All, During the 9L5MS DXpedition (about one month ago) we used my K3 on 160m. Because of little available space we had no RX antennas, and we had to listen on the vertical antenna. The usual tropical QRN was there, about S8 - S9+15dB. The NB on my K3 is always on at a moderate setting doing its job, so nothing new there. It works just fine but not for the continuous tropical rumble..
Now comes the nice part. During the long nights on 160m I added the K3 NR. What a relief!! It reduced the effect of the QRN so much that I was on for hours without getting tired. I donot think it helped the S/N much, but it helped my ears and made operating a joy. We have received several nice comments on our 160m operation about our 'good ears'. (Probably from the people we worked hi). 73 Arie PA3A (Mercy Ships Sierra Leone 2011 DXpedition - 9L5MS) www.sierraleone2011.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
