Re: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source.

2008-05-01 Thread Peter ZL1PWD
Never mind Julian, I am sure there is counselling available under the NHS :) :) Peter Zl1PWD K3#139 G4ILO wrote: Gary Krause wrote: I run 5 to 10 watts on my K2 all the time. So have I for the last 9 years. And my K3 for the last 4 months. But with the current state of the

Re: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source.

2008-04-30 Thread Gary D Krause
I run 5 to 10 watts on my K2 all the time. I get a lot of comments about the signal and that they can't believe I'm only running ten watts. It happened again just last night on CW. In fact, I checked into the Elecraft SSB net on Monday night and the control operator couldn't believe I was

RE: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source.

2008-04-30 Thread Bill Johnson
Gary, It would be nice if it were mojo. I try not to tell anyone I am running 10 watts unless they ask. I listen to the QRO operators on 75 in the evening and some seem to think that the difference between 100 watts and 500 watts is huge. It's just a little over 6 db, which is around or

Re: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source.

2008-04-30 Thread G4ILO
Gary Krause wrote: I run 5 to 10 watts on my K2 all the time. So have I for the last 9 years. And my K3 for the last 4 months. But with the current state of the ionosphere it's just too hard going, if you don't have an antenna farm like the ones in the photos. I feel like a traitor but my

Re: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source.

2008-04-30 Thread David Yarnes
, 2008 7:09 AM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source. You want worse antenna envy??? Try: http://cn2r.net/cn2r/index.htm I worked them in the ARRL international DX contest on 80 meters with a K2 @ 5 watts. That rotatable beam on 80 and the rotatable dipole on 160 at over

RE: [Elecraft] K3/10 mojo - discovered the source

2008-04-30 Thread K6TFZ
Just looked at the pictures. Looking at the 40 beam on the 42 meter tower, it looks like there is only one set of guys, and they go all the way to the top. Maybe they forgot some in the middle or were they conserving? Geoff, K6TFZ **Need a new ride? Check out the largest site