[Elecraft] K3 and CQWW

[Berni G0IDA]

Milt,

I heard you OK (RST 549) it's just that I was in the 160m SOSB QRP 
section (the antennas I had all worked very well) and I only managed to 
work 4 USA stations, K1TTT being one of them nonetheless... no surprise 
there then.

I managed 340 QSOs, 46 countries and 10 zones, 18hrs of operation. As my 
first serious attempt at CQWW I'm content with my efforts.
My antennas pulled in signals from all around the world including China, 
Caribbean, India & a lot of USA stations but running QRP there was 
little chance of breaking any of the pile-ups going.

I mainly sent at 26 wpm. When calling CQ an SN station came in with a 
rate of CW representing the sound of a machine gun and he was the only 
one I had to ask again 4 times !!!! As said before, and it is my belief 
too, this is too fast and there is no need for it. To me he wasted his 
time and mine as he could have moved onto another QSO quicker and I 
could have work the next one in the queue.
He's got nothing to prove sending at the speed of RTTY.

73's

Berni
G0IDA

Milt, N5IA wrote:
> I also did my first contest with my new K3; the first since operating 
> with the team of K3s at VP6DX.  I also used separate RX antennas and 
> the diversity feature.  Lots of fun.
>
> I also worked 160 SB.  BUT Berni, I don't see your callsign in my 
> log.  I heard lots of stations and country/zone mults that I didn't 
> work.  I need more elements on the TX antenna.  Hi, hi!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Still, a somewhat casual outing from the Southwest corner of New 
> Mexico yielded  214 Qs,  57 DX  and  21 Zones  for a claimed score of  
> 38,064.
>
> I'll be looking for all of you in the ARRL 160 this next weekend.
>
> Milt, N5IA, XZ0A, and VP6DX
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Berni G0IDA" <wberni at googlemail.com>
> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 1:57 AM
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 and CQWW
>
>
>> Dear members of the K3,
>>
>> I just wanted to start a thread for those of you who used a K3 in CQWW,
>> to ask of your experiences during the contest using the K3, the set-up
>> you had and to see if we worked other K3 members.
>

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