[Elecraft] K3 & M/M Contest stations

[Wayne Burdick]

Keith may be referring to crystal filters. A "stock" (basic) K3 comes with one 2.7- or 2.8-kHz crystal filter. The operator may need additional filters to optimize performance. 

Other than that, there is no imperative set of adjustments one has to make to fuse the K3 for "serious" contesting. An SSB operator might want to experiment with CMP (compression) and EQ settings (RX EQ/TX EQ). A CW op might want to use somewhat different AGC settings, according to taste. But there's nothing unusual about the K3 that would make it any harder to set up than other full-featured transceivers that provide a range of setup options.

Since the K3's receiver has a such high dynamic range, it is generally forgiving of less-than-optimum control adjustments.

73,
Wayne
N6KR 



On Apr 14, 2014, at 11:28 AM, "Milt -- N5IA" <n5ia at zia-connection.com> wrote:

> Keith,
> 
> Please elaborate for us that are uninformed.  Thank you.
> 
> de Milt, N5IA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: XE3/K5ENS
> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 10:54 AM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 & M/M Contest stations
> 
> Don,
> 
> No way could someone that was a real serious contester use the K3 with the
> stock settings and score anywhere near the points that could be scored
> without changing the settings.  A stock K3 is NOT a contest radio.  And I
> think that's where a lot of the cons about the K3 happen.  There are several
> settings in the K3 that must be changed to make the radio a contest radio.
> 
> Keith, XE3/K5ENS