[Elecraft] K3 and transverters

[K7MDL]

I used mine at home and more often on mountain tops during VHF+ contests as a
rover.  I am often in line of sight to other high power rovers and the KW
stations in the valleys below.  I used a K2 with my transverters.  After a
number of previous rover setups that did not do well, I found this combo
worked well.  I had no more adjacent bleed issues, and stability was quite
acceptable.  I have since swapped the K2 for the K3 "just because" :-) . 

I have not had the K3 combo out on a mountain top yet.  I have done
extensive A/B swapping at the home station between the XV144 and K144XV and
show no discernable difference in performance except some noise/spur pickup
and lower output power in the K144XV (no surprise).  That is offset by
having the 4Mhz band coverage making FM possible.  I like that since I an
pickup Simplex QSOs and do some occasional repeater or satellite work and
use the same antennas, no extra switching or rotators required.





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