[Elecraft] K3 problems during Field Day

[Jim Brown]

I was the primary op at K6MI  and worked N2BJ several times. Mostly the 
signal was clean, but on one band it was fairly nasty, symptoms sounded 
like RF getting into something, think it was Saturday afternoon my time. 
Don't remember which band.

BTW -- K6MI was QRP, CW only, with solar power and a K3 on a lovely 
5,000 ft peak about 30 miles east of Monterey.  Froze my &*%$ off 
overnight, but I was working east coast and W8/W9 on 80M, and was able 
to run on 20 and 15 with good rates. Had a BIG tri-bander pointed east, 
low inverted Vees for 80 and 40 (but at 5,000 ft, low is relative). :)  
Lost some time due to computer and power problems, so only made about 
800 Qs.

My neighbor, W6GJB, had his KX3 set up about 200 ft away and was working 
the same bands at the same time into his own tribander using his own 
call. We never heard each other, and didn't work, but he did take a 
couple of shifts at K6MI.

73, Jim K9YC