[Elecraft] K3 SO2R in IARU

[David Cutter]

Be interested to know your antenna line up. Did you use a linear or were you 
barefoot?  What was your logging software/keying arrangement?

David
G3UNA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Evans" <K5WA at Comcast.net>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 5:34 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] K3 SO2R in IARU


>I finally had my first run with both K3s in full SO2R mode as a CW only
> entry in IARU this past weekend.   Very, very nice!  I had apparently had
> previous lightening/surge damage to my KRC2s, which finally fixed before 
> the
> contest with the help of W3FPR and K3Support, but they work perfectly now
> and did all the automation of the WX0B 6 Pack antenna switch and ICE band
> pass filters.
>
>
>
> The best part of the contest was being able to get in the lower 10 kHz of
> the band (especially on 40M) and run stations.  I always wondered how "the
> big boys" could do that, but the 500 hz filters in my K3s made it very
> pleasant to stay on the low end.  One time, I started to hear a station
> crowding me, then I looked up and had accidentally opened up the DSP to 
> 600
> hz, thereby moving to my 1.0 kHz filter.  I simply dropped it back to 450 
> hz
> and he was GONE!
>
>
>
> I also reworked my beverage antenna connections so both rigs could share 
> the
> beverage at the same time.  I was worried that K3 #234 (which does not 
> have
> the RX ant overload mod) would get blown out of the water, but it worked
> great and I'm probably not going to install the mod any time soon.
>
>
>
> Unfortunately, I was not up on my sleep for this contest and only got 18
> hours of awake time, therefore I only ended up with 1450 Qs and about 610K
> points, but I had a ball while I was awake.  Also, had a quick chat with
> another K3 owner (I think it was N2WN or KR2Q) and their K3s sounded great
> too.  I had loaded the latest beta FW prior to the contest and everything
> performed flawlessly.
>
>
>
> Way to go Elecraft!!!
>
>
>
> Bob K5WA
>
> K3 #234 and #752
>
> K2 #4687
>
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