[Elecraft] K3 Receiver Performance

[G3SJJ]

A summary of what is to follow - "Wow!!!"

This radio was designed and advertised as a contesters radio and it 
certainly meets all the requirements. Ergonomics are excellent, all the 
necessary controls are well placed and what's more, work! I spent 
sometime in CQWW 160 CW this weekend, not a competitive entry with 406 
Qs, 27 States and 50 countries but enough to assess the K3 rx. The 
general sound has already been compared to the "Drake R4B" sound. Yes. 
Very comfortable to listen to. The AGC constants are perfect, at least 
for me. The Width control coupled with Shift gives a very flexible 
selectivity selection and the Noise Reduction really eases help my power 
line noise problem.

This morning around sunrise when the band peaked it was great to hear 
the W5s booming in, it was fantastic to be called during a run of 
Europeans by W6XI in Arizona, but the crunch came in the last hour or so 
at W2,3,4,8 sunset. The band was packed full of Eu, ranging from s7 to 
40+over 9, and yet when I screw the width right down I can copy and work 
Stateside. Now, these condx are very similar to say 40m in CQWW CW and  
the K3 came through without a hitch.

This is real radio, real contesting with a real contester's K3.

Thanks Aptos !!  Chris G3SJJ