[Elecraft] K3 in ARRL10

[Jorge Diez - CX6VM]

Hello,
 
well, I read some emails here about K3 performance in 10 mts band but really
I never tested it carefully.
 
We started ARRL10 with the K3, very poor condx in the morning, good in the
afternoon.
 
Second day in the morning we didn´t heard any signal in 10 mts. Some of the
guest operators told me to listen in my TS850, the radio we used in the last
2-3 years that we did the ARRL10 from El Mangrullo.
 
We heard two or three very weak signals from PY in the TS850 that were not
heard in the K3..!, I didn´t want to assume that, I said for myself
"NOooo",  after spending  +$4.000.- on my fully K3 for contests!.. 
 
So I hope it´s all about that I don´t know how to use the K3. It has a lot
of features that really I do not understand so I think (and hope) I am not
doing a correct use of the K3.
 
Any suggestions are very well apreciated.
 
73,
Jorge
CX6VM/CW5W