[Elecraft] Field Day

[wb4jfi at knology.net]

A few friends and I operated field day from a field near Charleston, SC. 
Two of us operated the CW station inside a tent, with my K3/P3 combo, using 
a small Honda generator.   The power supply is the small PowerWerx SS-30DV. 
On Sunday, the rig got plenty hot, as it was in the sun coming from the tent 
door.  We did about 420 CW contacts on 40 and 20, K4AOC.  Except when the 
generator ran out of gas (only once), we had no problems with the K3 
shutting down, or anything else.  The various receive adjustments all came 
in handy at one time or other during the operations.  Success was declared 
at about noon, as rig and operators were all getting too hot.  The SSB 
station was inside a nice air-conditioned building.  Imagine that.  I guess 
since we were tuffing-it-out on CW, they figured we didn't need no stinkin' 
AC either....

I REALLY enjoy my K3/P3!
73, Terry, WB4JFI

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Harris
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 12:51 PM
To: Elecraft Email
Subject: [Elecraft] Field Day

Hi,
Took my K3 to Field Day again this year and ran mostly RTTY.  Made about 130 
"Q's" which is about normal for Field Day.  We operated on the dry, dusty 
and hot plains east of Colorado Springs CO.  Wondering if anyone has a good 
and thorough cleaning scheme for the K3 and P3?  They picked up a lot of 
dust and grim and I want to clean them well before installing them back into 
the shack.
BTW, add another weird malfunction to those this radio has already 
experienced.  When first powered up at the Field Day site when RIT was 
pressed the LCD brightness menu would display.  PF1 is set up for a 
different function for those thinking I was holding the button too long. 
After shutting everything down and restarting it worked fine.  This K3 has 
had some weird problems in the past with all of them confirmed.

Take pride in the USA. 73



Jim, W0EM
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