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John Kountz

10 METERS IS OUT

Gentlemen,
With all other bands functioning with grace and power, my K3 (#3271) its 10 meter band is dead both barefoot and when connected to my KPA 1500: neither receiving nor transmitting. Any suggestions?
73
John Kountz WO1S

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Paul Van Dyke

Re: 10 METERS IS OUT

Don't feel bad ... TH11DX, K3S, KPA1500... TX .. AR .. and a few others, 10
seemed dead

Paul
KB9AVO

On Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 10:25 PM John Kountz <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Gentlemen,
> With all other bands functioning with grace and power, my K3 (#3271) its
> 10 meter band is dead both barefoot and when connected to my KPA 1500:
> neither receiving nor transmitting. Any suggestions?
> 73
> John Kountz WO1S
>
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Jim Brown-10

Re: 10 METERS IS OUT

On 12/13/2020 7:46 PM, Paul Van Dyke wrote:
> Don't feel bad ... TH11DX, K3S, KPA1500... TX .. AR .. and a few others, 10
> seemed dead

You can't be talking about this weekend -- I made 600 CW QSOs in 55 US,
Mexican, and Canadian States/Provinces and ten other countries. I'd
guess close to 100 in W8/W9 land. From my QTH near San Francisco I
worked several JA, Oceania, South and Central America. No EU or AF.
Several guys in my local club beat my score by 10-20%.

73, Jim K9YC

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Paul Van Dyke

Re: 10 METERS IS OUT

Sorry Jim
I was on SSB, we are looking as the antenna maybe too tight. I was told it
was a free for all on CW

Paul
KB9AVO

On Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 11:23 PM Jim Brown <[hidden email]> wrote:

> On 12/13/2020 7:46 PM, Paul Van Dyke wrote:
> > Don't feel bad ... TH11DX, K3S, KPA1500... TX .. AR .. and a few others,
> 10
> > seemed dead
>
> You can't be talking about this weekend -- I made 600 CW QSOs in 55 US,
> Mexican, and Canadian States/Provinces and ten other countries. I'd
> guess close to 100 in W8/W9 land. From my QTH near San Francisco I
> worked several JA, Oceania, South and Central America. No EU or AF.
> Several guys in my local club beat my score by 10-20%.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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Paul Van Dyke

Re: 10 METERS IS OUT

A a winter weather front may have doomed signals

Paul
KB9AVO

On Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 11:43 PM Paul Van Dyke <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Sorry Jim
> I was on SSB, we are looking as the antenna maybe too tight. I was told it
> was a free for all on CW
>
> Paul
> KB9AVO
>
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2020, 11:23 PM Jim Brown <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> On 12/13/2020 7:46 PM, Paul Van Dyke wrote:
>> > Don't feel bad ... TH11DX, K3S, KPA1500... TX .. AR .. and a few
>> others, 10
>> > seemed dead
>>
>> You can't be talking about this weekend -- I made 600 CW QSOs in 55 US,
>> Mexican, and Canadian States/Provinces and ten other countries. I'd
>> guess close to 100 in W8/W9 land. From my QTH near San Francisco I
>> worked several JA, Oceania, South and Central America. No EU or AF.
>> Several guys in my local club beat my score by 10-20%.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>
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Jim Brown-10

Re: 10 METERS IS OUT

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That may be why you didn't hear much. At this point in the solar cycle,
most propagation on 10M is not very strong, so it takes the 10 dB or so
advantage of CW over SSB to make many of the QSOs. I'd guess that half
of those I made on CW would not have been possible on SSB. One of my
buddies, N6ZFO made 606 CW and 251 SSB QSOs.

I wouldn't call it a free for all, rather a good contest. At times, I
might see 100 signals on the P3/SVGA between 28,000 and 28,070 kHz, at
other times as few as a half-dozen. Late morning here I often had 2-3
callers to a CQ.

73, Jim K9YC

On 12/13/2020 8:43 PM, Paul Van Dyke wrote:
> Sorry Jim
> I was on SSB, we are looking as the antenna maybe too tight. I was told
> it was a free for all on CW

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Dean L

Re: 10 METERS IS OUT

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I presume you mean you had issues with your equipment?
i made almost 200 contacts in about 3 hours in the late AM. Most contacts
were from W4, KY,TN,NC,SC
and w9 IN,ILL,. played around for a few minutes late afternoon and worked
WA/OR/CA
Great fun

73
Dean K2WW

On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 10:27 PM John Kountz <[hidden email]> wrote:

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Re: 10 METERS IS OUT

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Maybe I'm missing something but what has all this to do with a total
lack of any TX as well as RX from the K3?

More info is required. Mode, red TX light, power setting Hi/Lo, antenna
selection.....

Regards,

Mike VP8NO

On 14/12/2020 03:13, Jim Brown wrote:

> That may be why you didn't hear much. At this point in the solar cycle,
> most propagation on 10M is not very strong, so it takes the 10 dB or so
> advantage of CW over SSB to make many of the QSOs. I'd guess that half
> of those I made on CW would not have been possible on SSB. One of my
> buddies, N6ZFO made 606 CW and 251 SSB QSOs.
>
> I wouldn't call it a free for all, rather a good contest. At times, I
> might see 100 signals on the P3/SVGA between 28,000 and 28,070 kHz, at
> other times as few as a half-dozen. Late morning here I often had 2-3
> callers to a CQ.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
> On 12/13/2020 8:43 PM, Paul Van Dyke wrote:
>> Sorry Jim
>> I was on SSB, we are looking as the antenna maybe too tight. I was
>> told it was a free for all on CW

k6mkf

Re: 10 METERS IS OUT

John's original email stated:

" neither receiving nor transmitting" on 10M.

Nothing to do with propagation, I think.

I suggested to John to check which ANT was selected for 10M, and to check CONFIG: BAND MAP to ensure 10M was active. I have not heard back from John.

- 73 and good DX de Mike, K6MKF, NCDXC Secretary

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> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 10 METERS IS OUT
>
> Maybe I'm missing something but what has all this to do with a total lack of
> any TX as well as RX from the K3?
>
> More info is required. Mode, red TX light, power setting Hi/Lo, antenna
> selection.....
>
> Regards,
>
> Mike VP8NO
>
>
>
> On 14/12/2020 03:13, Jim Brown wrote:
> > That may be why you didn't hear much. At this point in the solar
> > cycle, most propagation on 10M is not very strong, so it takes the 10
> > dB or so advantage of CW over SSB to make many of the QSOs. I'd guess
> > that half of those I made on CW would not have been possible on SSB.
> > One of my buddies, N6ZFO made 606 CW and 251 SSB QSOs.
> >
> > I wouldn't call it a free for all, rather a good contest. At times, I
> > might see 100 signals on the P3/SVGA between 28,000 and 28,070 kHz, at
> > other times as few as a half-dozen. Late morning here I often had 2-3
> > callers to a CQ.
> >
> > 73, Jim K9YC
> >
> > On 12/13/2020 8:43 PM, Paul Van Dyke wrote:
> >> Sorry Jim
> >> I was on SSB, we are looking as the antenna maybe too tight. I was
> >> told it was a free for all on CW
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Wes Stewart-2

Re: 10 METERS IS OUT

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I was on for a very limited time, the hiking WX was too good to be inside during
some prime time, and I was sorting out a new rig. So I only logged 49 Qs (Jim
was one of them) but they covered from ME to FL, the west, PNW. and a couple of
South Americans.

Wes N7WS

On 12/13/2020 9:22 PM, Jim Brown wrote:

> On 12/13/2020 7:46 PM, Paul Van Dyke wrote:
>> Don't feel bad ... TH11DX, K3S, KPA1500... TX .. AR .. and a few others, 10
>> seemed dead
>
> You can't be talking about this weekend -- I made 600 CW QSOs in 55 US,
> Mexican, and Canadian States/Provinces and ten other countries. I'd guess
> close to 100 in W8/W9 land. From my QTH near San Francisco I worked several
> JA, Oceania, South and Central America. No EU or AF. Several guys in my local
> club beat my score by 10-20%.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC