My K3S, S/N 10023, arrived a few weeks ago and I couldn't be happier with it. Never had an original K3, but the receive audio is good and filtering with the matched pair of 400s and the 250 in the main VFO was stunning during the IARU contest. I've only played a little bit on 6m and the preamp does a good job, I guess, but I'm not a big 6m guy to begin with. I have a very noisy amp (Ameritron AL-1200) that sounds like a jet engine. The K3S's noise gate makes phone operation so much better. I'm using an HC-5 boom mic element and without any TX audio EQ, MIC set to 35 (real panel, high) and compression of 12 to 15 I'm getting superb audio reports on-air. True plug-and-play in that department. CW TX is great, receive is like nothing I've ever experienced before (in a *very* good way) and the decode works OK on strong signals for when the other op is just a bit too fast for my ears.
---------------------------------------------------- Regards, Peter Dougherty, W2IRT DXCC Card Checker/CQ-WAZ Checkpoint www.facebook.com/W2IRT -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joe W2KJ Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 5:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] New K3S Howdy Gang: I wonder if anyone has received a new K3S yet?? Would certainly appreciate any comments as to performance, receive audio quality, new preamps, etc, etc. Many thanks for any info. 73, Joe W2KJ I QRP, therefore I am ______________________________________________________________ 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]
