[Elecraft] CQWW RTTY - K3 Experience

[G4MKP]

I worked the CQWW RTTY contest last weekend. After nearly 30 years of
amateur radio operating, I have never had more than a handful of RTTY QSOs
so I struggled from the start with accepted contest procedures and also the
rig set-up necessary to maximise copy of the wanted signals and the
rejection of adjacent signals. I cracked the procedures quite quickly but
the copy problems continued for some hours until I cracked the filter
set-up. Once I set the high and low cuts to just past the mark/space tones
it was so simple and I posted 260k+ points easily. I have the filter shape
settings for this type of contesting saved now. Another problem for me was
the line input from my pc for the tones was set at '3', anything more and
the whole thing over modulated and caused my linear to pop, especially on
80m. 

 

Having said how flawlessly the K3 performed, it was complemented by N1MM's
cracking software which does just about everything for you. Whether I was
running or S&P the only effort required was turning the VFO and clicking the
mouse - easy contesting! (Oh dear! Another marketing slogan from me -
sorry). I'm looking forward to seeing how this set-up works in the SSB and
cw legs over the next couple of months.

 

Cheers,

 

Terry

G4MKP

 

 

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