> From: WILLIS COOKE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 and CQWW
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 8:10 AM
> This was not a stellar year for me in the CQWW-CW, but since
> it is my favorite contest and I couldn't resist some
> participation, I made 75 QSOs with my K3. The eye of
> Hurricane Ike passed over my QTH, only 15 miles from
> Galveston and severely damaged my antenna farm, so the only
> antenna that I had was a "Chicken Wire Special"
> for 80 and 160. It is essentially a 160 meter inverted L
> with a trap to make it also an 80 vertical. It works fair
> on all bands, but it is certainly not up to the standard set
> by my 3 element SteppIR with 30/40.
>
> With 100 watts and a non-directional wire antenna, I used
> the hunt and pounce method and usually had to call several
> times to work a station. Since I was using my 1921
> Vibroplex Original Bug for a key some of you may not be used
> to "Bug Music" and may have caused some of the
> difficulty.
>
> I was impressed with the K3 receiver. I had very little
> interference from overload or the strong stations on the
> band. When I thought I had a de-sense or key click problem
> and had time to look for the offender I always found him
> within about 500 Hz of my frequency. When I applied
> countermeasures I could get rid of most of the problem,
> usually by narrowing the pass-band until the 200 Hz roofing
> filter kicked in. As yet, I have not found the NB to be as
> effective as the one on my TS-850 and don't find the NR
> very useful. But then, I am mostly a CW man and Wayne has
> stated that the NR is mostly useful on SSB. I find the QSK
> feature wonderful. I never operated QSK with the TS-850
> because the relay sounds like it will self destruct, but
> loved QSK from the first time that I tried it on the K3.
> Also the VOX is wonderful for SSB contesting.
>
> I am looking forward to a contest with all my antennas back
> up and the amplifier on line. But, so far, I am convinced
> that the K3 is a keeper. That is "as advertised"
> so no surprise to me or anyone.
>
>
> Willis 'Cookie' Cooke
> K5EWJ
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