[Elecraft] Field day radio

[Frank Precissi]

This field day myself and a friend are loading my K3/P3 in the truck and
going up to the high desert in way northern-california.  We plan on running
1A on battery/generator.

Any helpful K3 protips for field day would be appreciated. :)  This thread
makes me want to make a list of stations running K3's for FD so I can give
a shout-out to my fellow Elecraft brethren if we QSO.

Frank
KG6EYC


On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>wrote:

> On 4/24/2014 9:25 AM, george fritkin via Elecraft wrote:
>
>>   If any of you guys have both,which combo would you take
>>
>
> The last two Field Days I've been part of a group that runs either 1A
> battery or 2A battery from solar power, and we run 5W. Although there are
> several KX3s in the group, we choose to run K3s so we can use P3s. The K3s
> need a bit more current than the KX3s, so if you're pinched for solar
> power, the KX3 would be the better choice. Also, I'm a member of a big
> contesting club, and several of our members report that the KX3 performs
> quite well in a contesting environment.
>
> One important caveat though -- don't even think of running SSB QRP on
> Field Day. We learned that the hard way last year. We could run rates of 70
> Qs per hour on CW, but were lucky to do 5 an hour on SSB.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
>
>
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