[Elecraft] KX3 Field Day observations

[k3ndm at comcast.net]

I received my KX3 about a week ahead of FD. Therefore, I hadn't much experience with it. We were running 2A on solar power; the other rig was a K2. 

FWIW: The features in the KX3 allowed me to about double my QSO rate as compared to the K2 and other rigs I have used. My general impression is that the KX3 makes an ideal, or nearly so, FD radio. We ran 546 Q's on these two radios. Why didn't we do better? Operator fatigue. Had we had maybe three more operators we probably could have made 1000 Q's. And, we were QRP!!! 

What was amusing is the comment of one of our operators. He is a QRO contest op who likes to run full legal limit. He kept commenting that he couldn't believe what we were doing at 5W. Oh, yes. He owns a K3. 

Wayne/Eric, 
You guys done good!! The KX3 is a keeper! 

Vy 73, 
Barry 
K3NDM 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Burdick" <n6kr at elecraft.com> 
To: "Phillip Shepard" <phils at riousa.com> 
Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 10:25:05 PM 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KX3 Field Day observations 

Thanks for the report, Phillip. We had two KX3s at our FD site (K6SRA) 
with similar results. 

Regarding VFO tuning noise, did you try using RX SHFT on the affected 
band(s)? This turns out to be very effective, especially in 
combination with VFO NR. Both menu entries can be set up per-band, and 
are typically needed only the highest bands. 

73, 
Wayne 
N6KR 


On Jun 24, 2012, at 5:34 PM, Phillip Shepard wrote: 

> Field Day this weekend was the first real test of my new KX3 (s/n 
> 268). 
> Before Saturday it had only seen light picnic table use and one SOTA 
> peak 
> activation. How did I like it during FD? This is one sweet little 
> radio! 
> I operated somewhat casually in a search and pounce mode, with 90% 
> of the 
> QSOs on CW and the rest on SSB. 
> 

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