[Elecraft] KX3 Field Day observations

[Wayne Burdick]

Did you find about about APF in time to use it during FD?  :)

Wayne

On Jun 24, 2012, at 10:50 PM, k3ndm at comcast.net wrote:

> 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
>
> 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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