wa5...@suddenlink.net> wrote:
> Also had a great time giving my KX3 its first taste of a "real" contest > in the CW SS. I made 388 Qs operating about 20 hours or so. Missed the > clean sweep by one section. I was bummed because I'd had no idea I > could get that close and should have spent more effort on sections early > in the contest. > > I did enjoy working all 50 states in less than a day at 5 watts out though. > > The rig did really well. I had N1MM logging and sending. I could use > the KX3's paddle for fills and have the end panel key jack set up for > hand key so N1MM could key via that port. Slick. > > I should have done the "per-band" filter adjustment since I did hear > some opposite sideband among all the super strong signals. > > At the end I realized I had just about zero "listener fatigue" from > radio noise, artifacts, etc. A pretty subjective observation, but it > did seem to jump out at me that my ears weren't ringing. > > 73- > > Nick, WA5BDU > > TU NR 389Q WA5BDU CK 62 AR > > > > On 11/6/2012 8:54 PM, Tim Groat wrote: > > Mine performed very well: 305 QSOs and 72 sections for 10 hours of > > operating time, using my HF6V vertical antenna. The great dynamic range > > and no-ring filtering makes a receiver that's easy on the ears: it is > > much less fatiguing than my old rig. When the clock struck 0300Z, I said > > "What? Time's up already?" This rig makes the operating fun--thank you > > Wayne, and everyone at Elecraft! > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
