Christmas has arrived at my QTH. I just popped in the new SYN boards and have played around with my K3 for a few hours. I could almost cry because this was the one thing I was looking for that the K3 was slightly deficient in.good smooth CW above 36-38 WPM with RIT or SPLIT on. I am thrilled to hear how nice it now sends CW without being "jumpy". I'm not a real QRQ guy but when I'm in a contest down in the Caribbean I need to CQ at ~42 wpm and the K3 just wasn't able to handle it previously. It now sounds as smooth as butter. I've also never before been a QSK guy (even though my delay is usually set at only 12ms) but the huge improvement in QSK is an added benefit and may make a QSK guy out of me yet. I even tried QSK using SPLIT/SUB just now and it was perfect. If the RX dynamics are anywhere near the improvement I've seen so far I'll have hit the lottery. I only have a wire in the attic here at the house so I can't really test the benefits of the better RX specs until I get the boards installed on my contest K3s (out in the country with good antennas) but even if nothing else changes, I'm just thrilled with this new upgrade. I can't wait to give it a full trial during an upcoming contest. Wayne and Elecraft team, thank you VERY much for figuring out a way to "defy physics" (as you previously thought was going to be needed) on this K3 improvement. Well done! 73, Bob K5WA ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
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