K3 SO2R in IARU

[K5WA]

I finally had my first run with both K3s in full SO2R mode as a CW only
entry in IARU this past weekend.   Very, very nice!  I had apparently had
previous lightening/surge damage to my KRC2s, which finally fixed before the
contest with the help of W3FPR and K3Support, but they work perfectly now
and did all the automation of the WX0B 6 Pack antenna switch and ICE band
pass filters.

 

The best part of the contest was being able to get in the lower 10 kHz of
the band (especially on 40M) and run stations.  I always wondered how "the
big boys" could do that, but the 500 hz filters in my K3s made it very
pleasant to stay on the low end.  One time, I started to hear a station
crowding me, then I looked up and had accidentally opened up the DSP to 600
hz, thereby moving to my 1.0 kHz filter.  I simply dropped it back to 450 hz
and he was GONE!  

 

I also reworked my beverage antenna connections so both rigs could share the
beverage at the same time.  I was worried that K3 #234 (which does not have
the RX ant overload mod) would get blown out of the water, but it worked
great and I'm probably not going to install the mod any time soon.

 

Unfortunately, I was not up on my sleep for this contest and only got 18
hours of awake time, therefore I only ended up with 1450 Qs and about 610K
points, but I had a ball while I was awake.  Also, had a quick chat with
another K3 owner (I think it was N2WN or KR2Q) and their K3s sounded great
too.  I had loaded the latest beta FW prior to the contest and everything
performed flawlessly.

 

Way to go Elecraft!!!

 

Bob K5WA

K3 #234 and #752

K2 #4687

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[David Cutter]

Be interested to know your antenna line up. Did you use a linear or were you
barefoot?  What was your logging software/keying arrangement?

David
G3UNA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Evans" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 5:34 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 SO2R in IARU

>I finally had my first run with both K3s in full SO2R mode as a CW only
> entry in IARU this past weekend.   Very, very nice!  I had apparently had
> previous lightening/surge damage to my KRC2s, which finally fixed before
> the
> contest with the help of W3FPR and K3Support, but they work perfectly now
> and did all the automation of the WX0B 6 Pack antenna switch and ICE band
> pass filters.
>
>
>
> The best part of the contest was being able to get in the lower 10 kHz of
> the band (especially on 40M) and run stations.  I always wondered how "the
> big boys" could do that, but the 500 hz filters in my K3s made it very
> pleasant to stay on the low end.  One time, I started to hear a station
> crowding me, then I looked up and had accidentally opened up the DSP to
> 600
> hz, thereby moving to my 1.0 kHz filter.  I simply dropped it back to 450
> hz
> and he was GONE!
>
>
>
> I also reworked my beverage antenna connections so both rigs could share
> the
> beverage at the same time.  I was worried that K3 #234 (which does not
> have
> the RX ant overload mod) would get blown out of the water, but it worked
> great and I'm probably not going to install the mod any time soon.
>
>
>
> Unfortunately, I was not up on my sleep for this contest and only got 18
> hours of awake time, therefore I only ended up with 1450 Qs and about 610K
> points, but I had a ball while I was awake.  Also, had a quick chat with
> another K3 owner (I think it was N2WN or KR2Q) and their K3s sounded great
> too.  I had loaded the latest beta FW prior to the contest and everything
> performed flawlessly.
>
>
>
> Way to go Elecraft!!!
>
>
>
> Bob K5WA
>
> K3 #234 and #752
>
> K2 #4687
>
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[Andrew Faber]

A quick note.  I operated casually with my K3 barefoot, CW only, for about
two hours.  I was using full break-in.  One feature that I noticed was the
ability to tune the subreceiver while CQing and actually find other stations
while transmitting.  Of course, I couldn't make out fully what was being
said, but could find a station and get little snippets of their
transmission, then listen to them fully after my CQ stopped.  Never tried
this with other rigs, but it was fun with the K3 and full break-in.
  73, andy, ae6y


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