[Elecraft] K3 - KRX3

[Bill W4ZV]

Bjorn wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
> 

Aha!  So it was you with that strange callsign Bjorn!  I've never heard an
"SE0" before and my brain/ears were trying to make sense of it as I was
madly switching antennas to try to peak the signal.  I first thought it was
an "NE0" so I was switching my antennas West.  Unique prefixes are not
always an advantage if the operator on the other end does not recognize
them!  Here in the USA it can also be confusing if a station is not in the
direction indicated by the number in their call (since you instantly lose
the signal if they are not in the expected direction of your RX antenna
selected).  

I also have the 2.7k and 500 in both RXs for diversity, but additionally
have the 1.8k and 200 in my Main for serious contesting.  I've found that
even using the 200 in Main and 500 in Sub does not cause serious problems in
diversity, even though the filters have different offsets...but this might
not be the case for everyone.

73,  Bill  W4ZV

P.S.  Next time I'll probably recognize SE0X!

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