I think Bill's right, but if your QTH is reasonably quiet, you DO need a
preamp on 12, 10, and 6M for the original K3. The outboard preamp for
the K3 solved that problem, but the new preamp that's part of the KXV3B
module does it even better. I've upgraded my K3s to the new KXV3B, and
am very happy.
My QTH is pretty quiet except when I point the Yagi in the direction of
my neighbor's solar system. In those quiet directions, the preamp adds
several dB of weak signals that I wouldn't hear without it. Before that,
I had a ARR GasFET preamp in front of the radio I used on 6M that also
worked on 10M, and it was at least as good as the new preamp.
So the executive summary is, "yes, the K3 doesn't hear very well on 10
and 6 without a preamp."
73, Jim K9YC
On Wed,10/12/2016 9:49 PM, Bill Frantz wrote:
If you are hearing static, then you have enough sensitivity. It sounds
like the problem may be a very local source of noise which is drowning
out the signals at your QTH, while your friend is far enough away from
that source to not be bothered by it. Try using a portable radio to
search for the static source.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 10/12/16 at 5:46 PM, kc6...@gmail.com (KC6CNN) wrote:
I am curious why a fellow ham and I who both live within two blocks
of each
other and have the same wire antenna, Except mine is a little higher.
I have
the K3 and he has a Kenwood and Yaesu and he is working people on 10
meters
while I can only hear static. The same goes for 6 meters. I think I have
worked maybe two stations on 10 meters. Those were the ones I heard.
It the
stock K3 sensitivity that far behind the others on 10 meters?
Thanks in advance
Gerald - KC6CNN
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