[Elecraft] The K line. Is it the wrong way round?

[Bill Frantz]

Hehe. My laptop computer is in front of me with the P3 SVGA 
display behind it only partially obscured by the laptop screen. 
The K3 is to my right (about 90 degrees) and the P3 it to its 
right. My remote antenna switch is to the left of the K3. This 
lets me run digital modes with very little attention to the 
K3/P3 combination.

I use the RF gain to prevent overdriving the audio A-->D 
converter and the Shift/Width controls to narrow the bandwidth 
of the K3 during a QSO. Otherwise I don't touch the controls 
much. With RTTY, I use AFSK A and actually have to touch the big 
knob. :-)

Logging occurs on the computer, and the broad view of the 
signals on the band is behind on the SVGA display.

Life will probably change when my CW gets good enough to put on 
the air. If I ran much SSB, I'd probably be using a foot switch 
PTT and the CM500 microphone. As it is, I use a MH2 -- mostly 
for local 2M repeaters.

YMMV!

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV

On 6/20/13 at 4:27 PM, k6dgw at foothill.net (Fred Jensen) wrote:

>OK, I think you're all wrong. :-)

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