Re: [Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations

2009-10-29 Thread Mike
Interesting comments. I've had my K3 for less than a month, and I'm not sure I'll ever learn all there is to know about it, especially in light of it being software defined and in a constant state of flux. That's an item of considerable appeal for me. I don't have to wait for a new model to

Re: [Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations

2009-10-29 Thread Dick Dievendorff
: Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:37 AM To: Gary and Kathleen Pearse Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations Interesting comments. I've had my K3 for less than a month, and I'm not sure I'll ever learn all there is to know about it, especially in light of it being software

Re: [Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations

2009-10-29 Thread Jeff Maass
Rumor has it (second hand) that some Contesters are now shying away from the K3 due to it's complexity, but not necessarily it's performance. As a relatively experienced owner I had no problem running what I consider to be excellent radio. I've owned or operated most of the modern rigs

Re: [Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations

2009-10-29 Thread Andy Faber
...@k8nd.com To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 7:40 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations Rumor has it (second hand) that some Contesters are now shying away from the K3 due to it's complexity, but not necessarily it's performance. As a relatively

Re: [Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations

2009-10-29 Thread David Y.
At PJ2T, we have four permanent stations and thirteen transceivers either in use or as spares (seven FT-1000MP, FT-2000, two IC-765, Omni-VI, TS-930, TS-940). Changing direction at this point is a financial decision, as we are not a deep pockets operation. 73, Jeff K8ND Hm!

Re: [Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations

2009-10-29 Thread Ken Alexander
At PJ2T, we have four permanent stations and thirteen transceivers either in use or as spares (seven FT-1000MP, FT-2000, two IC-765, Omni-VI, TS-930, TS-940). Changing direction at this point is a financial decision, as we are not a  deep pockets operation. Ha! I'm sure if I did the math

Re: [Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations

2009-10-29 Thread Jeff Maass
-Original Message- From: Ken Alexander [mailto:k.alexan...@rogers.com] Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:00 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; jma...@k8nd.com Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations At PJ2T, we have four permanent stations and thirteen transceivers

Re: [Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations

2009-10-29 Thread Ken Alexander
of you tried operating one of the rigs remotely via the internet? 73 - Ken --- On Fri, 10/30/09, Jeff Maass jma...@k8nd.com wrote: From: Jeff Maass jma...@k8nd.com Subject: RE: [Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations To: 'Ken Alexander' k.alexan...@rogers.com, elecraft@mailman.qth.net Received

Re: [Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations

2009-10-29 Thread Jim Brown
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:37:09 -0700, gdaug...@stanford.edu wrote: I DO KNOW FOR SURE that several very serious multi-op contest stations have converted to 100% K3's. YES. N6RO has been all K3s for nearly a year. Before that it was MPs. They probably still have N6BV's Orion. W7RN had a bunch of

[Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations

2009-10-28 Thread Gary and Kathleen Pearse
I was offered a chair at the recent KL7RA M/M CQWW effort, so I drove 550 miles as quickly as possible to get set up with my K3. The other four rigs were all IC-781's. I had opped locally with them during the last Solar Cycle. Since then, Rich relocated and built a new station on the Kenai

Re: [Elecraft] CQWW SSB observations

2009-10-28 Thread gdaught6
Gary wrote... We put my K3 on the 80M spot feeding an Alpha 87 into a 4-square dipole array, and ran it the full 48 hrs when propagation allowed without malfunction. I worked you with a K3 and an Alpha-76, feeding either a 4-sq or a switchable pair of 80m quads. Rumor has it