WOW! What a change from a month ago! Kevin was 109. Bet no one has
ever gotten that report before! I heard him acknowledge me, copied
nothing of what he said other than the last 3 of my call but did hear
him sign over to me. I put the amp on at 1.2 KW and beam NNW, don't
know if he copied me, did not hear him again for several minutes. A
month ago, Kevin was 589 to 10 over down here in N. Cal. I guess it's a
testament to what E-skip can do, even at lower frequencies than we
normally think of it working.
"109" is also a testament to the K3 RX! Once Lyle told us that NR is
really an FIR filter designed to ignore the noise and enhance the
signal, I use it most of the time now. With NB and NR off, there was no
discernible signal on the frequency. We'll see how 40 goes tonight, I
think I'll be able to get to the rig at 0200Z.
Oh, and note to Elecraft: Ignore all of my earlier whining about not
enough audio in the headphones. I was exploring my radio today and
found that, despite everything I had said in previous postings, the AF
Gain was set at LO. :-( There's plenty of audio in the cans now even
for the deaf old guy!
I love this radio [in the amateur radio sense]! Don fixed a problem in
my K2 and aligned it for me recently. Amazing difference, I love my K2
too [in same sense].
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2008 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 08
- www.cqp.org
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