[Elecraft] Rick Tavan's excellent K3 article

[Vic K2VCO]

Rick Tavan N6XI wrote:

> Right now, at 100W out and S2 line noise, I can hear the noise clearly while
> sending at 30 WPM. It sounds like a code practice oscillator and is clearly
> superior to the TS-930S sitting next to it. (The 930 has some clicky
> artifacts that don't exist on the K3.) 

I used the K3 in the Sweepstakes, and most of the time I (well, the 
computer) was CQing at 30 wpm. Sometimes a guy would call me a little 
late after I had started another CQ. I heard these guys right away and 
killed the CQ, usually missing (or often, not missing!) just the first 
letter of his call.

I've found with other radios that the sidetone was too clicky or thumpy 
to use in a contest, and I always ended up with semi-QSK. The K3 is the 
first radio that I can comfortably run in full QSK in a contest 
situation without discomfort.
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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
K3 no. 00007