[Elecraft] ARRL Field Day

[bill conkling]

The Williamsburg Area ARC ran two K3s on a pair of 40, 20, 10 meter fan-dipoles at about 50-60 feet and mostly on same band.  We had no noticeable interference either way at 100 watts.  We used only the filtering built in the radio.  CW radio used a 200 hertz filter and the phone station used the 2.8 and DSP.

On 80 meters the phone station used 1/4 wave wire vertical (top at around 80 ft)  with two 1/4 wave elevated radials and CW used a full wave horizontal loop at about 40 ft.  Again no noticeable interference on same band.

K3 RULES!

...bill nr4c

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Scotty Long <nu0s at hotmail.com> wrote:

>ARRL Field Day...
>Well I had a good time talking with friends and family that was about it. The heat on Saturday here in Nebraska was terrible the measured temp inside my tent was 104+ F with 90+++% humidity. But hey that's what is says in the course description "Other than favorable conditions". I had the Elecraft K1 all set up and tried to call Polar Bear Kens furry hide WA8REI on 20m CW as he finished a QSO with no joy Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.  I was all set to run then the front end of K1 was overloaded by our 20m phone station running a beam at about 40 feet. Every time they called CQ field day I just could not do anything.  I switched to my back up rig the Yaesu FT817... The AGC cut the audio on this rig as well but at least I was able to do some quick search and pounce work between the phone stations transmissions.  I think I worked 17 total contacts Wow... Just for information the phone ssb station was running a Drake TR7 100+ watts into a 20m beam 40ft. I had the K1 or FT817 into a Buddipole v
> ertical antenna at close to maximum separation ARRL field day rules... all station properly grounded... I shut down late afternoon and departed the area for cold air and drink... P.S. we all run band pass filters but we were on the same band... 
>73/Scotty/NU0S/Field Day K0KKV/Nebraska  		 	   		  
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