Glen the internal preamp did not work on 6m. Your antennas are your largest asset by far, wish I had them. About any radio with 6m would perform very well with your setup but my FTDX-5000MP and Icom's spoiled me on the high bands.
If you do a lot of weak signal work a mast mounted preamp and hardline would do wonders for you. I enjoy weak signal VHF myself and a close friend Mike K0AZ was the first true Zero land call with 6m DXCC some time back. He is one of my go to guys and has been very helpful over the years with 50 yrs. of experience to call upon. 73, Fred/N0AZZ K3 Ser # 6730--KX3 # 2573--K2/100 # 6470-KAT100 P3/SVGA--KPA500--KAT500--W2 -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Glen Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 7:49 AM To: Gary Gregory Cc: elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 6/10M pre-amp Hello, I have had a different experience with regards to the 6M performance. I was always told for years that the 6M performance on rx was pretty poor. After I got a K3 recently, I found the internal preamp to be pretty good. But, I had a DEMI 6M preamp, so I installed it in a small die cast box and bought male BNC connectors and made it mate exactly to the back of the K3. Then used the 12 volt out to power the DEMI preamp. The DEMI preamp is better than the internal one, but not by a large margin. With BOTH preamps on, is only marginally better. I plan on adding cutoff relays like the PR6 later. Background: I do weak signal 6M work, with 104 countries worked in 6 years down here in the black hole of southwest GA. Antenna: 7x7 LFA at 120' and 85'. 73's Glen K4KV Moultrie, GA -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Gary Gregory Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 6:54 AM To: Fred Smith Cc: Elecraft List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 6/10M pre-amp I'm not. But I did a post from Elecraft stating it was possible IF enough wanted it. I am over 'add on boxes' for now to fix a problem that should have been done sooner, not later. Just thinkin' 73 On 7 July 2013 20:49, Fred Smith <m...@totalhighspeed.com> wrote: > I wouldn't hold my breath. > > > 73, > Fred/N0AZZ > K3 Ser # 6730--KX3 # 2573--K2/100 # 6470-KAT100 > P3/SVGA--KPA500--KAT500--W2 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gary Gregory > Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 5:31 AM > To: Elecraft List > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 6/10M pre-amp > > Wonder when we will see release of an internal 6/10M pre-amp? > > 73 > > Gary > > -- > *Gary - VK1ZZ > Skype: Gary.VK1ZZ > http://www.qsl.net/vk1zz > Motorhome Portable > The Shack* > *Elecraft K3 > P3 Panadapter > KPA500FT > KAT500FT** > > * > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3204/6470 - Release Date: > 07/06/13 > > -- *Gary - VK1ZZ Skype: Gary.VK1ZZ http://www.qsl.net/vk1zz Motorhome Portable The Shack* *Elecraft K3 P3 Panadapter KPA500FT KAT500FT** * ______________________________________________________________ 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 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3204/6470 - Release Date: 07/06/13 ______________________________________________________________ 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
