[Elecraft] KX3 in Sweepstakes

[Jim Sheldon]

Hooked mine up to my Butternut HF2V vertical and got on 80 "early" Sunday morning.  Ran it at 5 watts on internal 2.5 amp hour NiMH batteries.  Made 25 contacts for 19 sections in just over an hour with it and the battery voltage only dropped from 10.2 to 9.6 indicated.  Not a serious contest effort and 80 meters only but I did submit a "check-log".  I heard KH7X in Hawaii on the low end and he was booming in.  He changed bands before I had a chance to call him so I don't know if my setup could have made the trip.

I had absolutely no problems with hearing anyone, even the really weak ones nestled right up to the 40 over 9 stations and only 2 of the stations I called failed to answer and they had signals that were less than S8 here in Kansas.  Beautiful little rig and I couldn't be happier with it.

72/73/OO
Jim - W0EB
FP#-616

> I worked a huge number of QRP stations during the CW Sweepstakes
> this
> weekend. Many more than has been usual. Must be all of those new KX3
> operators taking it out for a spin.
>
> 73,
> Mike K2MK