Incredible Receiver

[Peter Chamalian W1RM]

Well the K3 is just amazing me once again.  Without the benefit of anything
special for antennas I have managed to hear and work VK0EK 160-10.  As the
saying goes, you can't work 'em if you can't hear them.  The toughest was
160 (a hold your breath and focus) but there it was in the log!  Ditto this
morning on 10 although they were louder but lots of QSB.

 

Thanks again Elecraft for a truly great radio!

 

Pete, W1RM

 

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[lstavenhagen]

Yep, I was going to sell my K3 to help pay for my K3S, but after putting the new synthesizer upgrade in it, it seems to refuse to go up for sale hi hi. Now I need to come up with a Ponzi scheme of some kind so I can keep both rigs.....

The only thing better than a K3 + new synth that you can buy now is a K3S and at that I can hardly tell the difference between mine.

As for VK0EK, I'm going to have to pull out all the stops to try to work them on any band. The K3/10 plus Buddipole is all I got, but I do have several mountain tops in the area reachable by 4WD vehicle. 10,000 feet above sea level will hopefully do the trick...

73,
LS
W5QD

[Wes Stewart-2]

Or as they say in real estate, "Location, location, location"

On 4/1/2016 7:43 AM, Peter Chamalian wrote:

> Well the K3 is just amazing me once again.  Without the benefit of anything
> special for antennas I have managed to hear and work VK0EK 160-10.  As the
> saying goes, you can't work 'em if you can't hear them.  The toughest was
> 160 (a hold your breath and focus) but there it was in the log!  Ditto this
> morning on 10 although they were louder but lots of QSB.
>
>  
>
> Thanks again Elecraft for a truly great radio!
>
>  
>
> Pete, W1RM
>
>  
>

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[Mike VE3YF]

Pete:

I haven't been so lucky working VK0EK, but I haven't put in loads of time either. I must agree with you though, I had a pair of Yaesu FT-2000's and upgraded to the K3's and no comparison in receivers, the FT-2000 is deaf compared to the K3.  Like you said though, the K3 simply amazes me. Glad i made the changeover and will never look back....


73 De Mike
VE3YF

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