I'm sorry you had so much trouble with your KWM-380. My experience is quite the opposite. I did send mine to be completely refurbished and calibrated and it is easily the quality of my KWM-2A and more. Techs who work on the KWM-380 are listed on the Collins Collectors Association website. I used Bob Struk KX6K.
Sorry about the off-topic post. '73 de JIM N2ZZ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Tippett Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2022 6:12 AM To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]> Subject: [Elecraft] KWM-380 (was K4 and Delivery Delays) W0YK wrote: The KWM-380 may have been a "hot radio" in some people's minds, but I can personally attest to the opposite. I have one, along with a number of KWM-2As and S-Lines. The 380 is a horrible performer. The receiver is incredibly noisy, obstructing reception of all but the loudest signals. The audio is distorted and filtering is poor. Collins' last hurrah was a dud. Hi Ed, I don't recall ever telling you this but your 380 also had horrible TX phase noise. In the early 80s, we were located within 5 miles of each other in CO, both running amps. Whenever you transmitted on 80 or 160, the phase noise would cover the entire CW bands. I don't recall what you replaced the 380 with but I was a very happy camper when you did! I take pride that my KSYN3A-updated K3 is still one of the cleanest CW signals on the bands. 73, Bill W4ZV (ex-W0ZV) ______________________________________________________________ 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]
