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Dick Grolleman

K3 at VP8ORK

Didn't someone nitice the Vp8ORK is using K3s?
here is the link with pictures

http://www.vp8o.com/vp8pictures.html

73 de Dick PA3FQA
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wb6rse1

Re: K3 at VP8ORK

And for those of you attending the Visalia DX convention, a chance to own a piece of VP8ORK history:

http://www.dxconvention.org/pages/k3special.html

73 - Steve WB6RSE

On Jan 31, 2011, at 12:11 PM, Dick Grolleman wrote:

Didn't someone nitice the Vp8ORK is using K3s?
here is the link with pictures

http://www.vp8o.com/vp8pictures.html

73 de Dick PA3FQA
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ab2tc

Re: K3 at VP8ORK

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Hi,

I did notice that, but as a whole this expedition so far has been a disappointment with barely a pip heard here. The pictures shows just one vertical antenna up on the rocks, not an ideal arrangement even if they have lots of radials. Is that all they have? I see they do run some power so that should not be the problem. Propagation has been disappointing the last couple of weeks.

AB2TC - Knut

Dick Grolleman wrote

Didn't someone nitice the Vp8ORK is using K3s?
here is the link with pictures

http://www.vp8o.com/vp8pictures.html

73 de Dick PA3FQA
<snip>

N2TK

Re: K3 at VP8ORK

They had good signals on 10 and 12M today at the same time around 1530-1630Z
here in NY. Only band I haven't heard (worked) them yet is 160M. Sure wish I
had a bigger lot so I could have some beverages. Trying real hard to hear
them with a pennant antenna on topband. By the way they seem to have real
good ears.

73,
N2TK, Tony

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 at VP8ORK

Hi,

I did notice that, but as a whole this expedition so far has been a
disappointment with barely a pip heard here. The pictures shows just one
vertical antenna up on the rocks, not an ideal arrangement even if they have
lots of radials. Is that all they have? I see they do run some power so that
should not be the problem. Propagation has been disappointing the last
couple of weeks.

AB2TC - Knut

Dick Grolleman wrote:

>
> Didn't someone nitice the Vp8ORK is using K3s?
> here is the link with pictures
>
>
> http://www.vp8o.com/vp8pictures.html
>
> 73 de Dick PA3FQA
> <snip>
>

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Jim Brown-10

Re: K3 at VP8ORK

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On 1/31/2011 3:30 PM, ab2tc wrote:
> I did notice that, but as a whole this expedition so far has been a
> disappointment with barely a pip heard here. The pictures shows just one
> vertical antenna up on the rocks, not an ideal arrangement even if they have
> lots of radials. Is that all they have?

Have you ever been on a DX trip to a difficult location? Take a look at
a map -- the South Orkney Islands are not easy (or cheap) to get to.
These are top-flight operators and engineers, most with considerable
experience on trips. For whatever reason, they are traveling light.
Several good reasons include the cost of petrol and generators big
enough to run several rigs and power amps. Another is the cost of
dragging stuff there, and what boats you can get to take you there.

Here's a simple equation -- a 500W amp makes them one S-unit stronger,
but it increases the volume of gasoline used by a factor of 5. A kW amp
increases it by 10. If you can use half as much gas, you can stay
longer before you run out.

> I see they do run some power so that
> should not be the problem. Propagation has been disappointing the last
> couple of weeks.

YMMV. When they first came on the air, NI6T told me they were on 30M,
not loud but workable. I fired up the rig, noted them spotted on 40 CW,
heard them very well, and worked them within a few minutes. Then I
headed up to 30M, where they were busily running a pile to EU and NA. I
didn't raise them, but I sure could hear them.

73, Jim K9YC

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Bill W4ZV

Re: K3 at VP8ORK

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ab2tc wrote

The pictures shows just one vertical antenna up on the rocks, not an ideal arrangement even if they have lots of radials. Is that all they have?

Note the shack photo with about 5 operating positions. DXE, SteppIR and SpiderBeam are all sponsors so I'm sure they have other antennas. This is a group that knows what they're doing but they can't control propagation. They weren't goo difficult to work on Topband once the path opened.

73, Bill

Larry K1UO

Re: K3 at VP8ORK

I worked them during the qrm height of the CQ160 contest, using a K3 of course, but even that would not have been possible without propagation existing like Bill said. Best propagation to the NE region appears to be around the 0400 to 0500 time frame although they have been heard and worked much earlier.

k1htv

Re: K3 at VP8ORK

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The So. Orkney micro-lite DX-pedition must be using a K3 on 160M. They heard my
barefoot K3 so they must have had the APF feature on. I needed to turn on APF to
hear them on the Topband. VP8ORK was DXCC country #222 on 160M with 100 Watts.
My antenna is an Inverted-L (30' vertical, 100 ft horizontal) with 16 short (1/8
wavelength) radials.

The K3 worked great in last week's CQ 160M CW contest. It's great being able to
work with so may high power stations so close to my run frequency. The K3 is a
superb performer!

73,
Rich - K1HTV

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From: Dick Grolleman [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 15:12 PM
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Subject: [Elecraft] K3 at VP8ORK

Didn't someone nitice the Vp8ORK is using K3s?
here is the link with pictures

http://www.vp8o.com/vp8pictures.html

73 de Dick PA3FQA

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k.igor

Re: K3 at VP8ORK

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There is certainly no "arm chair" copy of these guys and the pileups are
just mad. Prepare to spend some time if you really want to work them. I have
5 contacts with them and every one took hours of careful hunting. I doubt I
could be able to do this without second receiver. They use very wide split,
even on CW, I have feeling they use some kind of pan adaptors. I am glad and
proud we have among us those nutty enthusiasts that are ready to spend so
much time and money to drug themselves and truckload of equipment to peace
of rock in a middle of nowhere just so we can get another box checked in
DXCC table and have so much fun doing it.
73.
Igor, N1YX

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Hi,

I did notice that, but as a whole this expedition so far has been a
disappointment with barely a pip heard here. The pictures shows just one
vertical antenna up on the rocks, not an ideal arrangement even if they have
lots of radials. Is that all they have? I see they do run some power so that
should not be the problem. Propagation has been disappointing the last
couple of weeks.

AB2TC - Knut

Dick Grolleman wrote:

>
> Didn't someone nitice the Vp8ORK is using K3s?
> here is the link with pictures
>
>
> http://www.vp8o.com/vp8pictures.html
>
> 73 de Dick PA3FQA
> <snip>
>

Jan Erik Holm

Re: K3 at VP8ORK

In reply to this post by k1htv

Good for you that they had an ACOM amplifier otherwise you
wouldn´t have worked them. Instead you should send a thank
letter to ACOM.

Jim SM2EKM
--------------------
On 2011-02-01 23:54, Rich - K1HTV wrote:

> The So. Orkney micro-lite DX-pedition must be using a K3 on 160M. They heard my
> barefoot K3 so they must have had the APF feature on. I needed to turn on APF to
> hear them on the Topband. VP8ORK was DXCC country #222 on 160M with 100 Watts.
> My antenna is an Inverted-L (30' vertical, 100 ft horizontal) with 16 short (1/8
> wavelength) radials.
>
> The K3 worked great in last week's CQ 160M CW contest. It's great being able to
> work with so may high power stations so close to my run frequency. The K3 is a
> superb performer!
>
> 73,
> Rich - K1HTV
>

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Jim Rhodes-2

Re: K3 at VP8ORK

I didn't realize that an ACOM amp could make you receive better. Have to
look into that;-)

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Jan Erik Holm <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Good for you that they had an ACOM amplifier otherwise you
> wouldn´t have worked them. Instead you should send a thank
> letter to ACOM.
>
>
> Jim SM2EKM
> --------------------
> On 2011-02-01 23:54, Rich - K1HTV wrote:
> > The So. Orkney micro-lite DX-pedition must be using a K3 on 160M. They
> heard my
> > barefoot K3 so they must have had the APF feature on. I needed to turn on
> APF to
> > hear them on the Topband. VP8ORK was DXCC country #222 on 160M with 100
> Watts.
> > My antenna is an Inverted-L (30' vertical, 100 ft horizontal) with 16
> short (1/8
> > wavelength) radials.
> >
> > The K3 worked great in last week's CQ 160M CW contest. It's great being
> able to
> > work with so may high power stations so close to my run frequency. The K3
> is a
> > superb performer!
> >
> > 73,
> > Rich - K1HTV
> >
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