[Elecraft] ARRL 10-m contest

[Scott Simpson]

I received my PX3 a week or so ago and it was impressive to see how the
contest looked on it:

200kHz of SSB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH9JX5fyLnc
100kHz of CW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8S-7MYpTcI


scott
sasimpson at gmail.com

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:34 PM, James Bennett <w6jhb at me.com> wrote:
>
> Kind of a similar situation here in Folsom. Christmas activities and other
> family “stuff” kept me away from the contest for all but a few hours. My
> goal, using the K3 @ 5 watts along with my P3, was to search & pounce for
> as many different states as possible - I’m trying to get WAS QRP. A total
> of 66 QSO’s in 34 states, plus 5W1SA (Samoa), EA8AV (Canary Islands), KP2Q
> (Virgin Islands), and WP4C (Puerto Rico). Heard lots more DX stations but
> didn’t attempt to work them, as states were my main goal. Although I did
> hear a station from Algeria (7X7?? - can’t remember the whole call) but he
> was also search & pounce so I didn’t get a chance to call him - arrghhhhhh.
> Not too bad for QRP and a stealthy doublet antenna strung through the
> redwood trees. Darn CC&R/HOA crud!
>
> If I worked you in the contest - many thanks and you’ll probably be
> getting a QSL and an SASE from me if you don’t participate in LoTW!
>
> 73, Jim / W6JHB
>
>
>
> > On   Monday, Dec 15, 2014, at  Monday, 7:58 AM, Wayne Burdick <
> n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I only had an hour or so of contest time, but the band was in great
> shape and I worked everyone I called in both SSB and CW mode (35 QSOs in 19
> states).
> >
> > Just to make it more challenging, I kept power set to 5.0 watts, and
> used my 6-meter antenna exclusively (not a typo--yes, this was on 10
> meters). It's a pair of 6-meter hamsticks forming a dipole, supported by a
> push-up mast at about 20'. It's fed with LMR400 coax, then connected to the
> K3, which has a KAT3 ATU. The ATU can tune this antenna on 20-6 meters.
> While it certainly isn't very efficient on bands below 6 meters, it was
> good enough to have some fun in the contest.
> >
> > I was using the latest K3 firmware (rev. 5.01), which has excellent QSK
> audio characteristics as reported by those using this  field-test release.
> >
> > 73,
> > Wayne
> > N6KR
> >
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