[Elecraft] K3 SO2R in IARU
I finally had my first run with both K3s in full SO2R mode as a CW only entry in IARU this past weekend. Very, very nice! I had apparently had previous lightening/surge damage to my KRC2s, which finally fixed before the contest with the help of W3FPR and K3Support, but they work perfectly now and did all the automation of the WX0B 6 Pack antenna switch and ICE band pass filters. The best part of the contest was being able to get in the lower 10 kHz of the band (especially on 40M) and run stations. I always wondered how the big boys could do that, but the 500 hz filters in my K3s made it very pleasant to stay on the low end. One time, I started to hear a station crowding me, then I looked up and had accidentally opened up the DSP to 600 hz, thereby moving to my 1.0 kHz filter. I simply dropped it back to 450 hz and he was GONE! I also reworked my beverage antenna connections so both rigs could share the beverage at the same time. I was worried that K3 #234 (which does not have the RX ant overload mod) would get blown out of the water, but it worked great and I'm probably not going to install the mod any time soon. Unfortunately, I was not up on my sleep for this contest and only got 18 hours of awake time, therefore I only ended up with 1450 Qs and about 610K points, but I had a ball while I was awake. Also, had a quick chat with another K3 owner (I think it was N2WN or KR2Q) and their K3s sounded great too. I had loaded the latest beta FW prior to the contest and everything performed flawlessly. Way to go Elecraft!!! Bob K5WA K3 #234 and #752 K2 #4687 ___ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 SO2R in IARU
Be interested to know your antenna line up. Did you use a linear or were you barefoot? What was your logging software/keying arrangement? David G3UNA - Original Message - From: Bob Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 5:34 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 SO2R in IARU I finally had my first run with both K3s in full SO2R mode as a CW only entry in IARU this past weekend. Very, very nice! I had apparently had previous lightening/surge damage to my KRC2s, which finally fixed before the contest with the help of W3FPR and K3Support, but they work perfectly now and did all the automation of the WX0B 6 Pack antenna switch and ICE band pass filters. The best part of the contest was being able to get in the lower 10 kHz of the band (especially on 40M) and run stations. I always wondered how the big boys could do that, but the 500 hz filters in my K3s made it very pleasant to stay on the low end. One time, I started to hear a station crowding me, then I looked up and had accidentally opened up the DSP to 600 hz, thereby moving to my 1.0 kHz filter. I simply dropped it back to 450 hz and he was GONE! I also reworked my beverage antenna connections so both rigs could share the beverage at the same time. I was worried that K3 #234 (which does not have the RX ant overload mod) would get blown out of the water, but it worked great and I'm probably not going to install the mod any time soon. Unfortunately, I was not up on my sleep for this contest and only got 18 hours of awake time, therefore I only ended up with 1450 Qs and about 610K points, but I had a ball while I was awake. Also, had a quick chat with another K3 owner (I think it was N2WN or KR2Q) and their K3s sounded great too. I had loaded the latest beta FW prior to the contest and everything performed flawlessly. Way to go Elecraft!!! Bob K5WA K3 #234 and #752 K2 #4687 ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [Elecraft] K3 SO2R in IARU
A quick note. I operated casually with my K3 barefoot, CW only, for about two hours. I was using full break-in. One feature that I noticed was the ability to tune the subreceiver while CQing and actually find other stations while transmitting. Of course, I couldn't make out fully what was being said, but could find a station and get little snippets of their transmission, then listen to them fully after my CQ stopped. Never tried this with other rigs, but it was fun with the K3 and full break-in. 73, andy, ae6y ___ 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
[Elecraft] K3 SO2R in IARU
I also used my newly acquired K3 in the IARU last weekend. I had a run of about 90 at 7.0183 MHz in just over an hour with stations above and below me at S9+++ - no problem with the K3. The K3 filtering is far superior to my FT2000, that I once thought would be difficult to surpass and is now my back-up radio until I find another K3. N1MM, K3 and lots of pre-contest practice with Morse Runner have vastly improved my CW rates. G4MKP ___ 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
