Hello Doug, To my knowledge, K3 is also used in one of the contest station in Azerbaijan.
I think K3 has some attractiveness to overseas users who do not readily have local radio repair services. I am the one still keeping K3 among my Icoms. In most of the circumstances, I can just ship back the damaged module to Elecraft for repair. cheers, Johnny VR2XMC ________________________________ 寄件人﹕ Doug Faunt <[email protected]> 收件人﹕ [email protected] 傳送日期﹕ 2010/12/3 (五) 3:22:48 PM 主題： [Elecraft] I wish I had my KPA-500 here-ZK2A So, we're here in Niue, about to go to Norfolk Island, with 3 K3's, two THP HL1.1KFX amps, one IC2KL with switching PS (noisy fans!!!!!!), two LDG AT1000 autotuners and an MFJ manual tuner. Packing this stuff takes a lot of space. Every other piece of equipment is larger than the K3 (and therefore the KPA500). And it's all messy to operate together. The LDG user interface is wierd. Hey, can I request KPA500 #22 to match my K3??? Huh? Huh? Compared to the K3, the THP amps are about 50% larger (volume), the LDG tuners are actually close to the same volume (but lots of empty space), the IC2KL is about the same (but the external PS is a bit more and NOISY!!!!). A K3/KPA500/KAT500?? stack would make this all SO much easier. We've not done quite as well on 160 and 80 as we'd hoped, but RTTY has been respectable, and we've even made a few 'phone contacts (not many). Oh, we're using wire antennas, with Spiderbeam, Tmastco, and Jackite telescoping fiberglass poles as supports. This works pretty well, although the fancy low-noise RX antenna for low bands didn't work that well. 73, doug N6TQS at home, ZK2A, VK9NN and DX0DX (don't tell ICOM I'm taqking my K3). ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
