Re: [Elecraft] K4 Rx is awesome...
He never said what kind of antenna he was using. A lossy antenna is much worse on transmit than it is on receive. You can easily tolerate 20 dB or more loss on receive (for pretty much ANY rig) ... but not on transmit, especially in a contest like FD where there is tons of QRM on the other end. The K4 is a very fine rig, but not because of anything he claimed. 73, Dave AB7E On 7/2/2023 11:03 AM, George Thornton wrote: That was not my experience. Right out the bat we were occupying a frequency and calling. We were heard so well we found ourselves at the bottom of a pileup for the next two or more hours. You might want to take a closer look at your various mic and transmitter settings. These have to be adjusted correctly for maximum effect. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of David Fifield Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2023 6:29 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K4 Rx is awesome... I’ve been using my K4 at 100W (per the FD rules) this afternoon on several bands. I am 1D OR. I can hear many many stations but hardly any of them can hear me. To me, this means that the K4 Rx is bomb-proof, sensitive, selective, and just, well, awesome. If the other stations had better receivers, they might be able to hear me calling them. They are obviously bogged down with on-site overload/spurii/phase noise etc. What a pity. I gave up replying hopelessly to CQFD’s from other 100W stations and went and did some woodworking instead. Much more satisfying. Oh well…. 73, Dave AD6A __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to gthorn...@thorntonmostullaw.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to ab7e...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
Re: [Elecraft] K4 Rx is awesome...
That was not my experience. Right out the bat we were occupying a frequency and calling. We were heard so well we found ourselves at the bottom of a pileup for the next two or more hours. You might want to take a closer look at your various mic and transmitter settings. These have to be adjusted correctly for maximum effect. -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of David Fifield Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2023 6:29 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K4 Rx is awesome... I’ve been using my K4 at 100W (per the FD rules) this afternoon on several bands. I am 1D OR. I can hear many many stations but hardly any of them can hear me. To me, this means that the K4 Rx is bomb-proof, sensitive, selective, and just, well, awesome. If the other stations had better receivers, they might be able to hear me calling them. They are obviously bogged down with on-site overload/spurii/phase noise etc. What a pity. I gave up replying hopelessly to CQFD’s from other 100W stations and went and did some woodworking instead. Much more satisfying. Oh well…. 73, Dave AD6A __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to gthorn...@thorntonmostullaw.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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N6KR wrote: Of course this is not the way to hold and run a frequency. ***No, you would have to run while doing that, and then your writing would not be legible. Maybe use the Voice Notes app on your cell phone? 浪 --- 73, Mike Cizek WØVTT -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Wednesday, 28 June, 2023 17:03 To: Robert Strickland Cc: Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K4 Rx is awesome... CW is also the only way to go for pedestrian mobile FD, which I did for a couple of hours while hiking on Saturday. Even with a 4' whip and 5 watts I was working almost every station I called. I stopped long enough to log each QSO so my printing would be legible. Of course this is not the way to hold and run a frequency. Wayne N6KR > On Jun 28, 2023, at 1:14 PM, Robert Strickland via Elecraft < > <mailto:elecraft@mailman.qth.net> elecraft@mailman.qth.net> wrote: > > Jim... > > I gave up on all SSB contesting long ago. To my ears and preferences, it's > just a pile of gibberish with maybe one very strong/clear signal every > 10-20Kc. Not worth it. CW is the only way to contest IMHO. While I've never > operated QRP, I suspect that I'm headed in that direction, also. > > ...robert KE2WY > > On 6/25/2023 19:37, Jim Brown wrote: >> On 6/25/2023 7:19 AM, Al Lorona wrote: >>> I went to CW after this and found the operating to be a lot better. >> I gave up on SSB on FD more than ten years ago. Instead, have been doing FD >> QRP with W6GJB and W6JTI. There are still guys who haven't been on the air >> in the year between, and some long pauses after a QSO, but that's the >> exception. >> 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: <http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm> http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: <mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: <http://www.qsl.net> http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: <http://www.qsl.net/donate.html> http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to <mailto:mgci...@gmail.com> mgci...@gmail.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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CW is also the only way to go for pedestrian mobile FD, which I did for a couple of hours while hiking on Saturday. Even with a 4' whip and 5 watts I was working almost every station I called. I stopped long enough to log each QSO so my printing would be legible. Of course this is not the way to hold and run a frequency. Wayne N6KR > On Jun 28, 2023, at 1:14 PM, Robert Strickland via Elecraft > wrote: > > Jim... > > I gave up on all SSB contesting long ago. To my ears and preferences, it's > just a pile of gibberish with maybe one very strong/clear signal every > 10-20Kc. Not worth it. CW is the only way to contest IMHO. While I've never > operated QRP, I suspect that I'm headed in that direction, also. > > ...robert KE2WY > > On 6/25/2023 19:37, Jim Brown wrote: >> On 6/25/2023 7:19 AM, Al Lorona wrote: >>> I went to CW after this and found the operating to be a lot better. >> I gave up on SSB on FD more than ten years ago. Instead, have been doing FD >> QRP with W6GJB and W6JTI. There are still guys who haven't been on the air >> in the year between, and some long pauses after a QSO, but that's the >> exception. >> 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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Jim... I gave up on all SSB contesting long ago. To my ears and preferences, it's just a pile of gibberish with maybe one very strong/clear signal every 10-20Kc. Not worth it. CW is the only way to contest IMHO. While I've never operated QRP, I suspect that I'm headed in that direction, also. ...robert KE2WY On 6/25/2023 19:37, Jim Brown wrote: On 6/25/2023 7:19 AM, Al Lorona wrote: I went to CW after this and found the operating to be a lot better. I gave up on SSB on FD more than ten years ago. Instead, have been doing FD QRP with W6GJB and W6JTI. There are still guys who haven't been on the air in the year between, and some long pauses after a QSO, but that's the exception. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to rc...@verizon.net -- Robert G. Strickland, PhD ABPH KE2WY rc...@verizon.net Syracuse, New York FN13xa __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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Some practices vary with the type of contact—casual, contest, organized program (SOTA/POTA), event (JOTA, Field Day), DXpedition—and some are just good practices. This document is a good consensus description, with a lean towards contesting and DXpedition practices. It is called “Ethics and Operating Procedures for the Radio Amateur” and was developed by experience European hams. https://www.iaru-r1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Eth-operating-IARU-ENGLISH-version3-2010-amended-2021.pdf I also recommend the ARRL Operating Manual, though I haven’t read a recent edition. I actually have it ready to pick up at my library right now. https://home.arrl.org/action/Store/Product-Details/productId/114292 The numbers are usually “serial numbers”. They start with 1 for your first contact and increase with each contact. http://www.arrl.org/contest-basics https://www.qsl.net/zs1an/contesting_faq.html wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Jun 27, 2023, at 7:53 AM, Karl W Hubbard via Elecraft > wrote: > > I tried driving out to my local ham fest location as indicated on the ARRL > website, but no one was there, and then went to the past site at the high > school football stadium. No one was there either. > I consider my self a newby, don’t even know the etiquette for contests or > “interrupting” some SSB rag chews I hear on my KX3. People might assume on a > look up on QRZ that I am an “experienced” ham and conclude that I’m one of > those A h0l*s. I am still having to hold a copy of the ARRL band plan in my > left hand as I dial in frequencies and bands with my right! Reading the > instructions as I go. No Elmer’s here. > Questions like: Do you or if so why do some repeat both call signs of > participants of a QSO vs just your own? Are the numbers at the conclusion of > a QSO “ you’re number 28” assigned by the contestant just a way of confirming > or tabulating a QSO? > I guess it’s similar to talking to air traffic control with flying. Most of > ATC conversation with rapid fire instructions is anticipation, but even then > I had trouble reading back directions and squawk numbers etc. I think I must > have some auditory dyslexia, even though my age adjusted frequencies of > hearing are very good. > I am limited by my antenna arrangement, and thus ability to transmit > effectively with 100W running through my KPA100. I would think it becomes a > sort of chicken or the egg issue when it comes to QSOs if you have availed > yourself of all reasonable antenna options (but I am not erecting a 60 foot > tower in the back of my building or mounting my 30 ft MFJ mast with 24 > ground radials spread over the parking lot) and the only weapon left is > transmission power. But the easier it is for people to hear you, the more > enjoyable the radio can be and your communication skills snowball. I’m 68, > and in excellent health, so hopefully I might have a few years at it. I am > looking at taking the plunge next year and getting the K4D and the KPA1500 > but want to increase my knowledge base and will need to upgrade my Buckmaster > 300W 7 band OCFD currently in use to the 3000 W version. I cheat on CW with > keyboard encoding and decoding on the KPX3 set at 15 WPM although all I seem > to get on the KX3 is decoded gibberish**E*EE ** etc. > Finally, how much more sensitive is the K4 for signal reception compared to > the fully filtered KX3? > 73’s > Karl. AF5LQ > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Tuesday, June 27, 2023, 5:34 AM, Doug Turnbull wrote: > > Jan, > You are an inspiration to this 79 year old.I like the city lot > idea as well.Keep pounding the brass in good health. > > 73 Doug EI2CN > > On Tue 27 Jun 2023, 02:29 Jim Brown, wrote: > >> On 6/26/2023 2:01 PM, Jan wrote: >>> The K4/at is a delight to operate anytime; this last weekend it was used >> >>> Thanks to the hundred that I had exchanges with >>> >>> 73, Jan K1ND >>> >>> PS: At 86 years of age it was fun! >> >> At W6BX, W6JTI and I, also octogenarians, worked you on at least one >> band. We were QRP with a K3/P3/SVGA, with the entire station on battery >> power. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> >> __ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to turnb...@net1.ie >> > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered
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I tried driving out to my local ham fest location as indicated on the ARRL website, but no one was there, and then went to the past site at the high school football stadium. No one was there either. I consider my self a newby, don’t even know the etiquette for contests or “interrupting” some SSB rag chews I hear on my KX3. People might assume on a look up on QRZ that I am an “experienced” ham and conclude that I’m one of those A h0l*s. I am still having to hold a copy of the ARRL band plan in my left hand as I dial in frequencies and bands with my right! Reading the instructions as I go. No Elmer’s here. Questions like: Do you or if so why do some repeat both call signs of participants of a QSO vs just your own? Are the numbers at the conclusion of a QSO “ you’re number 28” assigned by the contestant just a way of confirming or tabulating a QSO? I guess it’s similar to talking to air traffic control with flying. Most of ATC conversation with rapid fire instructions is anticipation, but even then I had trouble reading back directions and squawk numbers etc. I think I must have some auditory dyslexia, even though my age adjusted frequencies of hearing are very good. I am limited by my antenna arrangement, and thus ability to transmit effectively with 100W running through my KPA100. I would think it becomes a sort of chicken or the egg issue when it comes to QSOs if you have availed yourself of all reasonable antenna options (but I am not erecting a 60 foot tower in the back of my building or mounting my 30 ft MFJ mast with 24 ground radials spread over the parking lot) and the only weapon left is transmission power. But the easier it is for people to hear you, the more enjoyable the radio can be and your communication skills snowball. I’m 68, and in excellent health, so hopefully I might have a few years at it. I am looking at taking the plunge next year and getting the K4D and the KPA1500 but want to increase my knowledge base and will need to upgrade my Buckmaster 300W 7 band OCFD currently in use to the 3000 W version. I cheat on CW with keyboard encoding and decoding on the KPX3 set at 15 WPM although all I seem to get on the KX3 is decoded gibberish**E*EE ** etc. Finally, how much more sensitive is the K4 for signal reception compared to the fully filtered KX3? 73’s Karl. AF5LQ Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, June 27, 2023, 5:34 AM, Doug Turnbull wrote: Jan, You are an inspiration to this 79 year old. I like the city lot idea as well. Keep pounding the brass in good health. 73 Doug EI2CN On Tue 27 Jun 2023, 02:29 Jim Brown, wrote: > On 6/26/2023 2:01 PM, Jan wrote: > > The K4/at is a delight to operate anytime; this last weekend it was used > > > Thanks to the hundred that I had exchanges with > > > > 73, Jan K1ND > > > > PS: At 86 years of age it was fun! > > At W6BX, W6JTI and I, also octogenarians, worked you on at least one > band. We were QRP with a K3/P3/SVGA, with the entire station on battery > power. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to turnb...@net1.ie > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to karlwhubb...@yahoo.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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Jan, You are an inspiration to this 79 year old.I like the city lot idea as well.Keep pounding the brass in good health. 73 Doug EI2CN On Tue 27 Jun 2023, 02:29 Jim Brown, wrote: > On 6/26/2023 2:01 PM, Jan wrote: > > The K4/at is a delight to operate anytime; this last weekend it was used > > > Thanks to the hundred that I had exchanges with > > > > 73, Jan K1ND > > > > PS: At 86 years of age it was fun! > > At W6BX, W6JTI and I, also octogenarians, worked you on at least one > band. We were QRP with a K3/P3/SVGA, with the entire station on battery > power. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > __ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to turnb...@net1.ie > __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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On 6/26/2023 2:01 PM, Jan wrote: The K4/at is a delight to operate anytime; this last weekend it was used Thanks to the hundred that I had exchanges with 73, Jan K1ND PS: At 86 years of age it was fun! At W6BX, W6JTI and I, also octogenarians, worked you on at least one band. We were QRP with a K3/P3/SVGA, with the entire station on battery power. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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The K4/at is a delight to operate anytime; this last weekend it was used in the /Field Day Event/ I ran mine @ 20watts on 40 & 80 meters CW via a wire dipole on a city lot/// / Simple setup with memories programed /~ I/ /had a ball/// Thanks to the hundred that I had exchanges with 73, Jan K1ND PS: At 86 years of age it was fun!// / / -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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Interesting conclusion. David Fifield AD6A wrote: I've been using my K4 at 100W (per the FD rules) this afternoon on several bands. I am 1D OR. I can hear many many stations but hardly any of them can hear me. To me, this means that the K4 Rx is bomb-proof, sensitive, selective, and just, well, awesome. If the other stations had better receivers, they might be able to hear me calling them. They are obviously bogged down with on-site overload/spurii/phase noise etc. What a pity. I gave up replying hopelessly to CQFD's from other 100W stations and went and did some woodworking instead. Much more satisfying. Oh well.. 73, Dave AD6A __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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On 6/25/2023 7:19 AM, Al Lorona wrote: I went to CW after this and found the operating to be a lot better. I gave up on SSB on FD more than ten years ago. Instead, have been doing FD QRP with W6GJB and W6JTI. There are still guys who haven't been on the air in the year between, and some long pauses after a QSO, but that's the exception. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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> I can hear many many stations but hardly any of them can hear me. The most likely reason for this is operator inexperience, which is a perennial problem on Field Day. It's great that lots of people who don't usually get on the air, get on the air... but the side effect of this is a lot of really poor operating habits. The biggest problem this year, in my opinion, was not identifying at the end of each contact. Many ops who were running on a frequency simply would acknowledge receipt of the exchange, then just stop transmitting and listen for the next caller. Here's an example: W4---: CQ Field Day, this is W4---. W3--: This is W3--. W4---: W3--, I'm 2A Georgia. W3--: Thanks, I'm 4A Western Pennsylvania. W4---: Got your 4A Western Pennsylvania. Good luck in Field Day! See the problem? This would sometimes continue for 5, 6, or 7 contacts, with the W4 never sending his own call. So, be me for a minute: there I am, waiting to call the W4, except I don't know he's a W4 because he hasn't said so, and neither has anybody else. After the first 20 or 30 times this happened, I stopped waiting around for these stations to finally identify themselves. Once, when this happened for about 6 contacts while I waited around to work a strong station in Georgia who refused to identify, I became frustrated and transmitted, "Hey, Old Man, you need to ID after each contact!" The guy immediately came back, "Let me tell you, young man, that we're all Extra class operators here who finish in the Top 10 every year, so you're not going to lecture me on how I should operate!" I went to CW after this and found the operating to be a lot better. I still heard the problem I just described, but not as frequently as on phone. Another common malpractice was people who were calling CQ, and who would receive a response to their CQ, but then would tell the caller to send his exchange first. This isn't the way you do it. The CQing station always sends its exchange first, then turns it over to the calling station, so that the CQing station can acknowledge receipt, identify, and stand by for another caller. I feel like we go over this after every Field Day, and nothing has ever changed. I feel like Get Off My Lawn Guy right now. If you're in a club that's planning a Field Day operation, you need to take the April or May club meeting and help people practice the Field Day exchange protocol with mock QSOs. It's getting really bad on the phone bands during Field Day. (I didn't mean to subtract from your enjoyment of your new K4. I hope it turns out to be a great rig for you for many years.) Regards, Al W6LX __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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That falls more under the category of lore than science. By all accounts the K4 has a terrific receiver, but of the several possible reasons for what you experienced your receiver is at least a couple notches down the list. 73 Dave AB7E On 6/24/2023 6:28 PM, David Fifield wrote: I’ve been using my K4 at 100W (per the FD rules) this afternoon on several bands. I am 1D OR. I can hear many many stations but hardly any of them can hear me. To me, this means that the K4 Rx is bomb-proof, sensitive, selective, and just, well, awesome. If the other stations had better receivers, they might be able to hear me calling them. They are obviously bogged down with on-site overload/spurii/phase noise etc. What a pity. I gave up replying hopelessly to CQFD’s from other 100W stations and went and did some woodworking instead. Much more satisfying. Oh well…. 73, Dave AD6A __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
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On 6/24/2023 6:28 PM, David Fifield wrote: I can hear many many stations but hardly any of them can hear me. Two likely reasons. 1) their receive noise; 2) your antennas. 73, Jim K9YC __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
[Elecraft] K4 Rx is awesome...
I’ve been using my K4 at 100W (per the FD rules) this afternoon on several bands. I am 1D OR. I can hear many many stations but hardly any of them can hear me. To me, this means that the K4 Rx is bomb-proof, sensitive, selective, and just, well, awesome. If the other stations had better receivers, they might be able to hear me calling them. They are obviously bogged down with on-site overload/spurii/phase noise etc. What a pity. I gave up replying hopelessly to CQFD’s from other 100W stations and went and did some woodworking instead. Much more satisfying. Oh well…. 73, Dave AD6A __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
