I've had my KX3 for just over a year, and have had a lot of fun. But I always seem to gravitate to the K3 for contests. Well since FD last month, I've been using the KX3 for everything and the past weekend's IARU contest was no exception.
I was very pleased at my 104 contacts in QRP, Single OP (non-assisted), all band CW status. I spent a little over 6 hours on the air and was 'Search & Pounce' the whole time. As for the radio. It performed superbly, without a doubt. The filtering was excellent, I frequently had the pass-band reduced to 200 Hz or less. Adjacent signals were not a problem except in rare occasions when the offending station was just barely out of the pass-band. The radio was very quiet as I kept the RF gain reduced some to quiet the background noise. All in all, a very pleasant experience. My antennae were a fan dipole for 40, 20, 10 meters (40M also worked 15M) and my "Zorro" long wire (partially vertical) for 80M and 160M. Logging was via N1MM which performed as expected. I was a confirmed N3FJP user until I met up with some long time contesters and learned about N1MM. I haven't looked back. This is by far the best logging software for contests ever. I don't usually write this much in an email so I will stop here. If you're on the wire as to buying a KX3, just do it! It's a great little radio. And, get it fully 'tricked out'. Every accessory, every feature has a purpose. It comes together as the best bang for the buck in amateur radio today. ...bill nr4c ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
