[Elecraft] ARRL Sweepstakes CW

[Doug Ellmore Sr.]

Thanks Elecraft for making K3, I also love my KX3.

While I passed my 20 wpm code for extra in 2000 just before the cut over, I
am not great at CW, sending or receiving. (I plan to work on it more this
winter on a local slownet).

Anyway, using the K3 this weekend, I was able to really enjoy doing the
ARRL Sweepstakes CW contest.  Using the 250Hz filter turned down to 150Hz
DSP, the CW decoder worked awesome.  Using N1MM and a recent call database
for Sweepstakes, I could easily decode with the K3 decoder and some by ear
the exchange, capture the serial number and verify the rest of the
exchanged.

I used a WinKeyer lite to key the radio with N1MM.  I didn't figure out the
settings in N1MM to key the K3 direct.  If anyone knows that exchange code,
please share.

During CQ WW SSB, I copied off some N1MM exchange code that activitated the
built in voice keyer.  I rarely had to talk, which made the operation quiet
and less bothersome for the XYL.


Doug Ellmore, Sr.
- Head Coach, Southern HS Cross Country / www.southernathletics.org
- Amateur Radio Operator: NA1DX / P40DE, Trustee Explorers Radio Club -
NA3DX