Gary wrote... > We put my K3 on the 80M spot feeding an Alpha 87 into a 4-square > dipole array, > and ran it the full 48 hrs when propagation allowed without > malfunction.
I worked you with a K3 and an Alpha-76, feeding either a 4-sq or a switchable pair of 80m quads. > Rumor has it (second hand) that some Contesters are now shying away > from the K3 > due to it's complexity, but not necessarily it's performance. As a > relatively > experienced owner I had no problem running what I consider to be > excellent > radio. I've owned or operated most of the modern rigs sold in the > last 15 years, > and find the K3 (and my IC-765) to be the best of the group. I've never heard such a rumor. I DO KNOW FOR SURE that several very serious multi-op contest stations have converted to 100% K3's. 73, George T Daughters, K6GT CU in the California QSO Party (CQP) October 3-4, 2009 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
