We (Sussex County ARC W2LV) in NW NJ ran a 5A operation and had a couple of K3's on hand. We thought conditions were flat on Saturday but a little better on Sunday. We were well protected under a large circus tent with perimeter tarps from the wind and the rain. The cold (low 50's) was the biggest issue. The K3's ran perfect but the foot switches weren't happy.
73, John N2HMM -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Olean Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 7:58 PM To: Blair Bates; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 and KSYN3A in FD I used a K3 with the new synthesizer and it workerd great, but with just five watts QRP on battery power, I found condx were pretty bad. The nor'easter that blew into northern New England did not help. We had high winds buffeting the tent and a pretty substantial river developed right under the operating table. Apparently things were not so bad farther south, but propagation seemed depressed here. Did anyone else think propagation was down? Lots of QSB and watery signals. Maybe our wire antenna was NG, but I doubt it. We had three half waves on 20 M fed with open wire. There was plenty of room between other signals on all the bands. The K3 worked flawlessly. Dave K1WHS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blair Bates" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 8:22 PM Subject: [Elecraft] K3 and KSYN3A in FD > Had the opportunity to operate two, different K3 transceivers, both with > the new KSYN3A boards, during FD. > > A few CW observations: > 1. The only way I became aware of a station moving close to me was when > my > "rate" dropped. A glance at the P3, or opening up the receiver bandwidth, > always revealed that somebody loud had moved in really close. Since not > everyone has K3 . . . my rate fell in what was QRM for other receivers. > > 2. The bands seemed really "big". I was always able to quickly find a > run > frequency when moving from another band or mode. > > 3. In spite of rainstorms for about 23 hours of FD, the bands seemed > quiet > and lightning crackles were quite subdued. > > I'm sure that these observations are routine for experienced K3 users. > For somebody who is still trying to decide, or is still feeding the piggy > bank, the K3 has one H3LL of a receiver--especially when equipped with the > KSYN3A board. > > 73, K3YD > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
