Re: [Elecraft] my K3 F/D experience

2010-06-29 Thread Bill Davis Jr
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

Re: [Elecraft] my K3 F/D experience

2010-06-29 Thread Joe Planisky
Yep, it's already there (although not settable from the K3 Utility). From the FW release notes: "MCU 3.19 / DSP 2.17, 6-14-2009 * POWER-RELATED CONTROL LOCK: The PWR, MIC, and CMP controls can be locked by tapping '1' in CONFIG:PWR_SET. This is useful in some contests, such as Field Day, wher

Re: [Elecraft] my K3 F/D experience

2010-06-29 Thread Tom W8JI
> Every operator cranked the K3 output to max (110W output) could not > get them to leave it at 100. I don't know why hams are so uneducated about that. At least 110 watts is not as bad as what someone I know does with his contest FT1000MP's and other 100W radios. He runs them at 130 watts or mo

Re: [Elecraft] my K3 F/D experience

2010-06-29 Thread Paul Christensen
> Every operator cranked the K3 output to max (110W output) could not > get them to leave it at 100. But there were no problems observed. > Every op had to fiddle with all the buttonsthat's to be expected. > Hey, we're hams. Probably not too SSB-neighborly that way. Not sure if this is alrea

[Elecraft] my K3 F/D experience

2010-06-29 Thread John Fritze
I took my K3 to our club's Field Day operation. We have some serious contesters and DXers in the group, most of which are Yaecomwood owners. A couple have TenTec. Most of these guys have 5 band DXCC or are Honor Roll, etc. We can operate CW and SSB on the same band simultaneously and often do.