I can report as a FT for the 'new' RF TX board (KTXRF3) that in a recent contest we were told we were the only station that could be heard on the bands. It appears to be working well and maybe a tweak or two to the FW is all that is required prior to production.
Gary On 12 July 2011 01:46, Merv Schweigert <[email protected]> wrote: > Its been kept a secret for a few years now but is bound to come to light, > its been found that during a weekend with high activity, such as a contest > all the K3s that are on the air suck the RF from the bands, > Everyone using the K3 is searching for every stray smidgen of RF out > there and as we all know if a K3 is tuned to a signal it extracts a > certain amount of energy from that signal, thus when there are many > K3s active and tuned to these weak signals there is almost no RF > left to extract for others. > Thats why you hear the comments "my K3 hears signals others do not" > etc. They can be called RF suckers in one sense, the more k3s active there > are the worse the "propagation" or conditions will become. > You may have noticed in the past few years since the introduction of the > K3 that conditions have not improved and in fact seem to be getting > worse, perhaps in correlation to the number of K3s in use? > Elecraft is working at fever pace to try and come up with some solution > to this problem, and firmware is in testing stages for the K3 to transmit > a very low level signal back on the air to replace the RF that it has > sucked out. So standby when you hear conditions improving you know > that the test have been successful and E will shine again with new and > futuristic developments in the hobby. > So far it does not appear there are any lawsuits over the removal of so > much RF from the spectrum, but it is suspect they may be forthcoming > by other radio manufacturers who are undated by calls their radios are > not receiving as well. > The retransmit module will be a small daughter board that will fit in the > K3 with no problem and will be minimal charge. Those not installing the > new update will be subject to being called signal hogs and signal suckers > and if found participating in contests will be disqualified. > 73 and good DXing Merv K9FD/KH6 > > > I've noticed the same thing. It's as if something is absorbing our > signals. > > Things are happening!!! > > > > Gary, N7HTS > > > > > > On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:11:07 -0700 > > "Kevin Rock"<[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Good Evening, > >> What in the world has happened to propagation lately? On twenty > meters > >> before the net I scanned the band and found a number of folks on the > air. > >> But when I called the net I heard nothing for the entire time. First > >> skunk for me in nine years. I guess it had to happen sometime but why > did > >> it not occur during the depth of the solar cycle? According to > >> SpaceWeather.com there are many spots on the sun but they are not > >> improving propagation. During the last few months I keep checking to > see > >> if my antenna has fallen down. > >> Luckily forty meters was not as bad. It is still limited to the > West > >> Coast but at least I could hear a few folks. Only the first two on the > >> following list however. The next two were relayed to me by Dale. I > heard > >> just a peep from Phil but nothing at all from Don. Guess San Diego is > out > >> of my range! I wonder where my twenty meter signal was landing? It > sure > >> seems to have missed North America. > >> > >> On to the lists => > >> > >> On 14050.5 kHz at 2200z: > >> No stations heard. > >> > >> On 7045.5 kHz at 0000z: > >> K6PJV - Dale - CA - K3 - 1183 > >> NK6A - Don - CA - K3 - 4569 > >> NS7P - Phil - OR - K3 - 1826 > >> AE6II - Don - CA > >> > >> I can only hope twenty meters improves over the week. I know the > >> weather is going back to wet and chilly again. For the next week the > >> highs will be in the 50s. I am glad I still have wood left for the > >> stove! We had a few days of warm weather and sun. That was nice. 74 > >> degrees one day felt hot. I am glad the thimbleberries were in full > bloom > >> for the warm days. The bees have been very active with them right > outside > >> my radio shack window. Hopefully a lot of berries will be set since > these > >> are my favorites. Year by year my patch of them grows larger. It won't > >> be long before I get to compete with the deer to eat them :) > >> Until next week stay well, > >> 73, > >> Kevin. 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