Any close up pictures of the new key? 73, W0EA TJ ---- QRP ARCI #14612 | CW Ops #953 | SKCC #4593T NAQCC #3768 | Flying Pigs QRP #2254 Elecraft KX3 SN 288 Because QRO is too easy
On Sep 20, 2012, at 9:25 PM, Charles Cupp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Great Job Stan!!! U guys musts had a ball!!! Charly W6CUP > > Sent from my > iPhone 4Gs 64Gig > > Pax Vobiscum > > > On Sep 20, 2012, at 19:21, "stan levandowski" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Our three KX3s performed flawlessly through eight hours of solid >> pounding. We made 148 contacts and probably influenced the purchase of >> at least a couple of KX3s in the process. The three KX3s were operating >> within a few of feet of each other but we experienced no interference >> issues we couldn't mitigate - except for fundamental overload when we >> put two of them on parallel vertical antennas only a few yards apart. >> Gosh...that's asking just a bit too much, even from Elecraft! >> >> So Tony W1ZMB had to give up his 70 foot vertical for a 12 foot whip >> antenna on the flying bridge that was fed with 200 feet of coax. The >> KX3's ATU matched it 1:1 and whatever RF Tony had left by the time it >> got to the whip found its way west to California, south to Uruguay, and >> east to Europe. >> >> Ulrich N2DE made 67 contacts on his 80 foot wire vertical. Primarily >> DX. Ulrich doesn't believe in wasting paper; he used his CW Machine to >> autolog everything. I'll have to wait till he emails me an ADIF file to >> see exactly where his signals landed. >> >> I spent the day on 40 meters at the end of a 100' long wire. The KX3 >> and its ATU were very happy with the antenna and the 1200 ton >> counterpoise ;) My signal reports were mostly 559 to 599 with a >> pipeline to the south, right off the end of the long wire. No DX for >> me, except for Canada. Guess it was too early for 40M and we had to QRT >> at 8:00 p.m. EDT. >> >> We all noted with great pleasure how many KX3s we worked today. We also >> worked a number of K3s and K2s. We were hoping for at least one K1 and >> a KX1 to make a clean sweep of the product line but (as far as I know at >> this point) that didn't happen. >> >> My best "DX" was W4FKM in Bristol, TN. Claude had a homebrew 450 mw rig >> on 40 meters into an inverted V. The APF function and a very narrow >> bandwidth brought him out of the noise quite effectively. >> >> Condx were "OK" -not great but certainly not terrible. Wish we could >> have gone longer. >> >> At the end of the day, we all agreed that the KX3 is a real winner. It's >> moved the art and science of QRP ahead by a giant step. >> >> We accomplished our goals - We had a great deal of fun, got some >> publicity for a historic ship, and called attention to QRP by >> demonstrating that "it works." >> >> We probably could have made many more QSOs but only one (1) of us >> (Ulrich) is of that caliber. Tony and I are just common ragchewers and >> we admit to being sort of clumsy when it comes to keeping up with the >> hand-logging while trying to field the next call. >> >> The Begali "Adventure" prototypes, both iambic and mono, were a joy to >> use. We accumulated some additional input for Piero to consider as he >> brings the paddle forward toward production. One of the guest operators >> fell in love with both the KX3 and the Begali mono paddle. He was left >> handed and easily accomodated by swiveling the paddle from 45 degrees >> right to 45 degrees left and then retightening it. I thought I'd >> never get my rig back! >> >> Here's a video in which you can catch a glimpse of the Begali >> "Adventure" prototypes. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b_cXOyiskU >> >> 73, Stan WB2LQF >> > > > __._,_.___ > > > Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional > Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully > Featured > Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe > > __,_._,___ ______________________________________________________________ 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
