[Elecraft] K3s on Niue

[Jim Sheldon]

Good op too!  Grabbed them 1st call on 10 meter CW @ about 3 watts and just after I worked him he said he was going to QSY to 28.444 SSB and when they announced they were listening 5 to 10 up, I set up a 5 up split.  Got 'em first call there too with between 5 and 7 watts SSB.  

Had to turn the amp on though to get 3XY1D (Guinea) on 20 a couple hours later.  Lots of flutter on them but I think they are running some K3's too.  If not, whatever they are using has pretty good ears.

Managed another grab last night, C50C in The Gambia.  Caught them right as they started on 40.  Was running 100 watts and he was having a rough time getting my call right so I punched up the KPA500 (lets hear it for "instant on and no tuneup" amps) and that solved the problem.  QRN was really heavy on both ends.  Found 'em on 15 CW a few minutes later and they were really loud there so no problem grabbing them with about 20 watts.

This seems to be the season for all sorts of DXpeditions this year.  I've picked up 10 new countries in the last week alone.

Jim - W0EB

> The ZK2V - ZK2X expedition to Niue is using a K3 driving a THP amp.
> For higher bands, antenna is a Spiderbeam, as has been the gold
> standard on a number of DXpeditions recently. Good signals, good ops, and an
> awesome real-time logging system that puts your call on-line within seconds
> of the QSO, even faster than the EL1 expedition earlier this year.
>
> Tony KT0NY