[Elecraft] K3 - KRX3

[Björn Mohr]

On 21 okt 2008, at 12.32, Bill W4ZV wrote:

> Regarding assembly issues, there appears to be a great variety of  
> skill
> levels of people doing this successfully.  If you can follow  
> directions
> explicitly, I believe you will have no problems.  Many of the  
> problems I see
> on this list result from those who do not follow the instructions  
> exactly.

Exactly as Bill describes it! The manual is very easy to follow, but  
you need the patience to do it step by step.

> Having used my KRX3 on 160 since QRN levels have dropped, I would  
> not want
> to be without it.  I distinctly recall several QSOs in the Stew  
> Perry Warmup
> this weekend where diversity saved repeats due to QSB.  I remember  
> one QSO
> where the DX signal shifted from left to right in my headset as he was
> sending the exchange.  If I had been listening on either antenna  
> alone, I
> would not have copied it without asking for a repeat due to the  
> rapid QSB.

I believe ours was one of those contacts, I was working the warmup  
using my SE0X call and I was definitely hearing U better in my end.  
But QSB was deep and you where up and down in the noise level. For  
practical reasons I was not using diversity, but I have the same  
experience as you. The second RX is really worth the investment and  
the downtime to install it. I have matched 2.7 and .500 filters in  
mine and it works great!

73 de Björn,
SM0MDG
SE0X