[Elecraft] K3 in CQ 160 CW Contest

2010-02-02 Thread Bill W4ZV
If you want some interesting reading, go to the link below and use Edit Find space K3 space in your web browser. You can then scroll through the 3830 Soapbox summary comments by participants in what is arguably the world's most extreme test of RX capability (i.e. extremely weak signals in the

Re: [Elecraft] K3 in CQ 160 CW Contest

2010-02-02 Thread W4CCS
Only worked 206 stations in the 160m contest but had a great time with the K3. I can tell you, this is by far the best radio I have ever used in contest conditions. Only 100 watts netted 13 new countries and 33 states. W4CCS On 2/2/2010 10:56 AM, Bill W4ZV wrote: If you want some

Re: [Elecraft] K3 in CQ 160 CW Contest

2010-02-02 Thread Brian Machesney
Bill, I more than doubled last year's score without doubling QSOs, which means that I had a greater percentage of non-US QSOs. I originally attributed this to improved conditions and was surprised to hear from other nearby stations that conditions for them were not as good as last year. I had

Re: [Elecraft] K3 in CQ 160 CW Contest

2010-02-02 Thread Barry N1EU
Had to jump on a plane before the end of the contest, so didn't get a chance to post to 3830. Had an amazing experience Fri night with the K3 listening on the Eu Beverage. I dialed the width down to 100-200hz, turned off AGC, throttled back the gain, and slowly tuned from 1810-1860 working one