For 160/80/40, I have the ATT on, unless using a Rx antenna. Assuming you have that capability, then settings would depend on the antenna.
I do vary my BW depending on whether I'm running or not. If running and the band gets crowded, I crank down my BW. I do use RIT/XIT, particularly in DX contests. I did need RIT a couple times when folks called way off freq to make the exchange go smoother. I'm loaded for bear on CW and RTTY with a wide range of roofing filters. May be overkill, would like to see a 700 or 750 Hz filter in the line up. Op preference ;o) Ride the AF or RF gain and spin the VFO and away we go. 73, Julius n2wn Al Lorona wrote: > > Hi, Rich, I will risk cluttering the reflector with a response. > > A good contest rig becomes totally transparent during the contest. The Ten > Tec Omni VI was such a rig. I think that the K3 will become like that once > I get more familiar with it. I am a less-than-two-month owner and like > you, the CW SS was my first contest with the K3. > > By "transparent" I mean, can one operate the entire contest using only the > VFO knob? It is possible and when it happens you know you are > concentrating on the contest rather than wasting brain power on the rig. > > There were glimpses of transparency, though. Before the contest I got > fancy and had set up N1MM to be able to switch between 1500 and 400 Hz > bandwidths but after a few minutes I just left it at 400 and never touched > it again. Similarly, this morning I had occasion to turn on NR, then > forgot that it was on and it stayed on for the remainder of the contest. > That's a rig that wants to become invisible. The same thing happened to me > two years ago with a K2 on the 160m contest. There's a trend developing > here. :^) > > I need to become second nature with the IF shift; I should have used it > more but am so used to traditional IF shift that I'm still not comfortable > with it. It doesn't shrink the bandwidth like IF Shifts on older rigs, and > I need more time to assimilate that. I think I will set up two macros in > time for the Phone SS that will 1/ shift down and shrink bandwidth, or 2/ > shift up and shrink, like I have on my K2. > > I never used much of anything else. Never used RIT, NB, WIDTH, MON, RF > GAIN, SUB, or my macros. I did use SPLIT once when VO1MP was listening up > 1, the first time in 30 years of Sweepstakeses. > > The K3 is the easiest rig I've ever had to set up for remote operation. I > use N1MM. The CW keying was flawless and everything else worked pretty > well. Maybe I just got lucky setting everything up? > > Sorry for the long answer, Rich. To make a long answer longer, here are my > "Toyota Corolla" settings on 20m: no ATT or PRE, BW=400, QSK on, NR 5-3, > RF GAIN full on, SPOT=550 Hz, and RATE=10 Hz. Everything else was off. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: K3RWN <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, November 8, 2009 7:53:27 PM > Subject: [Elecraft] K3 CW Contest Settings > > As a new K3 owner I would be interested in the settings folks use for CW > contesting. > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ----- Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html Tennessee QSO Party http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/100 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 Elecraft K3 #1875 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/K3-CW-Contest-Settings-tp3971105p3976106.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
