I received my PX3 a week or so ago and it was impressive to see how the contest looked on it:
200kHz of SSB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH9JX5fyLnc 100kHz of CW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8S-7MYpTcI scott [email protected] On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:34 PM, James Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kind of a similar situation here in Folsom. Christmas activities and other > family “stuff” kept me away from the contest for all but a few hours. My > goal, using the K3 @ 5 watts along with my P3, was to search & pounce for > as many different states as possible - I’m trying to get WAS QRP. A total > of 66 QSO’s in 34 states, plus 5W1SA (Samoa), EA8AV (Canary Islands), KP2Q > (Virgin Islands), and WP4C (Puerto Rico). Heard lots more DX stations but > didn’t attempt to work them, as states were my main goal. Although I did > hear a station from Algeria (7X7?? - can’t remember the whole call) but he > was also search & pounce so I didn’t get a chance to call him - arrghhhhhh. > Not too bad for QRP and a stealthy doublet antenna strung through the > redwood trees. Darn CC&R/HOA crud! > > If I worked you in the contest - many thanks and you’ll probably be > getting a QSL and an SASE from me if you don’t participate in LoTW! > > 73, Jim / W6JHB > > > > > On Monday, Dec 15, 2014, at Monday, 7:58 AM, Wayne Burdick < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I only had an hour or so of contest time, but the band was in great > shape and I worked everyone I called in both SSB and CW mode (35 QSOs in 19 > states). > > > > Just to make it more challenging, I kept power set to 5.0 watts, and > used my 6-meter antenna exclusively (not a typo--yes, this was on 10 > meters). It's a pair of 6-meter hamsticks forming a dipole, supported by a > push-up mast at about 20'. It's fed with LMR400 coax, then connected to the > K3, which has a KAT3 ATU. The ATU can tune this antenna on 20-6 meters. > While it certainly isn't very efficient on bands below 6 meters, it was > good enough to have some fun in the contest. > > > > I was using the latest K3 firmware (rev. 5.01), which has excellent QSK > audio characteristics as reported by those using this field-test release. > > > > 73, > > Wayne > > N6KR > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > Message delivered to [email protected] > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
