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Jim GM

K4 Issue

I am having depression for lack of excitment about the hobby connected with lost of hope and social distancing on the air waves for fear lack of sunspots when and if the K4 is ever delivered. Last I heard July or August. People keep asking me when arrive now I tell them July or August but not sure what year since it is not posted for what year:-) I know one thing I have been waiting for over a year for it with a 5K bucks down payment interest free. On good thing is that 5k bucks is as n investment that did not loose value cause of the Mega depression. I need an anti K4 virus protection to counter the COVID-19 depression and blues.Jim K9TFJim K9TFSent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
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Nr4c

Re: K4 Issue

Found it!

I bought an ICOM 7300. I figure if I feed it right and provide the right fertilizer, it will grow into a K4D by Christmas.

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...nr4c. bill

> On Jun 22, 2020, at 12:57 PM, Jim Borowski <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> I am having depression for lack of excitment about the hobby connected with lost of hope and social distancing on the air waves for fear lack of sunspots when and if the K4 is ever delivered. Last I heard July or August. People keep asking me when arrive now I tell them July or August but not sure what year since it is not posted for what year:-) I know one thing I have been waiting for over a year for it with a 5K bucks down payment interest free. On good thing is that 5k bucks is as n investment that did not loose value cause of the Mega depression. I need an anti K4 virus protection to counter the COVID-19 depression and blues.Jim K9TFJim K9TFSent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
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Lyn WØLEN

Re: K4 Issue

Nothing wrong with the 7300.

For less than a grand, it outperforms just about everything else ... certainly in its price class. Is it a K4? Hardly. But it is a well-designed, well-built true SDR workhorse. I've had one for 3 years and it has been flawless in performance and durability. Mine runs all day, every day - both digital and SSB. No issues. None. With the MARS mod it even covers 630 meters. It's a dream to interface with a computer, and it teams up nicely with the KPA/KAT500 combo.

It would also make a wonderful backup rig for a K series

73
Lyn, W0LEN

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Sent: Monday, June 22, 2020 5:51 PM
To: Jim Borowski
Cc: Elecraft
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 Issue

Found it!

I bought an ICOM 7300. I figure if I feed it right and provide the right fertilizer, it will grow into a K4D by Christmas.

Sent from my iPhone
...nr4c. bill

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Don Wilhelm

Re: K4 Issue

i have a friend who bought a K3S, and then he bought a 7300 because he
wanted something smaller.
He said there were signals on the K3S that he could not hear and copy on
the 7300.

So that is one users impression.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 6/22/2020 8:46 PM, Lyn Norstad wrote:
> Nothing wrong with the 7300.
>
> For less than a grand, it outperforms just about everything else ... certainly in its price class. Is it a K4? Hardly. But it is a well-designed, well-built true SDR workhorse. I've had one for 3 years and it has been flawless in performance and durability. Mine runs all day, every day - both digital and SSB. No issues. None. With the MARS mod it even covers 630 meters. It's a dream to interface with a computer, and it teams up nicely with the KPA/KAT500 combo.
>
> It would also make a wonderful backup rig for a K series
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K8TE

Re: K4 Issue

I have a neighbor who lives about 500 ft away with a new IC-7300. I have
told many people the IC-7300 is an interesting radio for $900-1,000, but it
ain't no K3! For example, several years ago we had three K3 transceivers on
20m--CW, SSB, and GOTA. They were about 500 feet apart from each other.
Unless we tuned within 5-10 kHz from another, we didn't know the other two
were on the air until somebody turned of the SSB radio's power supply and
the battery ran low (IMD).

OTH, if my neighbor is on 20m or 40m with his barefoot IC-7300, I know it on
my K3 (new synthesizers). He's on CW and I'm on SSB--I know he's on. His
rig's phase noise covers the entire band! Fortunately, unless I pick the
second harmonic, I don't hear him disturb 20m when he's on 40m. While good
by itself and not on big antennas, especially during a contest, the IC-7300
will work for many hams.

I experienced similar issues with my K3 and an IC-7600 several years ago at
a different FD site. This weekend I head to Lubbock with my K3 to operate
CW at a 2E station with an IC-7610. We will NOT operate on the same band!
I will bring bandpass filters for both radios just in case. Listen for
KS5Z, three old friends/farts having a fun, safe weekend. I hope many of
you do the same. Good luck in the operating event (not a contest)!

73, Bill, K8TE

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Jim Brown-10

Re: K4 Issue

On 6/23/2020 5:49 PM, K8TE wrote:
> I experienced similar issues with my K3 and an IC-7600 several years ago at
> a different FD site.

A contester neighbor ran an IC7600 into a legal limit amp. 15 miles
away, he chewed up almost 20 kHz of whatever band he was on running CW,
and he was always running. He gave K6XX as much trouble as he gave me.
it was that way for more than five years. XX and I can work 500 Hz apart
on CW when one of us is running and the other S&P.

73, Jim K9YC
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Bill Frantz

Re: K4 Issue

West Valley Amateur Radio Association has had similar results
running category nAB for large n (10-15). We run 5 watts and use
K3, K3S, KX3 and Flex radios. We take care in our antenna setup
to put the antennas in each other's null area.

When we have problems, it is due to batteries running down
raising the IMD. Swapping in a new battery is the cure.

73 Bill AE6JV

On 6/23/20 at 12:02 AM, [hidden email] (Jim Brown) wrote:

>On 6/23/2020 5:49 PM, K8TE wrote:
>>I experienced similar issues with my K3 and an IC-7600 several years ago at
>>a different FD site.
>
>A contester neighbor ran an IC7600 into a legal limit amp. 15
>miles away, he chewed up almost 20 kHz of whatever band he was
>on running CW, and he was always running. He gave K6XX as much
>trouble as he gave me. it was that way for more than five
>years. XX and I can work 500 Hz apart on CW when one of us is
>running and the other S&P.

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