Gary, Congrats on working VK0EK on 160M with your K3S. Yes, it is a great radio. I'm using the K3 with the synthesizer upgrades made to both main and sub receivers. A few weeks ago I worked a super pee weak 4S7BRG on 40M for #313 on that band with 100 Watts and a wire antenna. When the rare VP8STI (So. Sandwich) and VP8STG (So. Georgia) DXpeditions came on the air, my barefoot K3 again did its thing, adding Topband countries #226 & #227 to my 100 Watt 160 Meter totals.
The K3 with its 200 Hz roofing filters, DSP further reducing the bandwith to 50 Hz, then the APF further tightening the BW to a sharp 5 Hz peak made it possible to hear those weak signals through my local noise. Having K3S transceivers on the Antarctic end of the path sure helped those 160M QSOs make it into the K1HTV log. Now I need to focus on working VK0EK and FT4JA for even more Topband DX with my K3, a great radio! 73, Rich - K1HTV = = = Gary, KA1J wrote: I'm not the one here with the most money, I'm absolutely positive of that, but that said; I can buy any rig I want and the dollars spent wouldn't in any way affect me, or anything I do in the future. I just bought a K3S because of the many things it represents but I'm not a martyr to buy USA when something else is better or, buy something wonderful that is software based only like the Flex 6700; I bought the K3s because to my discovery, it is the finest radio out there. Yes, this is the Elecraft reflector so most of us are already on board but I bought this radio (I upgraded from an updated K3) because it is to me, the pinnacle of today's equipment. I just worked the VK0KE on 160 last night. I honestly, to God do not think that any radio I have ever owned before, save the K3 with the updated synthesizer, would have heard the incredibly diminutive signal that I heard reply to me. I was the first NA station to post them in the cluster yesterday and that is because of the quality of this radio. The K3s Rocks. IC-7300 Video... Pffttt. 73, Gary Gary KA12J ______________________________________________________________ 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]
