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I Loved my K3, sold it to a friend who wanted one for mobile contesting, with me buying a K3s to replace it. Feeling remorse at selling the K3 & having to use a Corsair II as my only backup rig, I bought another (very old) K3 again for a backup in case I have to sent the K3s back. I don't hear much about the Diversity option mentioned here any more and thought I'd bring up how much of an advantage it can be, even with all the stand-alone stats of a K3s. Diversity still makes the K3s an even better, more capable radio. If you want the best of the best, Diversity gives you that option. 73, Gary KA1J > Thanks :) > > Wayne > N6KR > > > > On Oct 24, 2017, at 8:37 PM, Gary Smith <g...@ka1j.com> wrote: > > > > When I bought the k3 in 09 I went all out > > and bought most of the accessories to go > > with it. One of these was the sub Rx and a > > full matching set of crystals for it. As > > upgrades happened I did them all and > > wasn't using the Sub Rx in diversity so > > much but, the advantage of the Sub Rx was > > always there with flexibility I take for > > granted. > > > > So I upgrade to the K3s and migrated the > > sub Rx to it as well. I just don't think > > of diversity much but that was one of the > > reasons I bought the Sub Rx in the first > > place. With the 3 dB loss going to > > Diversity, I just listened more with the > > main receiver and let it go from there. > > > > So today I'm working a ve7 on 10M and the > > band is going out. I can hear him but it's > > at that marginal iffy point, I was missing > > characters in his CW. I have a HI-Z > > triangular & a circle 8 pair of Rx > > antennas. The Circle 8 rocks on the low > > bands, has a filter to cut out above 40M > > but the triangular has no such filter and > > I often hear better on it than on the the > > roof mounted tribander. So for fun, I used > > diversity and the triangular on the sub, > > 160 sloper for the Tx antenna & Voilà, I > > heard him so much better, finished the Q > > and that reminded me of the real advantage > > of diversity and why it is an asset. > > > > So now it's tonight, I see 3C0L is still > > on the air at around 3AM their time, on > > 20M. They're heading home today and the > > low band antenna is packed up already. > > What troupers to still be in the game at > > this point. But I digress... So here they > > are, I don't have a good antenna for 20M, > > have to use the 160M antenna or tribander. > > RFI from the neighbors makes the tribander > > useless so I hear them on the sloper and > > can hear them on the Hi-Z Triangular a bit > > better but much QSB so remembering the > > success with the VE7 earlier I go > > Diversity & all of a sudden, solid Q5 > > copy, no QSB and I snagged them on 20 CW. > > > > Diversity really made the difference. I > > bought the K3s because it had such > > excellent specs, nothing else to me came > > close, save for 1-2 radios that in 09 were > > hot and cost more than a new car. And they > > weren't any better in practicality than > > the K3 was. I bought the Sub Rx for the > > diversity and now today, while the K3s is > > itself stellar in all the right ways, it > > is an a better product with the Sub Rx. > > I'm really honored to have such an > > incredibly capable radio. > > > > Just sayin' > > > > 73, > > > > Gary > > KA1J > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > Message delivered to n...@elecraft.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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
