[Elecraft] 3B7 -- only because of the K3!

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

That's really good news - congratulations. Earlier in the day, they were
'clear as a bell' in southern England, a good 59, but they were calling for
NA only !
When they didn't get takers, they started on Europe, the pile up was
tremendous. I tried to follow the QSX and find just where he was listening,
but just not happening on my setup (FT-857). This was on SSB since I'm not
there with my Morse yet, I'm guessing you worked him CW.
Really looking forward to trying the K3 now, even more than I was yesterday.

Oh and the guys waiting for this batch in the US will get theirs sooner,
since ours will have to ship over the water :-(


On 12/9/07 04:22, "Vic K2VCO" <vic at rakefet.com> sent:

> I just worked 3B7C on 40 meters, with 100 watts and 40 foot high
> inverted V. Here is how the K3 made it possible:
> 
> 1) I tuned in the 3B7, using 50 Hz bandwidth, and a slow tuning rate. He
> was pretty weak.
> 
> 2) I pressed BSET and set up VFO B for a faster tuning rate and a 2 KHz
> bandwidth.
> 
> 3) The DX station was on 7.002 and working stations around 7.027. The
> pileup was very big, and I'll bet that a lot of the callers were using
> serious QRO.
> 
> 4) Whenever 3B7C called someone, I pressed REV to instantly switch VFOs.
> The wide bandwidth and fast tuning rate on VFO B made it easy to find
> the guy he was working. *Every* one of my calls was on target! It only
> took about 5 minutes before I got him.

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