I ran QSK all weekend in the CQP with the K3 driving an Alpha 87A and a Pro3 driving another 87A. I like to reduce the monitor level as low as possible and on the K3/87A combo, it was extremely quiet and smooth. But the Pro3 could not subdued by comparison. First of all, even with the sidetone reduced to zero, there was still leakage that was much louder than what the K3 could be adjusted to. In addition, the Pro3 had popping and "slapping" on the TX/RX transitions between code elements that was very tiring. The Pro3 in one ear made it impossible to copy weak signals on the K3 in the other ear. I was constantly having to manually switch the headphones to the K3 only when working a station on that radio. The other way was fine ... K3 transmitting in one ear while copying a weak signal on the Pro3 in the other ear.
At least six K3's were on in the CQP: AB7R, N0SS, W6GV (K2VCO), N6XI, K7RAT (N6TR) and K6YT (W0YK). 73, Ed - W0YK _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
