I am a SSB rag-chew operator and very interested in the K3. Have had many of the rigs on the market in the last few years and like the features of the K3. I have 3 questions that may be show stoppers for me.
1. Fan noise: How loud are the fans, what rig do they compare to. In a long SSB transmission which of the 4 speeds will be engaged? The fan noise in some rigs is not acceptable to me, like the Icom 706 or Yaesu Mark-V 200 watt version. A lot of rigs are ok, like the IC-756 PRO, TS-870, IC-775 or Mark-V Field. 2. RF in Transmitted Audio: My shack is not in an ideal location, it is on a second floor with my beam antenna over my head, so sometimes I have issues with RF getting into the transmitted audio. Some radios work fine (with some work) like Icom & Yaesu, and some have problems like Ten-Tec. With this said, has anyone tried the K3 in a high RF environment? 3. SSB Transmit Key-up Spikes: Some solid-state amps do not like key- up spikes. An example, I have owned two Yaesu FT-920s and my solid- state amp would not tolerate the key-up spikes in them. Thanks for your answers, Joe N9VX _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com _______________________________________________ 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
