I replaced my 6 meter station ( Orion O2 + Elecraft XV50 ) with the K3. I find that in my city location that the K3 is equal to the old set up. I do have the PR6 preamp but I find that I do not need it as the one in the K3 is just fine. living in the city the background noise is S3 - S4 most of the time..when the rains come it drops to S2..unless you live way out in the country and no noise you should not need the PR6 as all it will do is raise the noise floor.... don't forget that the skip on 6 meters can be quite selective, I have observed that stations 5 miles away from me can work station that I can not hear and a bit later I will be working them and the other station won't hear them.. I have a 5 MHZ crystal reference that I use the 10th harmonic for calibration at 50 Mhz and use it for a weak signal reference.. there is very little difference between the 2 station set ups.. you need to set it up to be able to switch between the 2 radios and compare at the same time.. if the K3 is weak contact Elecraft support...
Ed K7WIA 6 meters since '63 3 time WAS 580 Grids -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/6-meters-tp1695404p1696779.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
