K2N "QRP CW DE-Xpedition" Results and Video

[stan levandowski]

Our three KX3s performed flawlessly through eight hours of solid
pounding.  We made 148 contacts and probably influenced the purchase of
at least a couple of KX3s in the process.  The three KX3s were operating
within a few of feet of each other but we experienced no interference
issues we couldn't mitigate - except for fundamental overload when we
put two of them on parallel vertical antennas only a few yards apart.
Gosh...that's asking just a bit too much, even from Elecraft!

So Tony W1ZMB had to give up his 70 foot vertical for a 12 foot whip
antenna on the flying bridge that was fed with 200 feet of coax.  The
KX3's ATU matched it 1:1 and whatever RF Tony had left by the time it
got to the whip found its way west to California, south to Uruguay, and
east to Europe.

Ulrich N2DE made 67 contacts on his 80 foot wire vertical.   Primarily
DX.  Ulrich doesn't believe in wasting paper; he used his CW Machine to
autolog everything.  I'll have to wait till he emails me an ADIF file to
see exactly where his signals landed.

I spent the day on 40 meters at the end of a 100' long wire.  The KX3
and its ATU were very happy with the antenna and the 1200 ton
counterpoise ;)  My signal reports were mostly 559 to 599 with a
pipeline to the south, right off the end of the long wire.  No DX for
me, except for Canada.  Guess it was too early for 40M and we had to QRT
at 8:00 p.m. EDT.

We all noted with great pleasure how many KX3s we worked today.  We also
worked a number of K3s and K2s.  We were hoping for at least one K1 and
a KX1 to make a clean sweep of the product line but (as far as I know at
this point) that didn't happen.

My best "DX" was W4FKM in Bristol, TN.  Claude had a homebrew 450 mw rig
on 40 meters into an inverted V. The APF function and a very narrow
bandwidth brought him out of the noise quite effectively.

Condx were "OK" -not great but certainly not terrible.    Wish we could
have gone longer.

At the end of the day, we all agreed that the KX3 is a real winner. It's
moved the art and science of QRP ahead by a giant step.

We accomplished our goals - We had a great deal of fun, got some
publicity for a historic ship, and called attention to QRP by
demonstrating that "it works."

We probably could have made many more QSOs but only one (1) of us
(Ulrich) is of that caliber.  Tony and I are just common ragchewers and
we admit to being sort of clumsy when it comes to keeping up with the
hand-logging while trying to field the next call.

The Begali "Adventure" prototypes, both iambic and mono,  were a joy to
use.  We accumulated some additional input for Piero to consider as he
brings the paddle forward toward production.  One of the guest operators
fell in love with both the KX3 and the Begali mono paddle.  He was left
handed and easily accomodated by swiveling the paddle from 45 degrees
right to 45 degrees left and then retightening it.    I thought I'd
never get my rig back!

Here's a video in which you can catch a glimpse of the Begali
"Adventure" prototypes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b_cXOyiskU


73, Stan WB2LQF
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[TJ Campie]

Any close up pictures of the new key?

73, W0EA
TJ
----
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NAQCC #3768 | Flying Pigs QRP #2254
Elecraft KX3 SN 288
Because QRO is too easy

On Sep 20, 2012, at 9:25 PM, Charles Cupp <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
>
> Great Job Stan!!! U guys musts had a ball!!! Charly W6CUP
>
> Sent from my
> iPhone 4Gs 64Gig
>
> Pax Vobiscum
>
>
> On Sep 20, 2012, at 19:21, "stan levandowski" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Our three KX3s performed flawlessly through eight hours of solid
>> pounding. We made 148 contacts and probably influenced the purchase of
>> at least a couple of KX3s in the process. The three KX3s were operating
>> within a few of feet of each other but we experienced no interference
>> issues we couldn't mitigate - except for fundamental overload when we
>> put two of them on parallel vertical antennas only a few yards apart.
>> Gosh...that's asking just a bit too much, even from Elecraft!
>>
>> So Tony W1ZMB had to give up his 70 foot vertical for a 12 foot whip
>> antenna on the flying bridge that was fed with 200 feet of coax. The
>> KX3's ATU matched it 1:1 and whatever RF Tony had left by the time it
>> got to the whip found its way west to California, south to Uruguay, and
>> east to Europe.
>>
>> Ulrich N2DE made 67 contacts on his 80 foot wire vertical. Primarily
>> DX. Ulrich doesn't believe in wasting paper; he used his CW Machine to
>> autolog everything. I'll have to wait till he emails me an ADIF file to
>> see exactly where his signals landed.
>>
>> I spent the day on 40 meters at the end of a 100' long wire. The KX3
>> and its ATU were very happy with the antenna and the 1200 ton
>> counterpoise ;) My signal reports were mostly 559 to 599 with a
>> pipeline to the south, right off the end of the long wire. No DX for
>> me, except for Canada. Guess it was too early for 40M and we had to QRT
>> at 8:00 p.m. EDT.
>>
>> We all noted with great pleasure how many KX3s we worked today. We also
>> worked a number of K3s and K2s. We were hoping for at least one K1 and
>> a KX1 to make a clean sweep of the product line but (as far as I know at
>> this point) that didn't happen.
>>
>> My best "DX" was W4FKM in Bristol, TN. Claude had a homebrew 450 mw rig
>> on 40 meters into an inverted V. The APF function and a very narrow
>> bandwidth brought him out of the noise quite effectively.
>>
>> Condx were "OK" -not great but certainly not terrible. Wish we could
>> have gone longer.
>>
>> At the end of the day, we all agreed that the KX3 is a real winner. It's
>> moved the art and science of QRP ahead by a giant step.
>>
>> We accomplished our goals - We had a great deal of fun, got some
>> publicity for a historic ship, and called attention to QRP by
>> demonstrating that "it works."
>>
>> We probably could have made many more QSOs but only one (1) of us
>> (Ulrich) is of that caliber. Tony and I are just common ragchewers and
>> we admit to being sort of clumsy when it comes to keeping up with the
>> hand-logging while trying to field the next call.
>>
>> The Begali "Adventure" prototypes, both iambic and mono, were a joy to
>> use. We accumulated some additional input for Piero to consider as he
>> brings the paddle forward toward production. One of the guest operators
>> fell in love with both the KX3 and the Begali mono paddle. He was left
>> handed and easily accomodated by swiveling the paddle from 45 degrees
>> right to 45 degrees left and then retightening it. I thought I'd
>> never get my rig back!
>>
>> Here's a video in which you can catch a glimpse of the Begali
>> "Adventure" prototypes.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b_cXOyiskU
>>
>> 73, Stan WB2LQF
>>
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[stan levandowski]

Yes I do but it would be inappropriate for me to share them at this
point.  We'll have to leave the privilege of unveiling the details of
this little jewel to the developers.    Stan WB2LQF


On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Thomas Campie wrote:

> Any close up pictures of the new key?
>
> 73, W0EA
> TJ
> ----
> QRP ARCI #14612 | CW Ops #953 | SKCC #4593T
> NAQCC #3768 | Flying Pigs QRP #2254
> Elecraft KX3 SN 288
> Because QRO is too easy
>
> On Sep 20, 2012, at 9:25 PM, Charles Cupp <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Great Job Stan!!! U guys musts had a ball!!! Charly W6CUP
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone 4Gs 64Gig
>>
>> Pax Vobiscum
>>
>>
>> On Sep 20, 2012, at 19:21, "stan levandowski" <[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Our three KX3s performed flawlessly through eight hours of solid
>>> pounding. We made 148 contacts and probably influenced the purchase
>>> of at least a couple of KX3s in the process. The three KX3s were
>>> operating within a few of feet of each other but we experienced no
>>> interference issues we couldn't mitigate - except for fundamental
>>> overload when we put two of them on parallel vertical antennas only
>>> a few yards apart. Gosh...that's asking just a bit too much, even
>>> from Elecraft!
>>>
>>> So Tony W1ZMB had to give up his 70 foot vertical for a 12 foot whip
>>> antenna on the flying bridge that was fed with 200 feet of coax. The
>>> KX3's ATU matched it 1:1 and whatever RF Tony had left by the time
>>> it got to the whip found its way west to California, south to
>>> Uruguay, and east to Europe.
>>>
>>> Ulrich N2DE made 67 contacts on his 80 foot wire vertical. Primarily
>>> DX. Ulrich doesn't believe in wasting paper; he used his CW Machine
>>> to autolog everything. I'll have to wait till he emails me an ADIF
>>> file to see exactly where his signals landed.
>>>
>>> I spent the day on 40 meters at the end of a 100' long wire. The KX3
>>> and its ATU were very happy with the antenna and the 1200 ton
>>> counterpoise ;) My signal reports were mostly 559 to 599 with a
>>> pipeline to the south, right off the end of the long wire. No DX for
>>> me, except for Canada. Guess it was too early for 40M and we had to
>>> QRT at 8:00 p.m. EDT.
>>>
>>> We all noted with great pleasure how many KX3s we worked today. We
>>> also worked a number of K3s and K2s. We were hoping for at least one
>>> K1 and a KX1 to make a clean sweep of the product line but (as far
>>> as I know at this point) that didn't happen.
>>>
>>> My best "DX" was W4FKM in Bristol, TN. Claude had a homebrew 450 mw
>>> rig on 40 meters into an inverted V. The APF function and a very
>>> narrow bandwidth brought him out of the noise quite effectively.
>>>
>>> Condx were "OK" -not great but certainly not terrible. Wish we could
>>> have gone longer.
>>>
>>> At the end of the day, we all agreed that the KX3 is a real winner.
>>> It's moved the art and science of QRP ahead by a giant step.
>>>
>>> We accomplished our goals - We had a great deal of fun, got some
>>> publicity for a historic ship, and called attention to QRP by
>>> demonstrating that "it works."
>>>
>>> We probably could have made many more QSOs but only one (1) of us
>>> (Ulrich) is of that caliber. Tony and I are just common ragchewers
>>> and we admit to being sort of clumsy when it comes to keeping up
>>> with the hand-logging while trying to field the next call.
>>>
>>> The Begali "Adventure" prototypes, both iambic and mono, were a joy
>>> to use. We accumulated some additional input for Piero to consider
>>> as he brings the paddle forward toward production. One of the guest
>>> operators fell in love with both the KX3 and the Begali mono paddle.
>>> He was left handed and easily accomodated by swiveling the paddle
>>> from 45 degrees right to 45 degrees left and then retightening it. I
>>> thought I'd never get my rig back!
>>>
>>> Here's a video in which you can catch a glimpse of the Begali
>>> "Adventure" prototypes.
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b_cXOyiskU
>>>
>>> 73, Stan WB2LQF
>>>
>>
>>
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[Andy Cunningham-2]

AMAZIN' ! Simply Amazin'!

I always love to see the guy's who do the restoration work on the W.W.II
stuff...

Great Job Guy's on the efforts made there & LOTS of F.U.N. had by all from
what we can see ...


Stan any idea from "Mr Begali" himself perhaps when the new key will be
nearing the release date ?  I for one are certainly gonna be keepin' an eye
out
for that (IF ! it helps me send CW like the fella in the video hi-hi)...

Thanks for the heads-up..

73's
Andy
GM0NWI
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Any close up pictures of the new key?

73, W0EA
TJ

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[stan levandowski]

Andy, I too wish I could send CW like "that fella in the video."  As far
as a release date goes, Ulrich initially thought "a couple weeks" and he
states this in the video.  Eight hours of multiple operators pounding
the Adventures produced some ideas for further (minor) refinements which
Piero is now considering.  So...most likely not "a couple weeks" but it
shouldn't be too much longer before we hear something official.   73,
Stan WB2LQF

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Andy - GM0NWI wrote:

> AMAZIN' ! Simply Amazin'!
>
> I always love to see the guy's who do the restoration work on the
> W.W.II
> stuff...
>
> Great Job Guy's on the efforts made there & LOTS of F.U.N. had by all
> from
> what we can see ...
>
>
> Stan any idea from "Mr Begali" himself perhaps when the new key will
> be
> nearing the release date ?  I for one are certainly gonna be keepin'
> an eye
> out
> for that (IF ! it helps me send CW like the fella in the video
> hi-hi)...
>
> Thanks for the heads-up..
>
> 73's
> Andy
> GM0NWI
> [hidden email]
>
>
>
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>
> Any close up pictures of the new key?
>
> 73, W0EA
> TJ
>
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