[Elecraft] [K3] CQ WW WPX RTTY - a mini summary

[Toby Deinhardt]

Just got home from our local club station.

For my first ever shortwave RTTY and my VHF RTTY experience is a couple 
decades old, i.e. before packet radio, I must say I am very happy how 
easy the K3 could be set up and how well it worked. Especially as an 
almost absolute beginner in this mode, there were no serious hick ups, 
not one. Mni thx to Ben, DL6RAI, who helped set up the laptop software.

I did notice one strange thing, and am wondering if anyone else saw 
this. I used FSK and not AFSK, and when the FSK line is toggled, the 
power output goes up and down. The power meters in the K3, the PA, the 
matchbox and the SWR meter were a tad nervous while transmitting. As 
long as the K3 transmits an unmodulated signal the power level is stable.

At any rate, after 930 QSOs and with a claimed score of just under 1.5 
million, I can say I am one happy ham.

vy 73 de toby



  BAND   QSO DUP  PFX  POINTS   AVG
-----------------------------------
    80   274   0  134    1026  3.74
    40   492   0  242    2076  4.22
    20   164   0   52     400  2.44
    15     0   0    0       0  0.00
    10     0   0    0       0  0.00
-----------------------------------
TOTAL   930   0  428    3502  3.77
===================================
       TOTAL SCORE : 1 498 856