[Elecraft] K3 CW Contest Settings

[Julius Fazekas n2wn]

For 160/80/40, I have the ATT on, unless using a Rx antenna. Assuming you
have that capability, then settings would depend on the antenna.

I do vary my BW depending on whether I'm running or not. If running and the
band gets crowded, I crank down my BW.

I do use RIT/XIT, particularly in DX contests. I did need RIT a couple times
when folks called way off freq to make the exchange go smoother.

I'm loaded for bear on CW and RTTY with a wide range of roofing filters. May
be overkill, would like to see a 700 or 750 Hz filter in the line up. Op
preference ;o)

Ride the AF or RF gain and spin the VFO and away we go.

73,
Julius
n2wn


Al Lorona wrote:
> 
> Hi, Rich, I will risk cluttering the reflector with a response.
> 
> A good contest rig becomes totally transparent during the contest. The Ten
> Tec Omni VI was such a rig. I think that the K3 will become like that once
> I get more familiar with it. I am a less-than-two-month owner and like
> you, the CW SS was my first contest with the K3. 
> 
> By "transparent" I mean, can one operate the entire contest using only the
> VFO knob? It is possible and when it happens you know you are
> concentrating on the contest rather than wasting brain power on the rig.
> 
> There were glimpses of transparency, though. Before the contest I got
> fancy and had set up N1MM to be able to switch between 1500 and 400 Hz
> bandwidths but after a few minutes I just left it at 400 and never touched
> it again. Similarly, this morning I had occasion to turn on NR, then
> forgot that it was on and it stayed on for the remainder of the contest.
> That's a rig that wants to become invisible. The same thing happened to me
> two years ago with a K2 on the 160m contest. There's a trend developing
> here. :^)
> 
> I need to become second nature with the IF shift; I should have used it
> more but am so used to traditional IF shift that I'm still not comfortable
> with it. It doesn't shrink the bandwidth like IF Shifts on older rigs, and
> I need more time to assimilate that. I think I will set up two macros in
> time for the Phone SS that will 1/ shift down and shrink bandwidth, or 2/
> shift up and shrink, like I have on my K2.
> 
> I never used much of anything else. Never used RIT, NB, WIDTH, MON, RF
> GAIN, SUB, or my macros. I did use SPLIT once when VO1MP was listening up
> 1, the first time in 30 years of Sweepstakeses.
> 
> The K3 is the easiest rig I've ever had to set up for remote operation. I
> use N1MM. The CW keying was flawless and everything else worked pretty
> well. Maybe I just got lucky setting everything up?
> 
> Sorry for the long answer, Rich. To make a long answer longer, here are my
> "Toyota Corolla" settings on 20m: no ATT or PRE, BW=400, QSK on, NR 5-3,
> RF GAIN full on, SPOT=550 Hz, and RATE=10 Hz. Everything else was off.
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: K3RWN <rwnewbould at comcast.net>
> To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Sun, November 8, 2009 7:53:27 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] K3 CW Contest Settings
> 
> As a new K3 owner I would be interested in the settings folks use for CW
> contesting.
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Julius Fazekas
N2WN

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