To follow up. Had a 20m cw station 3 elements 56 ft up. I spent some time with the GOTA station using my KX3 on 20m phone with 3 elements 30 ft up. Preamp off, att off. 210 ft separation.
Could faintly hear the CW as broad background noise, but only detectable, not strong or bothersome. No thumping. Could have been a function of how clean/dirty the CW transmitter is than anything else. So, in this situation, completely fine coexistence. Yes, I'd still prefer a richer set of performance numbers from bench measurement of both radios, but then it's like work instead of hobby. :-) Anyway, the GOTA operator who had never made a QSO before was tossed into the deep end of the pool of trying to work SSB phone during the madhouse that we call Field Day. :-) When he was done, he said he wasn't a fan of the extreme challenge of FD contesting. I told him he should try any other day of the year. And I'm sure he will. Could be he's really a CW op. Maybe he'll find out. Sitting with him and coaching him through the patience and the 20 million subtleties, I was impressed watching him bust through the pileups some of the loud stations on 20 had going. Got one by pausing before dropping call and another by picking up on an out of rhythm cue. When he was picked out of the horde, the QSOs themselves were easy. Best regards, Drew n7da On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 2:23 AM Drew Arnett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyone try a KX-3/KXPA100 for multi-multi HF contesting like Field > Day? How does the RX hold up with loud signals on other bands? Plan > to run external band pass filters of course. The KX-3 is so great at > everything else. And it's great for single op HF contesting. Just > wondering if it will fold in a strong signal environment. > > Thanks and best regards, > > Drew > n7da ______________________________________________________________ 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]
