Dick - I'm running a 7/7 stack, at 160'/140'. Separately, I have a Hy-Gain 66DX fixed NNE at 90'.
Switching beteen either of the above antennas and no antenna, I generally hear no increase in background noise level on my K3. Not a good sign. When I had an ICOM IC-756ProII, and, before that, a Yaesu FT-920, that was not the case. I'm looking forward to receiving the K3 6M pre-amp. 73, Steve NN4X On 7/1/08, Dick Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ciao, from CY0X, Sable Island..... > > Well, let's see now, is the K3 sensitive enuff for serious weak sig work on > six. > Based on our first week here on Sable, doing mostly weak signal work, I > could not be more pleased. > We were fortunate to have been given one of the prototype preamps to use > ahead of the radio on six, and I can tell you that it has been an excellent > addition. > We have been monitoring many of the EU TV offsets, world-wide beacons and of > course listening for many of the signals from across the pond. > > Consider this: we are running approx 800 watts into a 12dbd ant at 70' ASL, > surrounded by salt water; we have zero man-made noise towards EU, AF and > Asia, so we are hearing very well. Many of the stations we are working in EU > do not have as much power or antenna; hence many of them hear us better than > we hear them. Yet, we have logged nearly 2500 contacts thus far in 60 dxcc. > My conclusion is that we are not suffering from a hearing loss. > > Since it is so easy to switch out the outboard preamp, we have frequently > done this on some of the weak sigs just to see if we could still hear them. > In many cases we could hear them Q5 with just the internal preamp. Ian, > GM3SEK, et al, have pointed out that the stock radio NF is somewhere in the > 8-10db range, which is not stellar as six meter radio specs go. Nonetheless, > you'd be surprised at how many weak sigs we can still hear with only the > internal preamp engaged. > > I also have the XV50, and will keep it, but that is because I tend to keep > my radio gadgets a long time. > > FWIW: we love the K3 and how it performs on six. Hopefully, we have already > worked a number of you. If you haven't yet made contact, please check our > website at www.cy0x.com and then stop by 50108 and give us a call. > > 73, > Dick > K5AND/CY0X > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
