Did you find about about APF in time to use it during FD? :) Wayne
On Jun 24, 2012, at 10:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I received my KX3 about a week ahead of FD. Therefore, I hadn't much > experience with it. We were running 2A on solar power; the other rig > was a K2. > > FWIW: The features in the KX3 allowed me to about double my QSO rate > as compared to the K2 and other rigs I have used. My general > impression is that the KX3 makes an ideal, or nearly so, FD radio. > We ran 546 Q's on these two radios. Why didn't we do better? > Operator fatigue. Had we had maybe three more operators we probably > could have made 1000 Q's. And, we were QRP!!! > > What was amusing is the comment of one of our operators. He is a QRO > contest op who likes to run full legal limit. He kept commenting > that he couldn't believe what we were doing at 5W. Oh, yes. He owns > a K3. > > Wayne/Eric, > You guys done good!! The KX3 is a keeper! > > Vy 73, > Barry > K3NDM > > From: "Wayne Burdick" <[email protected]> > To: "Phillip Shepard" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 10:25:05 PM > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Field Day observations > > Thanks for the report, Phillip. We had two KX3s at our FD site (K6SRA) > with similar results. > > Regarding VFO tuning noise, did you try using RX SHFT on the affected > band(s)? This turns out to be very effective, especially in > combination with VFO NR. Both menu entries can be set up per-band, and > are typically needed only the highest bands. > > 73, > Wayne > N6KR > > > On Jun 24, 2012, at 5:34 PM, Phillip Shepard wrote: > > > Field Day this weekend was the first real test of my new KX3 (s/n > > 268). > > Before Saturday it had only seen light picnic table use and one SOTA > > peak > > activation. How did I like it during FD? This is one sweet little > > radio! > > I operated somewhat casually in a search and pounce mode, with 90% > > of the > > QSOs on CW and the rest on SSB. > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
