> Going to be a fun week here playing with all the new toys (KAT500 and KX3).
A KX3 needs a KAT500 for a tuner? hi hi ... sri just being silly. Mark AD5SS On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Jim Sheldon <[email protected]> wrote: > Got my KX3 (2457) kit yesterday afternoon late. Took just a bit over 3 hours > to inventory and assemble. Wife and I went out to supper and got back late > so put things away until this morning. > > Firmware version 1.22 was in the radio and as I had already downloaded v1.23 > from Elecraft, after the initial test and no smoke left the case, I hooked up > the KXSER RS-232 cable that came with my XG3 and installed the latest FW. > Ran the TX Gain calibration and put it on 40 meters using my 160 meter 1/4 > wave inverted L. First CW contact was with K8JPM in Ohio. I had the power > set to 5 watts and he gave me a 579 with peaks to S9 in moderate QSB. 40 > held up pretty good and we chatted for the better part of an hour and the > KXPD3 paddles proved to be very comfortable to run at 25+ wpm. Glad I > ordered them. > > A few minutes ago, I plugged in the MH3 microphone and tuned up in the SSB > portion of 40. Heard a ragchew net on 7.184 and put out my call. W0MHP came > right back and gave me a 57-59 again in moderate QSB. Mic gain set to 23 and > compressor set to 16. Audio report was "excellent with just the right amount > of punch" and no distortion, so that's where I'll leave it. NB and NR are > only on/off at this time, but I found them completely adequate for my fairly > high line noise this morning and can report that they do work. > > Haven't tried headphones yet, but I do have a Yamaha CM500 and also a couple > pairs of lightweight headphone/microphone combinations that came with Dragon, > Naturally Speaking software. I plan on trying them later as well. > > Construction was very straightforward. No missing parts and only had the > spare parts bag left over -- great job Elecraft packers! Now, I need to open > it back up and install the Sanyo 'eneloop' 2500 MaH low self discharge AA > cells and set the low battery point in the MENU once I find out where that > should be (still reading the books) and finish up plucking the foam in the > neat yellow waterproof case I picked up from the Marlin P. Jones company out > of Florida for $29.95 plus shipping. > > Going to be a fun week here playing with all the new toys (KAT500 and KX3). > > Jim - W0EB > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
