[Elecraft] ECN 7 Sep 2008 - 20m

[Fred Jensen]

WOW!  What a change from a month ago!  Kevin was 109.  Bet no one has 
ever gotten that report before!  I heard him acknowledge me, copied 
nothing of what he said other than the last 3 of my call but did hear 
him sign over to me.  I put the amp on at 1.2 KW and beam NNW, don't 
know if he copied me, did not hear him again for several minutes.  A 
month ago, Kevin was 589 to 10 over down here in N. Cal.  I guess it's a 
testament to what E-skip can do, even at lower frequencies than we 
normally think of it working.

"109" is also a testament to the K3 RX!  Once Lyle told us that NR is 
really an FIR filter designed to ignore the noise and enhance the 
signal, I use it most of the time now.  With NB and NR off, there was no 
discernible signal on the frequency.  We'll see how 40 goes tonight, I 
think I'll be able to get to the rig at 0200Z.

Oh, and note to Elecraft:  Ignore all of my earlier whining about not 
enough audio in the headphones.  I was exploring my radio today and 
found that, despite everything I had said in previous postings, the AF 
Gain was set at LO. :-(  There's plenty of audio in the cans now even 
for the deaf old guy!

I love this radio [in the amateur radio sense]!  Don fixed a problem in 
my K2 and aligned it for me recently.  Amazing difference, I love my K2 
too [in same sense].

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2008 Cal QSO Party  4-5 Oct 08
- www.cqp.org