My "FD" experience was a bit different. I operated some with my K3/10 "1D"
from the home QTH with the old dipoles up on 75/40/20m. I wanted to play SSB
QRP and see what kind of fun I could have. I used HamRadio Deluxe, PSDR for
interface then spotted and pounced. I only ran for a couple 2 or 3 hrs and very
casually. I had about an equal number of QSOs on 20 and 40 with just a handful
on 75, since the operations were mostly mid afternoon Saturday. It seemed that
the 20m QSOs were easier than 40m, with seems counter intuitive.
I use a Softrock on the IF to drive PSDR and I chose mostly the stronger
stations to pounce on, but not all, by any means. One really neat 75m QSO was
working W0CIA who was running an 817 at 3w from the top of a fire tower
somewhere here in northern MN.
Lots of positive comments on the good signal for the 10-12watts. I ran with
the Elecraft hand mike and the compression set at 16. I only recently started
using compression at all, and it makes a very big difference. Been hamming
55yrs and never used compression on any of my previous gear. Old dogs can learn
new tricks.
The local club had a Field Day station I visited over the weekend, I ran a
bit of 40m with a Kenwood 450. Very smooth little rig to operate, but it seemed
I had to call more than at home QRP. Lots more adjacent frequency QRM and I
sure missed the Softrock panadapter.
My K3/10 spends most of its life as my 6m - 10Ghz IF rig.
Bill K0AWU K3-3xxx
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