Just finished a 15 mile CW QSO on 144 MHz using the KX3's internal 2
meter transverter. Antenna on my end was a Ringo Ranger (vertically
polarized) only 12 feet off the ground and the antenna on his end was
also a Ringo Ranger but his was on a real short (6 foot) ground mounted
mast. There is quite a bit of hilly terrain between us and signals were
only 539 both ways but with the low noise on the band copy was real
easy. We tried SSB but I don't have the latest Field Test firmware in
my KX3 and the transverter is putting out maybe a watt on SSB. It does
the full 3.0 watts on CW. Also as previously reported, CW using the
internal keyer is kind of messed up. It misses character elements and
gets choppy at times. I didn't have time to try external keying with my
bug but that will come in another test tomorrow.
Jim - W0EB
Park City, KS
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