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Hello all,
Installed the syn pwa yesterday and ran 630M WSPR beacon overnight.I should be getting 1mw out of the K3 - however I,m only getting .8 mw.Today I will run the power cal maybe that will help to get a little morepower out.
The K3 is preforming very nice on 630 meters.set your rx dial to 474.2 - upper side band .On 630 meters I,m running 5 watts ERP into a 60 ft top loaded vertical.Check out the WSPR map around 8:PM to10:PM
There are a few photo and a little info on qrz-dot-com.Thanks everyone
73 Ken K5DNL/WG2XXM

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Phil Wheeler-2

Re: K3- Synthesizer

Ken,

And I thought 1 mW was pretty paltry; 0.8 mW seems
not that much less :-)

Re listening: Having not considered 630 m until
having it available with my K3 I have no antenna
for that purpose. Most of my antennas are resonant
on ham bands -- Tri-band beam, rotating 4-band
dipole and a 30 m dipole. I do have a full-size
G5RV. Would that work for RX on 630 m, perhaps
with both sides of the feed coax tied together so
it looks like a long wire? Seems like that may be
my best option among those I have. But as an "old
hand" on 630 m, perhaps you have experience with
"make do" RX antennas.

73, Phil W7OX

On 2/22/15 5:56 AM, Ken Roberson via Elecraft wrote:
> Hello all,
> Installed the syn pwa yesterday and ran 630M WSPR beacon overnight.I should be getting 1mw out of the K3 - however I,m only getting .8 mw.Today I will run the power cal maybe that will help to get a little morepower out.
> The K3 is preforming very nice on 630 meters.set your rx dial to 474.2 - upper side band .On 630 meters I,m running 5 watts ERP into a 60 ft top loaded vertical.Check out the WSPR map around 8:PM to10:PM
> There are a few photo and a little info on qrz-dot-com.Thanks everyone
> 73 Ken K5DNL/WG2XXM
>

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Phil Wheeler-2

Re: K3- Synthesizer

And "8 pm to 10 pm": Since you are a K5, I assume
you mean CST zone time. But no telling: I'm a W7
but in California :-)

Phil W7OX

On 2/22/15 6:49 AM, Phil Wheeler wrote:

> Ken,
>
> And I thought 1 mW was pretty paltry; 0.8 mW
> seems not that much less :-)
>
> Re listening: Having not considered 630 m until
> having it available with my K3 I have no antenna
> for that purpose. Most of my antennas are
> resonant on ham bands -- Tri-band beam, rotating
> 4-band dipole and a 30 m dipole. I do have a
> full-size G5RV. Would that work for RX on 630 m,
> perhaps with both sides of the feed coax tied
> together so it looks like a long wire? Seems
> like that may be my best option among those I
> have. But as an "old hand" on 630 m, perhaps you
> have experience with "make do" RX antennas.
>
> 73, Phil W7OX
>
>
> On 2/22/15 5:56 AM, Ken Roberson via Elecraft
> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> Installed the syn pwa yesterday and ran 630M
>> WSPR beacon overnight.I should be getting 1mw
>> out of the K3 - however I,m only getting .8
>> mw.Today I will run the power cal maybe that
>> will help to get a little morepower out.
>> The K3 is preforming very nice on 630
>> meters.set your rx dial to 474.2 - upper side
>> band .On 630 meters I,m running 5 watts ERP
>> into a 60 ft top loaded vertical.Check out the
>> WSPR map around 8:PM to10:PM
>> There are a few photo and a little info on
>> qrz-dot-com.Thanks everyone
>> 73 Ken K5DNL/WG2XXM
>>
>
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Chris Hallinan

Re: K3- Synthesizer

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OK, I'll ask the "stupid" question. What is a "syn pwa" and how do I
get on 630M with K3? (Guessing the answers are related!) I'll skip
asking what WSPR mean...I looked it up and found answers.

-Chris
K1AY

On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Ken Roberson via Elecraft
<[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hello all,
> Installed the syn pwa yesterday and ran 630M WSPR beacon overnight.I should be getting 1mw out of the K3 - however I,m only getting .8 mw.Today I will run the power cal maybe that will help to get a little morepower out.
> The K3 is preforming very nice on 630 meters.set your rx dial to 474.2 - upper side band .On 630 meters I,m running 5 watts ERP into a 60 ft top loaded vertical.Check out the WSPR map around 8:PM to10:PM
> There are a few photo and a little info on qrz-dot-com.Thanks everyone
> 73 Ken K5DNL/WG2XXM
>
>
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Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT

Re: K3- Synthesizer

Printed Wiring Assembly -- because PCB just wasn't enough.

While we're on the general subject, "white wires" can be any color.

73 -- Lynn

On 2/22/2015 11:45 AM, Chris Hallinan wrote:
> OK, I'll ask the "stupid" question. What is a "syn pwa" and how do I
> get on 630M with K3? (Guessing the answers are related!) I'll skip
> asking what WSPR mean...I looked it up and found answers.
>
> -Chris
> K1AY
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Phil Wheeler-2

Re: K3- Synthesizer

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You need the updated Synth board and the general
coverage filter option in your K3.

Phil W7OX

On 2/22/15 11:45 AM, Chris Hallinan wrote:

> OK, I'll ask the "stupid" question. What is a "syn pwa" and how do I
> get on 630M with K3? (Guessing the answers are related!) I'll skip
> asking what WSPR mean...I looked it up and found answers.
>
> -Chris
> K1AY
>
> On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Ken Roberson via Elecraft
> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> Installed the syn pwa yesterday and ran 630M WSPR beacon overnight.I should be getting 1mw out of the K3 - however I,m only getting .8 mw.Today I will run the power cal maybe that will help to get a little morepower out.
>> The K3 is preforming very nice on 630 meters.set your rx dial to 474.2 - upper side band .On 630 meters I,m running 5 watts ERP into a 60 ft top loaded vertical.Check out the WSPR map around 8:PM to10:PM
>> There are a few photo and a little info on qrz-dot-com.Thanks everyone
>> 73 Ken K5DNL/WG2XXM

Chris Hallinan

Re: K3- Synthesizer

Ah right. I did follow the thread after the announcement about the new
KSYN3A, just didn't quite sink in. Alphabet soup still has me guessing
sometimes ;)

Thanks all!

-Chris

On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 9:20 PM, Phil Wheeler <[hidden email]> wrote:

> You need the updated Synth board and the general coverage filter option in
> your K3.
>
> Phil W7OX
>
>
> On 2/22/15 11:45 AM, Chris Hallinan wrote:
>>
>> OK, I'll ask the "stupid" question. What is a "syn pwa" and how do I
>> get on 630M with K3? (Guessing the answers are related!) I'll skip
>> asking what WSPR mean...I looked it up and found answers.
>>
>> -Chris
>> K1AY
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Ken Roberson via Elecraft
>> <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>> Installed the syn pwa yesterday and ran 630M WSPR beacon overnight.I
>>> should be getting 1mw out of the K3 - however I,m only getting .8 mw.Today I
>>> will run the power cal maybe that will help to get a little morepower out.
>>> The K3 is preforming very nice on 630 meters.set your rx dial to 474.2 -
>>> upper side band .On 630 meters I,m running 5 watts ERP into a 60 ft top
>>> loaded vertical.Check out the WSPR map around 8:PM to10:PM
>>> There are a few photo and a little info on qrz-dot-com.Thanks everyone
>>> 73 Ken K5DNL/WG2XXM
>
>
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