There was some discussion recently about the capabilities of the K3 on
SSB. I had some concerns about the rigs capabilities. What I
experienced made complete sense when properly explained.
But earlier this week, I was truly impressed by the K3's SSB
capabilities.
During a state wide bi-weekly 80m SSB emergency net, the band changed
drastically in a very short time. Net control went from an S5 to down
in the noise in a matter of 10 minutes. I listened for a bit, could
tell that he was talking but that was it. Nothing was intelligible.
To top it all off there were round tables going on 80m where each
person, though located near to each other, was running considerable
wattage. One of these were within 2kHz of our frequency. Then throw
in the normal intentional QRM the net experiences. It was truly
miserable conditions.
Then I started tweaking. Auto-notch knocked down the intentional QRM.
I have the 1.8k filter. I brought the width into 1.8 so it kicked
in. I then started playing with the shift. A little bit of NR, and I
could copy net control. He wasn't S9, but I had good copy, no fading.
Station after station could not hear net control call them. When
the adjacent station in my county was called and he didn't reply, I
gave him a quick heads up. He replied and finished the net, as did I.
In event of a real emergency, this would have made all the difference
in the world. I am not a big gun station. We are talking about a low
dipole, setup as an inverted vee.
The sense of accomplishment, and the confidence in what I can do with
the radio went through the roof.
This is an amazing rig Elecraft. A big thanks to all the folks who
had a hand in bringing us this impressive product.
--
David Wilburn
NM4M
http://www.nm4m.com
P.S. - CQ WW SSB was were I honed these skills, and started learning
what all I could get out of this radio. Just two weeks ago. This is
how contesting can pay off.
_______________________________________________
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
