My KX3 #3462 still amazes me as well. This weekends ARRL DX SSB
contest was a blast. Working with 5-10 watts depending on the band
and a piece of 14ga wire in an apartment, I managed to pull in 114 DX
contacts from KY equating to 48 DXCC Entities. While 15 of them were
our Caribbean neighbors most of my contacts were EU. I'd say half of
them were at 5 watts. My personal best for SSB is VK2WWV at 9477.2
miles on 5 watts and for JT65 VK6OX at 11,190.6 miles at 5
watts...both on 10 meters. My record for PSK31 was FR5HA on 20 meters
at 9783.1 miles at 5 watts.
I was amazed at how easy I could receive in the mess that 10 meters
was this weekend. It seemed like everyone was 1.5khz apart from
28.300 all the way past 28.900...but the KX3 handled it super well.
With the 100 watt amp I'm sure I could have made atleast 500
contacts...I just couldn't get people to get my full call a lot of
times...especially the Serbians and then later the JA's, VK's and
well..anything in Asia.
KX3# 3462 ....3438 contacts logged at 10 watts or less and still going
strong,
73
Lee Stephens
KK4JSJ
On Monday 03/03/2014 at 10:47 am, Fred Smith wrote:
Had mine over a year and it still amazes me at the contacts I make all
of
them phone BTW. Hope to be on Digital sometime this year.
I think the only piece of Elecraft gear I do not own now is the
amp/Hi-Power
Tuner for the KX3. All I can say is "YES" to Elecraft and many
"THANKS"
73,
Fred/N0AZZ
K3 Ser # 6730--KX3 # 5210--K2/100 # 6470-KAT100
P3/SVGA--KAT500--W2
Amps Elecraft KPA500 HF/6m--Alpha's 9500 HF--87A HF--Mirage B-5030-G
300+w--(2) B-5016-G's 165w 2m
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt Zilmer
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 9:31 AM
To: Sean Wall
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] QRP with the KX3
Excellent! And it will just keep getting better as you get more used
to QRP
operation.
In Summer 2012, I was out back dabbling around using the KX3 at 100 mW
CW on
a dipole at 30 feet, calling CQ on and off at 10106 KHz. Heard a weak
signal reply, and cranked up the AF gain into the headphones.
Worked a QRP backpacker station in western PA from SoCal. Turns out I
was
on her calling frequency and she was just finished setting up. And she
was
using a KX3 running 250 mW!
2115 miles on 100 mW is 21,150 MPW one way, the other was 8,460 MPW.
Others here have similar stories, and none of this is extraordinary.
QRP takes competence, patience, and persistance, but it can be very
rewarding.
73,
matt W6NIA
On Mon, 3 Mar 2014 10:09:29 -0500, you wrote:
Wow, Ted! That's awesome. Can't wait to try my KX3.
73, Sean KK4YPE
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 10:13 PM, Keith Onishi <[email protected]> wrote:
Congratulations, Ted. Excellent job with the indoor antenna.
I have worked 6W2SC from Japan through long path on 14/18 CW and
VP2MRV through short path on 14 CW with my KX3 5W and 2 element
cubical
quad.
KX3 is excellent in QRP. More than that is it can pick up weak
signals with strong signals nearby.
73 de JH3SIF, Keith
2014/03/03 11:48?Dauer, Edward <[email protected]> ?????
Did it today: KMPW (thousand miles per watt) - from /2 in Bellport
NY to UY6IM in Donetsk, Ukraine, on 10M CW. Google Earth says it¹s
5001.19 miles. KX3 running on batteries hence limited to 5 watts;
antenna an indoor dipole strung between second floor bedroom
doorknobs. Others have done orders of magnitude better, but the first
one¹s a kick anyway.
Great
rig; wonderful receiver; love it.
Ted, KN1CBR
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