Both Toby and onee of his colleagues make the point that the K3 SSB is not as "strong" as it could be.
I don't use SSB much, as SSB using QRP and limiteed antennas can be a frustrating exercise. Nevertheless when I used my K2 I was always surprised by the results and felt it punched well above its weight. When setting the mic gain and compression on the K3 I felt that it did not push the needle on the power meter as far as the K2 did. However my initial experiences would suggest that there is not that much wrong with it. There was an SSB contest today and I worked a number of stations and in very few cases was I asked to repeat anything. I was even more impressed when I realised that after manually reducing the power to tune up with the external tuner I had forgotten to wind it back up again so I had made some contacts using 5W instead of 12W and hadn't even realised it! I think that's what they call "mojo"! ----- Julian, G4ILO K3 s/n: 222 K2 s/n: 392 G4ILO's Shack: www.g4ilo.com Zerobeat Ham Forums: www.zerobeat.net/smf -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/third-attempt---part-3%3A-K3-Test-from-Bavaria%2C-translation-draft%2C-very-long-tp14973923p14976220.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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
