[Elecraft] K3 6M operation

[Radio Amateur N5GE]

On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:58:39 -0300, "Mike Harris"
<mike.harris at cwimail.fk> wrote:

>G'day,
>
>6M configuration:
>
>5el Yagi at 50 feet, approx 150 feet of Ecoflex 10 coax 1.5-2dB 
>loss.  K3 with PR6.

5 ele M2 Yagi at 50 ft, 70 ft of LMR600 coax 0.38 db loss.  K3 with
PR6.

>
>Antenna pointing north over the harbour and open country, no S-meter 
>reading but upon removal the antenna RX noise fell by 8-9dB as 
>displayed by the K3 dBV. (PRE and PR6 on, 400Hz bandwidth).  It is 
>not always so quiet.
>
>Monitoring beacon LU5EGY in Buenos Aires, approx 1900km distant.
>
>In order of improving copy:
>
>Pre    PR6   Copy
>N       N      Nil
>Y       N      ESP Copied call with difficulty
>N       Y      ESP+ Copied call easily
>Y       Y      Easy copy
>
[snip]

Mike,

I haven't done the extensive testing you did, but your findings
parallel my experiences with the PR6.  I wish my 2m and 70cm preamp's
were as good as the PR6.

73,

Tom, N5GE

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