[Elecraft] K3 and CQWW

[Jim Brown]

On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:26:23 -0800, Matt Zilmer wrote:

>Well, it's a known issue.  It goes two ways, too.  I have a neighbor
>that runs all gain controls fully clockwise, to the point that he
>takes up half of 80m with splatter.  This renders the K3 deaf, 
because
>there is serious on-frequency signal.  

YES!  It takes peer pressure and a reminder that sportsmanship and 
ethics prohibit us from running a race with elbows flying (which is 
what you do when an old/cheap radio and big power amp). Or generate 
clicks with an un-modified Yaesu MP. Running high power carries with 
it the responsibility for having a clean signal.  

During the contest yesterday, I observed that a certain JA5Fxx was 
getting blasted on the cluster for clicks. Sure enough, I listened 
here and he was clicking in CA on 160M, 4,000 miles away, with an S8 
signal. I called him five times to tell him about his clicks, but he 
ignored me and went right on QRMing his neighbors. I heard him later 
on two other bands, but didn't call him. 

I have neighbors with K3s and KW amps only a quarter mile away, 2 
miles away (N6RZ), and 5 miles away (K6XX). I find that we can 
coexist with each other quite well. Two of us (W6DRX and myself) 
bought K3s specifically so that we could do so. I had just bought a 
pair of used MPs, so I didn't need MORE radios, only BETTER radios. 
:)

And it isn't enough to buy and use a K3 -- we've got a neighboring 
contester about 15 miles away with a K3 who often burns more of the 
band than W6DRX (only 0.25 miles from me). Dunno what he's doing, but 
it isn't good. 

73,

Jim K9YC