Chris OE5CSP wrote: > > 20 meters is wall to wall with strong SSB signals this weekend. Take the > opportunity to connect an A/B switch to your best older transceiver vs. K3 > and you may find in some instances that the K3 is not optimally > configured. My settings were changed for SLOPE, THR, and SLOW. Also > changed I/II saved settings for SSB. > > I have yet to find another transceiver that can beat K3, but I have found > some instances where the K3 wasn't the best before optimizing the settings > with a critical ear and a standard (another radio I know and like). > I've heard from a few local contesters in the past two days who claim that the K3 isn't one of the better ssb contesting radios based on just a little time with the radio. I couldn't disagree more with that. I spent a lot of time tuning into the most crowded parts of 20M and I was able to distinctly copy layer after layer of stations on top of one another. My other radios' receivers would mostly turn to indistinguishable mush in that situation, although the Orion did better than the Yaesus. I also spent much time carefully adjusting the K3's shift/width for the best combination of narrow selectivity and intelligibiity.
What worked for me was 1.8Khz filters, 1.6Khz width, 0.95Khz FC (shift), AGC SLP 3 (important not to use too much AGC compression), AGC THR 8. When I'm not contesting, I turn AGC SLP to a higher value. I used flat RX EQ. On the transmit side, I used CMP at 23. 73, Barry N1EU -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3---CQWWSSB-Contest-tp1377420p1386307.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.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
