New K3S in the RTTY Contest

[Irwin KD3TB]

Ran a new K3S that I just built in the RTTY contest this weekend. Mostly
S&P with some minor runs. Kept the power to 70w. K3S fans never came on. If
they did, they were really quiet. Probably could have put the power
higher. Only the fan in my older P/S ocassionally came on. It was a good
way to break in the new radio and run it through its paces. Used the P3 to
find the stations and the CWT on the rig to fine tune them. Transmit
monitor let me keep an eye on my signal. Used a 400hz roofing filter to dig
out the close ones on a crowded band. Set the K3S to TX Data ( AFSK A -
LSB). For TX Data set the Mic Sel to Line in, no VOX. This let me use the
new USB Codec sound card and key the rig at the same time with N1MM+ and
MMTTY. Really pleased with the performance.

Irwin KD3TB


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[Nr4c]

My K3S fans are quiet. But I lit up the fan in my KPA500 today running 500 watts running RTTY. But noted that as soon as the fan hit high, the temp started down. So it works well.  Amp did great. Almost 100% return on calls.

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> On Feb 14, 2016, at 10:17 PM, Irwin Darack <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Ran a new K3S that I just built in the RTTY contest this weekend. Mostly
> S&P with some minor runs. Kept the power to 70w. K3S fans never came on. If
> they did, they were really quiet. Probably could have put the power
> higher. Only the fan in my older P/S ocassionally came on. It was a good
> way to break in the new radio and run it through its paces. Used the P3 to
> find the stations and the CWT on the rig to fine tune them. Transmit
> monitor let me keep an eye on my signal. Used a 400hz roofing filter to dig
> out the close ones on a crowded band. Set the K3S to TX Data ( AFSK A -
> LSB). For TX Data set the Mic Sel to Line in, no VOX. This let me use the
> new USB Codec sound card and key the rig at the same time with N1MM+ and
> MMTTY. Really pleased with the performance.
>
> Irwin KD3TB
>
>
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