Hello Jeff, The K3 is an outstanding rig on 6m. The flat bandpass is ideal for weak signal digital work, and the noise blanker really shines on 6m, where noise seems to be so prevalent. The PR6 preamp is excellent, and you WILL need it. If you keep your feedline loss under 1.0 dB, you will not gain anything by instead mounting a preamp at the antenna. GL and VY 73, Lance
On 4/2/2010 2:03 AM, Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF wrote: > Hi everyone, > Sorry to trouble you all again but I'd like to find out more on the K3's 6M > performance as very little seems to be mentioned on the Elecraft website. > The 6M band is rather important to me and my new station will have at least a > 7 element yagi at 60' or so and maybe higher. > I currently own a late series Yaesu FT847 which has been my mainstay VHF/UHF > rig since I was licenced a few years ago and it has a proven to have good > performance on 6M and higher. > What I'd like to know from those of you that regularly use the K3 on 6M is > what you think of its performance on that band, compared to other radios. > Is it sensitive enough compared to the other radios and if not, is the > Elecraft pre-amp worth it or should I go for a masthead mounted pre-amp in > preference? > > Thanks in advance, > > Jeff Cochrane - VK4BOF > Innisfail, QLD > Australia. > (But not for much longer!) > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex: WN3GPL, WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX) P.O. Box 73 Frenchtown, MT 59834 USA QTH: DN27UB TEL: (406) 626-5728 URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj LIVE MESSENGER CHAT: [email protected] 2m DXCC #11, 6m DXCC #815 Interested in 6m EME? Ask me about subscribing to the Magic Band EME email! ______________________________________________________________ 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
