K3 TXCO for JT65?

[Frank Precissi]

Hi Gang,

After hoarding away my lunch money from the XYL, I'm about ready to buy a
K3 so my KX3 has some Elecraft company.

I like to do JT65, so my question is that should I go for the high
precision TXCO or is the default adequate?

Oh, and if I take the hour drive to Aptos with a fist-full of cash, will
they sell me a K3 from there (my XYL looks at the credit card reciepts) heh
:)

Frank
KG6EYC
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[Matt Zilmer]

I've never had a problem with the regular TCXO on the K3, in JT65
mode.

If you're just going to drive over there, better call ahead to see
that they have a K3 in burn-in ahead of time.  Or they may have units
ready to ship on the shelf already.  Best to know ahead of time,
either way.

73,
matt W6NIA


On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:15:35 -0800, you wrote:

>Hi Gang,
>
>After hoarding away my lunch money from the XYL, I'm about ready to buy a
>K3 so my KX3 has some Elecraft company.
>
>I like to do JT65, so my question is that should I go for the high
>precision TXCO or is the default adequate?
>
>Oh, and if I take the hour drive to Aptos with a fist-full of cash, will
>they sell me a K3 from there (my XYL looks at the credit card reciepts) heh
>:)
>
>Frank
>KG6EYC
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[alsopb]

Frank,

Yes the standard TXCO is good enough for JT65.  It is also good enough
for WSPR which is even more picky.

Last test I did of drift was at 24.9 MHz.  The K3 (standard TXCO)
drifted 3Hz/hr (after a 6 hours of warmup) relative to my Rb standard.
Expect more if you just turn K3 on and use.

73 de Brian/K3KO

On 3/1/2013 18:15, Frank Precissi wrote:

> Hi Gang,
>
> After hoarding away my lunch money from the XYL, I'm about ready to buy a
> K3 so my KX3 has some Elecraft company.
>
> I like to do JT65, so my question is that should I go for the high
> precision TXCO or is the default adequate?
>
> Oh, and if I take the hour drive to Aptos with a fist-full of cash, will
> they sell me a K3 from there (my XYL looks at the credit card reciepts) heh
> :)
>
> Frank
> KG6EYC
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