K3 at Field Day
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Once again, I took my K3 to F/D this year with the P3. Again, I had a tough
time getting to sit down at my own transceiver. It seemed as soon as someone got up from the operating position, another butt was in the seat. Many comments were heard praising the receiver, the vox, the smoothness of the VFO (I have the N8BX knobs on both the main and sub) and of course the coolness of the P3. This year I locked the front panel power out, compression etc as done in the software. I felt better that every time I wandered over, I didn't need to reset everything. I also noticed several ops using the DVR voice keyer this year ( last year I couldn't get anyone to try it). One of the ops actually re-programmed the DVR to what he wanted without the use if the manual, which is a fine testament to how intuitive it is to sit down behind this rig and figure out how to operate it. In contrast to a Kenwood 930 we were also using, that didn't even go into the correct side band when changing bands (which meant confusion when receiving bad audio reports). At the end of the contest we had 3 rigs on 20meters simultaneously. The K3 had no problems copying the weaker stations through all the interference from the other transmitters. The other stations, not so much. Having both a straight key and paddle input allowed us to plug both a computer and paddles into the back and use either without any problems. Several ops said that one way or the other they were going to have a K3 by the next F/D! Just and all in all flawless weekend of hard use of my K3! Thanks to the Elecraft team for their had work and dedication. John K2QY ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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I had a similar experience. My K3 was used on CW and digital modes,
and only about a half hour on CW. Our club had a guest operator who was very proficient with CW, and he was quite pleased with the K3 and the way it operated. He especially was excited by the QSK. the auto-spot and the DSP filtering. At one point, he commented that the K3 had so many operating conveniences that he expected the "kitchen sink" to appear out of it at any time :-) . It helped that I had Quick-memories set up on the keypad for band changing and then changed to the sub-band (CW, Data, or SSB) with the M1, M2 and M3 buttons. That made it easy for everyone to change bands/modes/filters. I think our guest CW operator will be ordering a K3 soon. He had thought all Elecraft gear needed soldering of thru-hole components, and was pleased to learn that the K3 was a plug-together kit. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/27/2011 12:24 PM, John Fritze wrote: > Once again, I took my K3 to F/D this year with the P3. Again, I had a tough > time getting to sit down at my own transceiver. It seemed as soon as > someone got up from the operating position, another butt was in the seat. > Many comments were heard praising the receiver, the vox, the smoothness of > the VFO (I have the N8BX knobs on both the main and sub) and of course the > coolness of the P3. > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Sorry, that half hour was on SSB - most of the time was on CW. 289 CW
contacts in about 11 hours CW operating time - not bad for a "fun-oriented" operation. 73, Don W3FPR On 6/27/2011 2:01 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > I had a similar experience. My K3 was used on CW and digital modes, > and only about a half hour on CW. > Our club had a guest operator who was very proficient with CW, and he > was quite pleased with the K3 and the way it operated. > > He especially was excited by the QSK. the auto-spot and the DSP > filtering. At one point, he commented that the K3 had so many operating > conveniences that he expected the "kitchen sink" to appear out of it at > any time :-) . > It helped that I had Quick-memories set up on the keypad for band > changing and then changed to the sub-band (CW, Data, or SSB) with the > M1, M2 and M3 buttons. That made it easy for everyone to change > bands/modes/filters. > > I think our guest CW operator will be ordering a K3 soon. He had > thought all Elecraft gear needed soldering of thru-hole components, and > was pleased to learn that the K3 was a plug-together kit. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 6/27/2011 12:24 PM, John Fritze wrote: >> Once again, I took my K3 to F/D this year with the P3. Again, I had a tough >> time getting to sit down at my own transceiver. It seemed as soon as >> someone got up from the operating position, another butt was in the seat. >> Many comments were heard praising the receiver, the vox, the smoothness of >> the VFO (I have the N8BX knobs on both the main and sub) and of course the >> coolness of the P3. >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Don,
I sort of had the opposite experience at FD. I was the only real CW op in our local club, but my K3 was at home. One of the other club members had an Omni-VII setup as the CW rig. I used it to make 500 contacts in about six hours of operating time (using a multiband dipole). I actually seriously considered getting the Omni-VII two years ago before I decided to purchase my K3. In short, the Omni is a nice little rig, but doesn't have the fit and finish of a K3. After operating 40M CW for several hours, I immediately fired up my K3 as soon as I arrived back home. I was curious to see how 40M sounded on my K3 versus the Omni. It was just amazing how the K3 separates the signals and quiets down the band during a busy contest. Plus the K3 has much better ergonomics and access to critical controls. Of course, I suppose that I am preaching to the choir! Still, FD is always a good time to try other rigs. Dave, N4QS Proud owner of the K-Line ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Wilhelm" <[hidden email]> To: <[hidden email]> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 at Field Day > I had a similar experience. My K3 was used on CW and digital modes, > and only about a half hour on CW. > Our club had a guest operator who was very proficient with CW, and he > was quite pleased with the K3 and the way it operated. > > He especially was excited by the QSK. the auto-spot and the DSP > filtering. At one point, he commented that the K3 had so many operating > conveniences that he expected the "kitchen sink" to appear out of it at > any time :-) . > It helped that I had Quick-memories set up on the keypad for band > changing and then changed to the sub-band (CW, Data, or SSB) with the > M1, M2 and M3 buttons. That made it easy for everyone to change > bands/modes/filters. > > I think our guest CW operator will be ordering a K3 soon. He had > thought all Elecraft gear needed soldering of thru-hole components, and > was pleased to learn that the K3 was a plug-together kit. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 6/27/2011 12:24 PM, John Fritze wrote: >> Once again, I took my K3 to F/D this year with the P3. Again, I had a >> tough >> time getting to sit down at my own transceiver. It seemed as soon as >> someone got up from the operating position, another butt was in the seat. >> Many comments were heard praising the receiver, the vox, the smoothness >> of >> the VFO (I have the N8BX knobs on both the main and sub) and of course >> the >> coolness of the P3. >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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