[Elecraft] CQ WW CW & a K3

[AB7R]

Hank,

I did not see anywhere in your post that you put the K3 into SPLIT.  When
the DX said QSX down 1 you could have simply gone into split mode and tuned
VFO-B with the B knob to 1.829.  Then use your REV button to find the
current station working the DX and tune to that freq using VFO-A while still
holding REV.  Remember, VFO-A will be your RX freq and VFO-B your TX freq.

73
Greg
AB7R


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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of hank k8dd
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 7:39 PM
To: Elecraft
Subject: [Elecraft] CQ WW CW & a K3


I just got home from CQ WW CW ..... a bunch of us got together at a
major station and we each picked a band and used our own calls.
10 M - no operator showed up and I don't think the band did either.
15 M - a brand new Omni VII
20 M - me and my K2/100 w/DSP
40 M - AC8W and my other K2/100
80 M - K8AQM and his K2/100
160 M - N8EA and a borrowed K3/100 with no serial number!
The K1/100 had the 2.7, 1.8 and 500 filters as I remember.

I got to sit in front of the K3 for a little over an hour and came away
with two observations ..... Well - three.
1.  Best damn receiver I've sat in front of!
2.  The small VFO knob had absolutely no drag.  I don't know if they are
all like that, or if the guy who built it didn't do something.  I don't
know his call or if I heard it I don't remember it.
3.  This is the long, hard to explain thing.
Let's say I am listening to 1830.000 to a DX station.  VFO A
The DX station says QSX 1829 so I set VFO B to 1829.00
The RIT is on and is + 1 KHZ - so A reads 1830.100
Now I want to listen to the pile on the TX frequency, so I press REV.
Now my TX freq reads 1829.100 and my RX freq on the bottom reads 1830.00
I find where the last station worked is and release the REV button.  The
TX freq is going to be 100 Hz low!
Seems to me that the RIT should stay with the frequency and not the
location of that frequency.
As I saw it this afternoon that could cause me to not be on the TX
frequency where I want to be transmitting.

But, like I said in Nr 1 - best receiver I've ever used.

72  73    Hank    K8DD
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