We had a Multi-Single effort in CQWW from K5NA here in south
Texas.
We used K3s in the 20M and 40M position with FT1000 MK-Vs at the 80/10 and
160/15 stations. We had 2 K3 owners in the group and 2 MK-V owners.
By the end of the contest (where we logged almost 3K QSOs, 167 zones and 571
countries), the 2 MK-V owners were ready to jump into K3s. I had actually
never owned an FT-1000 of any flavor, so it was very interesting to hear the
difference for myself. The MK-V just sounded “mushy” (very
technical term) when compared to the K3s. The K3s REALLY allowed us to
essentially play in our own little world as a RUN station and work very weak
stations right through the 40 over 9 signals next to us. We also remarked
at how none of us were as fatigued as we would normally be after a 48 hour
contest. Admittedly, it is much less fatiguing to have a good rate for a majority
of the contest rather than a bad rate, but the K3s did us a major favor by
offering AFX to ease our listening. One of the MK-V owners had actually
just received a new K3 a few days before the contest, but didn’t want to
install it in place of his trusty old MK-V. After the contest, I think he
wouldn’t have minded if we had K3s at all 4 positions. I’m
sure they will be there next year.
K5NA M/S in CQWW
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
------------------------------
160: 79 23 77
80: 259 31 113
40: 1196 38 145
20: 1163 36 140
15: 204 30 86
10: 17 9 10
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Total: 2918 167 571 Total Score = 5,650,128
73,
Bob K5WA
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