[Elecraft] CQ WPX and the KSYN3A board?

2015-06-03 Thread Mike Weir
Good evening to the group, I was not able to participate last weekend in the CQ WPX CW contest but I was wondering from those of you who did and had the new KSYN3A synthesizer board in your K3's...how was the performance ? What did you notice compared to the old synthesizer board? Mike Weir

Re: [Elecraft] CQ WPX and the KSYN3A board?

2015-06-03 Thread DGB
I did participate, part time, but weathered thru about 1000 q's. Received both boards and installed about 3 hours before the contest. I was amazed how close qrm could be to a weak signal and not affect it at all. Noticeable difference from the old boards indeed! Plus the rig seems quieter as w

Re: [Elecraft] CQ WPX and the KSYN3A board?

2015-06-03 Thread Chester Alderman
n Behalf Of DGB Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2015 8:30 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] CQ WPX and the KSYN3A board? I did participate, part time, but weathered thru about 1000 q's. Received both boards and installed about 3 hours before the contest. I was amazed how clo

Re: [Elecraft] CQ WPX and the KSYN3A board?

2015-06-03 Thread Fred Jensen
I was on only sporadically, wedding to attend on Sat and most of Sun was at granddaughter's softball tournament. It is however probably the best workout I've given the new synthesizer, and the improvements in QSK and CW stability are remarkable and obvious. I rarely noticed any phase noise wi

Re: [Elecraft] CQ WPX and the KSYN3A board?

2015-06-04 Thread Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO
You really need to do an a/b comparison, which of course I didn't do. I also just added a set of 5-pole 200 Hz filters. But subjectively my K3 felt more comfortable than ever among the big 1-hop signals from EU that I experience. I found myself working closer than ever to strong signals. For w

Re: [Elecraft] CQ WPX and the KSYN3A board?

2015-06-04 Thread Wayne Burdick
Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO wrote: > ...I found myself working closer than ever to strong signals. > > For what it's worth, there also weren't as many clickers out there as in the > past. That's progress. "They're using K3s," I quipped, clearly guilty of brazen self-promotion. Wayne N6KR ___

Re: [Elecraft] CQ WPX and the KSYN3A board?

2015-06-04 Thread Phil Wheeler
Not to worry, Wayne. You're no longer selling K3s but K3Ss :-) 73, Phil W7OX On 6/4/15 2:58 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO wrote: ...I found myself working closer than ever to strong signals. For what it's worth, there also weren't as many clickers out there as in the

Re: [Elecraft] CQ WPX and the KSYN3A board?

2015-06-04 Thread brian
Phil, You mean the new "S line" OOPS that's already taken. It would have to the the KS line. 73 de Brian/K3KO On 6/4/2015 23:26 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote: Not to worry, Wayne. You're no longer selling K3s but K3Ss :-) 73, Phil W7OX On 6/4/15 2:58 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: Vic Rosenthal 4X6

Re: [Elecraft] CQ WPX and the KSYN3A board?

2015-06-04 Thread Gary Gregory
I wish you guys would stop crowing about it. My k3 is in hospital undergoing open heart surgery as we speak so i cannot play radio. Wayne really should go back to work. :-) Gary Vk1ZZ K3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT On 05/06/2015 10:56 AM, "brian" wrote: > Phil, > You mean the new "S line" OOPS that

Re: [Elecraft] CQ WPX and the KSYN3A board?

2015-06-04 Thread Phil Wheeler
My view is that the K3S is part of the K-Line, Brian -- an evolved K3. Phil W7OX On 6/4/15 5:55 PM, brian wrote: Phil, You mean the new "S line" OOPS that's already taken. It would have to the the KS line. 73 de Brian/K3KO On 6/4/2015 23:26 PM, Phil Wheeler wrote: Not to worry, Wayne.