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Blair Bates

K3 and KSYN3A in FD

Had the opportunity to operate two, different K3 transceivers, both with
the new KSYN3A boards, during FD.

A few CW observations:
1. The only way I became aware of a station moving close to me was when my
"rate" dropped. A glance at the P3, or opening up the receiver bandwidth,
always revealed that somebody loud had moved in really close. Since not
everyone has K3 . . . my rate fell in what was QRM for other receivers.

2. The bands seemed really "big". I was always able to quickly find a run
frequency when moving from another band or mode.

3. In spite of rainstorms for about 23 hours of FD, the bands seemed quiet
and lightning crackles were quite subdued.

I'm sure that these observations are routine for experienced K3 users.
For somebody who is still trying to decide, or is still feeding the piggy
bank, the K3 has one H3LL of a receiver--especially when equipped with the
KSYN3A board.

73, K3YD
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Raymond Sills

Re: K3 and KSYN3A in FD

My local club decided to call off their FD plans, due to the bad WX in
our area. They were going to use a new site, which is located on
elevated ground... normally a good thing. But the possibility of
lightning was in the forecast, so perhaps discretion was the better
call.

So, I set up with my KX3 and an AlexLoop, and made a few dozen
contacts. I had some family obligations over the weekend, so I didn't
spend too much time on the air. Nevertheless, the KX3 made a fine
showing. I have a suspicion that quite a few of the stations I worked
were using K3s. I say that because those were stations that were
running, and when I would zero beat their frequency, I'd usually have
them respond to my -single- call. We wrap up the QSO in fifteen
seconds of so. Took me more time to make the log entry than the
QSO. :)
That tells me that the other guys had no problems fending off QRM,
especially at multiple transmitter sites.

I worked only CW on 40 and 20, with the KX3 at 5 watts. The KX3 made
a fine showing. It seemed almost too easy.

73 de Ray
K2ULR
KX3 #211

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David Olean

Re: K3 and KSYN3A in FD

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I used a K3 with the new synthesizer and it workerd great, but with just
five watts QRP on battery power, I found condx were pretty bad. The
nor'easter that blew into northern New England did not help. We had high
winds buffeting the tent and a pretty substantial river developed right
under the operating table. Apparently things were not so bad farther south,
but propagation seemed depressed here. Did anyone else think propagation
was down? Lots of QSB and watery signals. Maybe our wire antenna was NG, but
I doubt it. We had three half waves on 20 M fed with open wire. There was
plenty of room between other signals on all the bands. The K3 worked
flawlessly.

Dave K1WHS

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Subject: [Elecraft] K3 and KSYN3A in FD

> Had the opportunity to operate two, different K3 transceivers, both with
> the new KSYN3A boards, during FD.
>
> A few CW observations:
> 1. The only way I became aware of a station moving close to me was when
> my
> "rate" dropped. A glance at the P3, or opening up the receiver bandwidth,
> always revealed that somebody loud had moved in really close. Since not
> everyone has K3 . . . my rate fell in what was QRM for other receivers.
>
> 2. The bands seemed really "big". I was always able to quickly find a
> run
> frequency when moving from another band or mode.
>
> 3. In spite of rainstorms for about 23 hours of FD, the bands seemed
> quiet
> and lightning crackles were quite subdued.
>
> I'm sure that these observations are routine for experienced K3 users.
> For somebody who is still trying to decide, or is still feeding the piggy
> bank, the K3 has one H3LL of a receiver--especially when equipped with the
> KSYN3A board.
>
> 73, K3YD
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John Santillo

Re: K3 and KSYN3A in FD

We (Sussex County ARC W2LV) in NW NJ ran a 5A operation and had a couple of
K3's on hand. We thought conditions were flat on Saturday but a little
better on Sunday. We were well protected under a large circus tent with
perimeter tarps from the wind and the rain. The cold (low 50's) was the
biggest issue. The K3's ran perfect but the foot switches weren't happy.

73,

John
N2HMM

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 and KSYN3A in FD

I used a K3 with the new synthesizer and it workerd great, but with just
five watts QRP on battery power, I found condx were pretty bad. The
nor'easter that blew into northern New England did not help. We had high
winds buffeting the tent and a pretty substantial river developed right
under the operating table. Apparently things were not so bad farther south,
but propagation seemed depressed here. Did anyone else think propagation
was down? Lots of QSB and watery signals. Maybe our wire antenna was NG, but

I doubt it. We had three half waves on 20 M fed with open wire. There was
plenty of room between other signals on all the bands. The K3 worked
flawlessly.

Dave K1WHS

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Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 8:22 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 and KSYN3A in FD

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joemoffatt

Re: K3 and KSYN3A in FD

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I had almost the exact same experience. A lot of times I have to remind myself that the K3 is so good, I need to give more room in the normal passband because I can't hear strong guys right next to me.

I have an Afedri SDR on my IF for my PAN, and I see that a lot.

Joe

AB5OR

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Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 3:23 PM
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Subject: [Elecraft] K3 and KSYN3A in FD

Had the opportunity to operate two, different K3 transceivers, both with
the new KSYN3A boards, during FD.

A few CW observations:
1. The only way I became aware of a station moving close to me was when my
"rate" dropped. A glance at the P3, or opening up the receiver bandwidth,
always revealed that somebody loud had moved in really close. Since not
everyone has K3 . . . my rate fell in what was QRM for other receivers.

2. The bands seemed really "big". I was always able to quickly find a run
frequency when moving from another band or mode.

3. In spite of rainstorms for about 23 hours of FD, the bands seemed quiet
and lightning crackles were quite subdued.

I'm sure that these observations are routine for experienced K3 users.
For somebody who is still trying to decide, or is still feeding the piggy
bank, the K3 has one H3LL of a receiver--especially when equipped with the
KSYN3A board.

73, K3YD
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Dave New, N8SBE

Re: K3 and KSYN3A in FD

In reply to this post by Blair Bates