I finally had my first run with both K3s in full SO2R mode as a CW only entry in IARU this past weekend. Very, very nice! I had apparently had previous lightening/surge damage to my KRC2s, which finally fixed before the contest with the help of W3FPR and K3Support, but they work perfectly now and did all the automation of the WX0B 6 Pack antenna switch and ICE band pass filters.
The best part of the contest was being able to get in the lower 10 kHz of the band (especially on 40M) and run stations. I always wondered how "the big boys" could do that, but the 500 hz filters in my K3s made it very pleasant to stay on the low end. One time, I started to hear a station crowding me, then I looked up and had accidentally opened up the DSP to 600 hz, thereby moving to my 1.0 kHz filter. I simply dropped it back to 450 hz and he was GONE! I also reworked my beverage antenna connections so both rigs could share the beverage at the same time. I was worried that K3 #234 (which does not have the RX ant overload mod) would get blown out of the water, but it worked great and I'm probably not going to install the mod any time soon. Unfortunately, I was not up on my sleep for this contest and only got 18 hours of awake time, therefore I only ended up with 1450 Qs and about 610K points, but I had a ball while I was awake. Also, had a quick chat with another K3 owner (I think it was N2WN or KR2Q) and their K3s sounded great too. I had loaded the latest beta FW prior to the contest and everything performed flawlessly. Way to go Elecraft!!! Bob K5WA K3 #234 and #752 K2 #4687 _______________________________________________ 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
