FYI, I worked CQ WW 2008 (as a pedestrian) with K3 #1278 from Maryland. Never appreciated how good the K3"s QSK is until I had to turn it off to use an outboard amplifier.
Great receiver, now I just need an antenna higher than 17 ft off the ground :) 73 Tim N5IIT "Jim Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/01/2008 01:12 PM To "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> cc Subject Re: [Elecraft] K3 and CQWW On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 03:19:52 -0800 (PST), Julian, G4ILO wrote: >A couple of stations lost out on a point from me because they were sending >so fast that neither the K3 nor I could copy them. Why do people do this? >Surely the number of contacts lost because people like me who are not CW >wizards just can't copy them must negate the benefit of any time saved? Some of the worst offenders are those with big stations who fail to realize that many of those stations they would like to work are hearing them in the noise, or with propagation flutter, and that QRQ is defeating them. The guy who had D4B was an example (not D4C). A guy with all dits in his call, or an unusual prefix should be sending slower, not faster. I consider them LIDS! BTW -- I had my K3/KRX3 on for 29 hours of CQWW, and it sure is sweet. 400 Hz filters in both RX. Interesting propagation from several locations on 20M caused very strong echoes that ran characters together to the point that I couldn't copy them at all. One example was about 1800Z Sunday for signals from anywhere NE USA and eastern Canada (that is, W1, W2, W3, VE1, VE2, VE3). Around 2200Z I was hearing it on a few JA stations. I'm about 70 miles S of San Francisco and use wire dipoles, so I don't have directivity to protect me from secondary arrivals. I also used to hear this in Chicago on EU stations around 1500Z, also with wire dipoles. I suspect that the mechanism for this might be a fairly strong long path signal favored by their beam and a direct path to me off the back of their beam. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com Any U.S. tax advice contained in the body of this e-mail was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, by the recipient for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law provisions. ________________________________________________________________________ The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Notice required by law: This e-mail may constitute an advertisement or solicitation under U.S. law, if its primary purpose is to advertise or promote a commercial product or service. You may choose not to receive advertising and promotional messages from Ernst & Young LLP (except for Ernst & Young Online and the ey.com website, which track e-mail preferences through a separate process) at this e-mail address by forwarding this message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you do so, the sender of this message will be notified promptly. Our principal postal address is 5 Times Square, New York, NY 10036. Thank you. Ernst & Young LLP
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