[Elecraft] K3 in SS Phone

[w6jd at comcast.net]

I can only second Ed's comments. I, too, am a non-phone operator 
but SS did seem to be a good time to wring out the K3 on that mode.
It's true, the vox/anti vox is flawless. No first syllable clipping and no
annoying drop outs. The K3 audio is so clean that its a real
pleasure to listen to. Ed and I are both in the same rf environment,
more or less; he's on a hill and I'm in the flatlands but the K3 did
a remarkable job with the very strong local signals in SCV.
 I had only the stock 2.7 filter but if I were ever to get serious
 about SSB I would go for the 1.8 filter.

Doug
W6JD
K2 #1626, K3 #23 

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Ed Muns" <w0yk at msn.com> 

> I seldom operate phone, but ARRL Sweepstakes Phone is one exception. Our 
> local contest club pushes all members to get on both modes of Sweepstakes 
> for the club competition. I normally dread the approach of the phone 
> weekend and while this year was no exception, I was curious how the K3 would 
> perform and that provided a little incentive going into the fray. 
> 
> Well, I'm impressed! I can actually imagine doing another phone contest 
> sometime. The K3 was simply wonderful compared to my prior experiences with 
> other radios. Overall, there was significantly less operator fatigue. I 
> never felt "beat up" by the horrendous conditions in this domestic phone 
> contest. In recent years, I'd given up trying to find and hold a viable run 
> frequency on 40 meters, but this time it was as easy as other bands. 
>