I held this for three days deciding whether to send it or not – here ‘tis.
I went from TT Orion - 3 of them at various times - to K3 . I was more than a little concerned by size and Hold/Tap functions etc - I read all the stuff from Sherwood ,keep reading stories here about KSYN3A wonders. Here is my take - I live in a hot bed of BIG time DXers and contesters - it takes quite a receiver to hold up when they all get going .I need a rig I can use when they are on. One guy about 4 miles away has K3/ALPHA8410 - and puts a measured 75 millivolts into the K3 ant jack on 160. I can copy and work weak DX with a 2khz split – (250hz 8pole) I kind of know he is there ,(no doubt about it looking at P3) but stuff is copyable. (I can see his carrier on a scope on my antenna input , that’s something like S9+65dB) Another guy about 2 miles farther away has a bit better TX antenna and is usually within plus/minus 1 dB of the closer guy – but he is painful +/- 15 khz- and 30 dB of external pad does not make it go away. Its NOT my K3 RX. (he DID find an arcing filter last year that was making him +/- 50 khz or worse ) I do really wonder what I would notice with KSYN3As on my main /sub rx - I live in a “field of RF noise” even before the big guns. I DO really like both main and sub rx now truly being fed by same LO. So I am a happy camper PLUS Elecraft support has been BEYOND superb – I have found no-one to begin to compare. I could go on with a page of my experiences with other vendors. My K3 “feels” smooth to me – every bit as “smooth” as the Orions were - Just hope Elecraft lasts longer than I do !!!! Ham for 64 years – the K3 / P3 / KAT500 / KPA500 is such a SWEET combo. 73 Hank K7HP ______________________________________________________________ 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]
