[Elecraft] K3 MOJO...

[cx7tt at 4email.net]

K3 #250 arrived after I had requested a delay due to my being away from 
QTH until this past Thursday....Quickly got all set up and plug into 40m 
dipole at friend's house in FL. Using club call W4YY, 1st qso was 
barefoot to E74IW which is new ITU prefix assigned to previous T9...had 
great fun playing with differnt knobs and referencing the manual....next 
morning, up early and got T80W also on 40cw...heard him say qsy to 60m 
channel and lo and behold, I could hear him calling CQ USA, wow! Never 
heard dx on 60m before...unfortunately, rig did not come with ordered 
ATU so not able to attempt qso. BARG rtty contest was on so waaay cool 
to see the print out via TEXT DEC. Mostly used the speaker which sounded 
'strong'; did notice some distortion when very loud signals were 
blasting thru but fixed when turned down the volumne. Friend had Heil 
ProSet headphones and noticed significant reduction in volume when those 
were plugged in...had to really crank up the AF to get decent 
copy...must be very different impedance?  All together, very satisfying 
experience.  Would still like to see some sort of "primer" on the 
operating of the "shift-lo-cut-hi-width" knobs. Be great to hear from 
those who have tinkered with different settings and can recommend 
different configs for different condx, i.e., 160m weak sig, cw contest, 
ssb contest and general ragchew...(N6XI, W4ZV, you guys have some 
suggestions?)
Now, back in CX land so will be on in WPX ssb this weekend, barefoot to 
vertical dipoles and centerfed zepp/ladderline. Big test will be in May 
WPX cw contest with amp/tower and 3 ele Steppir.
73
Tom
CX7TT