Re: [Elecraft] Newbie Question re: SSB

2007-11-19 Thread Robert Tellefsen
om Hammond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 6:12 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Newbie Question re: SSB > Hi Bob: > > >I understand that Elecraft transceivers to date have really been a CW ops > >dream, w

Re: [Elecraft] Newbie Question re: SSB

2007-11-19 Thread Matt Zilmer
Hey Steve, I didn't really baptise the K3 with SS. It was just the first serious contest opportunity I've had time for. And you're right - weird conditions prevailed. matt On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:38:16 -0800, you wrote: >Opinions are like noses. Everyone has one. So here is mine. I have

Re: [Elecraft] Newbie Question re: SSB

2007-11-19 Thread Stephen Brandt
Opinions are like noses. Everyone has one. So here is mine. I have been licensed since 1965, and have been a contester, both phone and cw, almost from the begining. My first contest was the 1966 Novice Roundup. Matt has some good points here. However, you may not wish to baptise a ne

Re: [Elecraft] Newbie Question re: SSB

2007-11-19 Thread Mike Fatchett W0MU
Tom, Thanks for the report. You have me salivating for my K3. On 11/19/07 7:12 AM, "Tom Hammond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Bob: > >> I understand that Elecraft transceivers to date have really been a CW ops >> dream, which leads me to the following question re the K3: Will phone (SSB) >

Re: [Elecraft] Newbie Question re: SSB

2007-11-19 Thread Tom Hammond
Hi Bob: I understand that Elecraft transceivers to date have really been a CW ops dream, which leads me to the following question re the K3: Will phone (SSB) operators find this rig as wonderful with regard to voice as CW operators do with CW? Just finished operating in the SS Phone... NOT my

Re: [Elecraft] Newbie Question re: SSB

2007-11-18 Thread Matt Zilmer
This may or may not answer the question, and is certainly only one ham's opinion. I operated both Sweepstakes - CW and Phone. Did this on purpose, to compare the K3's operation in both regimes. Contests like this can be intense, and Q's are difficult in the best of conditions because of band cro

[Elecraft] Newbie Question re: SSB

2007-11-18 Thread Bob
I understand that Elecraft transceivers to date have really been a CW ops dream, which leads me to the following question re the K3: Will phone (SSB) operators find this rig as wonderful with regard to voice as CW operators do with CW? Thanks ___ Elecraf