[Elecraft] K3's on 6M

[NZ0T]

The low pass filter!  Why didn't I think of that!  I don't have my K3 yet but
I did the 6 meter mod for my Butternut vertical and built a 3E yagi for 6 to
be reay for K3 6M operation and was wondering why I had to plug the coax
straight to the IC-706 bypassing my antenna switch and tuner to get a decent
SWR..  The low pass filter is history - I had fogotten the thing was there
attached to the back of the shack desk.

Bill NZ0T

Ken Kopp-3 wrote:
> 
> There have been some good sporadic-E openings on 6M recently, with
> some double-hop skip contacts to the east from here in Montana.
> 
> Don't have a 6M antenna?  Virtually anything will work when the band's
> "open", so try the K3's tuner on any antenna you have.  I've been doing
> well with a 1/4 wave vertical at 30', but a 5-el NBS yagi will go up @
> 75' today. (:-))
> 
> A word of caution ... if you've had a low-pass filter hidden away in 
> your
> antenna system for so long that you've forgotten it ... most won't pass 
> 6M
> and you could end up chasing an SWR phantom. (:-)
> 
> Not familiar with 6M? Many/most SSB/CW contacts are on 50.125 USB.
> The CW-upon-key-closure feature is useful here.
> 
> Now, if Elecraft will make the coming 6M pre-amp available soon .... 
> (:-)
> 
> 73!  Ken Kopp - K0PP
> ElecraftCovers at rfwave.net
> or
> k0pp at arrl.net 
> 
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