Like Gernot, DF5RF, I too decided to use my KX3 in the WPX CW contest, just for the fun of it! And fun it was. I was easily able to put up with the minor inconveniences of phantom/image signals and the ATU kicking in as I went out of one band segment into another, but that didn't slow me down. I kept my bandwidth around "150" throughout the contest and didn't have a single problem digging out stations to call. The only problem I had was not being heard...for whatever reason. That's the fun part of QRP...you never know the circumstances at the other end, but you try anyway! For convenience, it would be nice to have separate "KEY" and "PADDLE" jacks, just like the K3, but I used a "wye" splitter to combine the output of an external (CMOS-4) keyer and a keying line from my laptop's parallel port (with the K3 I use the internal keyer and the rig control serial port for keying...can't use the serial port to key the KX3 in similar fashion!). Other'n that, it's both fun and a challenge to operate QRP in a contest using a KX3. Thanks, Elecraft! Bert, N4CW ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
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