[Elecraft] K3 operation-RTTY RU and 160M contest

[Dennis]

Put me down as another satisfied K3 user and soon to be owner.

I used a K3 in the ARRL 160M contest.  I had S9+ stations 200Hz up and 
200Hz down, and the
only way I knew they were there was when someone occasionally called 
them off frequency.
I didn't play much with the controls- first major contest using a K3 as 
the Xcvr, so I kept it simple.

For the ARRL RU, I used a pair of K3s in FSK D mode.  Again, performance 
was superb- there
were many signals decoded and worked that could not be heard.  I 
experimented a little more, changing
passband and using the RTTY filters off an on.  I found that the RTTY 
filter sometimes narrowed the
bandpass too much- turning it off actually improved copy on some 
signals.  My only complaint was
that the RIT seemed to be turned off from time to time without me doing 
it; I was never able to figure
out how it was being done,  but it happened enough on the two radios 
that it wasn't my imagination.  This
was using two K3s, MK2R+, N1MM, and MMTTY plug-in.

My result?  Probably #2 World, #1 USA, and a new USA SOHP record.  Put 
me down as another
greatly satisfied K3 user. 

I ordered my K3 this morning.

Dennis W1UE