[Elecraft] Questions and K3 options? Please!

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

KRX3 - as Julian says, lets you listen to both the Tx frequency of the  
DX and the pile up of all the people trying to work the DX op, when  
they are working split. That's important, especially these days, since  
most (if not all) Dxperditions work split and since so many people  
call and unless you have a 'big gun' that blasts all the others out of  
the water, you need to be 'canny' - listen to both sides of the QSO  
and figure out where the DX op is moving to and be there before the  
others are.

KAT3 - fantastic - well worth it, even if you only use it portable,  
and my experience shows it tunes a lot wider range that 10:1 - I've  
had it bring 30:1 down to 1.2:1, although probably with a loss of power.

73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
-- 
Power is no substitute for Skill.

On 2 Jul 2008, at 09:17, G4ILO wrote:
> BillC wrote:
>>
>> Also someone give me a scenario of where the KR3X would come in  
>> use, from
>> what I read it's basically a 2nd receiver? And one more before Im  
>> done,
>> Auto tuner 20 years ago didn't seem to work very good on the 761,  
>> so I
>> used an MFJ tuner, have the auto's gotten any better? Sorry for  
>> some dumb
>> questions:confused: but im trying to figure this stuff out! Thanks  
>> =^D
>>
> Second receiver. I haven't gone for that. BUt if you are really into
> competitive DXing you may find it useful to listen on the DX  
> frequency and
> the calling frequency at the same time. If you're into contests you  
> may find
> it useful to be able to monitor two frequencies at once.
>
> ATU. The Elecraft tuners are streets ahead of the tuners that come  
> in the
> Japanese rigs. By which I mean they can tune over a wider range  
> (typically
> up to 10:1 compared to up to 3:1.) On the other hand , if you have a  
> 10:1 or
> greater SWR at the rig then you'll be losing a lot of power in the  
> co-ax
> unless it is very short. So the wide range is probably more use when  
> using
> the radio in the field than at the home QTH.